Pet health advice from Advanced Vet Care
Straight answers to the questions we are asked most, written by our own team.
Conditions explained
Plain-English guides to the diagnoses we give most often.
- Dental Disease in Dogs and Cats: Signs, Stages and Treatment Dental disease in dogs and cats explained: the signs, the stages, when to see a vet, and what a proper dental involves. Free dental assessment.
- IVDD in Dogs (Slipped Disc): Signs, Treatment & Recovery IVDD in dogs: what a slipped disc looks like, which breeds are prone, when it is an emergency, how it is treated and what it costs. Advanced Vet Care.
- Luxating Patella in Dogs: Surgery at Lane Cove Why small dogs skip a step, what each grade of luxating patella means, and when surgery helps. Patella surgery at Advanced Vet Care is a fixed $4,000.
Treatments & surgery
What a procedure involves, what it costs, and what recovery looks like.
- CT Scan Cost for Dogs: Prices From $2,500 What a dog CT scan costs: $2,500 for the first area, including the anaesthetic and contrast, and $500 for each extra area. Book an appointment.
- CT Scans for Dogs and Cats at Lane Cove, 7 Days What a CT scan shows that an X-ray cannot, when it changes the plan, and what the day looks like. CT here at Advanced Vet Care Lane Cove, seven days.
- TPLO Surgery for Dogs: Cruciate Repair, Lane Cove What a TPLO is, why we choose it over a suture for dogs over 7kg, what recovery asks of you, and what it costs: $5,000 at Advanced Vet Care Lane Cove.
More from our vets
Earlier articles from our team, on topics beyond the guides above.
- 5 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Pet's Carbon Paw-Print
- Debunking Dominance Theory Why the alpha-dog model does not hold up, and what positive reinforcement does instead.
- Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD) in Dogs Why long-backed breeds like dachshunds are prone to IVDD, the signs from mild pain to trouble walking, and when rest or surgery is the answer.
- Osteosarcoma Treatment for Dogs Bone cancer in large and giant breed dogs: what osteosarcoma is, and how early diagnosis and a considered plan protect quality of life.
- Osteosarcoma Treatments With Improved Outcomes The most common bone cancer in dogs, why the prognosis has improved, and what early detection changes.
- The Best Time to Desex Your Dachshund: Reducing the Risk of IVDD Why dachshunds desexed before twelve months carry a higher risk of IVDD, and what that means for timing.
- The Difference Between a Dog Trainer and a Veterinary Behaviourist What a dog trainer is for, what a veterinary behaviourist is for, and how to tell which one a problem needs.
- Tick Season in Sydney: Why Prevention is Critical When paralysis tick season runs in Sydney, why prevention matters more here than most places, and what it involves.
- What is Enrichment and Why It Matters for Your Dog or Cat How enrichment reduces stress and boredom, and the kinds of play that encourage natural behaviour.
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