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OUR HOSPITAL
78-359 Highway 111
La Quinta, CA 92253
MAP
Office: (760) 564-1154
Fax: (760) 564-7910
OUR WEBSITE
www.AllCreaturesVet.com
OUR
TEAM
Kevin Fenton, DVM
Hospital Director
KFenton@petdrx.com
John McConnell, DVM
Hospital Director
Kelly Dunn, RVT
Practice Manager
KDunn@petdrx.com
Andrea Baca
Marketing Director
ABaca@petdrx.com
Craig Lassen
Regional Manager
CLassen@petdrx.com
OUR HOURS
Monday—Friday
8am—5pm
Saturday
8am—12pm
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Hello
and Welcome!
First and
foremost we would like to thank all of our loyal clientele that have
continued to trust us with the care of their special friends over
the many years.
All Creatures Veterinary Care and it's entire
staff have been providing quality care in
the desert community for over fifteen years. We have staffed our
hospital with three highly trained and deeply knowledgeable
veterinarians who provide a wide range of
services. With the help of our equally impressive staff of
skilled and compassionate technicians and front office personnel,
ACVC is devoted to caring for your animals in wellness and in
sickness. It is our goal to ensure the provision of the highest
caliber of care to your pet. To help meet your veterinary needs we
offer the following services:
If you are
interested in learning more about our hospital, please don’t
hesitate to pick up the phone, send an
email, or visit our
website! Sign-up for our monthly
newsletter and receive information on all of our monthly
specials and discounts.
We are here to help you and are always glad to answer
your veterinary questions!
We hope to talk with you soon!
The ACVC Team. |
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Aging Gracefully:
Senior at 7
In veterinary
medicine we typically consider most animals to be "senior" at seven
years of age. It is important to remember that aging is a relative
term. Ask ten people to describe it and you'll get ten answers.
The key to managing an aging pet is understanding that
as they grow older, their parts do too! The process of aging is slow
and often times does not become obvious to owners until it is too
late. Annual exams, starting around the age of seven, allow you and
your veterinarian to stay in close contact with your pets internal
health. This will greatly improve the likelihood that you will
detect problems while they are still manageable.
Senior at 7 exams include:
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Cardiac & Respiratory
System for evidence of heart and
pulmonary disease;
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Digestive System
starting with the teeth and continuing with
the stomach, intestines, and liver to study nutritional
digestion and absorption;
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Kidney’s & Urinary Tract
as they are responsible for removing
multiple toxins. A simple urinalysis and blood sample will give
your veterinarian ample information.
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Musculoskeletal System.
Stiffness and hesitation getting up
can all be signs of arthritis and pain.
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Vision.
Very important and very common source of
treatable illness for adult pets.
Call us today if you have any questions about your older pet’s
health and we will be happy to help you decide if it’s time to begin
a preventative approach to your friends golden years. |
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Reproductive
Health:
Why to spay your female
dog
Did you know that a
female dog has a heat cycle (estrus) twice a year? Yep, it’s the
bloody truth. This results in a higher incidence for your dog to
become pregnant. Every six months a canine heat cycle starts and
lasts three weeks. Another reason Veterinarian’s recommend spaying
because of the incidence of Pyometra. Pyometra is an infection in
the uterus. At this point the surgery is no longer elected; it
becomes an immediate surgical emergency.
Why to castrate your male dog
In some cases
surgically excising the gonads can have a slight impact on
aggression. Also reducing the marking behavior or (the fire hydrant
theory). The most common and recommend reason for castrating your
dog is the greatly reduced incidence of Prostate cancer. |
