Preventative Care for Dogs
Keeping your dog healthy starts with preventative care. Regular veterinary visits, vaccinations, and routine health services help protect your pet from illness and allow potential health concerns to be detected early. At Pinnacle Animal Hospital, we focus on providing the essential care your dog needs to live a long, healthy life.
Spay and Neuter
Spaying and neutering help prevent unwanted litters and provide important health and behavioral benefits. These procedures can reduce the risk of certain cancers and reproductive diseases while also helping decrease roaming and other unwanted behaviors.
At Pinnacle Animal Hospital, our veterinary team performs spay and neuter procedures with a strong focus on safety, comfort, and proper recovery for your pet.
Dental Care
Dental health is an important part of your dog’s overall well-being. Without regular dental care, plaque and tartar can build up on the teeth, which may lead to gum disease, tooth loss, and infections that can affect other parts of the body.
Professional dental cleanings remove plaque and tartar while allowing our veterinary team to examine your dog’s mouth for signs of dental disease. Routine dental care helps keep your dog’s teeth healthy and their breath fresh.
Parasite Prevention
Parasites such as fleas, ticks, heartworms, and intestinal worms can cause serious health problems for dogs. Some parasites can also be transmitted to people, making prevention especially important.
At Pinnacle Animal Hospital, we carry trusted in-house parasite prevention products to keep your dog protected year-round. Our veterinary team will recommend the best option based on your dog’s age, lifestyle, and risk factors.
Flea, Tick, and Heartworm Prevention
We carry the following in-house medications to protect your dog from fleas, ticks, heartworms, and intestinal parasites:
- Bravecto® Chews for Dogs
Bravecto is a convenient chewable that protects dogs from fleas and ticks. A single chew provides up to 12 weeks (3 months) of protection, helping prevent infestations and eliminating common tick species that can transmit disease. Bravecto is ideal for dogs that need reliable, extended parasite control. Each dose is a prescription product provided by our clinic to ensure proper use and monitoring.
- Credelio Quattro® for Dogs
Credelio Quattro is a broad-spectrum monthly chewable that protects against fleas, ticks, heartworms, and intestinal parasites. In addition to controlling fleas and ticks, it helps prevent heartworm disease and treats and controls common intestinal worms such as roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms.
Our veterinary team can help determine which of these in-house options is best suited for your dog’s needs, ensuring they stay healthy and protected throughout the year.
Canine Vaccines
Vaccinations play an important role in protecting dogs from serious and potentially life-threatening diseases. Core vaccines are recommended for most dogs because they protect against highly contagious illnesses that can spread easily between animals.
Core vaccines typically protect against rabies, distemper, parvovirus, and adenovirus. Our veterinary team will recommend a vaccination schedule based on your dog’s age, lifestyle, and overall health to ensure they stay properly protected.
Core VaccinesRabies The rabies vaccine is required by law and protects against a fatal virus commonly carried by wildlife such as skunks, raccoons, and bats. Rabies is a zoonotic disease, meaning it can be transmitted to humans. If a pet without a current rabies vaccination bites a person or another animal, or is bitten by wildlife, quarantine may be required at the owner’s expense. DHPP (Canine Distemper, Hepatitis, Parvovirus, and Parainfluenza) This core vaccine helps protect dogs from several highly contagious and potentially life-threatening diseases. Parvovirus, in particular, is extremely resilient and can survive in the environment for up to two years, where it can cause severe and potentially fatal gastrointestinal illness. Leptospirosis Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease spread through the urine of infected wildlife such as skunks, raccoons, deer, and rodents. Dogs can become infected through contact with contaminated water sources, including puddles, streams, and lakes. The disease can be serious or even fatal and, in rare cases, can be transmitted to humans. |
Lifestyle VaccinesBordetella (Kennel Cough) Bordetella is a highly contagious respiratory infection that spreads through direct contact with other dogs or contaminated surfaces and objects. Vaccination is recommended for dogs that frequently visit boarding facilities, groomers, dog parks, training classes, or daycare. Canine Influenza Canine influenza is a contagious respiratory virus that spreads through direct contact with infected dogs or contaminated surfaces. While outbreaks are relatively uncommon, vaccination may be recommended for dogs that have frequent contact with other dogs. Your veterinarian can help determine whether this vaccine is appropriate for your pet. Rattlesnake Vaccine The rattlesnake vaccine may help reduce the severity of symptoms if a dog is bitten by a rattlesnake, but it does not prevent envenomation. Dogs that are bitten still require immediate veterinary care. This vaccine may be recommended for dogs that spend time hiking, camping, or in areas where rattlesnakes are present. |