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Dr Craig L. McLahan, Bridgeport Veterinary Hospital

Just like your own doctor 

Just like your own doctor A patient walks into a doctor's office. The patient has blood in his urine and is in pain. The doctor asks questions such as: how long have you had these symptoms, where are you feeling pain? The doctor then goes on to say that she will need to do bloodwork, a urinalysis

April 12, 2023 By Dr Craig L. McLahan, Bridgeport Veterinary Hospital Leave a Comment
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Serena and Wendy.

Poison Prevention Week

Bonnie ate a raisin Bonnie is a four year old lab mix whose owner called us because she had just eaten a raisin, or possibly more than one. A raisin, you might think? How is that a problem? Some foods that are healthy for us, may actually be toxic for our pets. Not only raisins and grapes, but

March 21, 2023 By Dr Craig L. McLahan, Bridgeport Veterinary Hospital Leave a Comment
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Canine Influenza: Dog flu is not ‘just’ a flu

“We’ve seen a lot of coughing cases in the past few months, respiratory viruses are running rampant,” says Doctor Crawford. “Recently the same household brought in a trio of coughing dogs.. One of the dogs was severely lethargic, not eating, not drinking, and acting extremely sick. The other two

January 31, 2023 By Dr Craig L. McLahan, Bridgeport Veterinary Hospital Leave a Comment
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Shadow.

Leptospirosis: prevention is better

"Nola didn't want to eat anymore and then she started vomiting. At first we thought she ate something she shouldn’t have, but she was lethargic and turned yellow. Then it went downhill really fast. I took her to the vet, who suspected lepto and we rushed her to the ER.” This is the story of our

January 9, 2023 By Dr Craig L. McLahan, Bridgeport Veterinary Hospital Leave a Comment
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A Pet-Friendly Thanksgiving

The whole family is around the table, everyone is in a festive mood and your little pooch looks at you (or at Aunt Anna) with those puppy eyes… it’s all too tempting to slip a piece of turkey or some stuffing under the table for Bella or Max. Thanksgiving tends to coincide with an uptick in vet

November 22, 2021 By Dr Craig L. McLahan, Bridgeport Veterinary Hospital Leave a Comment
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We are family

By Dr Craig McLahan As I reflect on how well we’ve done the first six months I realize that my staff has been my most important asset. Each of them brings their own personality, passion and quirks to the hospital and pet resort. We are indeed a family and it is the love for animals that unites

March 18, 2019 By Dr Craig L. McLahan, Bridgeport Veterinary Hospital Leave a Comment
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Buster the dog sits in curled up with a blanket around his face

My dog has slowed down but he does not seem painful

It’s something I often hear when people talk about their senior dog. As humans we are so used to expressing pain vocally. “Ouch!” we yell when we stub our toe. We groan when we get up and our back hurts. We project that on our pet and expect them to whimper or howl when they’re in pain. But animals

November 14, 2018 By Dr Craig L. McLahan, Bridgeport Veterinary Hospital Leave a Comment
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Our amazing staff outdoors smiling and posing for a group photo

Grand Opening

While everyone was running around setting up for our Grand Opening on Saturday, September 8th, I locked myself up in the X-ray room of the hospital to prepare a little speech. I wasn’t thrilled at the prospect of having to hold a microphone in my hand and talk to a crowd; I feel more comfortable

October 1, 2018 By Dr Craig L. McLahan, Bridgeport Veterinary Hospital Leave a Comment
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