Mitchell Animal Hospital

Happy Halloween to all of our two and four legged friends! Share your favourite Halloween photos of your pets with us!

Snoozing through her 21st birthday! Happy 21st Birthday to our sweet Ginger Cat! We love you!!

**ALL FIXED** Our phones lines will be down briefly between 8-9 this morning while Rogers is here doing some work. So sorry for the inconvenience. Please call our cellphone at 226-868-4311 if you need us, or email at [email protected].

Meet Java! He is a very handsome boy who has been working hard in our Canine Rehabilitation Centre to recover from a torn cruciate ligament in his stifle (knee). He is such a sweet boy who is a pleasure to work with. All of his hard work is paying off! Keep up the good work Java

Couldn’t ask for a better way to start the week then to be greeted by this sweet boy! We have the pleasure of working with Rocky in our Canine Rehab Centre as he recovers from a cruciate ligament injury. Rocky has just begun his recovery and is already showing great progress.

We just received word we have made it into the Top 10 for the Waterloo Region Records Readers Choice Awards for 2020! Thank you so much to our incredible clients for not only voting us in, but for all the support you have shown us throughout the years and especially in the last nearly 6 months. We appreciate your kindness and patience as we strive to meet all of your furry family members needs during these trying times! If you wish to vote for us to make it into the top 3 - ...click the link below to view the categories we have been nominated in! https://www.therecord.com//busine/mitchell-animal-hospital

Dog hugs make everything better! Happy Friday! Hug your pooch today.

We are excited to be returning to full hours! Beginning Tuesday Aug 4th we will return to our regular hours: Monday - Thursday 7:30am - 7:00pm Friday - 7:30am 6:00pm Saturday - 9:00am 3:00pm... We will also have some availability during the week in our Canine Rehab Centre. Please call or email to book an appointment. At this time, we will continue to keep our doors locked and only allow our fluffy patients into the clinic. Thank you so much for your ongoing support and patience. We look forward to seeing your furry family members soon!

Our Rehab centre will reopen Saturday July 4th!! We will be offering rehab appointments every Saturday in July between 9am - 2pm. As we are still running on our Covid adjusted schedules, our rehab hours will be limited to Saturday’s for a little longer. We appreciate your patience and support and look forward to seeing all of our patients again soon!! Please call or email us at [email protected] to setup an appointment!

We have made some changes to our current protocols in effort to start providing some routine care for your pets. Although we are very excited to see them again, we will continue to follow strict health and safety guidelines. This means we will keep our doors closed to clients, only allowing the fluffy ones inside! We will still be doing curb side picks for food and medications. At this time we are needing 48 hours to refill prescriptions. Food deliveries are arriving quicke...r than previous but it is still recommended to plan 5-7 days in advance when needing food. Our hours will remain 8am to 6pm Monday through Friday and we will reopening on Saturdays, 9am to 3pm beginning Saturday May 30th. Vaccine and wellness appointments along with post poned surgeries can begin to be rebooked. This will be a slow transition as we adjust to our new protocols and get things running smoothly. Thank you again for your ongoing understanding. We look forward to seeing your pets soon See more

As many of you may know, the government is allowing veterinary clinics to begin seeing non-urgent patients as of Tuesday May 19th. Our priority remains the health and safety of our staff and of the community we serve. As much as we are looking forward to seeing all of your furry family members again, we have to be cautious and organized in our approach. Please be patient with us as we determine the safest and most efficient way to resume regular patient care. Thank you all for your ongoing understanding and support.

As we are are currently only able to see urgent cases at the hospital, many of you are trimming your pets nails at home. Here are some helpful tips. Remember to be patient and if your pet isn’t overly cooperative, doing one paw a day is a great idea.

Do you have a puppy? Socializing your puppy is key to creating confident and well rounded adult dogs. Here are some great strategies to help socialize your puppy during Covid 19.

Thank you to all of our amazing clients who have been very patient over the past several weeks as we navigate through Covid 19. Due to our locked door policy, our phones have been ringing off the hook. For this reason, we ask that for non-urgent needs such as food or medication refills you email us at [email protected]. We will be sure to get back to you as quickly as we can. For anything requiring immediate attention, please continue to call us. We sure miss seeing all of you in person!

It’s that time of year....tick season is in full swing!! If you have questions about parasite control and your pets or would like to order preventative medications, please email us at [email protected]. Thank you in advance for your patience! We are extremely busy working with a limited amount of staff during this pandemic but will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.

We would like to wish all of our clients a safe and happy Easter! The clinic will be closed on Good Friday and through the weekend as per our new schedule due to Covid-19. If you have an emergency please call the Emergency Clinic of Waterloo Region at 519-650-1617. We will re-open on Monday at 8am. Please stay safe and well!

We wanted to send a huge THANK YOU to Rachelle Swayze and Lindsay Spanner for making and donating these fabric masks. Masks are in very high demand and we are running out quickly. These will prove to be invaluable!! What an amazing feeling having the support of our community. Thank you so much for your time, energy, talent and donations.

***RESOLVED - Huge thanks to the hard working Rogers crew for getting us up and running again*** Our phone lines and internet are temporarily down for a few minutes as Rogers is here working. Sorry for the inconvenience and we should be back up and running shortly!

Just a reminder of our current hospital hours.

Smiles are contagious...share your favourite pet photos with us!!

Here is a great visual of how we are currently conducting our appointments during these uncertain times of COVID-19. ** Please note, the only difference is we are asking clients to remain at the clinic in their car while their pet is in for their appointment, not to leave and come back. Thanks to Dr. Scott Weese (Worms and Germs Blog) for creating this video! ... We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy.

We now offer E-Transfer as a payment option to reduce the risk of spreading Covid 19 to our clients and staff. You can e-transfer to [email protected] for retail items and for medical care. We continue to accept Visa and Master Card as always. Thank you for your continued understanding and support as we navigate these challenging times.

In cuter news, miss Minet had a bath and a groom and is feeling fresh and sassy! She has no idea we are operating a little differently these days as she continues to sleep approx 23 hours a day.

A great big Thank You to all of our clients who have been so supportive and understanding during these concerning times. The health and safety of you, your pets and our staff remains paramount. With that in mind and as per OVMA guidelines, we are reducing our services to essential services only. We will continue to treat unwell patients via telemedicine or online conferencing, leaving in-clinic exams as a last resort. Food and medications can still be purchased as usual, please call the clinic to order and when you arrive for pick up. We appreciate your continued patience and understanding and are here to help you as best we can.

The safety of our staff and patients are of the utmost importance. Due to Covid 19, we have adjusted our clinic hours and services. Effective immediately: Monday - Friday: 8am - 6pm Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED ... At this time, we are no longer offering canine rehabilitation services and will not be performing any non-essential surgeries. It is our hope that we will be able to return to full hours and services soon! Please call the clinic with any questions you may have. Thank you for your understanding.

COVID-19 AND PETS We are in a period of unprecedented uncertainty and there is so much information circulating out there that may be substantiated and correct and just as much, if not more that is fear and panic driven and incorrect. It has come to my attention that the later situation has been leading to fear amongst pet owners to surrender or euthanize their pets for fear of contracting COVID-19 from them. Here are the facts of what we know:...Continue reading