Hollywood Florida's Best Vet Shares How You and Your Pets Can Have a Happy Holiday by Dr. Megan Cassels-Conway, DVM

The season for extravagant holiday feasts, gathering of family and friends, cookies and candy and all the decadence of the holidays. At the veterinary clinic the season for pancreatitis, gastroenteritis and chocolate toxicity. All the wonderful things we love about the holidays can spell disaster if our furry friends partake alongside us. Vomiting cats and dogs with diarrhea put a damper on the holiday spirit but can easily be prevented. Use this guide as your holiday helper this season to avoid the major culprits of the holiday pet woes.

It's summertime and the veterinarians at DPC Veterinary Hospital want to pass on summer safety tips for pets in Fort Lauderdale and surrounding areas. Face it; our summers can be brutal on humans who can control their exposure to the sun and humidity. Can you imagine how the climate can affect pets that are pretty much reliant on their humans to keep them safe?