Nutritional Counseling: A healthy, nutritious diet builds a foundation for well-being and disease prevention throughout your pet's lifetime. As a dog ages, his nutritional needs change; for example, a puppy needs a diet high in calories and protein to maintain its active lifestyle and to grow healthy bones and muscles. An older dog may need a diet restricted in calories and supplemented with fiber for optimum weight and gastrointestinal health.

Nutritional counseling is a vital component of your pet's health care and a part of all our wellness visits. We can help you decide which food is best for your pet during each life stage. We offer a variety of prescription diets that allow us the flexibility to offer the very best diet to suit your pet's individual needs.

Behavioral Counseling: One of the top causes of animals being euthanized in the United States every year is not cancer, heart disease or "old age". In fact the number one cause is often related to behavioral problems. Behavior problems can take many forms, from mild problems such as jumping up on strangers to more serious conditions such as self-mutilation and separation anxiety.

Diagnosing and treating behavior problems can be frustrating for pet owners. But meeting this challenge and helping the pet live a happier, healthier life is very rewarding. Diagnosing a behavior problem first means conducting a thorough physical examination to make sure the problem isn't related to some type of medical condition. The second step involves discovering the triggers to unacceptable behaviors and counseling on how to eliminate these triggers and the behavior.