Summer in the Tri-State area is beautiful, long days, cookouts, lake trips, and plenty of time outdoors with the family. Especially pets with smushed faces. If it’s too hot for your hand, it’s too hot for your pet’s paws. Dogs and cats need fresh clean water available at all times, and in summer they need more of it than usual. A routine exam gives us the chance to catch anything developing early, from dental disease to skin conditions to lumps that need attention, before it becomes a bigger problem.