Planning Ahead for Your Pet: Preparing a Pet Emergency Plan

Planning Ahead for Your Pet: Preparing a Pet Emergency Plan

Despite our best efforts, life is anything but predictable. We never know just what turn the future may take, and a little planning does a lot to help smooth the road ahead. Because our pets depend on us for so much, it is important that we remember them when planning for life’s unexpected events. When […]
Exercise and Weight Management: The Keys to Optimal Pet Health

Exercise and Weight Management: The Keys to Optimal Pet Health

Post-Thanksgiving is usually a time for looking disdainfully at the scale and thinking of the many ways we may have overindulged. But few of us consider how the holidays can also be a serious risk to our pets’ health. Like us, our pets can be susceptible to obesity as well as be at risk for […]
Shop Local for a Rocklin Veterinary Hospital

Shop Local for a Rocklin Veterinary Hospital

As the busiest shopping season of the year draws near, you are likely hearing advocates sound off about the importance of buying local. You may already know why supporting local business matters. From job creation and quality service, to encouraging local prosperity and reinvesting in the community, the benefits of spending your hard-earned cash at […]
Celebrate the Joy of Adopting a Pet

Celebrate the Joy of Adopting a Pet

Your friends at Rocklin Ranch Veterinary Hospital are excited to announce the kickoff of our Community Animal Shelter Fundraiser to help raise the much needed funds it takes to provide housing, food, and veterinary medical care to the thousands of animals who rely upon the caring Rocklin community. In the United States, more than 7.6 […]
Keeping Your Pet Safe This Halloween

Keeping Your Pet Safe This Halloween

Last week, we covered all of the delicious and safe treats your pet can enjoy on Halloween, but what about general safety when it comes to the most frightful night of the year? Much like July Fourth and thunderstorm season, Halloween is a time of noise: knocks on the door, doorbells ringing, the shouts and […]
Nutritious Halloween Treats for Pets

Nutritious Halloween Treats for Pets

Halloween is a time for trick-or-treating, scary stories, illuminated jack-o-lanterns, and of course, LOTS of candy and snacks. While our young ghouls and goblins get to enjoy the usual kaleidoscope of candy confections, many of these treats pose a danger to our pets. As a precaution, we recommend that you might want to keep your […]
Celebrate RRVH’s Vet Tech Rockstars!

Celebrate RRVH’s Vet Tech Rockstars!

October 12–18, 2014, is National Veterinary Technician Week – a week we pause to recognize our Vet Tech rockstars. At Rocklin Ranch Veterinary Hospital, we have a lot to celebrate. Our amazing team of vet techs is, in our humble opinion, second to none. We consider ourselves to be so lucky to have the team […]
Getting the Most out of Your Pet Wellness Exam

Getting the Most out of Your Pet Wellness Exam

Although pet wellness exams are vital to your furry friend’s health, they are often viewed only as a time to update vaccines, have lab work done, or get other baseline medical tests out of the way. Unfortunately, this limited view can let an important opportunity pass by – that is, the chance to discuss your pet’s […]
Practical Ways to Avoid Pet Poisoning This Fall

Practical Ways to Avoid Pet Poisoning This Fall

Accidental poisonings can occur throughout the year, but it’s not uncommon to see an increase in pet poisonings during the the fall. One reason is that our family pets may suddenly have easy access to specific toxic items in our kids’ backpacks once they are back in school. It seems that backpacks, which are often […]
Understanding Common Pet Vaccines and Why They Are Important

Understanding Common Pet Vaccines and Why They Are Important

Vaccinations have become something of a hot button topic over the past decade, with public fears and misinformation becoming media fodder. While not the most enthralling topic of conversation amongst pet owners, pet vaccines are one of the most important aspects of caring for your pet and ensuring his or her overall wellness and longevity. […]