Top Ten Toxins in the Kitchen for you Dog and Cat

1.  Chocolate

2.  Grapes, raisins and currants

3.  Xylitol/ sugar free gum or candy

4. Fatty table scraps

5.  Onions and garlic

6.  Compost

7.  Human medication

8.  Macademia nuts

9.  Household cleaners

10. Unbaked bread dough/alcohol

if you are unsure call the Pet Poison Helpline at 800 213-6680


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How to Give SQ Fluids to Your Pet at Home

 Your Cat will feel so much better with just a few minutes a day

If you are managing your cat’s chronic kidney failure chances are you may be pretty familiar with how to “stick” your cat with a large bore needle and then turn on the fluids that help  rehydrate your cat and keep their kidney functioning.  At Dana Niguel Veterinary Hosptial we forget how intimidating needles, iv lines and bags of fluids can be to a pet owner since they play an intragal part of what occurs in our hospitals’s treatment area.  We thought we would post this video made by Dr JC Burcham at Olathe Animal Hospital in Olathe, Kansas.  Dr Burcham does an excellent job at teaching you how you can perform this life saving medical procedure in the calm atmosphere of your own home 

How to give your Pets SQ Fluids at Home


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Top 10 Most Common Expensive Conditions for Pets

abdominal surgery with the laproscope

Cats and Dog Owners turned in more

$1000 plus insurance claims to VPI

for the following conditions:

6831 claims for torn knee ligament/cartilage

1005 claims for intestinal foreign object

954 claims for stomach foreign object

879 claims for intervert3ebral disc disease

372 claims for stomach torsion/ bloat

126 claims for laryngeal paralysisrup

124 claims for tumor of the throat

104 claims for ear canal surgery:ablation

102 claims for ruptured bile duct


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Have You Met Chuck?

Dana Niguel Veterinary Hospital welcome new greeter!

Depsite being a member of the Dana Point, Laguna Niguel and San Juan Community for over 30 years there are still some new pet owners that ask where  Dana Niguel Veterinary Hosptial is located.  Common references have included:  below the Mariott, one driveway up from the old flag store, up the street from Subway, before the PCH split. 

We would like you to meet a new point of reference.  Our low maintance all weather happy greeter Chuck!  Now when you would like to tell your friends where Dana Niguel is located ask them to look for the well trained Golden Retriever sitting patiently on the sidewalk.

gretter for Dana Niguel Veterinary Hospital

Chuck the all weather well trained greeter


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Ally and her winning Personality

Ally the Abyssinian has really come out of her shell

Thanks to the caring staff at Dana Niguel Veterinaryhospital, Ally has become more confident and very friendly.  As you can see in this video, she is very loving cat.  Do you know someone that would love to provide companionship for this beautiful cat?  

Ally meets her public


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