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Safety in Pet Anesthesia-Dr. Don DeForge

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Donald H. DeForge, VMD Milford Veterinary Hospital at Silver Sands House Call Veterinarian Connecticut Silver Sands Veterinary Urgent Care 17 Seemans Lane Milford, CT 06460 P-203-877-3221 E-Mail DoctorDeForge@yahoo.com DonDeForge100@gmail.com www.SilverSandsVeterinary.com A Safe Journey for Your Pet Under Anesthesia Dr. DeForge follows the pre-anesthesia examination and testing requisites recommended by the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia with risk grading and monitoring guidelines.   He will provide the same care as given to a child in your home undergoing anesthesia in a human hospital.  Dr. DeForge understands your pets are your children! Companion animal advocates are very concerned when  the pet that they love needs to undergo general  inhalation anesthesia for any reason.   The ultimate goals of veterinary preoperative medical  assessment and human preoperative assessment are  identical.  The goal of exam and testing is
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Hot Weather Safety Tips from the ASPCA Dr. Don DeForge Milford Veterinary Hospital at Silver Sands 17 Seemans Lane Milford, CT 06460 203-877-3221 E-Mail DoctorDeForge@yahoo.com NEW! House Calls for Pets NEW! Free Vaccines for Life To find out more go to our Website www.SilverSandsVeterinary.com Dr. DeForge wants to share very important Hot Weather Safety Tips from the ASPCA! Please take a moment and read these important points of safety carefully! Hot Weather Safety Tips We all love spending the long, sunny days of summer outdoors with our furry companions, but being overeager in hot weather can spell danger. To prevent your pet from overheating, take these simple precautions provided by ASPCA experts: Visit the vet for a spring or early-summer checkup.  Make sure your pets get tested for heartworm if they aren’t on year-round preventative medication. Pets can get dehydrated quickly, so give them  plenty of fresh, clean water  when it’s hot or humid outdoors. Mak

Cold Weather Tips for Your Pet-#DrDonDeForge www.SilverSandsVeterinaryCenter.com

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The Silver Sands Veterinary Network Milford Veterinary Hospital-Our General Care on-site Companion Animal Practic [just across the street from Dan Perkins Subaru] Silver Sands Veterinary Urgent Care  House Calls for Pets  The New England and NY Animal Dentistry Health Services/Centers for Oral Care www.SlverSandsVeterinary.com www.MilfordVeterinaryHospital.blogspot.com Donald H. DeForge, VMD-Fellow of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry Cold Weather Tips for the Pet You Love #DrDonDeForge  11Nov2017 Winter is just a few weeks away.....Fall has passed so quickly.  Cold weather brings great fun for kids and pets outdoors! With all of this fun comes problems if simple concepts of Winter safety are not followed. Two problems faced by veterinarians each year during the "cold sub-freezing" days of Winter are hypothermia-[low body temperature that can lead to shock]-and frostbite. Hypothermia can set in very quickly in old and debilitated animals

Cat Stomatitis Unwrapped-#DonaldHDeForgeVMD-Fellow of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry

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#DonaldHDeForgeVMD Fellow of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry Medical Director Silver Sands Veterinary Network Milford Veterinary Hospital-General Practice for Companion animals Silver Sands Veterinary Urgent Care-non-life threatening emegency and urgent care NEW! Housecalls for Pets-Compassionate Animal Care right to your doorstep Dr. DeForge wants to share with you his protocol for removing oral stomatitis permanently from cats. Stomatitis is the most painful oral condition in cats.   It is not a tooth disease but it is a bone disease with a very serious adjoining soft tissue inflammatory pathology.   The cause is unknown but with Dr. DeForge's Guided Bone Regeneration Surgery all cats will return to normal with no return to the painful pre-surgical states. Questions: E-Mail DoctorDeForge@yahoo.com Continue to care for the cat that brings you unconditional love within the Human-Animal Bond. #DHDeForgeVMD Finding the Cure: CAT STOMATITIS