Don Head Village Animal Clinic
737 Carrville Road L4C 6E5 Richmond Hill, ON, Canada

This is the first real snowfall for 2020 puppies to play in! Show us pics of your pups playing in the snow!

Announcing our 2020 Halloween Costume Contest Winner: Brix as Dorothy!!!

On Remembrance Day, we remember the sacrifice of all those who gave their lives so we can have the lives we have today. Let us also remember the animals who lost their lives in service to their countries. We remember...

2020 Halloween Costume Contest!!! Here are the entries we have now. To enter post new pictures as comments (or email to the clinic at [email protected]) and when we have them all, the one with the most LIKES wins a prize! Contest will be open for 1 week.

Happy Halloween!!! Post pictures of your pets in costume! The Halloween Costume Contest Winner (based on number of LIKES) will win a treat prize!

This cuddly girl is Bailey. She came for a visit and everyone was lucky enough to cuddle with her in turn while Dr. Hughes answered all her parents questions. Bailey hopes everyone has a happy Friday!

Adorable Max and Ellie came for a visit. They cuddled in the doctor's lap during their check ups and then snuggled with each other and fell asleep when the doctor spoke with their parents. While curbside service creates some challenges for both pet parents and us, most pets are comfortable, happy, and stress-free. We are all looking forward to a time when we can safely allow everyone back into the clinic!

This sweet girl is Felix and she needs your help. This is from a client that works with a cat rescue and has a difficult situation. Please SHARE to help Felix. "Last Sunday we were able to successfully trap beautiful 2 year old Felix and her three kittens. We understood that Felix and her kittens would all be fostered and offered for adoption. Felix was always friendly while she was outside, and would come right up close when we were putting food outside for her. She woul...d wait at the door for food and given more time we're confident she would have eventually come inside, so we had high hopes that she might be able to find a home. Three days after Felix and her family were caught we found out that the kittens would be fostered but Felix was traumatized and would be spayed and vaccinated and retuned to a life outside. We’re not surprised that she has been thrown off by the transition from outside to inside but 3 days seems like a very short time to pass judgement on her. If anyone is interested in taking a chance on this lovely soul please contact us at: [email protected]."

Remembering September 11... and the contribution of our canine companions.

National Dog Day! Celebrate your pups by sharing your pics of the furry companions that give you unconditional love.

Handsome Meeko is such a friendly boy. Meeko is here to make your hump day happier. Have a good Wednesday!

This sweet girl didnt want to be friends. (Turn on the sound)

Sweet Ollie was not feeling well so came to visit us so we could help him feel better. Ollie got to cuddle with some of his favourite people and wasnt even scared of masks!

It is National Pet Picture Day! Mysterious Misty is hoping to see lots of other pets shared here! Please post your pets so we can all LIKE!

Adorable Kylo and Stowe came for a visit! They were so sweet and cuddled with everybody! As kittens, they know about playing hard AND the importance of napping. They hope you can do that too!

Happy Canada Day!!! Sammy hopes that everyone has a safe and happy day celebrating our great country!!!

Find time to stretch and relax... do some yoga... take a walk. Enjoy the weekend!

Enjoying the hot sun from the cool indoors, mysterious Misty reminds everyone to hydrate if they are spending time in the sun. And enjoy summer - it is far too short!

We saw a pup today, not on tick prevention, with 3 ticks that found him in his regular environment. The ticks are really bad this year. Call us if you need tick prevention.

Adorable Alice cuddled with our technician Ally during her visit. Alice was purring! Alice and Ally both hope that everyone has a fantastic weekend and can enjoy the sunshine!

Edit: Phones are working again! Sweet Hershey is frustrated with Rogers again: OUR PHONES ARE DOWN!!! Rogers IT people are working like Flash the sloth from Zootopia and maybe our lines will be working eventually later today, we hope. Please send an email to us at [email protected].

Happy Weekend! We hope everyone is finding time to relax and play this weekend, like Livy and Sammy - even through Livy hates sharing her stick! Starting Monday we are going back to our regular hours, including being open on evenings of Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. We will continue providing curbside service while we watch how the COVID situation develops and follow the directives of Public Health, as well as our professional ruling bodies. Our goal continues to provide the excellent essential and routine medical, surgical and dental care care to all our patients while making sure our clients and staff are protected and kept safe. We thank you for your patience and understanding in these trying times.

COVID-19 UPDATE Dear Clients and Friends, Starting this week, following Premier Fords announcement, the scope of what we are permitted to do has expanded. We are now able to book routine wellness appointments and procedures. We at Don Head Village Clinic are continuing to strive to provide the best medicine possible for your pets during these challenging times. ...Continue reading

To all the moms - of pets or little humans - have a wonderful day celebrating how special it is to be a MOM! And if you are not a mom, be sure to let the moms in your life know how loved and cherished they are! Happy Mothers Day!!!

What to do when your people are all home? Cuddle amongst the things that bring you joy and watch your human siblings do stuff. What are your pets doing?

This tick was just removed from a very sweet pup. The tick had not had a chance to feed fully so thankfully the dog wont have to worry about Lyme Disease or other tick-transmitted diseases. Please make sure that your dogs are on their tick prevention now. We have seen many ticks on dogs over the last few weeks of milder weather. Call us if you need tick prevention for your dog.

With curbside service, many people worry about what happens when their pets are separated from them. As adorable Gummy can tell you, she got to cuddle with a bunch of people and then fell asleep in the doctors lap after her check up. We hope everyone stays safe and well as we enter another week of COVID-19 restrictions.

Sweet little Bella is celebrating her 4th Birthday today!!! Her mom created this adorable collage. We all wish Bellaboo a wonderful birthday and hope that soon she can celebrate IN PERSON with all her friends!

Reminder to everyone that it is Tick Season again! We have had a lot of people calling after finding ticks on their dogs over the last two weeks. Please call if you do not have tick prevention yet, and use it if you have it! Stay safe and healthy! Here is a tick (that left her mouthparts in a pup) still alive! The pet parents took the tick off themselves.

Little Gregory was very suspicious at first, coming to the clinic without his family, but he soon relaxed in the arms of one of our veterinary technicians. We are doing curbside visits to keep all the humans safe and so working extra hard to help the pets be calm and relaxed without their parents by their sides. Who knows what kind of kitten Gregory is?

Heres some key information about COVID-19: The betacoronavirus that causes COVID-19 is SARS-CoV-2 (formerly 2019-nCoV). Person-to-person and community spread is happening now. Transmission primarily occurs when there is contact with an infected persons bodily secretions, such as saliva or mucus droplets in a cough or sneeze. People are thought to be the most contagious when they are most symptomatic. Some spread might be possible before people show symptoms; however, this i...Continue reading

We hope this makes people smile. This is a difficult time for everyone, but the pets - they are definitely (for the most part) enjoying all the extra attention.

Looking so innocent, handsome Heemu methodically and meticulously murdered the plants... to show his mom that the quarantine was affecting him too.

We at Don Head Village Clinic are continuing to strive to provide the best medicine possible for your pets during these challenging times. We have already put into place practices that should not only protect our staff, but you and your pets. We will remain open as we were deemed essential earlier this week. We want to assure you that our curbside appointments and food/medication pick up will also continue. That being said with reduced staff and appointment times, we are goin...g to be reducing our hours of operation starting next week to: Monday to Friday 8:30 am- 5:00 pm Saturday 8:30 am 12:00 pm (these hours remain the same). We hope that these reductions in hours will only be a short-term measure; we are planning to do this for the next two weeks. Please understand that we are trying to space our appointment times to prevent overlap so pet parent contact in the parking lot will be minimized while making sure that any unwell pet is seen. The following list of near-by referral hospitals are also available to see emergencies 24/7 during this period: 404 Veterinary Referral and Emergency Hospital 905-953-1933 Toronto Animal Health Partners 416-380-7400 Toronto Veterinary Emergency Hospital 416-247-8387 Due to the restraints the COVID-19 virus has placed on all of us, we are trying to fit everyone in. Our staff will do our best to triage your pets needs and schedule appointments when necessary. We are focused on making sure any unwell pets or emergency-care situations will be seen as soon as possible. Healthy pets that are due for their vaccines will be safe if those vaccines are postponed for a month or so. As this public health situation develops, we will ensure everyone remains protected, vaccinated and safe. Tick, Flea and Heartworm Prevention: At this time of the year, we should be starting tick prevention for all our canine pets. Please give the first dose if you have any doses leftover from last year. If you do not, please call us or send an email and we will organize prevention for your pet that you can pick up. We understand that some pets have grown in the last year so we recommend weighing them at home so we may provide you with the most accurate dosage. Heartworm prevention should be started by June 1st, and the four-disease screening blood test (Heartworm, Lyme, Ehrlichia and Anaplasmosis) should be done by this point as well. We will continue to monitor the COVID-19 health situation. We hope to soon see some relaxing of the social distancing restrictions we live with now and we look forward to seeing life start to be more normal in the near future. Please dont hesitate to contact us with any questions, suggestions or concerns you may have. Stay safe and be healthy. This handsome boy is Cosmo. He is demonstrating social distancing. We will all get through this.

Sweet, responsible Mowgli demonstrates social distancing. Be like Mowgli: help to keep everyone safe. We can all get through this if we work together!

Happy Puppy Day! We are able to stay open to make sure our patients have care when they need it, we are working curbside to protect everyone, we are bringing in food as quickly as our distributor can send it to make sure everyone gets the food they need. Lets celebrate by posting pics of our pups and have some happy things in our social media!

We at the Don Head Village Animal Clinic recognize that your pets are an important part of your family, and you want to keep your family safe and healthy. A key part of the veterinary oath is to protect and promote public health. We take that oath very seriously and given current events, we believe we have an obligation to do our part to slow the spread of the coronavirus. In an effort to continue to provide care for our patients and protect our employees and clients, we are ...Continue reading

With everything that is going on, we wanted to make sure everyone knows that we have our online store where you can order food (not just in-clinic food but most brands), supplies, treats, toys... all the things your pet may need during this time of social distancing. Everything can be delivered directly to your home - to your porch!

A little bit of comedy. Dr. Wongs Truffles post!

There is a lot of fear and anxiety now. Stay calm, wash your hands, avoid public gatherings, and stay home if you are unwell. Questions about your pets? Here are some answers. Stay healthy and be well.

This delightful kitten is Groot. Being hairless, he is cold all the time. One of our wonderful clients knits pet sweaters and made one for him, too. It brings out Groots startlingly beautiful eyes. Too cold for Groot to go out, but if you can, get out and enjoy the mild weather and lovely sunlight!

"This study predicts that the COVID-19 virus can bind to ACE2 in pigs, ferret, cats and some non-human primates with similar efficiency as it does in people." So when people are ill or on quarantine we should keep them separate from pets because the virus may develop the mutation that will make it be able to affect infect other animals.

This cutie is Zoey! She came for a visit and gave kisses and melted everyones hearts. "Happy Monday to all!", says Zoey.

There has been 1 report of Corona virus from a dog who is NOT sick. We are all concerned but here is a very good article explaining what we do and do not know.

UPDATE: Phones are back now!!! Sammy would love to hear from you but our phones are down again!!! Rogers says construction and weather are causing issues. If you call, we will call you back as soon as we can!