We are a private, non-profit, no-kill Humane Society operating a full service hospital for the low income pet owners in our community. We are able to expose students to all aspects of Shelter Medicine including but not limited to disease prevention, sterilization, behavior modification, transfer and transport procedures, development, foster care and volunteer services. Our students come in around 8 am Monday thru Friday and we are usually finished up around 5 pm. We require no evening or weekend shifts but they are welcome to come additional hours if they choose. We also have great relationships with all the specialty practices in our area so if our shelter pets have a consult scheduled they are welcome to accompany the team. These visits include cardiology, dermatology, surgery, ophthamology, neurology and oncology.
We are a staff of five full time veterinarians and two part time. We have veterinarians who volunteer their time on a regular basis. We staff four full-time LVTs. The remainder of our shelter and hospital staff are made up of 75 full-time and 60 part-time employees.
We have full Idexx reference lab equipment in-house as well as Idexx DR radiology, ultrasound and cold laser capabilities.
We have five surgery bays, four surgery prep tables, a dental suite and four general medical areas in the hospital.
The shelter is equipped with its own general medical area but we utilize the hospital space for surgery, labs and radiology.
We house close to 400 animals on the shelter side at capacity and adopt out close to 3700 a year.
The hospital has over 8000 active patients.
Students are here with our veterinary team Mondays thru Fridays from around 8 am until 5 pm. They always work alongside our staff veterinarians. We require no evening or weekend shifts but they are welcome to come additional hours if they choose. If we have special events going on while they are here they are always welcome to attend.