Dubuque County Veterinary Services

09/09/2025

Dr. Mundt was recognized by the Dubuque Police Department for her work with the area K-9 units over the years

09/05/2025

Tag your babies if you see them ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 🐕 🐈

09/02/2025

Check out our improved interactive "Kid Corners!" during your pet appointments. Complete with kid doctor coats, stethoscopes, microscopes, and a fun X-ray matching game. As parents ourselves, we love having the kids learn!!

09/01/2025

DCVS will be closed today in honor of Labor Day. If you have an emergency, call the emergency line, 844-VET-DCVS ext 2. Please note, Dr. Mundt will be taking some time today to enjoy the great outdoors with her kiddos so she may only be able to offer advice for part of the day.

08/20/2025

DEAR DCVS clients/
Oh goodness, the pollen count is high right now!!! If your dog is one of our allergy patients and suddenly, their meds aren't enough to control their symptoms, send us a message, and we can make adjustments! https://www.pollen.com/forecast/historic/pollen/52001

Non-medication things that can help reduce symptoms.

I like to tell people to experience what your dog might be going through....think about what it feels like after you mow the lawn on a hot summer day in a tank top. That sticky, itchy feeling on your arms and neck is pollen and grass particles sitting on your skin causing irritation. Now imagine not going inside and showering that off. Instead, you add to it daily. Pollen and grass particles get on your dog's feet when they walk in, on their stomachs, armpits, and groin areas, when they lie in it, and on their face when they shove their face in the long grass looking for critters. Thats why these areas get red and itchy. Its basically a contact allergy to the pollen and grass. To help reduce that, wipe the paws off each time they come in with a damp cloth. 1-2 times a week, do a whole-body or at least a foot bath to really get that pollen off their skin. This should be done with cool water for additional itch relief (similar to applying ice to a rash).

Keep long-haired dogs clipped shorter in warm months if they suffer from atopy, or environmental allergies. Doodle or curly coat dogs are so adorable, but that coat acts like a swiffer outside, sweeping up all the pollen and making it difficult to wipe off. It also traps moisture when they lick and when giving baths, and can lead to hot spots, or superficial skin infections.

08/12/2025

Dear DCVS clients/
I think we can all agree there is nothing better than fresh sweet corn from the field!!!
BUT PLEASE DON'T GIVE CORN ON THE COB TO YOUR DOG or dispose of the cobs on your property where a dog can get to them. The cobs can very easily lodge in the intestine! They are one of the most commonly removed foreign bodies, along with towels, underwear, and bouncy balls. So enjoy your corn this summer season, but please dispose of it properly and only share with your dog if you cut it from the cob (and no butter!)

08/07/2025

Thanks to donations made last Christmas to our Fur-Angel Tree for our farm cat program, we were able to help out this guy. He had ear mites so severely that he had torn two huge holes in himself below his ears with his own claws. He is now neutered, vaccinated, dewormed, and his ears and skin treated. Can you imagine these critters living in your ears and eating you :( .

07/27/2025

Dear DCVS Clients/

Please SHARE.

With the summer heat in the forecast, I wanted to send out my yearly reminders.

1. Don't leave your dog in the car for even a few minutes while you quickly run into the store. If you leave the air running, you need to open a window enough to reach in and unlock it. Dogs often step on the lock button.

2. Closed-up garages get hot! Don't leave your pets in a garage on hot days.

2. Concrete, Asphalt, Sand, Decks, and even grass can get very, very hot and burn paw pads easily. Take your shoes and socks off and stand on any of the above on an 85-degree day if you don't believe me. Remember this when taking your dog to summer events.

3. Walks and ball playing should be done in the early or late hours of the day. Even then, take lots of breaks. Many ball-motivated dogs will heat-stroke themselves before they will stop playing fetch. 75% of heat-related illnesses are due to exercise.

4. GERIATRIC, LONG-HAIRED, AND SMOOSH-FACE DOGS ARE EXTRA SENSITIVE TO THE HEAT!!! On very hot days, it should be out to the potty and back inside for these particular dogs.

5. Outdoor caged rabbits should also be brought indoors to a cool area or provided with iced water bottles and fans. Domestic rabbits are prone to heat stroke.

6. Leave cool water out for wildlife, outdoor cats, and birds.

07/22/2025

Photo dump! Tag your babies if you see them !!

07/21/2025

Dear Clients/ ,

There have been some filtering/ spam detection changes to many email platforms. Many of our reminder emails, receipts, and certificates are getting filtered to spam and then subsequently getting deleted in 7 days.

HOW TO FIX> ..Please make us a contact in your email and give our email permission to send you links, attachments, and pictures.

Our EMAIL IS [email protected].

07/16/2025

Dear DCVS clients/

UPDATE: Congratulations Brooks you won the drawing from the correct answers.
We had several variations of correct answers we accepted.
This picture is showing a condition called stenotic nares, or basically a dog born with nostril holes not big enough. This is common in smoosh-faced breeds like Frenchies, pugs, pekingese, some boxers, bulldogs, etc. Push your own nostrils together and try walking and you can see how hard it is for these dogs to breath just doing regular activities. This can be surgically corrected, but more importantly, breeders of these dogs should focus on this trait as a criteria for breeding these types of dogs.

Welcome to another WHAT THE HECK WEDNESDAY!

If you missed the last one, this will be a regular contest in which we mock Dr. Mundt's artistic skills and try to guess what she was attempting to draw during an actual appointment.
For this week's contest, the assignment is to GUESS THE MEDICAL CONDITION she was discussing!!!

To ENTER THE CONTEST , COMMENT with the correct answer below and SHARE THIS POST! Correct answers will go into a drawing. This week's winner will win a gift card Next Level Energy in Dubuque
Good Luck! Because that's what it might take!
- Mandy and Hannah

07/15/2025

DCVS had a shoutout in yesterday's TH article about the Dubuque K-9s!

Ask a police officer what the most rewarding part of his or her job is, and you’ll likely get a variety of answers. But for Dubuque Police officers Carter Meyer,