Texas Tooth Fairy – October 9^th & 30^th

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Our next two anesthesia-free dental cleaning events are coming up on Friday, October 9^th and Friday, October 30^th.

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Spots fill fast – call Lorie directly to book:

We're Off for Fall Break

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We'll be closing early at 1pm on Tuesday, October 13^th.

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Our office will be closed October 14^th – 15^th, and we'll be back in office October 19^th.

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Please get any refill requests to us this week.

A Quick Reminder

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If your pet sees Lorie with Texas Tooth Fairy and Dr. Pam is the authorizing vet, please make sure your consent form for RPC is completed if you haven't already – it's a quick step that keeps everything current.
Thank you!

'Tis the Season – Start Off-Season Allergy Treatment Now

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If your pet fought allergies this year, now is the time to start turning that around – not next spring.

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The biggest gains against allergies happen in the off-season, working from the ground up rather than just managing flares as they come.

For many pets, especially our more severe allergy cases, that starts with a cleanse: our Whole Dog Purification protocol.

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For the month of October, we're offering 10% off the Whole Dog Purification Kit to help you get started.

Every well-prepared pet parent has a go-to kit for the unexpected. This month, we're adding two new staples to ours – and we think they deserve a spot in yours too.

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GI Soothing (Standard Process)

We've tried a variety of GI formulas over the years with varying results, but this new one checks every box we've been wishing for in one product. It includes Okra Pepsin E₃ – one of our longtime favorite ingredients for gut irritation, and one most other formulas leave out entirely.

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After the kind of gut stress so many pets dealt with this summer, the timing couldn't be better.

RestorFlora (Microbiome Labs)

There's a time and place for antibiotics – but when they're medically necessary, they take a toll on the gut. Regular probiotics only inhibit bacterial recolonization; RestorFlora goes further, actively helping offset the impact antibiotics have on the microbiome.

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This is one we think belongs in every pet's cabinet – or freezer – well before it's ever needed.

Here's where Chinese medicine offers a beautiful way to think about it: you can't nourish a deficiency while the excess is still raging. Picture a roaring bonfire sitting over a ditch that needs to be filled back in – you simply can't do the filling while the flames are still high. All summer, the “fire” of heat and inflammation has been the dominant force. Fall is when that fire finally starts to die down enough that real nourishment can take hold.

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Once the gut is reconditioned and the body has detoxified, herbal work can finally go to the underlying deficiency itself – filling the ditch back in, rather than just managing the flames on top. This is how we top off the tank before the next season begins, instead of limping into it already running low.

The best time to figure out what works for your dog is before the next storm – not during it.

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Working out the kinks ahead of time means you can act quickly and confidently in the moment, instead of scrambling while your dog is already struggling.

Halloween is one of our favorite times of year – the costumes, the candy bowls, the tiny superheroes ringing the doorbell. But if you have a dog with a nose for mischief (and really, what dog doesn't), this is also one of the riskiest weeks on the calendar.

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Chocolate toxicity is not an old wives' tale – it's a real and sometimes serious emergency, and it's not one-size-fits-all. Baking chocolate and dark chocolate are the most dangerous; the darker and more concentrated the chocolate, the higher the risk. Even a modest amount can cause real trouble for a smaller dog.

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A few Halloween-specific things worth watching for beyond the chocolate itself: xylitol (found in a lot of sugar-free candy) is highly toxic to dogs in very small amounts, and wrappers themselves can cause GI obstruction if swallowed whole.

The Plan

keep the candy bowl up high and out of paw's reach, warn trick-or-treating kids not to hand treats directly to the dog.

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If you think your pet got into anything chocolate or sugar-free, call us or an emergency vet right away – don't wait to see if symptoms show up.

Have a fun, safe Halloween – from all of us (and all our dogs) at RPC.