Welcome to the Deep Dog Thoughts blog! We’ve created this space as a resource for you and your animal companions. You’ll find tips and tricks on how to keep your pets healthy and stay up to date with happenings at the hospital. We’d love for you to stay connected with us, so please let us know if there’s anything we can do to help you and your furry family members.
Air Quality
With the end of summer comes affected air quality across the country. Animals can suffer health problems as well from breathing smoky air over time, especially those who already have some respiratory or cardiac issues. Watch your pet for signs of smoke irritation like coughing, gagging, nasal discharge, fatigue, and…
Read MoreBack To School
Wait! Didn’t summer just get here? Back-to-school time is here, and it’s important to remember your fur kids this time of year as well. With so much preparation for the upcoming school year, it’s easy to forget preventative care for your pets. Don’t let flea, tick, and heartworm medications lapse—and…
Read MoreWindow Clings
Right now you can pick up a FREE Window Cling at Lakewood Vet Center (while supplies last!) for Fire Rescue Workers to know how to help your fur family in case of an emergency. These are some tips to keep your pets from accidentally starting fires: Keep pets away from…
Read MorePetDesk
Have you downloaded PetDesk yet? With Lakewood Vet Center’s Pet Parent Portal, you can schedule appointments, access your pet’s records, refill prescriptions, and communicate with your veterinarian without needing to call! Just download the PetDesk app and enter your pet’s information – you will even get important reminders to keep…
Read MoreHoliday Backpack Drive!
The team at Lakewood Vet Center was honored to be able to donate over $500 in donations of backpacks, warm socks, gloves, hats, and other provisions to help our unhoused neighbors this winter. This would not have been possible without the help of our fantastic clients, community, and our Hudson Clark Real…
Read MoreSpecial Message From Dr. Wright
Hello Lakewood Vet Center family. We hope you are moving into the holiday season with a chance for thankfulness and hope. Over the course of 2021, we have added staff to our team, growing to a team of 10! I am happy to have Dr. Querner as a full-time doctor on staff…
Read MoreHoliday Pet Safety Tips
Lakewood Vet Center is wishing a warm, safe, and joyful holiday season to our entire beloved community. We support and celebrate all of the wonderful, diverse traditions that come with this time of year! While holidays are fun for us humans, our parties, decorations, and festive foods can put our pets…
Read MorePreventatives Update
Special Update on Heartworm Preventative! We know how much you love your dogs and they are truly a part of your family. That is why we value their health as much as you do. Sadly, we often see sick dogs with an illness that can be easily avoided - heartworm disease.…
Read MoreGood Luck Oliver!
We are thrilled to announce that this fall, one of our vet techs, Oliver Milici, will start veterinary school at Ross University on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts! Oliver joined us as a college intern in 2016, and for the last year he has worked with us as a…
Read MoreThanks for Being Part of Our Pawsome Grand Opening March 7th
Virtual Tours Coming Soon! The coronavirus pandemic has changed many things for all of us in a short time. That makes looking back at the grand opening/open house of the new Lakewood Veterinary Center back on March 7th—before the realities and gravity of the virus were realized—even more special. With…
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