How to Keep Your Senior Pet Healthy and Happy

How to Keep Your Senior Pet Healthy and Happy

As our pets age, they start to need a little extra care from us to keep them feeling their best. Whether you’ve got a senior dog or an older cat, it’s important to understand the changes they’re going through. When you’re informed about senior pet health, you can keep up with the extra duties that […]

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The Best Ways to Exercise Your Pet Indoors

The Best Ways to Exercise Your Pet Indoors

With temperatures trending downward, indoor playtime is on the rise. And if you’re looking for the perfect indoor pet games for rainy or chilly days, you’ve come to the right place! It’s important to keep pets active year-round, so in this blog, our team at Sunrise Boulevard Animal Hospital shares a variety of indoor pet […]

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How to Deal with Separation Anxiety in Pets

How to Deal with Separation Anxiety in Pets

Separation anxiety is common among pets regardless of age, background, lifestyle, or home environment. While it may be seen more often in younger animals learning how to cope with solitude, older pets, especially seniors experiencing cognitive decline or vision/hearing loss, may feel panic at the sight of their owner’s car keys or packed lunch. Any […]

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Understanding Heartworm Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention

Understanding Heartworm Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention

Heartworm disease is spread by mosquitoes. As parasites, they pick up microscopic worms called Dirofilaria immitis in the blood of infected animals during blood meals. Once in their system, mosquitoes deposit the worms directly into the bloodstream of their next target when feeding.  Heartworm disease is present in all 50 states, and it’s becoming more […]

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Beat the Heatwave: Expert Advice for Ensuring Your Dog’s Safety in Summer

Beat the Heatwave: Expert Advice for Ensuring Your Dog’s Safety in Summer

If you’re like the millions of other pet owners out there, your summer calendar is chock full of activities and events. Camping, block parties, weddings, baseball games, beach-going, hiking, concerts, parades, and firework shows add so much splendor to an already lovely season. While a pet might love to revel in all the season has […]

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Calm Cats, Cool Canines: Minimizing Firework Stress for Your Beloved Pets

Calm Cats, Cool Canines: Minimizing Firework Stress for Your Beloved Pets

Nothing says 4th of July quite like a heart-pounding display of fireworks. And while most people enjoy the sights and sounds of a festive celebration, loud, unfamiliar noises can trigger pet anxiety for many cats and dogs. To help calm your cats and keep your canines cool this Independence Day, our experienced team at Sunrise […]

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The Great Outdoors: Maximizing Safety and Enjoyment for Your Pet

The Great Outdoors: Maximizing Safety and Enjoyment for Your Pet

With summer in full swing, there’s never been a better time to get outside with your dog—or even your cat. The team at Sunrise Boulevard Animal Hospital has a few tips to share for turning your outdoor space into a pet-friendly yard.  Ready to make pawsome memories? Let’s get started.  

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Trim and Tidy: The Importance of Regular Nail Care for Your Pet

Trim and Tidy: The Importance of Regular Nail Care for Your Pet

Trimming your pet’s nails isn’t the most pleasant task in the world. For one thing, many pets would rather a pair of nail clippers stay far away from their paws. But pet nail care is an important part of your cat or dog’s overall health.  This month, the team at Sunrise Boulevard Animal Hospital will […]

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Top 3 Signs Your Pet is Sick and What to Do

Top 3 Signs Your Pet is Sick and What to Do

Dogs and cats don’t really complain like humans do. The result is that many times aches, pains, and illnesses go undiagnosed until things get pretty bad. Sunrise Boulevard Animal Hospital thinks that pet health awareness is an important topic, and want to share our top three signs that you may have a sick pet.

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Everything You Need to Know About Heartworm

Everything You Need to Know About Heartworm

April is Heartworm Awareness Month, which means we get to share some of our most important tips about heartworm prevention. If you’re considering getting a new puppy or kitten, or if it’s been a while since your pet last took his or her heartworm medication, it’s time for a refresher course on heartworm disease.  What […]

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