Lifestage Wellness
As your pet ages, his or her health care needs change. Pets age more quickly than people and each stage of a pet’s life requires a different approach to health care. Woodland Springs Veterinary Hospital understands the needs of pets at all ages and has developed three health care plans for each stage of your pet’s life.
Puppy and Kitten Exams
Bringing a new puppy or kitten into your home is a wonderful, exciting experience! Woodland Springs Veterinary Hospital helps you welcome your new four-legged family member with our special puppy and kitten wellness exams.
As part of each examination, we administer age-appropriate vaccinations, perform fecal examination and deworming, administer heartworm prevention and perform a complete physical examination. Dr. Slough and Dr. Loter also discuss with you important health care information about your new pet, including basic behavioral training, nutrition and dietary guidelines, crate training and zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be transmitted from your pet to you). We also provide all pet owners with a free puppy or kitten information packet. Please don't hesitate to ask questions about your new pet - we encourage all pet owners to take an active role in their pet’s health.
Click here for our vaccine protocol for puppies.
Click here for our vaccine protocol for kittens.
Junior Wellness Care
For pets transitioning out of the kitten/puppy years and into adulthood, we offer a special Junior Wellness Care plan. As part of the plan, your pet undergoes a complete physical exam and junior blood profile, which provides us with a baseline for future diagnostics. Please ask a staff member for more information about our Junior Wellness Care plan.
Senior Pet Care
Your pet enters his or her "senior years" around the age of 7. It may seem that only yesterday your pet was a playful kitten or puppy; however, pets age more quickly than people and your senior pet's healthcare needs are very different from those of a younger pet.
Woodland Springs Veterinary Hospital's comprehensive senior wellness program is available to pets starting at age 7. The program includes a thorough senior wellness examination, a blood profile tailored specifically for your senior pet and urine tests.
As your pet grows older, he or she may develop diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, hypothyroidism and cancer. If your pet does not undergo frequent examinations, these diseases can go undetected and progress rapidly. This makes regular examinations an extremely important part of your senior pet's health care plan.