Special problems in El Dorado County

If you have moved here recently, congratulations!  For yourself and your family, you've picked an excellent place to live. Unfortunately for your dog, El Dorado County is apt to be more hazardous than Burbank or Baltimore. 

New arrival or not, if you live in El Dorado County or anywhere in the Northern Sierra foothills, this is important stuff.

Heartworm disease  in the Sierra foothills

Ticks and tick-transmitted disease

Rabies, why you don't hear about it

Foxtails are everywhere

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