Additional Pet Services

We at Long Trail Veterinary Center offer many services for our patients and their owners, including but not limited to:

  • Second opinions and consultations
  • Pain management
  • Stem cell therapy
  • Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA)
  • House Calls (on a case by case basis)

Further services we provide include:

Acupuncture / Chiropractic Services

Long Trail Veterinary Center is pleased to announce supplementary services for your pet. These services include: veterinary spinal manipulation (chiropractic care) and acupuncture by a certified veterinarian. These services can benefit all pets from your working competitive dogs to your geriatric cats.

Veterinary Spinal Manipulation Therapy (VSMT):

AcupunctureNeurology-based VSMT treatments are performed to promote and restore normal motion and function of joints (primarily in the spine, but also in extremities), thus allowing the nerves to function optimally. This results in a healthier body by reducing inflammation and pain, promoting a healthier immune system, and encouraging correct biomechanics. All animals can benefit from VSMT treatments, but the most common issues treated include arthritic patients, dogs with back pain and disc disease, and working and competitive dogs to maximize performance and prevent injury.

Acupuncture:

Acupuncture utilizes the insertion of needles at specific points on the body to affect organ systems and local pain through the nervous system (spinal cord and brain). This can result in decreased inflammation, increased circulation, and alleviating pain. Acupuncture is great for patients with the following conditions:

  • Pain control with arthritis
  • Pain control post-surgery
  • Relief of muscle spasm with back pain
  • Chronic inflammatory ocular conditions such as uveitis and pannus
  • Stomach Ulcers, Inflammatory bowel disease, anorexia with illness
  • Infertility
  • Chronic allergies
  • Inappropriate elimination in cats
  • Kidney disease

Please contact us today to ask how these services can benefit your pet.

HomeAgain Microchip SystemMicrochip Lost Pet Identification

How would you find your pet if he or she ever got lost?

Each year, millions of pets go missing and many don't make it back home. Microchipping your pet is a safe, simple and effective way to prevent this tragedy. About the size of a grain of rice, identification microchips are encoded with your pet's vital information and implanted beneath your pet's skin, usually between the shoulder blades. Veterinary hospitals and animal shelters across the country and around the world are equipped with special scanners capable of reading these microchips. The information in the chip is used to reunite you with your pet.

Long Trail Veterinary Center uses the HomeAgain microchip system. HomeAgain provides a number of very useful services to pet owners such as their National Pet Recovery Database, Lost Pet Specialists, Rapid Lost Pet Alerts, Lost Pet Medical Insurance, Travel Assistance for Found Pets, and more.

Traveling with Your Pet – Health Certificates

If you like to travel with your pet to other countries or states, you may need a national or international health certificate. These certificates document the health of your pet as well as that he or she has been properly vaccinated. If you do not have this form of documentation it is very likely you and your pet will not be able to travel to your destination.

Long Trail Veterinary Center is authorized and well-versed in handling the documentation required for traveling with your pet. Generally, these certificates are only valid for a certain period of time, must be filled out within a specific timeframe prior to when you travel, and require different forms depending on your destination. We can help you understand what you need and advise you on how to safely travel with your pet by air. We also can provide you with valuable recommendations for other travel concerns.

Please make sure you give us up to 30 days notice before international travel.

Owner ServicesBehavior Counseling

Behavior problems are the number one reason that owners give up a pet. Long Trail Veterinary Center offers behavior counseling for many of your pet's problems including inappropriate urination or defecation, aggression, separation anxiety, inappropriate chewing and barking, introduction of new pets into the household and household pets that are in conflict with one another. Oftentimes a behavior problem, such as inappropriate voiding, can be linked to a medical issue (cystitis, bladder stones, and kidney disease). We will help you recognize, validate and categorize behavior problems. We work closely with you in developing a specific plan to help eliminate your pet's unwanted behavior. If our staff members cannot help with your pet's behavior problem, we can refer you to a board-certified animal behaviorist.

Nutritional Counseling

One of the key factors contributing to the improved health and longevity of companion animals is our expanded knowledge on the important role that proper nutrition plays in overall health. During your pet's comprehensive physical examination we evaluate his or her body condition and give recommendations based on what we see. However, some pets with nutritional issues or chronic conditions such as diabetes require a little bit more intervention, which may include specialized foods, feeding strategies and even prescription diets.

Long Trail Veterinary Center has trained staff available to help you with your pet's nutritional challenges. We also have a diverse inventory of prescription foods and high-quality nutritional products both at the hospital and online. If your pet requires a prescription diet or any other product we do not carry, we can easily order it for you. We can also offer advice and provide information about diets that benefit specific medical conditions such as liver disease, bladder and kidney stones, renal failure, food allergies, diabetes, environmental allergies, and other conditions.

Online Pharmacy

In numerous acute or chronic conditions, medication is required to cure or alleviate symptoms. We believe that timely and convenient access to these medications is an important aspect of caring for your pet. Not only does our pharmacy mean you don't have to wait for important medicines for your pet, but there is a direct line of communication between the examination room and the pharmacy. Each medication becomes part of your pet's medical record, which reduces the chance for errors and enhances our ability to monitor its use and the outcome for your pet.

Refills are easy too. Simply give us a call or visit our online pharmacy and we can either mail them to you or have them ready at your next visit. Our online pharmacy contains items such as flea and tick control products, a range of foods, treats, shampoos, and more.

We highly encourage pet owners to purchase prescriptions from a licensed veterinarian versus an online or box store retailer. If for some reason something goes wrong with the medication, the product company will only reiumburse you if the item was purchased directly from a veterinarian. For example, a pharmacist for human medicine is not typically going to be knowledgeable of the types of complications a pet would experience from a prescription. Therefore, you could be putting your pet at risk.