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Greetings friends,  A belated happy New Year!  2009 is off to a fast start and we are looking forward to another great year in spite of the current gloomy economic news. We have been brainstorming ways in which we can help you maintain your pet's good health in these troubled economic times and have developed our Affordable Pet Health Initiative for 2009 which includes the following:    We are offering 90 days of interest free financing (OAC) to help you spread out the costs of veterinary care into more manageable payments. We have arranged for extended financing on larger bills for up to 5 years at only 12% APR (OAC) with no prepayment penalty! Our HealthGuard Preventive Medical programs allow you to save up to 20% off of our normal fees when you perform the services we recommend for the life-stage of your pets.  We will  refrain from any fee increases for our services despite increasing costs of doing business such as wages, rent, utilities etc.  (food and drug prices will adjust according to costs).   We will continue to offer monthly cost saving promotions  and coupons to help you and your pets.    We are always trying to improve and grow our practice.  One way to do that is through positive reviews and recommendations from our happy clientele.   I'd like to solicit stories, testimonials and photos from you to post on this site as well as post reviews of our practice in online search engines.  Click here if you have a story to share and please post it on both our website and the various search engines that are listed on this link.       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.    Thank you for entrusting your pet's health care to us. Sincerely, Reid Shufer, D.V.M.	In This Issue   February is National Dental Awareness Month Case of the Month
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February is National Pet Dental Health Awareness Month Did you know that dental disease is the most common disease in pets? According to the American Veterinary Dental Association, over 80% of dogs show evidence of dental disease by the age of 3 years!  Click here for detailed information about pet dental disease. We are dedicated to help fight this insidious problem and have developed great promotions for the month of February:   15% off all Dental Procedures including the pre-operative work-up An additional 10% off on additional pet's having dental procedures the same week as your 1st pet. Free Fingerbrush for all Dental patients   Free 5# bag of Hill's T/D diet with each dental for the first 20 dental patients 90 days interest free payments available O.A.C.   We encourage you to take advantage of these substantial savings and make your appointment today! Robbie Gets Stem Cell Therapy As this letter goes to press, Dr. Henderson's dog Robbie is being treated with his own stem cells, harvested from his abdominal fat.  As many of you know, Robbie has undergone radiation therapy for cancer twice in the past year.  The treatment for the tumor in his neck damaged his spinal cord to a degree, which has left him having difficulty getting around.  We are going to inject his stem cells directly into the spinal canal, in the hopes that they will help to resolve the spinal degeneration.  Similar studies in rats have been promising and we hope to see some significant improvement in the weeks to come!	Case of the Month: Delilah is an 18 month old Boston Terrier who presented to us in the midst of a dystocia (problem giving birth).  Delilah was 65 days pregnant when she came into the clinic. The normal gestation period for dogs is between 62 to 65 days.  The owners had been taking her temperature daily for the previous two weeks  looking for evidence that she was going to start to give birth because typically the body temperature will drop below 100 degrees within 24 hours of whelping.  Delilah's temperature had dropped 20 hours prior to presentation.  She had started to have contractions 4 hours before she was brought in because her contractions were non-productive.  To find out what happened,    Click Here Fun Cat Facts: Sweat from the pads of their paws.    Maine Coon cat is America's only "natural" breed of domestic feline. Cats have 244 bones in their bodies. Domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour. Cats have 32 muscles in each ear. Heaviest recorded cat was called Himmy and weighed 43 pounds. Cats are believed to see colors.   Cats must have fat in their diet, because they can't produce it on their own. Meow is only reserved for humans. Cat pregnancy is about 58-65 days; Cats have 100 different vocalization sounds.   There are 100 breeds of Cats. Both humans and cats have identical regions in the brain responsible for emotion. A purring cat doesn't always mean its happy. Cats also purr if they're in pain. A cat can jump 5 times as high as they are tall.

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 5# bag of T/D	Get your pet's Teeth Cleaned and receive a free 5# bag of T/D diet Valid for first 20 dental appointments in February.
Offer Expires: Feb 28th  2009  (Coupon must be presented at the time of procedure.  Limit 1 offer per family).  Vaccinations must be current., dental work may require pre operative blood testing.