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Male vs Female Cats and Dogs
In choosing male vs female cats and dogs, how do they differ in their behavior and personality? Many pet owners have distinct preferences in choosing a male vs a female pet. Both sexes have certain traits and biological functions that tend to color their...
Helping Kids Understand the Loss of a Pet
The loss of a pet is difficult and requires patience and compassion for all those affected. If you have children, the loss brings additional confusion and questions about what death is. Children express grief in different ways than adults. Finding ways to help them...
Do Pets Get Lice…and Other Itchy Questions
It’s everyone’s back to school nightmare - head lice. If you have had a child come home with it, you may be familiar with this terrible infestation that is not only gross but hard to get rid of. As soon as one family member contracts lice, you can expect...
Learning to Love: Creating a Stronger Bond with a Rescue Dog
If you recently adopted a dog, we commend you! There is nothing better than adding a furry loved one to the family. A rescue dog, though, come with his own difficult background, and sometimes these backgrounds make for a fearful or shy pup. Because of...
Is It True? Uncovering Pet Cure-alls and Quackeries
There are plenty of products on the market that make claims about curing certain pet conditions and diseases. These remedies promise to benefit your pet, but these pet cure-alls can seem too good to be true. When a product comes with a guarantee of ridding your pet of...
Grain-Free Dog Foods: Are They Safe?
Two years ago, veterinarians began noticing a significant increase in cases of canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) heart disease in dogs. The FDA began investigating and recently announced a strong correlation between DCM and grain-free dog foods and...
Heartbreak: When Pet Adoption Doesn’t Work Out
When pet adoption doesn’t work out, it can break your heart. It starts out well, with the excitement of adding a new pet to the family. We lock eyes with a dog or cat at a shelter or at an adoption event, and we fall in love. We get excited about the great...
A Guide to Arthritis in Dogs and Cats
Our Veterinary team put together this guide to arthritis in dogs and cats. Our aim is to give pet owners a better understanding of this common disease affecting our fur friends. Thanks to advances in veterinary medicine and nutrition, our pets are living longer,...
The More the Merrier: Can You Have too Many Pets?
For most animal lovers, having a home with more than one pet is a no-brainer. In fact, for social animals like guinea pigs and ferrets, it’s unhealthy for them to be “only kids.” Dogs and rabbits also do well when they have another pet for companionship,...
Puppy to Senior: The Canine Aging Process
Canine aging--everyone's heard the idea that, for every one year of our lives, a dog ages seven years. Is that fact or simply a myth that's been widely accepted?While we don’t fully understand the canine aging process yet, the great news is that our pets...
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Since 1974, Union Lake Veterinary Hospital has been providing pets in Waterford, West Bloomfield, and surrounding areas with state-of-the-art care.
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6545 Cooley Lake Rd.
Waterford, MI 48327
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Phone: 248-363-1508
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