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Ask a Veterinarian: What is Your Favorite Dental Hygiene Tip for Pets?
This Pet Dental Health Awareness Month, we asked the West Delray Vet Veterinarians one very helpful question, “What is your favorite dental hygiene tip for pets?” Dr. Jonathan Block: I recommend taking a diversified preventive care approach, brush or use dental wipes...
Veterinarian-Approved Pet Gift Guide
As the holidays are in full swing, many of us want to include our furry family members in the gift-giving process. With so many pet products on the market, it is important to select items that are both safe and engaging for your pet. At West Delray Veterinary, we have...
Animal Pain Awareness Month: An Integrative Approach to Pain Management
At West Delray Veterinary, we make every effort to go above and beyond for each and every patient and client. We believe that integrative medicine — the practice of complementing conventional medicine with alternative therapies — improves our ability to meet our...
Animal Pain Awareness Month: Pain & How to Identify it in Animals
As our furry friends can’t speak to us and tell us when something is wrong, their pain is communicated through changes in behavior and body language.
How to Prevent & Treat Heat Exhaustion in Pets
With sun, heat, and more days spent outdoors, summer is officially in full swing! The month of May is marked Heat Awareness Day while July identifies as National Pet Hydration Awareness Month. When entering a summer of rising temperatures, it is essential to...
Identifying & Treating the 3 Different Ear Infections in Dogs
Itching, whining, and headshaking are often recognized as strong indicators that your dog is experiencing an ear infection. As many as 20 percent of dogs have some form of ear disease that affects either one or both ears. However, self-diagnosing can be difficult...
Meet Charlie: An Integrative Conservative Approach to ACL Ruptures in Dogs
Meet Charlie, Charlie is a 7-year-old spayed female Husky Mix Dog. She presented in July of 2021 for chronic, intermittent right hind limb lameness. Based on her physical exam findings and radiographic changes, Charlie was diagnosed with a suspected partial ACL...
How to Prepare for a New Puppy
Many of us have dreamt it, the image of walking into your living room on a holiday morning, only to be greeted by the sweetest little puppy staring back at you lovingly. Cuddles, playtime, and constant love, all sound like great reasons to get a puppy. However, once...
Keep Your Pet’s Healthy This Thanksgiving & Avoid Feeding Them These Foods…
It’s no secret that Thanksgiving is the holiday of overindulging in delicious foods but it’s not just humans that overeat on the holiday. If you’re hosting the Thanksgiving festivities this year, it can be all too tempting to treat your pet to some bites of food,...
Pet Anxiety… Fact or Fiction?
For this month’s blog, we explain everything you need to know about pet anxiety- the common causes, symptoms, and treatments. Anxiety is not limited to the human species. In fact, anxiety is a condition that is common in both humans and pets! At West Delray...
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Sat: 8:00am – 3:00pm
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West Delray Veterinary is a Delray Beach, Florida based general small animal, integrative veterinary practice founded in 2019 by Dr. Jonathan S. Block CVA CCRT.