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  • Job Opportunity – Registered Veterinary Technician

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    We keep growing!  North End Animal Hospital is welcoming a Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) to join our team of skilled veterinary professionals. While our network is large, we still offer that local community feeling, mentorship, and additional training! Preparing to write your VTNE?  We can help! About us! North End Animal Hospital is quickly growing in our brand-new bright…


  • Veterinary Assistant/Client Care Representative Position Available

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    North End Animal Hospital is currently looking for an engaging full-time Veterinary Assistant/Client Care Representative to join our team! About us! North End Animal Hospital is quickly growing in our brand-new bright and modern location in the North End of Halifax. Our commitment is to provide the best of both client and associate experience. Our clinic team is…


  • Looking for another RVT to join our team!

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    We keep growing!  North End Animal Hospital is welcoming a Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) to join our team of skilled veterinary professionals. While our network is large, we still offer that local community feeling, mentorship, and additional training! Have completed a Veterinary Technician or Animal Health Technician program. New graduates with knowledge of physical examinations, patient assessment, catheter…


  • Veterinary Assistant/Client Care Specialist Position Available

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    North End Animal Hospital is currently looking for an engaging full-time Veterinary Assistant/Client Care Specialist to join our team! About us! North End Animal Hospital is quickly growing in our brand-new bright and modern location in the North End of Halifax. Our commitment is to provide the best of both client and associate experience. Our clinic team is…


  • The Juggling Act of Diabetes

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    Diabetes – the endocrine disease that teaches you management, patience and balance while also causing stress, frustration and a few vet bills! So what is this complicated disease that causes all these emotions? Let us investigate further. Instead of jumping right in and describing what diabetes is, let’s go to the very beginning of where it all…


  • Using Medication to Help Veterinary Visit Stress in Dogs and Cats

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    A pet’s mental health is as important as their physical health.  When you bring your pet in for a veterinary appointment, it may not be possible for your pet’s veterinarian to complete an examination or treatments due to stress associated with the visit.   If your pet is showing significant levels of FAS (fear, anxiety, and stress),…


  • What is Heartworm?

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    Adopting dogs from the USA and Central America has become common practice over the last ten years. While this is wonderful that dogs are finding homes when otherwise they may not have, many of these dogs have heartworm and being adopted without their new owners being fully informed of what this means for their new…


  • How to Identify A Good (or bad) Breeder

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    While unethical breeding practices exist in many forms (backyard breeding, puppy mills, etc), the easiest way to identify a “bad” breeder is by knowing what “good” breeders do. Being a responsible breeder is more than simply not being a puppy mill. If a breeder is not obviously emulating the qualities of a good breeder below,…


  • Adopt Don’t Shop: The Gray Area

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    For the last 10-15 years, the “Adopt Don’t Shop” saying has become more and more prevalent in the pet community. The purpose of this slogan (promoting adoption over purchasing pets from breeders in an effort to curb shelter numbers and promote finding homes for abandoned animals) was, in general, a success. And this is fabulous!…


  • Why Puppy Socialization is Important

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    Families getting puppies have EXPLODED since COVID began; with people working from home now, why not use this new normal as an opportunity to add a dog to the family? Unfortunately, we are also seeing a rise in puppies that have not been properly socialized (exposed to lots of different stimuli and taught that they…