Like Our Own
Compassionate veterinary care.
Wellness Care
We provide extensive wellness plans tailor-made for each individual patient and his or her lifestyle. This includes annual examinations, vaccinations, parasite and
infectious disease screening, and blood work.
Parasite & Infectious Disease Screening:
Vaccinations: Vaccines are important part of protecting our pets from disease. This is our greatest tool for disease prevention. Our doctors will come up with a vaccine plan that best fits the lifestyle of your cat or dog to help protect them from diseases they may encounter. The vaccines that we offer are listed below.
DOGS:
CATS:
Examinations: Our doctors will carefully examine all of your pet's body systems to detect any problems that may be occurring and to assess their overall health.
- Intestinal Parasite Exam (fecal): This test allows us to screen for intestinal worms that may be present in your cat or dog. Intestinal parasites may cause diarrhea, weight loss, changes in hair coat, or vomiting. Detection allows us to treat appropriately.
- Heartworm, Lyme, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasmosis Screening Test (DOGS): This test allows us to check for heartworm disease and three major infectious diseases that are spread by ticks with only a few drops of your pet’s blood.
- Feline Leukemia Virus and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (CATS): With just a small sample of blood, this test allows us to check for these immuno-suppressing diseases that can create lifelong health issues for our cats.
- DHPP (distemper, adenovirus, parainfluenza, parvovirus)
- Leptospirosis
- Lyme disease
- Bordetella (Kennel Cough)
- Canine Influenza
- Rabies
- FVRCP (rhinotracheitis, calicivirus, panleukopenia)
- Feline Leukemia
- Rabies
Dentistry
Maintaining the health of your pet's teeth and gums is extremely important to maintaining their overall health. We have excellent dental equipment that allows us
to fully evaluate and take care of any dental issues. Our equipment and procedures are similar to what you might experience with a dental cleaning at your dentist. Our routine dentals include dental radiographs, cleaning, and polishing. We are also able to perform extractions of diseased teeth.
- Dental Radiographs (x-rays): These radiographs allow us to evaluate the teeth under the gum line. They allow us to look for root abscesses, cavities, fractures, loss of bone, or root resorption.
- Dental Cleaning: We both hand scale and use an ultrasonic scaler to clean the surface of your pet’s teeth and under the gum line. This allows us to remove the tartar, plaque, and calculus deposits on the teeth.
- Dental Polishing: We have a high speed polisher and use a dental prophy paste to polish the teeth and help prevent tartar from accumulating so quickly in the future. This part of the process also helps to give your cat or dog fresh breath.
- Extractions: We have capabilities to do both simple or surgical extractions based on the needs of the animal and the disease process of the teeth. Surgical extractions may involve creating a gingival flap, sectioning the tooth with a high speed drill, and using winged elevators to remove individual roots.
Surgery
With our skilled surgeons and top notch equipment, we are able to offer a variety of surgical procedures ranging from routine spays and neuters to more advanced
orthopedic and soft tissue surgeries. We have a fully equipped sterile surgery suite that allows us to provide the best possible surgical advantages for your patient.
In-House Laboratory
Laboratory Services: Our state-of-the-art laboratory equipment allows us to perform a large variety of tests right here in our clinic within minutes. This aids us
in determining the health of your pet as quickly as possible. Here is a list of some of the diagnostic tests that we have available at our clinic:
- Complete blood cell counts
- Blood chemistry analysis
- Urine analysis
- Cytologies
- Fecal analysis
- SNAP tests (quick screens for infectious disease)
- ECG
- Blood Pressure Analysis
Radiology
We have digital radiography allowing us to view radiographs within minutes of taking a film. We have the capabilities to share these radiographs with you and
other providers/specialists in the area through email or a disc copy. We also have dental radiology equipment.
Anesthesia
Pets have to be put under anesthesia for a variety of reasons, and our doctors do their best to make sure that your pet has a safe anesthetic episode. They use
the best possible combination of drugs and individualize each protocol to that particular patient based on exam, risk factors, and blood work.
We also have excellent monitoring capabilities to carefully watch over your pet during anesthesia. These include ECG, pulse oximeter, fluid pumps, and blood pressure monitoring devices to maintain an even plane of anesthesia.
Disease Screenings
- Intestinal Parasite Exam (fecal): This test allows us to screen for intestinal worms that may be present in your cat or dog. Intestinal parasites may cause diarrhea, weight loss, changes in hair coat, or vomiting. Detection allows us to treat appropriately.
- Heartworm, Lyme, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasmosis Screening Test (DOGS): This test allows us to check for heartworm disease and three major infectious diseases that are spread by ticks with only a few drops of your pet’s blood.
- Feline Leukemia Virus and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (CATS): With just a small sample of blood, this test allows us to check for these immuno-suppressing diseases that can create lifelong health issues for our cats.
Boarding
Boarding: We offer boarding for dogs and cats. All pets must be up to date on vaccines to board with us. We can administer medications to boarding animals that may need it.
- DOGS: We have a large boarding facility with a variety of kennel sizes to accommodate all types of dogs. Our boarding animals are housed individually, although dogs from the same family may be boarded together at the request of the family. Dogs are turned out into a fenced lot individually several times a day. We provide bedding, water, and Purina EN to all dogs, but you are welcome to bring their own bedding, toys, treats, or food from home.
- CATS: We have a separate cat room removed from the dog area for cat boarding. Cats are housed individually. We provide litter boxes, water, and food, but you may bring any of these items from home as well.
Bathing
Our bathing service is offered daily Monday through Friday. Baths are priced based on weight. Each bath includes a nail trim and ear cleaning.
With an additional cost, your pet can also get anal glands expressed.
Baths can conveniently be added to your pet's boarding stay amenities so they can depart clean and fresh. Or schedule your pet to get a bath when they are due for a wellness exam and vaccines. You can drop your pet off in the morning and our staff will call you when they are ready to be picked up.
Required up to date vaccines for bathing appointments are the following.
- Rabies
- DHLP
- Bordetella
Microchipping
Each year millions of lost and abandoned animals are taken in by animal welfare organizations throught the US. A very small percentage of those lost pets are
actually reunited with their family. The major reason for failing to reunite a lost pet with its owner is because the pets are unidentifiable.
Microchipping offers pet owners the only truely permanent method of identifying your pet and linking the animal back to you. If you want to improve your pet's chances of getting home in a a lost-pet emergency -- microchipping is your best option.
We offer microchipping by appointment and an ideal time to do it is when your pet is spayed/neutered.
Spay & Neuter
We have appointments available for spays and neuters Monday through Friday. A spay refers to the removal of the ovaries and uterus from a female, and a neuter
refers to the removal of the testicles from a male.
These procedures are performed under general anesthesia. Pets undergoing these procedures are not required to stay overnight, but one night stay is included if needed. We routinely spay and neuter cats and dogs. Prices vary by weight, species and sex, so please call us to find out more information on the costs of these surgeries.
Euthanasia & Cremation
Sometimes one of the greatest gifts we can provide our pets is the relief of their suffering when they are unable to maintain a good quality of life. If this is the right
decision for your pet, we can assist in their transition from life to death.
If you have questions about the process or if this may be the right decision for your pet, please contact one of our doctors, and they can help to answer your questions.
We work with a local cremation service that provides individual cremation with return of the remains.
Flea, Tick & Heartworm Products
There are a myriad of flea, tick and heartworm products on the market and at Caldwell Animal Hospital, we have chosen to recommend and stock the following products.
Please call our animal clinic for our specific recommendations for your pets.
- For Dogs: Interceptor Plus, Proheart 6, Proheart 12, Parasedge Multi, Effitix Plus, Bravecto, Seresto, Simparica, Capstar, Simparica Trio.
- For Cats: Bravecto, Cheristin, Seresto, Capstar, Effipro plus, and Nexgard Combo.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound uses sound waves to create an image of internal structures inside the body. Ultrasonography allows for us to look at the architecture of an organ, which
can be incredibly useful in diagnostics and treatment. It saves many lives each year. It is also safe, faster, and less costly than many other advanced imaging techniques.
Laser Therapy
Laser Therapy is a cutting edge treatment that is an exciting advancement for the veterinary profession. Laser Therapy works on the cellular level, and can be thought
of as bringing in good cells and removing bad ones.
Photons stimulate endorphins and bring more blood to the area. It also reduces inflammation, increases cell division and accelerates tissue repair. It can be used to treat a variety of chronic or acute conditions, pain management, and is an integral part of recovery from injuries or surgery.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is an alternative therapy that can be used alone or in conjunction with Western medicine. Acupuncture therapy can be used for a variety of
conditions with different treatment goals.
Listed are some conditions that can benefit from Acupuncture therapy.
Listed are some conditions that can benefit from Acupuncture therapy.
- Abdominal pain
- Back and neck pain
- Joint pain
- Postoperative ileus
- Nerve injury
- Incontinence
- Chronic wounds