Laser Treatment Now Available at Urban Animal Veterinary Hospital!

Urban Animal Veterinary Hospital is happy to announce that laser treatment is now available to help your cat or dog feel his or her very best!  Laser therapy can help manage pain for sudden or long-standing problems. With laser treatment, a beam of light energy is applied to your animal companion’s area of inflammation along with […]

Holiday Hazards for Pets

holiday hazards for pets

As the holidays descend upon us, risks for your companion animals increase and can reduce the season merriment.  While you may get busy making holiday arrangements and planning parties, it is important to try to keep your pet’s eating and exercise habits as close to their normal routine as possible. Keeping your pets away from […]

How to Tell If Your Dog or Cat Has Food Allergies

How to Tell If Your Dog or Cat Has Food Allergies

Itchy Skin Itching/scratching and excessive licking is very uncomfortable. Ongoing scratching and licking can lead to fur loss, skin infections that ooze and even balding patches. There are a number of allergic conditions that can make your pet itch. Finding the cause is important to treating the condition. Pets with food allergies have some of […]

Dog Growing Pains – Bone Inflammation, Panosteitis

diagnosing Bone Inflammation, Panosteitis

Young growing dogs can have an interesting affliction called panosteitis. This occurs with inflammation to the bones, typically the leg bones (also referred to as “long bones”).  Panosteitis in dogs can be a very painful condition in dogs, usually large breed dogs, especially the German Shepherds, Goldens, Dobermans and Basset Hounds, but any breed can […]

A Cat Owner’s Guide To Being a Good First-Time Adult Cat Parent

cat owner guide

Some folks may be new to living with an adult cat but decided to bring one into the home for the first Perhaps you adopted an adult because you prefer knowing the cat’s adult temperament, a stray decided  wandered into your life or you somehow inherited one.  This article reviews what you will need and […]

Cystitis (Pandora Syndrome) in Cats and Occasionally in Dogs

Cystitis (Pandora Syndrome) in Cats and Occasionally in Dogs

Cystitis (non-bacterial bladder inflammation) in Cats  This condition is also known as Feline Interstitial Cystitis, Feline Idiopathic Cystitis, FIC. Cystitis is any kind of inflammation in the wall of the urinary bladder that causes clinical signs in pets. Cystitis may result from a bacterial infection or bladder stones. However, young and middle-aged cats in particular […]

Keeping your Cat and Dog Companion Healthy

keeping your pet healthy

Our pets love us and we love them. So, what can we do to try and give your cat, dog or other animal companion a life that keeps them healthy? Besides our love and time, what else can we do? This article reviews the basics for ensuring your animal companion receives the best general preventative […]

FLEA PREVENTION: Treating your Yard and Pets for Fleas and Ticks

flea and tick prevention in pets

If fleas and ticks have been a problem for your pets, there are three areas you have to treat to be successful in treating fleas.  1.Treating your pets with an effective product 2.Treating your house with a growth regulator 3. Treating your yard. If you don’t have a fenced yard, it will be impossible to […]

July Fourth Fireworks Fear in Pets

July Fourth Fireworks Fear in Pets

July 4th kicks off the start of summer celebrations, including loud and scary fireworks. Dogs and cats react to fireworks – some get very scared with loud noises while others aren’t affected by explosions. Some animal get so nervous with things like fireworks or thunderstorms that they panic and may even try to jump through […]

How to Deal with Cat Abscesses

cat abscess

An abscess forms when an infected bite wound heals over on its surface and seals the infection inside. Often a fever develops as time does on. Diseased tissue and the inflammatory cells become pus – a green/yellow discharge. The deep, hidden infection can eventually rupture and break through the overlying surface skin and drain, leading […]