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When you find out that your dog or cat has kidney disease and they no longer have any desire to eat or drink, it is due to the progression of the disease.  When you notice your pet will not eat or drink, it may be time to consider a feeding tube which is placed surgically […]

Doctor Jesse Markovich was Pumpkin’s Doctor since we moved from Ohio to Arizona.  The Staff at the VCA Animal Referral and Emergency Center of Arizona in Mesa and the Doctor’s are all incredibly caring individuals and treat each patient as their own family.   The Staff at VCA attended Pumpkin’s funeral services, taking time off from […]

Pumpkin one day was shaking his head and I noticed his left ear was funny looking. As I looked closer, I noticed that his ear had swollen and you could feel a sack like fluid around his ear lobe. We called right away and got him into the vets. Here it was found Pumpkin, due […]

When Pumpkin lost his appetite for his food at first, we changed his diet to a different prescription diet food each week since his desire for eating his food, as his kidney disease progressed, was diminishing.  There were days where he hardly ate anything at all even as we hand fed him.  As the toxins […]

    Pet Care Center Related Image Content Normal Canine Kidney Chronic Renal Disease Acute Renal Failure The kidneys, the frequently forgotten but life-sustaining organs, remove waste from the bloodstream and regulate fluids in the body. If the kidneys are not able to do their job, the result could be life threatening for your dog. […]

Pumpkin came from championship parents. To see him prance in the yard with a toy on a string was a delight. He had the genes that gave him the talent to be a showman. It was like watching the Clydesdale horses do there steps. He was so gifted and in so many ways, continued what […]