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Dr. Richard Novik, DVM, PC

20 years experience in complete veterinary services for your dog, cat, bird, reptile, or companion animals.


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At Brooklyn Cares Veterinary Clinic, we take a unique look at your loved ones and do all we can to keep them healthy. Our approach is holistic, which involves using traditional and conventional methods along with complementary practices to keep your pets looking and feeling their best.



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Fifth Avenue Veterinary Specialists
1 West 15th Street, New York, NY 10011
212-924-3311
24-hour staffing: 24 hours/day, 7days/week, 365 days/year


Specialists are available on an appointment basis to see your pet as a referral from your veterinarian. They have an excellent team of specialists who are able to provide a comprehensive set of speciality services.

Their doors are always open and the hospital is always staffed with a doctor capable of handling any emergency situation with your pet. You may call ahead or just come in with your pet depending on the seriousness of the emergency.


Dog Walking in Prospect Park

 

Lilly in the Long Meadow

Prospect Park is a dog’s paradise, with wide-open spaces to roam. There's even a place for dogs to swim: the Long Meadow Dog Beach at the Pools. Off-leash hours are now established, and to preserve this privilege we ask that you keep dogs leashed at all other times. Dogs should not be off-leash during off-leash hours if they are not responsive to voice command. During regular hours and in non-off-leash locations, please be aware that there is a $100 fine for an unleashed dog summons.

Only dogs are allowed to swim at Dog Beach, and they must be leashed except at off-leash hours. The Dog Beach is located near the Long Meadow ballfields, most easily accessible from the 9th Street entrance to the Park. Caution: the water at Dog Beach becomes deep very fast.

Dog Walking Guidelines

  • NYC law requires dogs to be on a leash 6 feet or shorter at all times, except during designated off-leash hours in designated areas.
  • Owners must be in control of their dogs at all times.
  • Please dispose of dog waste properly.
  • Dogs are never allowed in playgrounds, on bridle paths, on ballfields, or other designated sports areas.
  • There are no off-leash areas at the Parade Ground.
  • Do not allow dogs to dig - holes create trip hazards.
  • To protect wildlife habitats, dogs must always be leashed and on stay on paths when in wooded areas.
  • Dogs are allowed in the water at the Lake adjacent to the Peninsula meadow during off-leash hours.

Off-Leash Hours

9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and 5 to 9 a.m. daily in these areas:

In Prospect Park, dogs are required to be on leash in all other areas.

Contact

Fellowship in the Interest of Dogs and their Owners (FIDO): (888) 604-3422


Dog Runs in Brooklyn

Asser Levy Park

Address: Surf Avenue, Sea Breeze Avenue, West 5th Street, Ocean Parkway
Type: Off-Leash


Breukelen Park

Address: All areas excluding the playground and ballfields
Type: Off-Leash


Brooklyn Bridge Park

Address: Adams Street and N/S Plymouth Street
Type: Run


Brooklyn War Memorial

Address: Cadman Plaza Park, Cadman Plaza West & East & Prospect Street
Type: Off-Leash

Canarsie Park

Address: All areas excluding the playground, ballfields, and Natural Areas.
Type: Off-Leash

Coffey Park

Address: King Street, Richards Street, and Verona Street at Dwight and Pioneer Streets
Type: Off-Leash

Cooper Park

Address: Olive Street and Maspeth Avenue
Type: Run

DiMattina Park

Address: Hicks & Woodhull streets
Type: Run

Dyker Beach Park

Address: 7th Avenue and 86th Street
Type: Run

Dyker Beach Park

Address: Cropsey Avenue, Bay 8th Street, and Poly Place
Type: Off-Leash

Fort Greene Park

Address: DeKalb Avenue & Washington Park
Type: Off-Leash

Friends Field Park

Address: East 4th Street, Avenue L, and McDonald Avenue
Type: Off-Leash

Fulton Park

Type: Off-Leash

Herbert Von King Park

Address: Marcy Avenue & Lafayette Avenue
Type: Off-Leash

Herbert Von King Park

Address: Marcy Avenue & Lafayette Avenue
Type: Run

Hillside Park

Address: Columbia Heights & Middagh Street
Type: Run

J.J. Byrne Memorial Park

Address: 3rd to 4th streets, 4th to 5th avenues
Type: Run

John Paul Jones Park

Address: 4th Avenue and 101st Street
Type: Off-Leash

Kaiser Park

Address: Neptune Avenue between West 24th Street & Bayview Avenue, Coney Island Creek
Type: Off-Leash

Leif Ericson Park

Address: 67th Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue
Type: Off-Leash

Lincoln Terrace Park

Address: Eastern Parkway between Buffalo and Rochester avenues
Type: Off-Leash

Macri Square Park

Address: Union Turnpike and Metropolitan Avenue
Type: Off-Leash
Notes: Off-leash dogs are permitted throughout this small park.

Manhattan Beach

Address: East of Ocean Avenue, North Shore Rockaway inlet
Type: Run

Marine Park

Address: All areas excluding the playgrounds, ballfields, and Natural Areas.
Type: Off-Leash

McCarren Park

Address: North 12th Street, Driggs Avenue and Union Avenue
Type: Run

McGolrick Park

Address: North Henry Street and Driggs Avenue
Type: Run

McKinley Park

Address: Fort Hamilton Parkway, 7th Avenue, 73rd Street to 75th Street
Type: Off-Leash

Mount Prospect Park

Address: Eastern Parkway between Washington and Underhill avenues
Type: Off-Leash

Owls Head Park

Address: 68th Street and Shore Road
Type: Run

Palmetto Playground

Address: Columbia Place & State Street
Type: Run

Prospect Park

Address: Middle & Upper Long Meadow (excludes ballfield area in the Lower Long Meadow), Nethermead, Peninsula.
Type: Off-Leash

Shore Road Park

Address: Shore Road, 4th Avenue to 69th Street
Type: Off-Leash

Sunset Park

Address: Sunset Park Oval lawn area only, center of park 44th Street, 41st Street, 6th Avenue
Type: Off-Leash

Get The Facts: What’s Really in Pet Food

Plump whole chickens, choice cuts of beef, fresh grains, and all the wholesome nutrition your dog or cat will ever need.

These are the images pet food manufacturers promulgate through the media and advertising. This is what the $11 billion per year U.S. pet food industry wants consumers to believe they are buying when they purchase their products.
This report explores the differences between what consumers think they are buying and what they are actually getting. It focuses in very general terms on the most visible name brands — the pet food labels that are mass-distributed to supermarkets and discount stores — but there are many highly respected brands that may be guilty of the same offenses.

What most consumers don’t know is that the pet food industry is an extension of the human food and agriculture industries. Pet food provides a market for slaughterhouse offal, grains considered “unfit for human consumption,” and similar waste products to be turned into profit. This waste includes intestines, udders, esophagi, and possibly diseased and cancerous animal parts.

Three of the five major pet food companies in the United States are subsidiaries of major multinational companies: Nestlé (Alpo, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Mighty Dog, and Ralston Purina products such as Dog Chow, ProPlan, and Purina One), Heinz (9 Lives, Amore, Gravy Train, Kibbles-n-Bits, Nature’s Recipe), Colgate-Palmolive (Hill’s Science Diet Pet Food). Other leading companies include Procter & Gamble (Eukanuba and Iams), Mars (Kal Kan, Mealtime, Pedigree, Sheba, Waltham’s), and Nutro. From a business standpoint, multinational companies owning pet food manufacturing companies is an ideal relationship. The multinationals have increased bulk-purchasing power; those that make human food products have a captive market in which to capitalize on their waste products, and pet food divisions have a more reliable capital base and, in many cases, a convenient source of ingredients.

There are hundreds of different pet foods available in this country. And while many of the foods on the market are similar, not all of the pet food manufacturing companies use poor quality or potentially dangerous ingredients.

Ingredients

Although the purchase price of pet food does not always determine whether a pet food is good or bad, the price is often a good indicator of quality. It would be impossible for a company that sells a generic brand of dog food at $9.95 for a 40-lb. bag to use quality protein and grain in its food. The cost of purchasing quality ingredients would be much higher than the selling price. The protein used in pet food comes from a variety of sources. When cattle, swine, chickens, lambs, or other animals are slaughtered, the choice cuts such as lean muscle tissue are trimmed away from the carcass for human consumption. However, about 50% of every food-producing animal does not get used in human foods. Whatever remains of the carcass — bones, blood, intestines, lungs, ligaments, and almost all the other parts not generally consumed by humans — is used in pet food, animal feed, and other products. These “other parts” are known as “by-products,” “meat-and-bone-meal,” or similar names on pet food labels.

What Consumers Can Do

* Write or call pet food companies and the Pet Food Institute and express your concerns about commercial pet foods. Demand that manufacturers improve the quality of ingredients in their products.

* Print out a copy of this report for your veterinarian to further his or her knowledge about commercial pet food.

* Stop buying commercial pet food. Or if that is not possible, reduce the quantity of commercial pet food and supplement with fresh foods. Purchase one or more of the many books available on pet nutrition and make your own food. Be sure that a veterinarian or a nutritionist has checked the recipes to ensure that they are balanced and complete.

Who to Write

AAFCO Pet Food Committee
Dr. Rodney Noel — Chair
Office of Indiana State Chemist
Purdue University
1154 Biochemistry Building
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1154
www.aafco.org

FDA — Center for Veterinary Medicine
Sharon Benz
7500 Standish Place
Rockville, MD 20855
301-594-1728
www.cvm.fda.gov

Pet Food Institute
2025 M Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
202-367-1120
Fax 202-367-2120

 

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