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Our Services
Boarding services
When you need to be away, it’s nice to know that your pet will be cared for with all the TLC you’d provide.
Our kennel is among the area’s finest with expanded and remodeled kennel area and large, clean kennel runs. We provide food, bedding and clean spacious indoor runs and cages and lots of TLC!
Dogs are personally walked outdoors at least twice daily.
Boarding policies:
For the health and well being of all the animals in our kennel, we require:
• Your cat must have up to date rabies and distemper vaccinations and your dog must have rabies, distemper and kennel cough.
• If your pet has fleas, ticks or internal parasites, we will treat him or her and you will be charged for the service in addition to the boarding fee.
• Feel free to bring a favorite chew toy or bone, but we will provide other bedding and bowls for food and water.
• We will work your dog on a leash twice a day, but if he or she is not trained to the leash, please let us know.
• Please provide medications in their original dispensing container with a veterinary prescription level. We are happy to administer the medications.
• Please provide an emergency contact number for you or another person authorized to make decisions if you cannot be reached.
• Should your pet become sick or injured, we will provide essential care necessary to stabilize. We will contact you as soon as possible. Any veterinary fees are in addition to daily boarding fees.
Boarding Instructions
To provide the quality care your pet deserves, we ask that you please provide us with the following information prior to boarding:
• Recent illnesses or injuries
• Habits that may explain behaviors that we may see
• What comforts your dog or cat
• Where you will be and how we can reach you
Our kennels vary in size to accomodate both large and small animals.
The kennel area is well-lit, well-ventilated, and kept to the highest standards of cleanliness and comfort.
We have a full size bathtub for our borders.
We have a full range of nutritional meals prepared daily for our borders.
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Full-Service Veterinary Care
provided for the complete health of your pet.
Wellness – veterinary medicine has long recognized the importance of preventive care. Regular examinations are important to identify problems before they become serious and to discuss ways to keep your pet healthy.
Vaccinations – Today you can do much more than protect your animal friend from rabies and distemper. There are many more vaccines to prevent a wide variety of illnesses including Lyme disease.
Exam – Animal care shares an important feature with human care: the physical exam. Combined with the medical history that you provide us, we can learn much about how your pet is doing through weight, temperature, pulse, breathing, listening to the heart and lungs and feeling internal organs. We also check for the teeth and gums, look for parasites, discharge or other indications of illness.
Dental Care – Dental care is about more than teeth. Infected gums and teeth can affect the heart, lungs, kidneys, intestines and joints. The goal, just like in human medicine, is to prevent problems. We teach you how to care for your pet’s mouth.
Senior Care – It’s hard to think of a 7 year old as being old, but at that age your friend is the equivalent of 45 human years. Thompson Animal Medical Center’s Senior Care begins with a complete physical examination and tests to serve as a baseline for future changes and to pick up current problems. We’ll make recommendations about diet, exercise and other preventive care. Why do all this? So your friend has a long, healthy life with you.
Surgery – You’ll find the same standards found in a human operating room in our full surgical suite. Our veterinary staff is trained to perform a wide range of surgical procedures. Before an operation is performed, we do a physical examination and blood tests. We have an excellent anesthesia record because of our continuing training.
State-of-the-art equipment – Our commitment to excellence includes offering the first animal ultrasound in the area. Our technology also includes x-ray, endoscopy, pulse oximeter, Doppler blood pressure, VetTest Blood Analyzer and an EKG service with a direct link to a cardiologist.
Complete diagnostic capabilities – We want to know what ails your animal friend as much as you do. Our in-house laboratory allows us to quickly and efficiently perform blood, urine and parasite tests that are vital to your pet’s health.
Ultrasound – Ultrasound helps us “see” inside the body to better diagnose heart and abdominal diseases, including cancer without surgery. It also can be used to identify and date pregnancies.
Pet Food and Supplies – Your friend’s diet is as important as yours. We offer prescription diets, flea & tick products, shampoos, grooming aids, and general pet supplies.
Referrals – With the specialization in veterinary medicine, we sometimes consult with other specialists as needed at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Teaching Hospital and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Veterinary Medical School. Specialized testing also can be done at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse at the Marshfield Clinic Veterinary Medicine Laboratory.
Education – From the first visit, we work with you to help you understand how you can keep your pet healthy. We can provide you with written materials and answer your questions. Continuing education is important for us, too. We keep up with advances in veterinary medicine through accredited veterinary seminars.
Emergency Service – A contact with a doctor is available 24 hours a day.
Spaying and Neutering
To spay or not to spay? To neuter or not to neuter? Except in very rare situations, those should not be the questions when you adopt a puppy or kitten.
Think of it this way. By spaying and neutering your dog or cat, you can help improve a world that is sadly overpopulated with unwanted dogs and cats.
“Many people love their dog or cat so much that they think it’s a great idea to have litters. But there is no guarantee that they will get another dog or cat just like the one they love so much.
Puppies and kittens, like our own kids have their own personalities,” said Dr. Jean Heyt.
So what happens to those offspring of beloved dogs and cats? “Each year, 3 million dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters,” Dr. Jean said. “Even purebreds find their way into shelters where there simply are not enough good homes to adopt all of them.”
There are some myths associated with spaying (for a female) and neutering (for a male). Among them is that your pet will get fat and lazy or your dog won’t be protective of your family and home. “The truth is that dogs and cats get fat and lazy if you overfeed them and they don’t get enough exercise. It sounds a bit like most of us pet lovers who battle weight our entire lives,” she said.
Also, spaying and neutering has nothing to do with a dog’s natural instinct to protect your home and family. That behavior comes from genetics and environment, not sex hormones. “Your dog or cat will not be less manly because of neutering. That characteristic is not be affected by neutering,” Dr. Jean said.
Also, there is no truth to the notion that you should not spay a dog or cat until after the first litter. When females are spayed before their first heat, they are healthier and, frankly, easier to live with than a dog or cat in heat.
Even if you think your pet is pretty special – as most of us do – there are still too many dogs and cats. And it is much harder to find good homes for the puppies and kittens as cute as they may be. “You can ask the Coulee Region Humane Society about that,” according to Dr. Jean.
Thompson Animal Medical Center recommends spaying and neutering any time after six months, although it can be done earlier at times. You may be surprised by how early some females can become pregnant. The spaying or neutering operation is performed while your pet is under anesthesia. Depending on your pet's age, size and health, he or she will stay for a few hours or a few days. Spaying and neutering is a one-time cost. When compared with the cost of veterinary bills and food for a litter of puppies or kittens that you may or may not be able to place, it is a bargain. “Even more important,” Dr. Jean said, “it is important for the health of your pet, our community and to prevent the births of so many unwanted pets.”
Declawing
The decision to remove the claws is a personal decision. It may be needed to protect your home or even family members from a scratching cat. In a particularly destructive cat, it can be life saving as many cats are turned over to a shelter because of that behavior.
Removing a cat’s claws can be done as early as 12 weeks if the kitten weighs at least 2 pounds. Or, you can trim back the nails carefully until your kitten is spayed or neutered or forever if you opt not to have the claws removed.
Generally, it is easier on a cat if done when young as there is less weight on the paws during the recovery period. Declawing still can be done even in cats that are older, although they will rebound more slowly.
If you choose to have your cat declawed, it is important that he or she remain indoors. While declawing will not change your cat’s personality, he or she will not have a natural defense.
Caring for your pet in surgery
The way Dr. Tom Thompson describes surgery is “no routine is considered routine.”
That means care is taken for the safety of your furry or feathered friend when having surgery at Thompson Animal Medical Center.
Equipment monitors blood pressure, heart rate and function and oxygen levels. Some pets may require IV fluids during their procedures if they are at higher risk.
“We also have at least one veterinary technician in the operating room carefully watching the patient and charting his or her vital signs during the operation,” Dr. Tom said. “This safeguard is very important.”
Whether the surgery is spaying, neutering or something more serious, he said, “The bottom line is that we do not fear anesthesia, but we have respect for anesthesia. That’s why are so dedicated to safety. The monitors, both people and technology, provide peace of mind.”
“We take care of your dog or cat as our own,” said certified veterinary technician Kari Ordorff. “That’s why I stand in the operating room while our doctors are performing surgery. We’re also there during the recovery period.”