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Issue 8: Volume 9

PHOTO BY PAW PRINTS PET PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMIE FINCHER

contentsPublisherJennifer Kitchens-Street

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Contributing WritersKristen Stewart

Jennifer Garcia, DVMTimothy J. Schroeder, MS,

MBA, PharmD Kendra C. McMullin, PharmD

Diana EastmanAli Berman

Staff PhotographerJamie Fincher

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September 2015

THE SCOOP 7Canine News and Happenings

PET HEALTH 10Can Your Pet Make You Sick?

BODY & SOUL 14Why is Your Veterinarian Sending You to aCompounding Pharmacy?

SPECIAL FEATURE 16New Book Tells Animals’ Stories of SurvivingHurricane Katrina

SPECIAL FEATURE 18Hurricane Katrina Prompted a Shift In Pet’s Rights

ADOPTION 24Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston

septemberCANINE CALENDAR

SEPTEMBER 12

Paws in Brookwood Day

Presented by Fort Bend Pets Alive! and The

Brookwood Community. Local pet ambassa-

dors will interact with the residents and visi-

tors of The Brookwood community in reading

and coloring stations, interaction segments

between the animals and the residents and a

pet therapy session. 6:00 p.m. at 1752 FM

1489 in Brookshire. For more information,

visit www.facebook.com/fortbendpetsalive.

SEPTEMBER 13

Annual Picnic and Reunion

for Golden Beginnings Golden Retriever

Rescue. Families and their Golden Retrievers

are invited to this free event. Noon - 4:00

p.m. at George Bush Park, Pavilion 3 on S.

Barker Cypress Road. To r.s.v.p., email gbgr-

[email protected].

SEPTEMBER 18-20

Dog Days at Discovery Green

This dog-gone fun weekend includes

DockDogs®, canine athletes from Texas,

Oklahoma and Louisiana competing in jump-

ing events; a doggie costume contest and

more! Bring your pup and enjoy the three-

day festival at Discovery Green. For full event

lineup, visit www.discoverygreen.com.

SEPTEMBER 19

Mutts, Meows & Margaritas

The 8th annual silent and live auction

fundraiser, presented by Leslie Alexander

and the Houston Rockets. At the Nouveau

Antique Art Bar, 2913 Main Street. 6:30 p.m.

- 10:30 p.m. To purchase tickets, visit

www.friendsofbarc.org.

SEPTEMBER 21

11th Annual Abandoned Animal Rescue Golf

Tournament

Gleannloch Pines Golf Club. 1:00 p.m. shot-

gun start. All proceeds will benefit the mis-

sion of AAR which is to prevent the unneces-

sary euthanizing of adoptable animals. Lunch

will be served and the tournament will end

with an awards ceremony and a BBQ dinner.

Contact [email protected] to register.

SEPTEMBER 26

Friends of CountyPets Fundraiser

at Underdogs Sports Pub, 4212 Washington

Ave. Begins at 5:00 p.m. Raffles, door prizes,

silent auctions, photo booth and more. Pets

are welcome. For more information, visit

www.friendsofcountypets.org.

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Houston Voters for Companion Animalsto Host Candidate Forum in Houston A candidate forum will be held on Tuesday,

September 29 at the Trini Mendenhall

Community Center at 1414 Wirt Road.

The forum will discuss with the candidates

running for Houston's mayor and city council

positions, and the serious issues involving

Houston's animal sheltering system.

Animal lovers in Houston are tired of the

large numbers of pets being killed year after

year, and they are frustrated with the minuscule

increases in save rates at area shelters each year;

especially when there are life saving alternatives

which have been proven to dramatically increase

life saving in a short amount of time.

This is an opportunity for animal lovers to hear

the candidates’ plans to end shelter pet killing in

Houston. Attendees will have the opportunity

to speak to the candidates in person.

The Forum will begin at 7:00 p.m. and end at

8:30 p.m. To register, visit http://bit.ly/1Egbjvt.

Houston Humane Society Hosts 26thAnnual Par FORE Pets Golf Tournament

The 26th annual golf tournament will be held

on September 22 at Memorial Park Golf

Course. The crown jewel of Memorial Park, this

600 acre course is known as one of the best

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municipal courses in the nation and is visited by

more than 60,000 patrons each year.

Sponsorships begin at $500, but if you can’t

make it to the tournament, you can sponsor a

shelter pet’s spay/neuter surgery for just $50.

For player sponsorship opportunities, visit

www.houstonhumane.org.

Rock Band Styx Rocked to AAR’s RescueRock to the Rescue, a charity founded by rock

band Styx, chose Abandoned Animal Rescue as

their charity for the August 22nd concert at The

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion.

AAR Volunteers sold over $13,000 in raffle

tickets for a Styx signed guitar. AAR received

25% of the proceeds and the remainder sup-

ports Rock to the Rescue.

Animal Shelters Across the U.S. Unify toClear the SheltersOn August 15, the first-of-its-kind pet adop-

tion effort spearheaded by NBC and

Telemundo local television stations across the

country in partnership with over 400 animal

shelters, resulted in permanent and loving new

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homes for nearly

20,000 animals.

This year's

Clear the Shelters

initiative was

sponsored

nationally by

Overstock.com.

The ASPCA (American Society for the

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) granted a

total of $134,000 to 16 animal shelters that

participated in the Clear the Shelters initiative

to help them offer no-cost or reduced fee

adoptions or waive pet spaying and neutering

fees.

The Clear the Shelters initiative, which literal-

ly emptied dozens of animal shelters across the

country, was spearheaded by the 29

NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations (11

NBC-owned stations, 17 Telemundo-owned

stations and the regional news network necn)

and more than 400 animal shelters across the

country, with a goal of finding new homes for

thousands of homeless pets. While the majori-

ty of the nearly 20,000 animals adopted on

Clear the Shelters day were cats and dogs, other

pets like rabbits, hamsters, hedgehogs, turtles,

ferrets, monkeys, donkeys, lizards, cows and

pigs also found new homes.

Clear the Shelters was initiated last year in

the Dallas-Fort Worth market as a partnership

between NBCUniversal-owned stations NBC 5

Dallas-Fort Worth / KXAS and Telemundo 39

Dallas-Fort Worth / KXTX and dozens of

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North Texas animal shelters. The day resulted

in the adoption of more than 2,200 homeless

animals, the most adopted in one day in North

Texas.

For more information about the national pet

adoption drive, visit www.cleartheshelters.com.

Dog Racing Set to End in TexasGulf Greyhound Park, the last greyhound rac-

ing track in Texas is closing.

Originally opened in 1992 as a place for

thousands of people to place their bets on rac-

ing greyhounds, Gulf Greyhound Park simply

cannot compete with increased gambling com-

petition and rising costs of regulation.

Elsewhere, dog racing is slowly on its way

out as awareness has grown about the dangers

of the industry. In 2001, there were 49 dog

tracks operating in 15 states. Today, with this

recent announcement, there will soon be 19

tracks left in 6 states. Best of all, that's meant

countless greyhounds have been given the

chance to retire.

To learn about adopting one of the many

dogs set to be retired in Texas, visit Greyhound

Rescue Austin or the Texas Adopt a

Greyhound Society.

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PET HEALTH

Can Your Pet Make You Sick?You can't catch a cold from your cat, and your dogwon't pass on pink eye. But certain illnesses can be

spread from pet to pet owner.

wine flu, bird flu, stomach flu. We’re sur-

rounded by viruses every time we leave

the house. We expect it at the playground, at the

office, at the mall — but in our own homes?

Sure, you can catch illnesses from your family

members — but what about your pets?

“People can certainly catch illnesses from their

dog or cat, though some are more common than

others,” says Susan Wright, BVSc (Hons), a staff

veterinarian at Dog Fence DIY LLC in Dallas.

There are many ways pet illnesses are transmit-

ted, depending on the ailment. Some, such as

the roundworm parasite, are spread through

touching feces of infected dogs and cats, usual-

ly found in soil, followed by improper (or lack

of) hand washing. The hookworm parasite can

also be ingested in a similar way, though it is

more commonly contracted when larvae in

infected dirt penetrate your bare skin.

Toxoplasmosis, which is especially dangerous to

pregnant women and can lead to birth defects,

can be caught by touching the feces of an infect-

ed animal as well and by handling raw meat

without proper hand washing afterwards.

Other cat and dog illnesses can be transmitted

between animals and people through contact

with an infected animal’s skin and fur. One

example is ringworm, which is actually a fungal

skin infection and not a worm. Another pet ill-

ness is the highly contagious mite, Sarcoptes

scabei, which can affect dogs, cats, and people,

resulting in hair loss and/or skin rash.

Other ailments infect both animals and people,

but are spread by a third source and not directly

from dog to human. Lyme disease is one exam-

ple — infected ticks can bite and infect an ani-

mal and be carried indoors on a pet, only to

crawl off them to a person’s skin and bite them.

Heartworm is another. Relatively common in

dogs and cats though not as frequent in humans,

heartworm is spread from the bite of an infect-

ed mosquito.

Finally, some illnesses can be transmitted when

an animal injures a person, although these are

very rare. One example is rabies. Most often

transmitted by the bite of an infected wild ani-

mal, rabies can also be spread when a pet that

has the illness bites. Without immediate treat-

ment, death may result, and vaccination against

rabies is extremely important for pets.

Another is cat scratch disease, caused by bacte-

ria known as Bartonella. “People develop fever,

joint pain, lethargy, and headaches some weeks

after being scratched,” says Dr. Wright. Bacteria,

most commonly Pasteurella, which causes fever

and illness, can also be spread from an animal

bite.

Catching Illness from Other Types of AnimalsDogs and cats aren’t the only pet culprits when

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KRISTEN STEWART and JENNIFER GARCIA, DVM

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it comes to making people sick. Assume that all

reptiles — turtles, lizards, and snakes, among

others — shed salmonella, which causes diar-

rhea and fever in people, warns Wright. Frogs

can also carry mycobacterium, which can infect

people.

Birds, meanwhile, can transmit Chlamydia

psittaci, or psittacosis, when people inhale aviary

dust or droppings, as well as pasteurellosis,

mycobacteriosis, and others. There are also a

variety of rodent diseases that people can get

including leptospirosis and hantavirus —

though they are typically spread through wild

rodents.

How to Keep Your Pet (and Yourself) HealthyThe good news is that there are steps you can

take to prevent the spread of diseases from your

animal to you.

Practice good hygiene. Always wash your hands

after handling your pets and cleaning up after

them. Consider wearing a mask and disposable

gloves when cleaning out a bird-cage or scoop-

ing a litter box.

Maintain your pet’s health. “Feed [your pet] high

quality food, keep the pet at a healthy weight,

keep current on vaccinations and parasite pre-

ventative, brush their teeth, keep them

groomed, and get them checked by the veteri-

narian if they show signs of illness or if there

are any changes,” says Joanne Gaines, DVM,

owner and veterinarian at Ridgeview Animal

Hospital in Omaha, Neb. Also, consider keeping

them indoors or in a controlled environment

such as a fenced yard and on a leash for walks to

cut down on exposure to illnesses.

So can your pet catch an illness from you? While

there was a case of a farmer passing swine flu

on to his pigs, this type of transmission is rare.

You generally don’t need to worry about getting

your pet sick.

Being aware of the various diseases animals can

transmit is smart when you own a pet, but this

possibility shouldn’t keep you from sharing a

household with one. “Although there are risks,

they are not huge with the proper precautions

and, for most people, the benefits of owning a

pet outweigh the potential health issues,” says

Wright.

PET HEALTH

COMING IN OCTOBER:Rescue & Adoption Issue

COMING IN NOVEMBER:Senior Pet Issue

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at 281.384.5431

BODY & SOUL

ications so they have the proper strength for a

tiny kitten versus a large full-grown dog. The

solution for them is to either choose a target

audience (cats, dogs, birds, etc) or make prod-

ucts for a range of dosing weights. If your fam-

ily pet falls outside of that weight range, then

another option is for a compounding pharmacy

to create a custom medication for your pet.

Some family pets are great at being tricked into

taking pills or capsules, often with treats or their

meals, while others do better with liquids.

Transdermal (topical) application is often a solu-

tion for cats, who are especially resistant to tak-

Why is your Veterinarian sending you to a Compounding

Pharmacy for your Pet’s Medication?

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ne of the most convenient aspects of

taking your pet to the veterinarian ver-

sus your child to the pediatrician's office is that

the medications are often sold to you from the

vet’s in-house pharmacy. Sometimes, however,

you are sent to get a special medication from a

compounding pharmacy. Why is this?

Compounding pharmacies specialize in making

custom medications for all types of animals

with each need. For example, the commercial

medication might not come in the right strength

for your family pet. Imagine the difficulty of the

drug manufacturers trying to make their med-

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Last Call for Entries! Send Us Your Adoption Stories!

ing any kind of medication. A transdermal med-

ications can be rubbed on the inside flap of a

cat's ear so the medication can be absorbed.

Again, imagine a drug company trying to decide

which dosage form to make because they can’t

make and distribute all of them. However, your

compounding pharmacy has the necessary

ingredients and we CAN make one drug from

scratch into a capsule, a liquid, or a transdermal

cream. A real benefit from making your family

pet's medication from scratch is that a com-

pounding pharmacy can remove any unwanted

fillers and dyes, similar to giving a child with

allergies a compounded medication that has

removed unwanted chemicals.

Compounders can also tailor medication flavor,

make medicated treats, and combine different

medications into one treat or capsule. So when

your veterinarian sends you to a compounding

pharmacy, thank him or her for caring and pro-

viding that extra touch to make sure your pet

gets just the right medication needed.

Bluejay Pharmacy is a compounding pharmacy based inSpring, Texas lead by Dr. Tim Schroeder and Dr. KendraMcMullin. Treatment areas include veterinary medicine. Formore information, visit www.bluejaypharmacy.com.

Do you have a great and inspiring rescuestory? We want to hear from Urban Paws fans,far and wide — and we want to know all aboutyour beautiful adoption stories!

To submit, email us at [email protected]. Be sure to send us: Yourname, pet’s name, at least one photo of yourpet and your rescue/adoption story. Tell uswhy you chose to adopt and how you foundyour best friend!

All entries must be received by September 14, 2015.

TIMOTHY J. SCHROEDER, MS, MBA, PharmD andKENDRA C. MCMULLIN, PharmD

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SPECIAL FEATURE

Pet whisperer Terri Steuben waits while a pit bull named Pancake rests after she pulled him from acollapsed home in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orléans in 2005.

New Book Tells Animals’ Own Storiesof Surviving Hurricane Katrina

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n the decade since Hurricane Katrina dev-

astated much of the Gulf Coast, thousands of

people have told their stories of survival. Now

it’s the pets turn to talk about how they made it

through the flood and weeks of waiting to be

reunited with their owners.

In a new book debuting this month, pet whis-

perer and disaster responder Terri Steuben

describes what the dogs, cats, horses and other

animals told her as she and her team rescued

them from the muddy streets and destroyed

homes of New Orléans. Tails of Triumph:

Animals Tell Their Katrina Stories offers a fresh

and unique perspective on the historic event

with timeless tales that are compelling and

inspiring.

The Humane Society of the United States

(HSUS) sent Steuben to Louisiana to help with

its massive lifesaving effort, the largest animal

rescue operation in U.S. history. She worked

with military and fire personnel to get pets to

safety. Her disaster response training and ability

to telepathically communicate with the animals

made her a valuable member of the rescue team.

Steuben’s book is based on the journal she kept

for the two weeks she freed trapped pets, found

hidden cats and calmed aggressive dogs. She

shares what the pets said about swimming in the

flood water, rationing food and comforting each

other as well as their relief and happiness when

they were saved. In addition to the animals’ sto-

ries, Tails of Triumph gives readers a glimpse of

what life what like in the disaster zone for the

professional and volunteer responders who

came from all parts of the U.S. and Canada to

help.

Eric Sakach, HSUS incident commander and

senior law enforcement specialist, writes in the

book’s foreword, “While all of our team mem-

bers exhibit a variety of talents, Terri Steuben

possesses something more—the ability to com-

municate with animals. She has a way of com-

municating that seemed to put them at ease,

making capture and subsequent handling go

even more smoothly.”

Steuben is an animal communicator who has

counseled pet owners around the world for

more than two decades. Using her psychic abili-

ties and practical experience, she helps people

better understand their animals and solve behav-

ior and health problems. She is also the author

of Secrets of a Pet Whisperer: Stop Telling Your

Animals to Misbehave, a how-to book on com-

munication that includes specific instructions on

preparing for emergencies and helping your pets

survive a disaster.

Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Steuben has

worked as an animal rights advocate and helped

draft animal response and evacuation plans in

her home state of California. “Hurricane

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SPECIAL FEATURE

Katrina proved to be a turning point for the ani-

mals,” she says. “It led to the federal Pet

Evacuation and Transportation Standards

(PETS) Act of 2006 that requires attention to

the animals in disaster response. Thankfully, we

are becoming more prepared to keep our pets

safe from harm.”

It took years for Steuben to get to the point

where she could write about the animals, but

with the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

approaching on August 29, she felt she had to

enable them to speak for themselves. “I wit-

nessed a lot of heartbreak and destruction in

New Orléans. But my heart sang as we found

the pets, because I was able to hear their joy and

what they said about being rescued, getting to

freedom and reuniting with their owners,” she

said.

Tails of Triumph: Animals Tell Their Katrina

Stories is available from www.TerriSteuben.com,

Amazon, Kobo, pet boutiques and independent

bookstores; published by McCoury Publishing

with 330 pages, 32 photos. Suggested retail

prices are $27.99 (print) and $13.99 (e-book).

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n August 2005, Hurricane Katrina, the

third-strongest hurricane in the history of

the United States, made landfall, decimating

New Orléans, a city with levees built to with-

stand a Category 3 storm. Katrina, at its height,

was a Category 5.

About 1,836 people, more than half of them

senior citizens, died in the tragedy. The Federal

Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

called it "the single most catastrophic natural

disaster in U.S. history."

Those who did not evacuate — about half of

whom had pets — took to their rooftops to

escape the rising waters. Many of them sat with

their dogs and cats, waiting for help to arrive.

Help did come, but not for the animals. The res-

cuers mostly refused to take animals on board,

making it clear that the pets must be left.

One particular story gripped the nation and per-

sonified the problem: A boy who boarded a bus

to be evacuated to Houston had his dog taken

away by a police officer. The boy called out for

the animal — "Snowball! Snowball!" — and

then vomited from the stress and heartbreak.

Dogs and cats were left on rooftops to starve or

die of dehydration. Some dogs entered the

water, trying to swim to dry land. In some

instances, the owners refused to leave their com-

I

Hurricane Katrina Prompted aShift in Pet Rights

The outcry over scenes of abandoned animals proved too hard to ignore.

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panion animals and perished

along with them. In total,

250,000 pets were left and

150,000 died during the hurri-

cane or in its aftermath,

reports BuzzFeed.

These tragedies played out

on televisions, newspa-

pers and websites,

prompting outrage that there was no

plan in place to help pets and companion ani-

mals. Countless pets died or were sent to shel-

ters, many never to be reunited with their fami-

lies.

Animal rescuers flocked to the area and did their

best to find the animals left, breaking into

homes if necessary, and searching the streets for

animals that had been abandoned.

A new law to protect animals in naturaldisasters

It was clear that the government had underesti-

mated the strength of the bond between people

and their animals. The public outrage that fol-

lowed the hurricane led to some lasting change

for pets in disaster situations. Less than a year

after Katrina, the Pet Evacuation

Transportation Standards (PETS) Act of 2006

was created in a bipartisan effort.

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The law demands that state and local govern-

ments factor pets into emergency evacuation

plans, and authorize the use of funds for rescue

workers to "procure, construct, or renovate

emergency shelter facilities and materials that

will temporarily accommodate people with pets

and service animals."

"The scene from New Orléans of a 9-year-old

little boy crying because he was not allowed to

take his little white dog Snowball was too much

to bear," explained then-U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos

of California, who was the primary bill propos-

er then. "Personally, I know I wouldn't have

been able to leave my little white dog Masko to

a fate of almost certain death. As I watched the

images of the heartbreaking choices the Gulf

residents had to make, I was moved to find a

way to prevent this from ever happening again."

The law doesn't just help animals. It helps peo-

PHOTOS BY KELLY GARBATO

ple. The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention acknowledges that households with

animals are much less likely to evacuate in a dis-

aster if there are no shelters available to accom-

modate their pets.

"It is simply not acceptable to the majority of

Americans to leave behind pets and companion

animals," says Dr. Stephanie Ostrowski, D.V.M.,

M.P.V.M., who is also board-certified with the

American College of Veterinary Preventive

Medicine. "Witnessing the abandonment of any

household member to his fate is profoundly dis-

tressing and increases anxiety about an individ-

ual's own safety and security. Consequently,

CDC's role in these efforts was, at its core, an

important and wide-ranging public health mis-

sion."

The bond between companion animals and peo-

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ple has been clear for thousands of years. It's

common to see humans searching through the

rubble after earthquakes and tornadoes for signs

of their pets. Katrina, and the media surround-

ing the disaster, was a wake-up call, inspiring the

United States to take animal lives into consider-

ation during natural disasters.

The law takes a step forward, but it doesn't

cover all animals. FEMA and the Humane

Society of the United States suggest that those

with farm animals prepare a plan in advance to

ensure the safety of all domesticated animals.

Ali Berman is the author of "Choosing a Good Life: Lessonsfrom People Who Have Found Their Place in the World"(Hazelden, 2014) and "Misdirected" (Triangle Square, 2014).When not devoting her time to her writing, Ali works as thecommunications coordinator for HEART, helping to teachchildren about issues affecting people, animals and the envi-ronment. She resides in Portland, Oregon, with her husbandand two rescue cats.

MUTT MUGS

“After years of having a dog,you know him.

You know the meaning of hissnuffs and grunts and barks.

Every twitch of the ears is a questionor statement, every wag ofthe tail is an exclamation.”

- Robert McCammon

Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houstonwww.houstonbostonrescue.org

The Boston Terrier Rescue of GreaterHouston (also known as BTRGH) is a501(c)(3) non-profit corporation focusingprimarily on the rescue, rehabilitation,and permanent rehoming of abandoned,neglected, abused and surrenderedBoston Terriers. The group is composed

ADOPTION

Photos by Paw Prints Pet Photography by Jamie

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Precious Langley is a beautiful 6-year-old girlwhose owners no longer wanted her so theyturned her over to rescue. She is a very sweet girlwho loves attention and gets along well with oth-ers.

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Langley

Veterinarians

Clara Scott, DVMMy Family Vet20120 Kuykendahl RoadSpring, Texas 77379(p): 281.288.0500(w): www.myfamilyvet.com

Sunset Blvd Animal Clinic 2525 Sunset Blvd.Houston, Texas 77005(p): 713.526.5881(w): www.sunsetblvdanimalclinic.com

Four Seasons Veterinary Hospital3730 FM 2920, Suite 110Spring, Texas 77388(p): 281.825.4994(w): www.fourseasonsvet.com

Veterinary Specialists

Laurie Nocake, DVM, DACVIMVERGI8921 Katy FreewayHouston, Texas 77024(p): 713.932.9589(w): www.vergi247.com

Nicholas J. Millichamp, BVetMed, PhD,DVOphthal, DipECVO, MRCVSEye Care for Animals17395 Tomball Parkway #3-HHouston, Texas 77064(p): 281.890.3937(w): www.eyecareforanimals.com

North Houston Vet Specialists 1646 Spring Cypress Road #100Spring, Texas 77388(p): 832.616.5000(w): www.nhvetspecialists.com

If you are interested in having your veterinary practice featured in our Vet Directory,please contact us at 281.384.5431 or [email protected].

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VET DIRECTORY