Each year, more than 200,000 hunters take advantage of Montana’s mountains, foothills, and plains to pursue various types of game, and you must prevent your dog from experiencing a potential injury. Our Billings Animal Family Hospital team knows you want your furry pal to stay safe and sound this hunting season, and we offer safety [...]
In Montana, we don’t mess around when it comes to cold weather. While we know what precautions we should take before venturing outdoors in the midst of winter, your pet likely needs additional help to stay safe when frigid temperatures hit. Follow these six tips to keep your furry friend comfortable while enjoying our winter [...]
What comes to mind when you think of Earth Day? Images of children holding hands and running barefoot through green grass? A crystal blue ocean filled with leaping dolphins and whales? Or perhaps a bustling recycling plant overflowing with plastic bottles ready to be turned into sweaters and park benches? Public health probably isn’t the [...]
It begins with a stillness in the air from the silence in the wildlife, snow is on its way. All the leaves left their trees weeks ago, leaving them sparse and thin. Then, white pieces of sky, at first one by one, building to a flood of cold fluffy flakes, it’s snowing. […]
Summer sun and fun means you and your pets are probably going to be spending a little time outdoors. Like most people, you are probably slathering on the sunscreen and bugspray to avoid the burns and bites of the season. But, if your pets are joining you, you may be wondering if they need protection, [...]
Whether you have an interest in getting ready for the popular winter sport of skijoring, or you simply want to get outside in the summer sunshine, you and your pet are in for a special treat this summer. Billings – and all of Montana – has some pretty spectacular outdoor opportunities for everyone, and our [...]
Now that Summer is here, fun warm-weather activities for you and your pets abound. Long walks, chasing Frisbees, hiking, biking, swimming – the joys of summer exercise and play are hard to beat. Sadly, some otherwise healthy warm-weather fun may have unhealthy results for your pets if you aren’t paying attention. Not-so Fun in the [...]