Do you have a senior pet? Dogs over age eight and cats older than ten are considered to be senior. If your pet has graduated to the 'older' age bracket, the AAHA recommends twice-yearly veterinary exams. Even if your pet seems perfectly healthy, checkups help catch age-related issues early and support a longer, more comfortable [...]
Chocolate is potentially poisonous to dogs, because it contains two chemicals that don't agree with them: caffeine and theobromine. So how much is too much? The potential toxicity depends on the type of chocolate and the size of the pet. Chocolate with a high cocoa content, like baking chocolate, contains more caffeine and theobromine. On [...]
A chilling tale of what happens when protection stops... As the air turns crisp and the leaves begin to fall, many pet owners make a fatal assumption: “The bugs are gone… we can stop the preventatives.” Don't believe this tale. When you skip that dose this fall, you’re opening the book to a lot of [...]
In the blink of an eye, a pet can dart through an open door, slip under a gate, or get startled and run during a walk. Collars and tags help, but they can be lost or removed. Microchipping provides a permanent way to identify your pet. It's the first thing that a shelter or veterinary [...]
Please join all of us at Town N Country as we congratulate Bryn Hall on her recent graduation from Elon University, earning a psychology degree summa cum laude. Bryn is a member of our customer service team; you've seen her smiling face at the front desk at our Forestdale location. Bryn's interest in psychology started [...]
Congratulations to our three costume contest winners! Each will receive a basket of prizes, including goodies provided by Pet Supermarket in Burlington!
Gilbert had a growth on his leg, and we scheduled him for a surgical procedure. We briefed his family on how to prep a pet for surgery, and they brought him to us early the morning of his operation. Our first step was to sedate Gilbert. At Town N Country, we provide state of the [...]
In case of an emergency, please contact Carolina Veterinary Specialists (Greensboro) (336) 715-2921 Triangle Veterinary Emergency Hospital (Durham) (919) 489-2391 All Paws Emergency Hospital (Burlington) (336) 270-4929
The end of a year always invites reflection and remembering. We humans often have a tendency to focus on the negative, but as we count down the last minutes of 2020, we want to highlight some of the good things that happened at Town N Country. 1. Dr. Horn had a baby boy. 2. With [...]
