Contributed by Dr. Shawn Messonier, DVM

With summer upon us, many of my clients and readers of my column, The Holistic Pet, are interested in controlling external parasites (fleas and ticks) as naturally as possible. Here?s an example of a question a reader recently asked.

?Dear Dr. Shawn: Currently my dog Muffin is taking Program orally and [...]

Contributed by Dr. Shawn Messonnier, DVM

Lyme?s disease is one of 3 diseases in pets caused by a rickettsial organism (rickettsia are a type of bacteria.) Your pet cannot get the disease simply by exposure to an infected pet. Transmission occurs when the pet is bitten by an infected tick, which serves as the intermediate host [...]