PET TALES
Newsletter from Countryside Veterinary Service
December 2007
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US AT COUNTRYSIDE VETERINARY SERVICE!!
HUGE SALE!
We are reducing our inventory of Advantage and Advantix. These products are being sold at a clearance rate. There is no expiration date on these items so if you like these particular flea and tick products and want to purchase ahead for next year, now is the time. Sale is good while supplies last.
DOG AND CAT CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS ARE HERE!
Fun filled stockings for pets are available at the front counter for $10 a piece. Cascades Humane Society provides us with these delightful stockings and all proceeds go to Cascades Humane Society.
CHRISTMAS TRIVIA:
The actual gift givers are different in various
countries:
England: Father Christmas
France: Pere Noel (Father Christmas)
Germany: Christkind (angelic messenger from Jesus) She is a beautiful
fair haired girl with a shining crown of candles.
Holland: St Nicholas.
Italy: La Befana (a kindly old witch)
Spain and South America: The Three Kings
Russia: In some parts - Babouschka (a grandmotherly figure) in other
parts it is Grandfather Frost.
Scandinavia: a variety of Christmas gnomes.
HILLSDALE COUNTY DOG LICENSES AT THE FRONT DESK
Hillsdale County Dog Licenses will be available December 1. They can be purchased at the front desk December through February 1.
Checks or cash are required for licenses. (We are unable to charge these to your credit card.) Please see Janet with any questions.
HOLIDAY PRECAUTIONS:
Remember as you celebrate this holiday season that there are a number of seasonal hazards for your pet. Please keep an eye on your four- legged friends during this festive season.
IT’S COLD OUT THERE!!
Remember to check on your outside pets and their water supply during this cold season.
CALLING ALL PET OWNERS
As we enter the New Year, we would like suggestions from YOU for topics to be covered in next year’s newsletters.
Ideas can be sent to cvs@wcomco.com. Put ‘Newsletter Topics’ in the subject line. Thanks and Happy New Year!!
CHRISTMAS QUOTE:
Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance - a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved. ~Augusta E. Rundel
YEAR ROUND HEARTWORM PREVENTATIVE
This is the time of year a number of pet owners stop using heartworm preventative. Although the risk for a heartworm- carrying mosquitoes has decreased please know that the risk for parasites is not gone. We had 15 cases of heartworm positive dogs this year and a few of the cases were given monthly preventative through October last year. Some of the intestinal parasite eggs can live through the cold of winter and still infect your pet. A number of these winter cases can be transmitted to humans as well. For the health of you and your pet, please continue monthly heartworm preventatives through the winter months.
TRAVELING:
If you are traveling with your pet during the holiday season please make sure you have copies of your rabies certificate and a copy of important health records such as abnormal labwork or heath issues. Make sure to contact the transportation company if you are flying or taking a bus or train to your destination.
Please call us at least a month in advance if you are going out of the country as additional paperwork and labwork may be necessary and this can delay a trip if not started early enough.