Holistic or Integrative Veterinary Medicine is the examination and diagnosis of an animal, considering all aspects of the animal’s life and employing all of the practitioner’s senses, as well as the combination of conventional and alternative (or complementary) modalities of treatment. When...

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Should Healthy Dogs Get Routine MRIs for Brain Tumors? Cancer is the leading killer of dogs; purebreds are particularly susceptible to cancer, and that includes brain tumors. When my parents’ German shepherd was diagnosed with a brain tumor via MRI, the veterinary neurologist said, “I see this all...

Can brain tumor in dog be caused by bad diet? Can what you feed your dog predispose him to a brain tumor? According to the veterinarian whom I asked this question to, it’s possible that diet can be part of the multifactorial process that can increase brain tumor risk in dogs. My parents’ dog was...

Diseases that Make Dog Drink Tons of Water Does your dog drink a lot of water? Might be illness. Serious disease or illness can make a dog drink a lot of water. Though heavy water drinking is common among healthy active dogs, or even less active canines, what seems like an instinctive healthy habit ...

10 Foods Never to Feed Dog with Sensitive Stomach Dog have sensitive stomach? Avoid these foods. “Sensitive stomachs in dogs can result from food intolerance,” says Dr. Michel Selmer, DVM, of Advanced Animal Care Center in Huntington, NY. You’ve probably read about what foods to give a dog that...

Led by Michel Selmer, DVM, Advanced Animal Care is offering their patients the opportunity to see Veterinary Technicians for many basic services at a lower cost than seeing a DVM. Huntington Station,  NY April 16, 2010-  Michel Selmer, DVM has made conscientious pet ownership a focus of his message...

Advanced Animal Care, a veterinary provider out of Huntington Station, has introduced its Mobile  Animal Care Unit, bringing veterinary services to Nassau and Suffolk counties. Huntington Station,  NY April 16, 2010-  Advanced Animal Care provides veterinary services to dogs and cats throughout Nassau...

For those of us who have the pleasure of owning a pet, the benefits are fairly obvious. Pets offer unconditional love, listen to us without offering needless advice, and make fantastic snuggling companions. But with approximately half of the pets in the U.S. being overweight, they, like us, could use...