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Pet
Tales
News
from Alta Rancho Pet
& Bird Hospital
November 2008
Dear
Reid,
Greetings
friends,
Autumn
has
finally
arrived,
and with
it, some
of the
prettiest
time of
year to
get
outside
and
enjoy
our area
with
your
pets.
Thanksgiving
is just
a few
days
away
and,
despite
the
negative
news
about
the
economy,
we
certainly
have
plenty
to be
thankful
for!
Good
Health,
good
friends,
great
pets and
a
country
with the
strength
and
capability
to
overcome
even the
most
strident
obstacles
leave me
feeling
very
optimistic
at the
moment.
I hope
you
share
the same
sentiments.
With
the
holidays
upon us,
I
encourage
you not
to
overindulge
your
pets (or
yourselves
for that
matter).
In
particular,
fatty
gravy
and
turkey
bones
are a
strict
NO-NO.
If your
pets get
stressed
out by
the
holiday
crowd,
call us
in
advance
and
perhaps
we can
suggest
a
sedative.
I
invite
you to
visit
our
newly
revamped
website
(www.altaranchopet.com).
It is
much
more
user
friendly
and
includes
great
photo
galleries
and a
huge
information
library.
I've
created
an
interactive
Community
Forum/Message
board
for our
website,
which
will
allow
you to
discuss
various
topics
of
interest
to you
surrounding
pet
health
and pet
care.
It
should
be a fun
and
productive
way for
us to
interact.
If
you have
a
complaint,
you can
use the
same
form to
send it
directly
to me,
but I
ask you
to let
me
respond
to it
before
you
place it
indelibly
on the
web.
Happy
Thanksgiving!
Animal
Planet
at
ARPH!
We
have
recently
joined
with
Animal
Planet
Television
to
enhance
your
experience
in
our
reception
area.
We
have
installed
a
beautiful
42
inch
plasma
TV
in
the
reception
area
which
will
display
a
unique
combination
of
Animal
Planet
content
interspersed
with
information
about
our
practice,
medical
conditions
and
more.
This
service
should
be
up
and
running
by
the
time
you
receive
this
newsletter.
We
strive
to
minimize
your
waiting
time
in
our
reception
area,
but
there
are
times
when
you
may
have
to
wait
while
we
attend
to
other
patient's
needs.
We're
confident
that
the
addition
of
Animal
Planet
TV
will
make
your
waiting
time
fly
by
and
perhaps
give
you
an
opportunity
to
learn
something
you
did
not
know.
Is
your
pet's
belly
looking
bigger
lately?
Could
it
be a
splenic
tumor.
Frequently
older
dogs
are
presented
to
us
for
evaluation
for
symptoms
ranging
from
general
weakness
and
malaise
to
sudden
collapse.
Often,
these
symptoms
may
be
related
to
tumors
of
the
spleen.
When
the
dog
presents,
we
frequently
can
feel
a
mass
in
the
abdomen
or
the
owners
may
have
noticed
the
belly
getting
distended.
The
weakness
or
collapse
is
usually
related
to
tumors
of
this
organ
rupturing
and
the
slow
or
fast
loss
of
blood
leads
to
the
weakness.
Just
last
week
we
had
two
older
Labradors
present
with
just
such
symptoms.
One
was
crashing
suddenly,
while
the
other
had
a
history
of
intermittent
weakness.
Click
here
to
find
out
more
about
this
disease..
Client
Saves
Pet
with
CPR!
A
short
while
ago,
one
of
our
long
standing
clients,
Susan
DeAntonio;
a
fire
investigator
with
the
K-9
division
of
the
Rancho
Cucamonga
Fire
Department
shared
her
harrowing
experience
with
her
13
year
old
Labrador,
Gator.
Sue's
quick
thinking
and
background
training
kicked
in
and
saved
the
day!
Bravo
Sue,
you
are
amazing!
Click
here
to
read
about
this
amazing
feat!
Halloween
contest
a
great
success.
This
past
Halloween,
we
decided
to
have
some
fun
and
ran
a
critter
costume
contest.
Although
we
got
the
word
our
at
the
last
minute,
we
had
a
nice
showing
of
the
cutest
pets
in
Alta
Loma!
After
much
deliberation,
first
place
was
awarded
to
Bourkee,
an
AKC
champion
French
Bulldog.
To
see
the
other
finalists,
click
here.
We
plan
to
repeat
this
contest
next
year,
so
start
planning
your
costumes
now!
Case
of
the
Month:
Lumpy
and
Bumpy
but
still
going
strong!
Ginger
is a
12
year
old
yellow
lab
who
came
to
us
to
evaluate
a
growth
on
her
rump,
which
had
been
growing
steadily
for
the
past
6
months.
In
the
last
month,
the
owner
noted
another,
smaller
lump
on
her
belly.
Beyond
these
bumps,
the
owner
reported
some
difficulty
getting
up
and
down,
but
otherwise
she
was
in
good
shape.
On
presentation,
Ginger
was
bright
and
alert,
especially
for
an
old
girl.
The
lump
on
her
rump
was
about
the
size
of a
small
melon!
It
was
firm
to
the
touch,
but
not
painful.
On
her
belly,
we
found
one
large
mass
the
size
of a
peach,
with
multiple
smaller
masses
running
up
and
down
the
length
of
the
abdomen.
Ginger
had
never
been
spayed
and
we
found
a
small
amount
of
discharge
coming
from
her
vagina.
Our
differential
diagnosis
for
the
lumps
on
her
abdomen
included
mammary
gland
tumors
or
metastasis
from
the
primary
rump
tumor.
To
find
out
what
happened
to
Ginger,
Click
Here
Give the
Gift of
Health
and
everyone
wins!
The
greatest
compliment
you can give
us is your
personal
referral to
friends and
family. We
have created
our "Gift of
Health"
program to
help you
encourage
referrals to
our
practice.
Here's how
it works:
Refer your
friends or
family
members to
us and as
new client
referrals
they will
receive
their 1st
visit at 1/2
off the
normal fee.
That is a
$19.00
savings!
When they
come in, we
will send
you a thank
you letter
with a
coupon for
$10.00 on
any
veterinary
services
(food, drugs
and supplies
are not
eligible).
After you
refer 10
clients to
us, you will
become a
permanent
"Good Health
Ambassador"
and receive
10% off on
all your
veterinary
services for
the year.
If you are
happy with
the services
we have been
providing,
spread the
word and
give the
Gift of
Health to
all your
friends
today.
We
appreciate
your
support!
Free Boarding!
Start
the New Year with a Fresh
Mouth and get free boarding!
Schedule a dental cleaning
between now and the end of
the year and receive up to 7
nights boarding FREE!
Offer Expires: Dec 31,
2008 (Coupon must be
presented at the time of
procedure. Limit 1 offer
per family. Free boarding
must be used by 3-31-09).
Vaccinations must be current
for boarding, dental work
may require pre operative
blood testing.
$30.00
Credit
Earn up to $30.00 for
your opinion!
Help us
build our business by
reviewing our hospital
on the web. Your
opinion matters!
Print out your review,
bring them in to the
front office and receive
$5.00 hospital credit*
for each review you
submit (up to 6
review).
We
encourage your honest
opinion of our
practice. if you have a
harsh review, I
encourage you to address
it directly to me at
drshuf@aol.com, before
posting so that I can
address your issues and
improve our practice for
all.
Click the links below to
go to the review sites
for our hospital. You
can copy and paste your
review from one site to
the next.
Dear
Reid,
We
have
recently
joined
with
Animal
Planet
Television
to
enhance
your
experience
in
our
reception
area.
We
have
installed
a
beautiful
42
inch
plasma
TV
in
the
reception
area
which
will
display
a
unique
combination
of
Animal
Planet
content
interspersed
with
information
about
our
practice,
medical
conditions
and
more.
This
service
should
be
up
and
running
by
the
time
you
receive
this
newsletter.
Frequently
older
dogs
are
presented
to
us
for
evaluation
for
symptoms
ranging
from
general
weakness
and
malaise
to
sudden
collapse.
Often,
these
symptoms
may
be
related
to
tumors
of
the
spleen.
When
the
dog
presents,
we
frequently
can
feel
a
mass
in
the
abdomen
or
the
owners
may
have
noticed
the
belly
getting
distended.
The
weakness
or
collapse
is
usually
related
to
tumors
of
this
organ
rupturing
and
the
slow
or
fast
loss
of
blood
leads
to
the
weakness.
This
past
Halloween,
we
decided
to
have
some
fun
and
ran
a
critter
costume
contest.
Although
we
got
the
word
our
at
the
last
minute,
we
had
a
nice
showing
of
the
cutest
pets
in
Alta
Loma!
After
much
deliberation,
first
place
was
awarded
to
Bourkee,
an
AKC
champion
French
Bulldog.
To
see
the
other
finalists, 
