Dakota Pet Hospital offers our Client Survey online so you can complete it in the convenience of your own home or office. Our mission is to maintain a dedicated, caring and knowledgeable team committed to providing exceptional client service and Veterinary Health Care. We strive toward this excellence through continuing education, technical advances and compassionate care for all pets entrusted to us.
You can help us reach and maintain this level of service by sharing your veterinary needs and expectations. By completing this Client Survey, you will be a part of our team meetings and be assured that your comments will be discussed and acted upon. To launch the Client Survey, please click below.
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H1N1 or Swine Flu Virus
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
The H1N1 or swine flu epidemic has many people concerned. It certainly holds the potential for severe, worldwide disease in humans. Currently, most cases in the U.S. have not been as serious as in other countries. Flu viruses commonly mutate though, and even a small mutation could increase the pathogenicity
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Glaucoma in Pets: What You Need to Know
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
Glaucoma is typically a disease affecting middle- age to older pets. The symptoms can be very insidious in that they may not be noticeable at first, but eventually you may see a red eye or a dilated pupil, and ultimately, as the disease progresses, you can see that the eyeball is larger than normal.
Glaucoma
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Don't Sneeze at Pet's Cold or Flu-Like Symptoms - Get to Your Vet
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
On February 14, 2011 IDEXX Research Laboratories confirmed that the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus was present in two cats from the same Wisconsin home. The cats were treated at an emergency veterinary hospital for severe respiratory distress. The owner of the cats had been experiencing flu-like symptoms.
The
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Evaluation and Diagnosis of a Red Eye in Dogs
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
Dogs occasionally develop a red eye. The redness may be in the white of the eye, in the clear part of the eye called the cornea, or within the eyeball. There are many causes of a red eye, but all ocular diseases should always be considered an urgent matter, and be checked immediately by a veterinarian.
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Ear Problems for Pets
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
Symptoms of ear disease are shaking the head, scratching at the ears, discharge from the ear canal, odor from the ear, or redness of the ear flap or entrance to the ear canal. Your pet may be tilting their head to one side although it's important to point out that there are causes for this other than
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Dog Allergies and Lesion Locations
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
Dogs are taken to the veterinarian for skin problems more than any other reason. Most often they are itchy and that itchiness is typically due to allergies. The text of canine and feline dermatological diseases is large because there are hundreds of skin diseases, however, it can help to start with some
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Canine Lyme Disease
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
There are several options for protecting dogs against canine Lyme disease. One option is vaccination, which may be the best choice for pets who live in an endemic area. Annual vaccination is an affordable means of protecting pets against this disease, which can have serious health implications. Some
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Canine Juvenile Orthopedic Diseases
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
Puppies are happy and full of energy, running, wrestling, and playing so much that we often wish we had that much energy! But when that puppy is not happy, when it is lethargic and limping, then a visit to the veterinarian is in order. There are several orthopedic diseases that affect young dogs.
Osteochondrosis
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Canine Hip Dysplasia: Causes & Treatment
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
Canine hip dysplasia is the abnormal formation of the hip joint and one of the leading causes of rear leg lameness in dogs. Hip dysplasia is most prevalent in larger breed dogs, especially German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, Labradors, Saint Bernards and Rottweilers. On the other hand, hip dysplasia
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Cancer in Pocket Pets
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
A tumor (also known as neoplasm) is an abnormal growth of cells; this growth may be either benign or malignant. Benign tumors do not spread throughout the body and often have a limited impact on a pet’s overall health. Malignant tumors can develop in one location, such as a hormone-producing gland,
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Addison's Disease in Dogs
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
Addison's disease is an endocrine disorder where the adrenal glands, near the kidneys, fail to produce enough hormones. This disease is relatively uncommon (approximately one case per 3000 dogs) but it is more common in dogs than humans. It is very rare in cats.
The common symptoms of Addison's are
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Acute Kidney Injury in Dogs
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
Leptospirosis is a bacterial, worldwide disease that can also affect humans. Dogs are usually exposed by contact with the urine of affected animals, often wildlife, or by drinking contaminated water. There is a vaccine that can protect dogs from four strains of Lepto.
Antifreeze toxicity is another
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Acupuncture as Pain Management for Pets
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Newsletter Library, Recognizing Illness
If your pet is suffering from pain or another illness but not responding to traditional veterinary care, veterinary acupuncture may be an effective treatment option. Veterinary acupuncture is very similar to the type of acupuncture used to treat humans. Long, thin needles are inserted at specific pressure
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How to Prevent Motion Sickness in Pets
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Newsletter Library, Keeping Pets Healthy
Does your pet suffer from motion sickness? Find out how to treat the problem.
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Ticks
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Pet Health, Pests and Parasites
Ticks are the small wingless external parasites, living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals, birds, and occasionally reptiles and amphibians. Ticks are blood-sucking parasites that are often found in freshly mown grass, where they will rest themselves at the tip of a blade so as to attach themselves
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Liver Shunt
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Pet Health, Chronic Conditions
A liver shunt is also named a PSS, portosystemic shunt, portacaval shunt or portosystemic vascular anomaly. This abnormality occurs when a pet's venous blood from the intestine bypasses the liver. In the normal pet, blood vessels pick up nutrients from ingested material in the intestine and carry it
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