Category Archives for "Dog Q & A"

0 A Stylish Personalized Pet Tag….In 2 Minutes!

Love for pets has no boundaries! 

MyFamily has been producing pet tags since 2010 in the city of Valenza, Italy 

They have a vision of transforming pet ID tags into products that can evoke emotions. These are small pieces of art that are pleasing to your eyes. It is their goal to help you identify your pet dog or cat in a stylish way. 

We make each MyFamily pet tag with care. We design your pet tags to make you and your pet happy. Pet parents express delight with its high quality of materials and beautiful finish.

With a growing array of designs, you can be sure that you can pick one that will please you. Your pet will be the envy of other fur parents. 

From simple to pretty, to designs that are beautiful and specific to your pet’s breed!  You can be sure that there is one that will fit your furbaby perfectly!

Over 20 million pet owners are happy to choose My Family products. They come from the US, Europe, Australia and Asia. 

Now in the Philippines, at ETC Drugstore, you can get your very own MyFamily Pet Tags. 

Visit us and choose from the hundreds of designs available! 

You can have your pet’s name, contact number, and e-mail engraved.  Our specially designed machine can do this for you in under two minutes!

If you can’t visit us in person, you can call us at 0977-804-4455. You can choose a design and we can have it engraved and sent to you by courier.

P.S. If you don’t have a pet yourself or you already have a MyFamily Pet Tag, you can get one for your friend. They will appreciate your gift!

P.S.S. Even if you have one already, you’ll want to add more to your collection of stylish personalized pet tags. 

Call us at  0977-804-4455 or PM us at ETC Drugstore FB to check for available designs.

0 Do You Know That Your Pet Doesn’t Sweat As Much As You Do

This is one of the hottest summers ever!  I’m sure you’ve been sweating a lot recently.

There have been records of temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius in the country!  This is very uncomfortable and is also potentially dangerous for you and your pet.

Specially your pet!

You have to be aware that your furbabies do not handle the summer heat like you do.  Dogs have less sweat glands than humans.  Most of them are found in their paw pads.

Dogs regulate overheating in a different way than people.  Humans would basically sweat.  A lot.

Our canine companions can’t perspire like we do.  They would mostly use panting to make themselves cooler.

Other ways dogs regulate heat is by drinking water, lying down on a cool surface and moving to the shade.

Signs that your dog is overheating are:

1)      Excessive panting and dribbling
2)      Collapsing
3)      Increased heart rate
4)      Tremors
5)      Loss of coordination

When your furbaby overheats, you should do the following:

1)      Move to a cooler place
2)      Offer water to drink
3)      Wet the coat (don’t use ice water)
4)      Call a veterinarian!

Why go to a professional veterinarian? Read more here.

Keep these in mind to prevent your dog from getting a heat stroke:

1)      Make sure your fur baby is well hydrated.
2)      If you exercise your pet,  make sure you do it during the cooler times of the day.
3)      Never leave your dog inside your car.
4)      It may be good idea to keep your dog indoors, with air conditioning if necessary.
5)      Avoid concrete, asphalt or any other surface that could absorb a lot of heat.
6)      Stay in the shade.

Enjoy the summer break. Just make sure that you keep not only yourself safe,  but also your canine companion!

How about you? If you are a responsible pet parent you will choose to go to an expert veterinarian for your pet needs.

Contact us at (02) 8896-6386 / 8896-2860 / 0908-896-7113 so we can set an appointment.
Do take note that Makati Dog and Cat Hospital serves you and your pet from 8AM to 3PM, Mondays to Saturdays.

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Enjoy peace of mind,

Dr. Sixto Carlos, DVM, MS
Makati Dog and Cat Hospital
Serving Pet Parents near Mandaluyong, Makati, and BGC

0 Cat Spaying and Neutering: How To Prevent the Hassle of Too Many Cats in Your Condo

Cat Spaying and Neutering can help you live with just the right number of pets.

Do you live in a condo?  Are you a parent to one or more cats?  You should consider having them spayed or neutered.

Why? Let me share with you a story of a client’s cat . . .

Many years ago,  I had a client who loved her cat.  I told her that she should have her spayed. 

She told me that her cat doesn’t live in her condominium anyway.  Her cat wouldn’t meet other Tom Cats that may make her have kittens.

Fast forward a few months.  She found out that when her kasambahay goes out of their condo to visit other units, she brings the cat with her.

Lo and behold, her queen met a Tom.  What naturally happens, happened.  So, she gave birth to 3 kittens.  

I told the cat mommy, “Let’s get all of them spayed before you have too many cats in your house.”

She refused and just told me that she’ll make sure none of her cats will meet a male cat.  She swore with her life.  Famous last words.

Later on . . .

Her queens all got pregnant and she couldn’t explain why!  

Now she has 13 lovely cats in her condo unit: 7 females and 6 males from the last count.

She became one of our favorite clients because she bought a lot of cat food, kitty litter, cat toys in addition to the required vaccinations and parasite preventives.

While this cat parent LOVES all her cats and she has the resources to take care of all of them, it was getting too much.  Her house was looking messy.  Her furniture was getting scratches everywhere and her place started to smell like a cattery.

Cat Spaying Keeps You From Unwanted Suprises

Finally I told her: “This is the last time I will tell you, let’s have them spayed and neutered.  

While we do enjoy the increased business we are getting from you, we are getting worried that it is becoming too tiresome for you and it may not be healthy for your cats if there are too many of them in one area.” 

For her sake, she finally conceded and said “Yes!” 

We then scheduled one whole morning in the hospital to have all of her cats fixed. 

There was a sign of relief from her.  Having more cats will make her household crazy. 

The cats are lucky that their cat mommy had money to take care of them.  If she didn’t,  they would be in horrible living conditions.

Always think about this when you consider having a cat in your house. 

How about you? If you are a responsible pet parent and do not want to have unwanted surprises in the future, please consider neutering and spaying your pets. 

Read more here on Cat Spaying and Neutering Every Pet Owner Should Know.

Contact us at (02) 8896-6386 / 8896-2860 / 0908-896-7113 so we can set an appointment.  

Do take note that Makati Dog and Cat Hospital serves you and your pet from 8AM to 3PM, Mondays to Saturdays.

Connect with us on our Facebook.

Enjoy peace of mind,

Dr. Sixto Carlos, DVM, MS
Makati Dog and Cat Hospital
Serving Pet Parents near Mandaluyong, Makati, and BGC

0 Top 3 Pet New Year Safety Tips Every Pet Owner Should Know By Now

Top 3 Pet New Year Safety Tips Every Pet Owner Should Know By Now – have a joyous but safe New Year celebration!

New Year’s Eve can be full of excitement for the humans but when it comes to your pets, fireworks can be stressful. Pets are more sensitive to noise and do not like loud sounds. Best to prepare not just for your New Year’s Eve celebration but for your pets’ welfare as well. Here are the Top 3 Pet New Year Safety Tips for pet owners out there:

Pet New Year Safety Tips: Give Your Pets Enough Exercise During the Day 

Prepare your pets for the New Year’s celebration by letting them have a lot of exercise during the day.  Exercise will make them tired and less anxious later in the night when the fireworks start. They could be sleeping and too tired to care.

So make the pet exercise part of your day to get your pet less energetic later in the evening. You can go around your house or if you have an area in your place to exercise your pet you can do that as well. 

Pet New Year Safety Tips: Prepare a Safe and Cozy Place for Your Pets

A safe practice during the New Year’s celebration is to keep your pet in a safe and secure area. This can be a bedroom or your family room where you can keep watch of your pet. Set a cozy place where your pet can sleep or take a rest. Put food and water nearby as well. Don’t forget to give the pet’s favorite toy. You can play soothing music to drown out the fireworks noise.

The pets should be kept indoors during this time to avoid the incidence of them running away. If you have to let your dogs out for bathroom breaks, keep them in a leash that is secure and tight enough not to let them escape. For cats, do not let them out at all.

Pet New Year Safety Tips: Comfort Your Pet as Needed

More often than not the best way to keep your pet comfortable during the New Year celebration is to give them love and affection more than the usual. You can give them extra pet treats – not human food and especially not alcohol.  You can allow them to sleep in your bed if you practice that. Or simply letting them stay by your side during the excitement will be good enough. A massage and extra hugs will not hurt either. Besides, you will also benefit from comforting your pets.

Here is a summary of the Pet New Year Safety Tips you can easily share with your fellow pet mommies and daddies:

Keep these safety tips to make sure you have a happy and accident free Holiday celebration.

Are You Travelling During The Holidays?

Travelling during the Holidays? You can leave your pets with us. We offer Pet Boarding services. If you want to learn more about Pet Boarding and reserve your slot, you can call us at these numbers during hospital hours:  (02) 8896-6386 / 8896-2860 / 0908-896-7113. Makati Dog and Cat Hospital serves you and your pet from 8AM to 3PM, Mondays to Saturdays.

You can also learn the Pet Christmas Safety Tips here.

Enjoy peace of mind,

Dr. Sixto Carlos, DVM, MS
Makati Dog and Cat Hospital
Serving Pet Parents near Mandaluyong, Makati, and BGC

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0 5 Top Pet Christmas Safety Tips Every Pet Owner Should Know

Pet Owners here are Important Pet Christmas Safety Tips to keep in mind this coming holidays. 

As we are all in the middle of this pandemic, most probably you will be staying with your pets at home during the Christmas season. Best to take note of what you should do and what to avoid.

Pet Christmas Safety Tips: Pet-Proof Your Christmas Tree

The main Christmas icon in your home is the Christmas tree. Make sure that you pet-proof it by anchoring your tree securely to the ceiling with a hook so your pets will not tip it over.

Pet-proofing your Christmas tree is not just securing the tree itself but the ornaments as well. Your Christmas tree decorations may look nice and elegant but to your pet’s eyes, these can be seen as treats or toys.

If possible, place your Christmas tree in an area that you can close off from your pets when you are not around. Or you can use a playpen or baby gate to bar off the pets from getting near the tree. And make sure that there are people around when the pets are near the Christmas tree.

Keep The Tinsel Out of Reach

One of the common Christmas decors in the pinoy culture is the tinsel. You know, those long glittery strips that come in different colors you put around the Christmas tree or outline your doors and windows. 

But this is a dangerous decor especially if you have a cat in the house. Cats – naturally curious – want to check out these sparkly things. A small nibble and swallow of these tinsels can obstruct their digestive tract leading to other complications.

If you really want to use tinsels, make sure they are out of reach to your cats. But if you can avoid putting them up on your tree and as trimmings, this is the best option.

Pet Christmas Safety Tips: Avoid Toxic Christmas Plants

For the pet owners who are also plantitas and platitos out there, see to it that the holiday plants are out of reach for your pets. Holly, Lilies and the Poinsettias are toxic to your cats and dogs. 

There are Asian holly varieties that contain toxic saponins that can cause serious gastrointestinal distress when eaten.

Lilies can cause fatal kidney failure especially to cats with just a few bites of this plant.

Poinsettias, a popular Christmas plant here in the Philippines can pose danger to your pets as well. Its milky white sap can cause diarrhea, vomiting and drooling. Though only large amounts of this sap can cause these, still this can pose a threat to your pet’s health. 

Secure Those Wires and Lights

Just like your Christmas tree and ornaments, keep those wires and lights out of your pet’s paw’s reach. Fasten the Christmas lights to the tree and keep the cords out of your pet’s mouth. Electrocution from electric wires can be fatal to your pets.

If you are fond of lighting candles in your home, be sure not to leave them unattended. You do not want your pet to cause fire because of candles getting knocked off from tables.

Pet Christmas Safety Tips: Keep Them Off Those Tempting Sweets

If you are a pet owner, you would know by now that sweets are a big no no for your pets especially chocolates.  Other food you should avoid giving your pets are grapes/raisins and onions and those that contain xylitol or other toxic foods. 

Aside from the food items that are not good for your pet, do not leave your alcoholic drinks where your pets can easily reach them. These drinks can cause respiratory failure to your pets.

Here is a summary of the Pet Christmas Safety Tips you can easily share with your fellow pet mommies and daddies:

Keep these safety tips to make sure you have a happy and accident free Christmas.

For New Year Safety Tips go here.

Travelling on Christmas? You can leave your pets with us. We offer Pet Boarding services. If you want to learn more about Pet Boarding and reserve your slot, you can call us at these numbers during hospital hours:  (02) 8896-6386 / 8896-2860 / 0908-896-7113. Makati Dog and Cat Hospital serves you and your pet from 8AM to 3PM, Mondays to Saturdays.

Enjoy peace of mind,

Dr. Sixto Carlos, DVM, MS
Makati Dog and Cat Hospital
Serving Pet Parents near Mandaluyong, Makati, and BGC

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0 Happy Client: Crest Pecson

They saved our first shih-tzu dog 25 years ago when he was still a puppy, he is over the rainbow 🌈 now – Buddy lived 15 wonderful years with us. Since then we never look for any vet clinic or hospital. Doctors are very professional and they know what they’re doing. If you have a very sick pet or need emergency attention go to this place because you can guarantee that they will look after your furry pets. They have a pet pharmacy for medicines, pet toiletries, and dietary food. All our dogs completed their vaccines here and we truly appreciate their service!

– Crest Pecson

0 Happy Client: Nadj Dua

Thanks for taking care of her! She has stayed twice this year at Makati Dog and Cat Hospital. The best thing about her boarding experience is the real-time vid requests they update us with!

– Nadj Dua

0 Makati Vet Home Service: Keeping Your Pets Healthy And Happy At Your Convenience

Is Makati Vet Home Service true?

With the various offerings of convenience in today’s society, you would like to wish for Vets to come to your house as well.  This would be a great service you will opt for instead of dealing with the traffic, not to mention handling your pets. 

But you do not have to look too far. Makati Dog and Cat Hospital has been offering Vet Home Service for awhile already. As for now we do not have a mobile hospital but we can go to your residence and visit your pets. This eliminates the preparation for you and your pet as well as the time spent on travel back and forth.

Like anything in this world, there are a few services we can offer under the Vet Home Service. Here they are:

Makati Vet Home Service: Vaccination

When taking care of pets, vaccination is an essential part of their life. It is not just protecting them from various pet diseases and rabies but this is to protect you and your family as well. Not sure when should the vaccinations be given? Here are the full vaccination schedule for your cats and dogs:

Dog Vaccination Schedule: http://makatidogandcathospital.com/pet-vaccination-schedule-when-is-the-recommended-vaccinations-given/

Want to know the proper schedule of vaccinations for your cat? Check out the right time to go to the vet for your cat’s vaccination: http://makatidogandcathospital.com/cat-vaccination-schedule-when-is-the-right-time-to-give-the-vaccine/

Makati Vet Home Service: Tick and Flea Treatment

At one time or another you have to deal with ticks and fleas of your pet. If you are not sure what to do and need help with dealing with these parasites, then let us help you with that with our Tick and Flea Treatment. No need to bring your pet to the vet to give relief to your pet.

Makati Vet Home Service: Deworming

If you have pets, you are familiar with deworming by now. It is a basic service that you want your pet to undergo to make sure that there are no parasites feeding off them. Deworming can be given through visiting your pet at home.

Food Delivery

It is quite inconvenient learning that you have to go out again just to buy your pet’s food. To make it easier for you, allow us to deliver your pet’s food right at your doorstep.

If you want to learn more about Vet Home Service and schedule a Vet Visit, you can call us at these numbers:  Or just go to Makati Dog and Cat Hospital from 7AM to 5PM, Mondays to Saturdays. These are the numbers to call: (02) 8896-6386 / 8896-2860 / 0908-896-7113.

Enjoy peace of mind,

Dr. Sixto Carlos, DVM, MS
Makati Dog and Cat Hospital

Serving Pet Parents near Mandaluyong, Makati, and BGC

0 Frontline Plus Flea and Tick Control For Dogs: Some Facts You Need To Know

“Pagpatak ng umaga, mayang hapon laglagan na ang mga garapata!”  This is what a happy pet owner says about Frontline Plus Flea and Tick Control For Dogs.

If we counted the times a paw-parent has mentioned the words “fleas” and “ticks”, we can already have a glance at how much these creatures have caused them a lot of trouble.

But before anything else, the first step to resolving a problem is to identify it.

Frontline Dogs: CHECK YOUR DOGS FOR FLEAS AND TICKS

Fleas and ticks are mite-like creatures that may resemble a spider. (Quick fact! Fleas and ticks are members of the arachnid family and are actually related to spiders. People would usually mistake them as insects but they are not.) 

Brush your dog’s hair or run your fingers through their skin and if you feel tiny bumps along the way, then these are probably your enemies AKA fleas and ticks.

Frontline Dogs: COMMON MISCONCEPTION OF GETTING RID OF FLEAS AND TICKS

I’m sure you’ve got the news that you can burn fleas and ticks so they would flee your dog’s skin. That’s a big NO NO! 

In doing this, the mouth part of these parasites still remains intact on your dog and may cause further infection. One way to properly remove them is by using tweezers with a fine point to ensure that even their mouths get disposed of. 

It is advisable to flush them down the toilet right after.

FRONTLINE PLUS FLEA AND TICK CONTROL FOR DOGS SAVES THE DAY!

Flea and tick control vary from different products that you may have probably Googled at some point.

But what if I tell you that a product that I truly trust is not only readily available online but is also the solution to your tick and flea problems? Convenient and effective, you might say? Tama ang nabasa niyo! 

Frontline Plus is fast-acting, killing adult fleas within 12 hours of application! 

No more garapata with Frontline Plus Flea and Tick Control for Dogs! 

For more information, visit PreventPuppyProblems.com, and share the word with your co-dog parents!

0 BROADLINE FOR TICKS AND FLEAS: How to protect your felines on the spot!

For years, it has been believed that cats are immune to the harsh bites of ticks and fleas. But are they really in the safe zone?

And because I care for you, I’m glad to be your myth buster! 

Yes, your felines can get infested by these small (but terrible) creatures as well, and if not treated on its early onset stage, there’s a huge possibility that it can get a lot worse.

So if you start seeing signs of ticks and fleas (constant scratching, biting or chewing on the skin, fur loss or bald patches) but if you’re racing against time to have it checked, run to your kitchen and grab the nearest towel and mild dishwashing liquid!

Take note: This may not be a fun time for our kitties as they are not the biggest fans of the waters. *wink*

So how do you it, you may ask? 

It’s pretty simple! It will just be a typical cat bath but use a mild dishwashing liquid instead. The soap will slowly kill the ticks and fleas as it destroys their exoskeleton. To avoid their sensitive skin from drying, use regular cat shampoo right after. 

Of course, it won’t be that easy to get rid of these mite-like beings, and from time to time, you might have to use some treatments you’ve found online. But are you sure they’re safe?

Here Comes Broadline For Ticks And Fleas

It is always a good decision to go to your trusted Veterinarian for tips and constant check-ups. As a tenured professional in this field, I’ve tried so many products who promise safe and fast-acting solutions to my patients. 

But finally, I’ve found the perfect one for your cats; I can surely vouch for Broadline for Ticks and Fleas! It is gentle, effective and kind to your cats— inside and out! 

Say goodbye to ticks and fleas with Broadline! Pay a visit to PreventPuppyProblems.com to know more, and don’t forget to share the word to your fellow paw-parents!

Enjoy peace of mind,

Dr. Sixto Carlos, DVM, MS
Makati Dog and Cat Hospital
Serving Pet Parents near Mandaluyong, Makati, and BGC