Helpful Links at Freed Veterinary Hospital
Discover trusted pet health resources, emergency contacts, and educational tools handpicked by our veterinary team.
Educational Resources and Pet Care Support
Animal Behavior Problems
🐾 ASPCA Pet Behavior Information
Visit the Virtualpet behaviorist for free solutions to common pet behavior problems.
Forever Homes For Cats
Great Training Resources
🐾 51 Puppy Tricks by Kyra Sundance
🐾 Canine Body Language – A Photographic Guide by Brenda Aloff
Mental Activation-Ways to stimulate You Dog’s Brain and Avoid Boredom by Anders Hallgren
🐾 The Focused Puppy by Deborah Jones and Judy Kelly
Links
🐾 American Veterinary Medical Association
🐾 ASPCA Poison Control Learn how to poison proof your home.
🐾 CDC Healthy Pets Healthy People
🐾 DogWise.com Great website for great dog related books- from training to behavior to baking treats and so much more.
🐾 Hills Pet Nutrition has a mission to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets. Learn more about Science Diet and Prescription Diet pet foods at HillsPet.com
🐾 Seresto Flea and Tick Collar
An effective, reliable alternative to monthly flea and tick topicals. Easy-to-use collar against fleas and ticks for 8 months.
🐾 Veterinary Partner
Great websites for finding answer to medical questions.
🐾 WebMD for your pet.
Referrals
Some Good Books Resources
🐾Kids and Dogs – A Professional’s Guide to Helping Families by Colleen Pelar
What dogs wish parents to knew about kids
Pregnancy , New Baby and Your Dog Resources
🐾Living with Kids and Dogs – Without Losing Your Mind by Colleen Pelar
A kids and dog book for parents – very useful
🐾Tell Your Dog You’re Pregnant by Dr Lewis Kirkham
Introducing a new baby to a resident dog
🐾Your Dog and Your Baby – A Practical Guide by Silvia Hartman-Kent
Introducing a new baby to your dog
Dog Training
Good Books To Read
🐾 Bones Would Rain from the Sky by Suzanne Clothier
🐾 Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Brett Witter and Vicki Myron
🐾 Merle’s Door – Lessons from a Free Thinking Dog by Ted Kerasotz
🐾 The Chicken Soup Books – any of them about pets
🐾 The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
Informative Websites From VA Dept. Of Health And The Center For Disease Control (CDC) & Parasites
🐾 ASPCA Disaster Preparedness information
🐾 AVMA Disaster Preparedness
🐾 CDC- Information on Rabies for you and kids.
Has Information for you and your kid’s to help understand what rabies is, how a person or animal can get rabies. Also warning signs to look for if you think an animal has rabies.
🐾 FEMA Disaster Preparedness Information
🐾 Humane Society Disaster Preparedness information
🐾 Pet Travel a website with useful information on travel to many countries
Independant website make sure to check the USDA website for possible updates.
🐾 Pets & Parasites
Companion Animal Parasite Council. Discusses disease transmission.
🐾 Ready America
Prepare, Plan, Stay Informed
🐾 Travel Information for Hawaii
🐾 USDA website with Export Information for you and your pet to travel Outside of the US
International information to travel outside of U.S.A.
🐾 VA Dept. of Health
🐾 Virginia State Animal Response Team
Any Disaster – Any Animal – Any Time, Providing Prevention, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, for Emergencies Affecting Animals.
Microchipping
🐾 AAHA Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool
🐾 International Pet Search Engine
🐾 Pet Link
A free Microchip, International Registry for you and your pet. A microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and is implanted into the pet in a single simple injection, just like a vaccine. The microchip has a code that is unique to your pet, the way your social security number is unique to you. When a pet is found and scanned, the unique code can be traced back to you through your database registration at www.PetLink.NET, allowing you and your pet to be happily reunited.
Safety for Pets
🐾 Canine Body Language – A Photographic Guide by Brenda Aloft
🐾 Doggie Dangers and Safety Tips– in and around you home and yard by Caryl Wolff (includes easy and practical tips and suggestions)
🐾 Pet First Aid: Cats and Dogs by Bobbie Mammato, DVM