Your Guide to the products & services available on Vancouver Island for Seniors and their families.
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices May 2013 An indoor cat cannot be hit by a car, be chewed by a dog, be poisoned by garden chemicals, or pick up a fatal viral disease from a stray cat. Despite these benefits, many people are hesitant to restrict their cats to an indoor environment. They worry that…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices April 2013 When Only You Will Do Last article we looked at some best practices for family dynamics and planning for care of aging parents. And typically what can happen during that planning process is the parent declines outside help in favour of your help! Declining assistance outside of the family…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices April 2013 Darla, a sweet 7-year-old Pit Bull had been coming in to see us for Veterinary Neuronal Adjustment (VNA) (back treatments) on her arthritic spine every three months to maintain her mobility. Last fall, we added a session of frequency-specific low level laser (FSLLL) following a VNA adjustment. She did…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices March 2013 Are You New to Aging Parents? Many of us are now starting to encounter the demands of ‘Aging Parents’. We love our parents of course, but we are busy at work, busy at home, busy with kids, busy, busy, busy. And when aging parents need help, they…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices March 2013 What drives a dog to eat feces? Is he lacking something in his diet? Is he bored or starving for attention? Is he unhealthy? Coprophagy is the act of eating feces, either one’s own or the feces of another animal. This behaviour is common, so common that every dog…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices March 2013 You’ve loved your home, raised your kids here, enjoyed so many years being comfortable…but things have changed. The kids have long gone, the house is too big, the yard-work is too much and it’s just simply time to move to a more suitable living situation. You look around, take…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices February 2013 We feed our cats canned food only (never dry) and they enjoy a little raw meat from time to time. Let’s look at why we do this. A natural diet for cats is three or four mice each day. This diet consists of 75% water, a good chunk of…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices Vancouver Island Sommelier Adds Colour(ing) To Wines Louise Wilson, a Master of Wine candidate from Victoria and international promoter of Peller Estate Wines, has added new meaning to viniculture colour. VICTORIA, BC, Dec. 18, 2012/ Bon Voyage/James Ellsworth A University of Calgary grad, who relocated to Victoria from 2002-2010 and, most recently…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices January 2013 Fleas are more than an itchy nuisance for your dog and cat. Fleas play a crucial role in bringing tapeworm to your pets. Here’s how it works… The tapeworm that is transmitted by fleas lives in the dog’s or cat’s intestines. It has mouth suckers and thorn-like hooks to…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices November 2012 Veterinary medicine has ancient roots. In early Roman days, animal caretakers were called souvetaurinarii – the origin of the word veterinarian. Because the only valuable animals were ones that could be eaten or ridden, early medical practice was restricted to horses, cattle, pigs, and sheep. Cats were honored and…