Animal Medical of Salado

11/28/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from the entire team at Animal Medical of Salado! 🧡🐾

We are incredibly grateful for your trust and the opportunity to care for your amazing pets. Wishing all of our wonderful patients and their families a safe, joyful, and delicious holiday! Remember to keep those holiday treats pet-safe! 🦃

11/22/2025

🐾❤️ Happy National Adoption Day! ❤️🐾
Just adopted a new furry friend? Here’s what to do next: vet check-up, create a safe space, start routines, and enjoy bonding time! 🐶🐱✨

Welcome to a beautiful new adventure — and we’re here to help at Animal Medical Salado. 🩺🐾

11/18/2025

❤️🐾 Heart disease in pets is more common than you think.
Watch for signs like coughing, fatigue, trouble breathing, or fainting. Early detection can save lives. 🩺💙

Keep your pet’s heart healthy — schedule a wellness check at Animal Medical Salado.

11/18/2025

Great for older dogs. Don't forget they need to be able to grip and not slip

Dr. Buzby’s ToeGrips are a GAME CHANGER for senior dogs! ToeGrips enable instant traction on slippery floors, reduce the risk of a slip and fall injury, and restore your dog’s confidence.🐕
Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4hpVjLh

11/17/2025

🥾🐾 5 Tips for Hiking With Your Dog!
Keep your adventure buddy safe with plenty of water, paw protection, breaks, and a quick health check before you hit the trail. 🌲🐶
For pre-hike wellness exams and advice, visit Animal Medical Salado! 🩺🐾

11/05/2025

🐾Would you rescue? 💕

Thousands of loving pets are waiting for a second chance. 🏠 ❤️ It’s National Animal Shelter & Rescue Appreciation Week! 🐶🐱
Give a shelter pet a forever home — and we’ll help keep them healthy at Animal Medical Salado. 🩺🐾

11/03/2025

🐾💉 Spay & Neuter — It Saves Lives! 💕
Did you know? Most accidental litters happen before pets turn 5 months old! Fixing your pets early helps prevent overpopulation and keeps them healthier for life. ❤️

Schedule your pet’s spay or neuter appointment today at Animal Medical Salado — caring for pets, protecting futures. 🩺🐶🐱

11/02/2025

11/01/2025

🍲🐶🐱 Happy National Cook for Your Pets Day! 🐾💛
Show your furry friends some extra love with a healthy, homemade treat! Just remember — always choose pet-safe ingredients.

For nutrition guidance and wellness care, visit Animal Medical Salado! 🩺🐾

10/29/2025

Sometimes you can’t get to the vet right away — and that’s okay.
Here are a few human OTC meds that can safely help your dog or cat (when used properly).

⚠️ Please never give cats aspirin, and stop immediately if vomiting, lethargy, or worsening symptoms occur.

For full details, including doses and safety notes, visit:
👉 https://veterinarysecrets.com/10-otc-human-meds-safe-for-dogs-and-cats/

10/29/2025

Dog food for thought.

*Preventing unwanted litters is a goal we all share—but it's time to rethink the surgical approach. Hysterectomies and vasectomies, which preserve hormonal balance, can safely be performed as early as 8 weeks of age, making dogs sterile without disrupting their natural hormones.

New peer-reviewed study published in Nature:

How a dog’s lifetime exposure to his own hormones (before being neutered) affects how well he handles aging and frailty later in life.

Study Background

• Frailty = when older dogs (and people) become weaker, less resilient, and more prone to illness and death.
• Most research looks at how to prevent frailty — this study looked at what makes some dogs bounce back better after frailty sets in.
• The focus was on the HPG axis — the hormonal system that produces testosterone and controls reproduction.

Key Findings

• Dogs neutered very young (before 2 years old) had:

o A much higher risk of death once they became frail.
o About 16% higher mortality for every small increase in frailty.

• Dogs kept intact longer (more than ~10 years) showed:
o No increase in mortality linked to frailty.
o Their hormones seemed to “buffer” the negative effects of aging.

• Each extra year of natural hormone exposure reduced frailty-related death risk by ~1%.

What It Means

• Hormones from the te**es may protect against the worst effects of aging later in life.
• Removing them too early could make dogs less resilient to age-related decline.
• Frailty isn’t just about getting old — it’s also shaped by early-life events like the timing of neutering.
• This supports a “life course” view: what happens early in life affects health decades later.

Why It Matters

• The study suggests timing of neutering might influence how well dogs age.