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Welcome to Pet Care Coach Alisa Merlin |
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Welcome to my pet care site. I'm a veterinary technician, also known as a pet nurse. I've been caring for animals for over 25 years. It's a rewarding job that has allowed me to do something I love, every day. I have a house call business in which I provide regular pet care services such as nutritional guidance, physical therapy, wound care and grooming. I love working with geriatric pets using massage and nutritional supplements to keep them comfortable and pain free. At the end of their lives, I help my clients with home nursing and hospice work that can include subcutaneous fluids, drawing blood for lab tests and maintaining feeding tubes. Every one of them is important to me. I've kept pictures and cards sent to me over the last 12 years and it always chokes me up a little to see those familiar furry faces when I need to walk down memory lane. I know how special those animals are to their people just by realizing how special they are to me. It is my goal to enrich the lives of these pet's and their people. They certainly have mine.  | Book Description
In Alisa Merlin's Secrets to Lower Vet Bills, Alisa shows the average pet owner how to save money at the vet and improve the health and happiness of their pets. Alisa has over 25 years of experience as a Veterinary Technician and Pet Care Coach. Her inexpensive and easy to follow pet care tips, at-home treatments and nutritional guidance will help pets of all ages. Most pet owners never realize: All animals get fleas-even the cleanest, indoor only ones. The majority of pet owners are shortening the lives of their beloved companions by over vaccinating them. There are seven signs of a good veterinarian. A good vet will save you money. There are three questions to always ask your vet that will save you money and help you make any treatment decisions for your pet, even the ultimate one. Alisa's regular visits to the pets of the biggest stars in Hollywood have been instrumental to keeping their pets healthy. While not every pet owner can afford the same level of pampering, every owner can benefit from the same inexpensive, preventive care. "I am on a mission to enrich the lives of all pets by educating their human companions. I have four cats and two dogs. Everyday I deal with celebrity clients, temperamental vets, and LA freeways. I have been bitten, scratched and barked at, sometimes even by the animals." |
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Gulfport's Revolutionary New Animal Shelter |
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Gulfport Mississippi is opening a new state-of-the-art animal shelter like no other in the country. Undaunted by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, shelter director Tara High has taken on the immense task of creating a shelter designed to care for and adopt pets, while educating the community. See our online video. You can check out my Katrina experience on my PetBond Blog. 
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Over vaccination - Loving Them to Death |
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The last ten years have brought many changes to vaccination protocol. The advice to vaccinate yearly is now outdated. This is because over vaccinating our pets is now known to be dangerous and unnecessary. Humans don't get vaccinated yearly for the same diseases throughout their entire adult lives, yet they will believe their vets, when they tell them that their pets need to be vaccinated yearly. This is not true. Immunity lasts much longer than a year. According to many different studies, immunity can last up to seven years, and even the life of the pet in some cases. Over vaccination has been proven to lead to allergies, epilepsy, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and many kinds of cancer. The most common form is a localized tumor at the injection site. This is fatal and completely preventable. Don't make this common mistake. Your pet may pay with its life. |
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