Huntsville Animal Clinic - Lisa Jackson

read moreTrusty Vet shares a common goal with our clients, which is to help pets live long and healthy lives. We understand that clients desire quality care for their family pets at affordable pricing. This is why we've built our veterinary practice to be highly efficient, convenient, and to provide basic veterinary services to the majority of pets while maintaining excellent quality of care. We are Pet and Pet owner advocates. We want to enable families to improve the quality of their pets lives as affordably as possible.

read moreA majority of pet owners notice bad breath in their dog or cat and think this is a normal standard for their pets. Our job at Trusty Vet is to help educate you that your pet's bad breath is NOT normal and that their dental health is closely linked to their overall health. Did you know that by age 3, an astounding 80% of dogs and 70% of cats show signs of oral or dental disease according to the American Veterinary Dental Society. Yes! You pet's dental health is so important to veterinarians that they have developed a specific society to address issues with oral disease.

read moreHaving an ill or uncomfortable pet can be very concerning to most pet owners. As our dogs and cats become more like family, we wish them to be happy and healthy members of our household. Trusty Vet is similar to a clinic where you would take your child for a mild illness. At Trusty Vet, our aim is to help your pet with these typical sicknesses. If a discovery is made that your pet has a more extreme illness or injury, a referral will be made to a more full-service hospital where critical care and hospitalization can be provided so that your pet has the best chance for recovery.

read moreThe veterinarians and staff at Trusty Vet stand behind annual vaccinations protocols 100%. Vaccines have allowed pets and humans alike to live longer and healthier lives. Today's vaccines have undergone elaborate medical research to ensure that they are safe to administer and effective in preventing fatal diseases. Our goal is to make the decision on which vaccines to give to each pet easy for our clients. We will break your pet's exposure risk to infectious diseases down into two categories. There will be pets that have regular exposure to possible infectious diseases, including those that attend boarding or grooming facilities and also spend a lot of time outside in the backyard or on trails or greenways.

read moreMost dog owners are familiar with the term "senior" when it comes to describing their pet's age, but as dogs are living longer thanks to advancements in veterinary medicine, a new term, "geriatric" is being used to classify older dogs. For the body sizes of 25#, 50#, and 100# in dogs, pets are considered geriatric at the ages of 13 years, 11, years, and 9 years respectively. Special considerations must be thought of to keep our geriatric pets healthy and comfortable as they advance in age. Just as in humans, vision and hearing begin to decline in geriatric dogs.

read moreAs our companion dogs and cats begin to age, they may develop illnesses or diseases which can begin to affect their quality of life. In some cases, early detection blood screening is helpful in catching these diseases early and postponing progression. There are other illnesses though such as cancer or heart disease that can develop slowly under the radar and may not be noticeable until your pet's quality of life begins to decline. When I have an owner bring their pet to me with concerns over quality of life, I certainly examine the pet, but more importantly, I discuss with the owner the pet's behavior at home.

read moreIt is an exciting time when you introduce a new furry friend into your home. When going to get your new pet, it is best to leave your current pet at home. Car travel can cause stress to your current pet as well as the new pet. Forcing the two to interact so suddenly in this stressful environment can cause or worsen anxiety and can potentially cause fighting. For introductions, take two dogs to a neutral territory. Examples include a park, while on a walk, or in a friend's yard. Always make sure there is someone there to help hold one of the dogs.