What’s the difference between a medical and a wellness appointment anyway, and why does it matter?
As a veterinarian, I often get asked about the difference between a medical appointment and a wellness appointment. While they may sound...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Apr 30
- 4 min
The great ringworm epidemic of 2018
Everyone in vet med has a thing that they hate, or that they can’t handle. For me, this is maggots – they are a hard NO from me….the...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Apr 16
- 2 min
Parasite PSA
This week’s blog is short and sweet – this is a PSA and reminder with all of this warm weather – check your calendars!! When was the...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Mar 26
- 5 min
24 Hours of Emergency Surgeries: Part 3 - Cricket’s prolapsed butt
So back to that exciting Friday…..our heroes had finished the spay/deceased baby surgery on Holly on Thursday, and started the day on...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Mar 19
- 4 min
24 hours of emergency surgeries: Part 2 - Frankie eats a rug
So if you read last week’s blog, you read all about my friend Holly and her crazy surgery. The next morning, she was doing well, and we...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Mar 12
- 3 min
24 hours of emergency surgeries: Part 1 - Holly and her deceased babies
Back in December we welcomed Holly to our rescue – Holly was another one of our saves from the puppy mills. She was a breeding momma who...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Feb 26
- 4 min
In honor of Penn
Towards the end of August this past year, the Souderton Police stopped by one day with a very sad, very broken little orange kitten that...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Feb 19
- 3 min
Canine Influenza in the news – should we be worried?
Since the beginning of 2023, there has been a steady rise in reports of respiratory infections in dogs in the US, that has since been...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Feb 5
- 5 min
My pet HATES going to the vet…what can I do??
I wish that dogs and cats understood we were trying to help them…it would make our lives as veterinarians SO much easier. But alas, as...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Jan 29
- 3 min
Making the best of Winter
Winter is kind of depressing…am I right?? Now don’t get me wrong…I love snow and get very excited, like a small child, when it snows....
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Jan 15
- 4 min
Becoming a surgeon
I used to hate surgery. Like, really hate it. Like – on my surgery day I would wake up filled with anxiety and stress, and would spend...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Jan 8
- 3 min
Arthritis
A few times this week in appointments the topic of arthritis has come up. More specifically, discussions on how to identify arthritis in...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
Happy New year Harley’s Haven family!
The end of a year always makes me a bit sentimental, and it is certainly a beautiful time to reflect on what we have accomplished this...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Dec 18, 2022
- 3 min
Croi
I cannot believe I have been remiss in writing about Tom’s favorite dog, Croi Mehaffey. Croi came to us as a foster puppy back in the...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
House calls
House calls are such a fun part of our practice. It’s always entertaining to me to get to see that side of people and to see their pets...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Nov 13, 2022
- 3 min
World Kindness Day
Today is World Kindness Day. I feel like I have definitely written about kindness before….probably because it is something that is...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Oct 30, 2022
- 4 min
Cats and arthritis
I feel bad for cats. I think that honestly cats are often treated as second class citizens when it comes to vet care. ‘My cats are...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Oct 16, 2022
- 3 min
In loving memory of Ed Calvitti
The light in this world dimmed ever so slightly last week. On Thursday October 13th, 2022, the world lost Edward Damian Calvitti after a...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Oct 2, 2022
- 5 min
Our Core Values
Early in the days of starting Pennridge Animal Hospital, Jen and I knew that we wanted to have a practice that centered around our core...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Sep 25, 2022
- 9 min
Why is my dog (or cat) so itchy? – Allergies in pets
I’ve been debating on writing about allergies for a while now. This is not a very exciting or flashy topic, lol, but I decided it was...
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