I regularly kayak on Mountain Island Lake and would bring my dog Tyler with me.  She would ride in the back of the kayak and occasionally get out to swim during our trips.  She always wore a life jacket because I worried about her tiring in the water.  I never...

We love our Bulldogs, Frenchies, and Pugs for their short noses and snoring.  They were bred a certain way to maintain those smooshy, adorable faces however there is a big price to pay for all that cuteness.  They just can’t breathe well and have a tendency to...

Does your dog have anxiety on car rides? Difficulty staying calm through thunderstorms or fireworks? Does he get stressed at the groomer or while boarding?  Is separation anxiety a problem when you leave the house?  Does your cat urinate in the house when you have...

I saw a dog last week for a condition called Onychodystrophy, a painful condition where the nails start to grow abnormally and eventually start falling off.  Sounds painful right?  It is.  Generally it is first noticed when a dog starts licking a specific toe nail or...

Gracie is a 4yr old Labrador Retriever with an acral lick granuloma on her left carpus that was unresponsive to treatment for almost a year.  Lick granulomas are chronic wounds that become very deep infections and typically do not respond to surgery (the dogs will...

So many dogs we see suffer from some form of anxiety.  Some dogs I truly believe have a chemical imbalance, and just like some humans, are best with a little pharmaceutical assistance (ie: Prozac, Xanax etc).  Usually these dogs have generalized anxiety and are...

Here at the Veterinary Hospital of Davidson we strive to delivery only the very best in veterinary medicine. This extends even to the simplest medications that we can offer and some that can be the most important for the regular health of your pet. That’s right...

K-Laser is a class IV therapy laser with multiple small animal applications and benefits to your pet. The laser allows healing to begin at the cellular level by increasing ATP and protein synthesis which results in increased growth factor response.  It also...

I have to share my personal journey with herbal remedies and thunderstorm/fireworks/noise anxiety with my dear boy, Bo.  Bo is a happy-go-lucky Lab with a heart of gold, but he has been developing significant noise phobia (mainly thunderstorms but also fireworks) over...

Remember pretty Penny? She’s Kristin’s rescue baby who ended up positive for heartworm. We decided to try herbal treatment for her since we knew we caught it early and she had already started heartworm prevention tablets (which kill the “baby” worms). She had been on...