Shoreline Animal Hospital

  On May 20th, Dr. West spent the day at the Haddam Killingworth Middle School speaking to 5th graders in 3 groups of ~ 60 students each followed by the entire 7th grade all at once.   The 5th graders are learning to be scientists.  They have been conducting experiments, gathering data and coming up with conclusions.  Dr. West titled her [...]

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Thank you to everyone who helped make our 2011 Relay for Life a tremendous success in so many ways!   We surpassed our goal of raising $2,000 for the American Cancer Society.  Online donations totaled $1,850 and we raised at least an additional $250 with fund raising events. Our “decorate a cookie booth” raised ~ $75 and [...]

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Last year, Shoreline Animal Hospital participated as a team for the first time in the Haddam-Killingworth Relay for Life.  It was an incredible experience for all who participated.   Relay is an overnight community event where teams raise money for cancer research and support services by walking in a continuous relay.  The event is usually held on a [...]

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Easter, for many, means hiding plastic eggs filled with candy and chocolate bunnies sitting in baskets. For our four-legged friends this could possibly lead to chocolate toxicity.  Dogs have an excellent sense of smell, making it easier for them to find those lost and forgotten plastic eggs. Those brightly colored wrapped chocolate bunnies look like [...]

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Our pet’s vision is critical to their quality of life and yet sometimes pet owners may be unaware of how serious an eye problem can be.  We see ocular abnormalities on a weekly basis in our office and they can include  traumas, corneal ulcers, dry eye (KCS), cataracts, conjunctivitis, congenital deformities, glaucoma (an increased pressure within the eye), [...]

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