Mission Valley Veterinary Clinic

37058 Timberlane Rd
Ronan, MT 59864

(406)676-4251

www.missionvalleyvetclinicmt.com

Veterinary Articles

Senior Cats' Health Issues

A cat's health changes with age. Physical and mental changes occur, just as they do with people. Most older cats sleep more than they did when young, and they u ...

Physical Rehabilitation of Dogs Following TPLO

Physical rehabilitation for pets is still a rather new veterinary discipline, as it has only existed since approximately 2000. However, the discipline continue ...

Obese or "Pleasantly Plump" Horses

Evolutionarily, there are advantages to being a horse that “gets fat on air.” In fact, for centuries, in the heyday of the work horse, horses were selected for ...

MRSP Dogs and Spaying

This is an increasingly common question, as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP – essentially the canine version of the high-profile hum ...

Diagnostic Crotch Sniffing?

Five dogs (Labs and Golden retrievers) were trained to detect contaminated urine in scent detection boxes. When they came across a contaminated urine sample, t ...

Body Language of Dogs

Body language in dogs is all about communication. Since dogs can’t form words, they use body language to “talk.” This includes different body postures, facial e ...

Kevin R. Detwiler, DVM

Mission Valley Veterinary Clinic