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Seasonal
SUMMER
PLAYFUL PUPS SEASONAL - WATER PARK This amazing water park includes an 800 sq. ft splash pad with the coolest doggie water features in Central PA! The splash pad is located inside a 3,000 sq. ft fenced in play yard that is covered in K9 turf and has awesome bone shaped splash pools for the pups to cool off on the hot days of summer. All approved daycare dogs who enjoy playing in the water will have an opportunity to pawty on the splash pad when they come for daycare! We also offer Yappy Hour on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday rentals (weather permitting) for current daycare dogs who are appropriate with all sizes of dogs, as well as friends & family of our daycare clients whose dog is dog friendly. We will have the water park staffed with some of our amazing daycare crew so you can rest assured that your dog can play with his friends and be supervised to make sure the environment is also safe at all times. We have a special sitting area for the humans to relax and watch the pups play too.
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HEARTWORM AWARENESS
Heartworms are parasites that live within the heart and lungs of infected dogs and occasionally cats. The bite of an infected mosquito transmits the immature heartworm (larvae) to your pet. The larva then migrates through the body and eventually finds its way to the heart where it becomes an adult. Adult worms are 12-14 inches long and release larvae in the blood for a mosquito to eat, and then transmit to another.
Diagnosis is by a blood test detecting adult female worms. It is better to detect worms before signs of disease are evident. Signs of disease may include loss of appetite, weight loss, exercise intolerance, and coughing. In cats, sudden death may be the only sign. Heartworm disease becomes life threatening and treatment becomes more difficult with symptoms present.
Hospitalization is required for heartworm treatment. Chest x-rays and blood evaluation are needed before treatment to evaluate how bad the disease is and if the patient can undergo treatment. Treatment to kill adult worms in dogs is a series of deep injections into the muscles of the back. If dogs are too sick to handle the injections, then worms need to be physically extracted from the heart with surgery. Survival with surgery is only about 50%. Currently, the only way to treat cats is with surgery.
Once treatment has been completed, the patient returns home for six weeks of strict confinement. Major lung complications may develop if confinement is not followed during the post-treatment period.
The most important aspect of heartworm management is prevention! Several different types of heartworm preventatives are available. Please discuss prevention options with your veterinarian to choose the one that is best for your pet.
