Lifetime of Care
We can offer your dog an entire lifetime of care.
- Annual Vaccines
- Rabies vaccine and tag (see information on acquiring a rabies license below)
- Annual exam
- Annual, affordable health screens
- Testing for intestinal parasites
- Flea and tick prevention
- Assistance with behavior issues including house soiling
- Geriatric care
- Mobility issues and arthritis
- Dental health
Tele-advice and Emergency Care
Our clients can phone our practice at any time for information about their pet. Animal Medical is also equipped to provide emergency care and hospitalization.
Recommendations
We do not try to up sell clients on services or products. Each pet is examined as an individual. The recommendations that we make will always be specific to your dog and your lifestyle and needs as a pet owner.
WELL PUPPY CARE
Puppies initially inherit immunity against disease from their mothers, but this immunity wears off in the first 8 to 14 weeks of their lives. We administer vaccines to overlap with this decrease in naturally acquired immunity so that your puppy remains fully protected throughout his or her young life. Vaccines that are administered for the first time need to be administered a second time 3 weeks from the first administration to ensure that your puppy’s body responds.
What vaccines do puppies get?
DA2P-CPV Vaccination (Distemper vaccine)
A combination vaccine that protects against several viruses (Distemper, Hepatitis, Parvovirus, Parainfluenza) that cause life threatening respiratory, neurological and intestinal
Bordetella Vaccination (‘Kennel Cough’)
Protects against part of a respiratory disease that, while not life threatening, causes a very irritating cough and that can leave your pet more vulnerable to more serious illness. Highly contagious!
Lyme Vaccination
Protects against a tick-borne disease that can cause permanent kidney damage, lifelong lameness, or death. Lyme disease is endemic to our area and we recommend a Lyme vaccine for all dogs. A shocking 8% of dogs in our area test positive for some tick related disease.
Leptospirosis Vaccination
Protects against a bacterial disease that can cause kidney and liver disease in dogs. This disease is a zoonotic disease; it can be passed to humans through exposure to urine of infected dogs. We recommend this vaccine for dogs that are at risk which includes all dogs living in Rockland County.
Rabies Vaccination
Is legally required; it protects against a deadly, incurable neurological virus that can affect humans.
Additional Care for Puppies
At each visit during your puppy’s rapid growth phase, we will give you a single (one month) heartworm and flea/tick preventative that will be based on your puppy’s current weight. During one of your final puppy visits, once your puppy’s weight has plateaued, we will dispense a 12 month supply that you can refill annually.
At your 19 week visit, we will submit bloodwork as part of the pre-anesthetic assessment for your pet’s spay or neuter. Also at this visit, we will schedule your pet’s spay or neuter.
After we get your puppy off to a strong start, we’ll want to see him/her back two more times in the first year:
At 5-6 months
- Spay/neuter
- Survey hip radiographs (in large breed dogs)
- Baseline pre-surgical blood evaluation
- Permanent pet identification (microchipping)
At 1-1 1/2 years
- Complete physical examination
- Rabies Vaccination (3 year)
- DA2P-CPV booster vaccination (3 year)
- Annual Heartworm/fecal examination
- Lyme booster vaccination (1 year)
- Leptospirosis booster vaccination (1 year)
- Bordatella vaccination (1 year)
After the 1 year visit, we won’t need to see you back for 12 months, unless your pet has a problem.
How To Get A Rabies License For My Dog
Required By Law
All dogs living in NY State, 4 months or older, are required by law to be licensed. Dog licenses are handled individually by each city or municipality. To obtain a dog license, you will need proof of a current rabies vaccine (Animal Medical of New City will provide you a free rabies certificate once your dog has been vaccinated by us), and, depending on where you reside, proof that your dog has been spayed or neutered. If you have a service dog, there may be additional requirements. You can click on any of the links below to find out more information about your town.
Make sure that your dog stays current on his or her rabies vaccine! Approximately 200 cases of rabies are reported in NY State every year. In addition to the life-saving protection that rabies vaccines afford, they protect your pet in case he or she accidentally bites another animal or human.
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Well Adult Dog Care
2 to 5 years
After an intensive first year, our goal for the next few years is to monitor what are typically the healthiest years of your pet’s life. Each year, we’ll provide:
- Complete annual physical and dental examination
- DA2P-CPV booster as needed (every 3 years)
- Annual Lyme and :Leptospirosis booster vaccinations
- Annual Bordatella booster vaccination (when appropriate)
- Rabies booster as needed (every 3 years)
- Annual fecal exam
- Annual heartworm exam
- Heartworm prevention
- Flea/tick prevention
- Dental cleaning (as needed)
- Weight
- OFA hip radiographs (2 year olds, only as required by breed)
5 – 8 Years
For many dogs, the mature years continue to be fairly carefree, but we need to be more vigilant when looking for signs of early disease or degeneration. In many cases, we can cure, manage or delay onset of conditions if we catch them early. During these annual visits we provide
- Complete annual physical and dental examination
- DA2P-CPV booster as needed (every 3 years)
- Annual Lyme and Leptospirosis booster vaccinations
- Annual Bordatella booster vaccination (when appropriate)
- Rabies booster as needed (every 3 years)
- Alternate year blood screen evaluation (cbc, chem panel, thryoid panel, urinalysis)
- Annual heartworm examination
- Annual fecal examination
- Weight
- Dental cleaning (as needed)
- Heartworm and flea/tick prevention
Senior Pets
During the later years of your pet’s life, there are many things we can do to lengthen and improve his/her quality of life. We look for conditions and diseases that may be putting increased stressors on one body system or another. In order to accomplish this, we recommend the following:
- Complete annual physical and dental examination
- DA2P-CPV booster as needed (every 3 years)
- Annual Lyme and Leptospirosis booster vaccinations
- Annual Bordatella booster vaccination (when appropriate)
- Rabies booster as needed (every 3 years)
- Annual fecal exam
- Annual heartworm exam
- Heartworm prevention
- Flea/tick prevention
- Annual Dental cleaning (or as needed)
- Weight
- Annual blood screen evaluation (cbc, chem panel, thyroid panel, urinalysis)
- Annual blood pressure evaluation
- Annual glaucoma screening
Further laboratory tests such as chest and abdominal radiographs, ECG, ultrasound, fiberoptic endoscopy, etc may be indicated according to physical exam findings or clinical history. Noninvasive diagnostic procedures are excellent screening tools in the early detection of geriatric medical conditions.