Royal York Animal Hospital

This is the last of three blogs I have written for Pet Dental Awareness Month. This one is about professional dental care and will hopefully provide you with a better understanding of what happens when your pet is admitted into the hospital for a dental procedure and most importantly why we do it what we do!

The Royal York Animal Hospital has been serving the veterinary needs of this community for over 25 years. We understand and share in your compassion for animals, and it is our goal to provide the highest standards of veterinary medical care available.

For this reason we sought additional accreditation through the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) to help ensure that our veterinary practice is operating at the highest level of standards in pet care.Additionally, Royal York Animal Hospital is also a certified Cat Friendly Practice. We want you and your pet to be comfortable with our veterinary care, facilities, and business procedures.

Microchipping has become a very popular and safe way to permanently identify your pet in the unfortunate case that your pet is lost. Microchipping involves placement of a small electronic chip the size and shape of a grain of rice. It is injected via a needle just under the skin at the back of the neck and shoulder blade area.

Royal York Animal Hospital doctors are learning new and interesting things all the time at national and international conferences, courses, seminars, and the like. It gives us a chance to hear from experts in the field and to connect with and learn from our colleagues around the world.

In March, I joined about 50 veterinarians from across Canada in Kansas USA for a workshop on nutrition that focussed on the role food plays in preventive care and disease management, the challenge of having so many commercial pet foods on the market that make unsubstantiated or misleading claims, and the latest developments in prescription diets at Hill's Pet Nutrition.RYAH shares Hill's philosophy that pet nutrition is the cornerstone of health.

The groomer then does a rough trim and shaping of the coat - or if required this is the stage that they would be shaved down. This is followed by a pedicure (nail trim) and a ear cleaning. Then it is bath time! The massage that goes along with the shampooing feels wonderful. If needed your dog will have their anal glands externally expressed while they are in the tub.