Tails from Tanglefoot

An RVT’s guide to helping your pet feel comfortable and confident when walking into the clinic For many pets (and their people), a trip to the vet can feel overwhelming. As veterinary staff, we see firsthand how stress shows up in pets, but we also see how preparing...

If you’ve lived in Cranbrook for more than a single spring season, you know that our beautiful backyard comes with a few tiny, unwanted hitchhikers. As much as we love hiking the Community Forest or exploring the trails around the Elk Valley, the arrival of warmer...

If you’ve spent any time raising cattle in the East Kootenays, you know that calving season is both the most rewarding and the most stressful time of year. Between checking heifers in the middle of a cold March night and welcoming new life to the ranch, there’s a lot...

I am thrilled to have just recently joined the amazing team at Tanglefoot vet services, as part of the administrative support staff and let me tell you, it has been a wild ride already.  As someone who has always loved animals, I thought that I had a reasonable...

In our great clinic of veterinarians, technologists, assistants and client care representatives, there is also me. I am a helper. My name is Donna, and I have been with Tanglefoot for four years. You may see me outside sweeping, or up front stocking shelves. There are...

What is Leptospirosis? Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection caused by Leptospira. It affects dogs (most commonly), cats (very rarely), and many wild, farm, and domestic animals. It can also pass to people, making it a zoonotic risk. These bacteria thrive in warm,...

EHV (Equine Herpesvirus) is a highly contagious virus that can cause respiratory illness, abortion inmares, and in some cases, serious neurological disease (EHM). How It Spreads: Horse-to-horse contact, shared equipment, contaminated hands/clothing, and aerosolized...

At six years old, reading the Pony Pals book series (iykyk!) I first encountered a word that would follow me throughout my life with horses: colic. And as Lulu, Pam, Anna discover - something as innocent as too many treats could make a pony (or horse) dangerously ill....

Welcoming a cat into your life means accepting a mix of cuddles, chaos, and commitment. But when your beloved feline is diagnosed with diabetes, that commitment takes on a new meaning. While a diagnosis can feel overwhelming at first, many pet owners find themselves...

A Chilling Discovery A call came one morning in late February that a client’s horse was stuck in a well. The temperature on that cold morning read -28C. Growing up on an acreage, I envisioned a 6-inch pipe that extends many feet underground, unsure how a horse would...