Posts in Category: Seasonal Pet Care

The holidays are a joyful time filled with family gatherings, celebrations, and travel. For many pet owners, holiday travel means bringing along their furry companions to share in the festivities. At Marketplace Veterinary Hospital, we understand that traveling with pets during the holidays can be both exciting and challenging. That’s why we’ve put together these helpful tips and tricks to ensure your holiday travel with dogs or cats is smooth and stress-free for both you and your pet.

The holiday season is the perfect time to give back. As a pet lover, what better way to support animals everywhere than by helping your local pet shelter? 

Whether it’s cat shelters, dog shelters, or shelters for other critters, these important places are always in need of donations, volunteers, and community support. And there are all sorts of ways to help!

The team at MarketPlace Veterinary Hospital has a few ideas for how you can help make a difference this holiday season. 

Fall is the season for change in so many ways! But what you do in the autumn for flea and tick prevention for pets is really the same as what you do in the spring and summer.

Because we aren’t in an area that experiences an entire season of hard freeze in the fall or winter, the chance of encountering fleas and ticks in the environment is always there. Plus, even when it’s chilly outside, they may want to join us in our warm homes–ick!

Holidays like Thanksgiving are a time for family, friends, and festive gatherings. However, the arrival of guests can often be overwhelming for your pets, and might lead to anxiety and stress. At Marketplace Veterinary Hospital, we understand how crucial it is to keep your furry friends calm and comfortable during these occasions. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of practical techniques to help you manage your pet’s anxiety when guests arrive.

Many dogs love summer and all that it brings. Unfortunately, they can’t always tell us when they’ve had too much. This means we need to be very observant to keep them safe and comfortable in the summer sun. In an effort to promote safety and comfort all summer long, owners of sun-loving dogs can rely on us for guidance and tips: 

If your holiday plans this year include fireworks, be sure that your July 4th pet safety skills are polished. Not all pets love the big bangs, but MarketPlace Veterinary Hospital can help you comfort your pet during fireworks and other loud noises of the holiday.

While some pets prefer a quiet corner far from the lights, camera, and action of the holiday season, the ones we know and love simply can’t get enough of all the splendor. Now, this doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll get into trouble between Thanksgiving and New Years. But the combination of their curiosity with the influx of dangerous items and events definitely ratchets up the risk. With our tips, your pet can get through the holidays with flying colors. 

Firework season can be hard for our furry family members. Imagine being a cat or dog and being rudely awakened by a loud bang, pop, and fizz, over and over again, all night long. Your pet can’t make the connection between these scary sounds and the strange colors in the sky. In their eyes, each unfamiliar noise is cause for concern. 

Local firework regulations don’t allow any fireworks in El Dorado County. But some organizations can apply for firework display licenses, which means your pet might still hear noise all night long. The team at MarketPlace Veterinary Hospital would like to share tips to reduce pet anxiety during firework season.

There’s a lot of ways to ruin a day, and chief among them definitely include a flea infestation or a tick bite. Both have the potential to cause serious problems in pets and people alike. As with most things in life where there is a clear and obvious solution, it is critical to address parasite prevention long before these bugs cause the unfortunate symptoms for which they are notorious.

Between Christmas and the other holidays that fall at the end of the year, you are probably pretty busy. That doesn’t mean that your pet care should fall through the cracks, though. MarketPlace Veterinary Hospital has our list of do’s and don’ts to make sure that your pet safety around the holidays remains top notch, no matter how crazy things get.