Education on Animal Medical Conditions

We take your pet's care seriously at Lake Shore Pet Hospital. Part of caring for them includes educating you, the owner, about medical conditions they may be going through. Most of all, education on your pet's condition will empower you to provide them with the best care at home and in practice. Locate the topic relevant to your pet and read more. We look forward to educating you and caring for your four-legged friend!

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2018 AHS Canine Guidelines 
Abortion/ Termination of Pregnancy
Abscess
Acetaminophen Poisoning
Addisons Disease
Aggression in Cats
Aggression in Dogs
Aggression in Dogs to Familiar People
Alopecia - Hair Loss
Amitriptyline
Anal Sac Adenocarcinoma
Anaphylaxis
Anorexia - Lack of Appetite
Antebrachial Growth Deformities
Anterior Uveitis in Dogs
Anterior Uveitis in Cats
Anticoagulant Rodenticide Poisoning
Fluid Buildup in the Abdomen
Aortic Thromboembolism
Asthma and Bronchitis in Cats
Ataxia
Atopic Dermatitis
Atrioventricular Valve Dysplasia
Atrioventricular Valve Endocardiosis
Aural Hematoma
Babesiosis
Bacterial Cystitis
Bacterial Pneumonia
Bandage Care
Blind Quiet Eye
Brachycephalic Airway Syndome
Brain Injury
Brain Tumors
Brucellosis
Brusing, Petechia, and Ecchymosis
Calcium Oxalate Urolithiasis
Canine Distemper
Canine Parvovirus Infection
Cataracts
Cholangitis/ Cholangiohepatitis
Chronic Bronchitis
Chronic Diarrhea in Cats
Chronic Diarrhea in Dogs
Chronic Kidney Disease
Cleft Palate - Canine
Clostridial Enterotoxicosis
Coccidiodomycosis
Coccidiosis
Colitis
Compulsive Disorders - Cats
Compulsive Disorders - Dogs
Cognitive Dysfunction
Complete Heart Block
Congenital Spinal Vertebral Malformations
Congestive Heart Failure (Left-Sided)
Conjunctivitis in Cats
Conjunctivitis in Dogs
Corneal and Scleral Lacerations
Corn Snake Care Sheet
Cough
Cruciate Injury
Cushings Syndrome (Hyperadrenocorticism)
Deafness
Declaw
Degenerative Myelopathy
Demodectic Mange
Demodectic Mange (Demodicosis)
Depigmenting Dermatoses
Diabetes in Cats and Dogs
Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Mellitus - Cats
Diabetes Mellitus - Dogs
Diabetes w/ Ketoacidosis
Diabetic Dog Handout
Difficult Birth
Difficulty Breathing and Respiratory Distress
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Ear Margin Dermatosis

Ehrlichiosis
Elbow Dysplasia
Encaphalitis
Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex
Epistaxis Bloody Nose
Erosions Ulcers Skin
Ethylene Glycol Poisoning
Exfoliative Dermatoses
Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
Extrahepatic Bile Duct Obstruction Hepatology
Eye Abnormalities - Congenital
Facial Nerve Paresis/Paralysis
Fainting (Syncope)
False Pregnancy
Fear and Aggression (in veterinary visits)
Fears, Phobias, and Anxieties in Dogs
Feline Behavior - Scratching
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Feline Infectious Peritonitis

Feline Leukemia Virus Infection
Feline Plasma Cell Pododermatitis
Feline Idiopathic Lower Urinary Tract Disease
Female Infertility
Fibrocartilaginous Embolism
First Degree Atrioventicular Block
Flatulence
Food Reactions - Gastrointestinal
Flea-Bite Hypersensitivity and Flea Control
Food Reactions - Skin
Fungal Infection of the Skin, Hair, or Nails
Gastric Dilatation - Volvulus
Gastroesophageal Obstruction
Gastroesophageal Reflux
Glaucoma
Glomerulonephritis
Gecko Care
Giardia
Granulomatous Menigioencephalitis
Granulomatous Meningoencephalitis
Growth Deformities
Guinea Pig Neuter Handout
Guinea Pig Care
Guinea Pig Pregnancy
Hair Loss in Cats
Hair Loss without Inflammation of the Skin in Dogs
Halitosis
Head Tilt
Head Tremors (Bobbing)
Heartworm Disease in Cats
Heartworm Disease in Dogs
Heartworm Treatment Guide
Hematuria
Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis
Hemothropic Mycoplasmosis
Hepatic Lipidosis
Hip Dysplasia
Histiocytoma
Holidays
Hookworms and Roundworms

Housesoiling - Cats
Housesoiling - Dogs
How Do I Know When it's Time?
Hydrocephalus

Hypercalcemia

Hyperestrogenism
Hyperlipidemia
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypertension, Systemic
Hyperthyroidism
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Cats
Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy

Hypocalcemia
Hypoglycemia
Hypoparathyroidism
Hypothermia
Hypothyroidism
Idiopathic Epilepsy
Iguana Food & Diet
Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia
Immune Mediated Low Platelet or Thrombocyte Count
Immune Mediated Thrombocytopenia
Increased Body Temperature
Increased Number of Red Blood Cells
Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Infectious Canine Tracheobhronchitis
Infectious Stomatitis - Mouth Rot - Reptiles
Inflammation of the Back Part of the Eye
Inflammation of the Esophagus
Inflammation of the Eyelids
Inflammatory Muscle Disorders of the Chewing Muscles and the Muscles of the Eye
Insulinoma
Intervertebral Disk Disease - Cervical
Intervertebral Disk Disease - Thoracolumbar
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Itchiness
Ivermectin Treatment of Demodectic Mange
Jaundice Icterus
Joint Luxations
Kidney Failure (Acute)
Kidney Stones
Lack of Appetite
Lameness in Dogs
Laryngeal Diseases
Laser Therapy for Dogs
Laser Therapy for Pets
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
Leptospirosis
Liver Toxins
Living with Cushing's Syndrome
Long Term Chronic Vomiting
LSPH Indications Laser
Lumbosacral Stenosis
Lumbosacral Stenosis and Cauda Equina Syndrome
Lyme Disease
Lymphoma - Cats

Lymphoma - Dogs
Mammary Gland Tumors - Cats
Mammary Gland Tumors - Dogs
Manage Your Pet’s Diabetes at Home
Marijuana Poisoning
Mast Cell Tumor
MDR1 Gene Mutation
Megacolon
Megaesophagus
Multiple Myeloma
Mycoplasmosis
Myelopathy - Paresis and Paralysis in Cats
Nail and Nailbed Disorders
Narrowing of the Esophagus
Nasal Discharge
Neospora
Noisy Breathing
Nonulcerative Keratitis
Obesity
Oral Ulcers
Oropharyngeal Inflammation - Cats
Osteoarthritis
Osteochondrosis
Osteosarcoma
Otitis Externa and Media
Otitis Media and Interna
Ovary Sparing Spay
Overflow of Tears
Oxalates In Food
Pain
Pain Management - Dogs
Pancreatitis - Cats
Pancreatitis - Dogs
Pancytopenia
Panosteitis
Paraphimosis
Patella Luxation
Perianal Fistulas in Dogs
Perianal Fistulas
Pericardial Effusion
Periodontal Disease
Peripheral Neuropathies
Periotonitis
Pet African Hedgehogs - A Complete Guide To Care
Physical Therapy
Pica and Coprophagia Behavior
Pig Hoof Trimming
Pleural Effusion
Pododermatitis
Polyarthritis - Immune Mediated
Polycythemia

Polyuria Polydipsia

Portosystemic Shunt Microvascular Dysplasia
Proper Ear Cleaning
Prostatic Inflammation
Protein Losing Enteropathy
Proteinuria
Puppy - How To Tube Feed
Pyelonephritis
Pyometra
Pulmonary Embolism
Quality of Life
Rabies
Rapid Heart Rate
Red Eye
Regurgitation
Reptiles
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy in Cats
Retinal Degeneration
Rhinitis Sinusitis
Right Sided Congestive Heart Failure
Rodenticide Poisoning
Sarcoptic Mange
Scale Rot in Snakes
Second Degree Heart Block - Type 1
Second Degree Heart Block - Type 2
Seizures (Convulsions, Status Epilepticus) in Cats
Seizures (Convulsions, Status Epilepticus) in Dogs
Separation Anxiety
Sick Sinus Syndrome
Skin Disorders of the Nose in Dogs
Skin Tumor
Small Intestinal Dysbiosis

Sneezing, Reverse Sneezing, Gagging

Spontaneous Abortion in Cats
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin
Stomach Motility Disorders
Stomatitis
Sudden (Acute) Diarrhea
Sudden (Acute) Liver Failure
Sudden (Acute) Vomiting
Systemic Lupus Erythermatosis
Tail Dock Neuroma
Tick and Tick Control
Tooth Fracture
Tooth Missing
Tooth Resorption
Tracheal Collapse
Transitional Cell Carcinoma
Tremors
Tumor or Mass of Mouth
Turtle Abscess
Urinary Incontinence
Urinary Tract Obstruction
Urolithiasis - Calcium Oxalate
Sileo Diagnostic Checklist
Struvite Urolithiasis in Cats
Struvite Urolithiasis in Dogs
Vaginal Dischage in Dogs
Vasectomy
Ventricular Premature Complexes
Ventricular Tachycardia
Vestibular Disease in Dogs
Vestibular Disease in Cats
Vetoryl Client Brochure
Von Willebrand Disease
What Can Bunnies Eat?
Whipworms
Wobbler Syndrome

We are so happy to have found Doctor Ashley and his team!
-Lois V.