250 426-8517…. Hospital for Dogs, Cats and Companion Animals
CVH The two client lounges in our hospital offer comfortable private spaces for you and your pet. They are furnished with cosy chairs and sofas, and natural light from the large windows adds to the pleasant feeling of these rooms. The veterinarians and staff provide you with these rooms for private consultations or a place where you can wait while we analyse blood work, radiographs, or other diagnostics.
Dr Jamie Levine and his trained and AIMLA certified “Laser Meisters” are Kerstin Nowak, Drew Prinn, Sabrina Adams and Dr. Levine. They have seen great success treating a variety of conditions with the therapeutic laser. The near infrared laser beam goes right through fur and skin to heal deeply without drugs or surgery.
This is “Sirus, ” the 8-year-old poodle. He is having his third treatment. He was very stiff and had a hard time moving. After his 2nd treatment the owner says he is “whipping around the yard like a puppy”. His hips even feel a lot smoother to our touch.
To prepare this big dog for X-Rays, the staff firsts gives it intravenous sedation.
Trifocal means the two stereo eyepieces are aligned to see the sample on the microscope table, and the third lens is a camera capable of recording video and still images. The images can be projected on a screen the size of a tablet screen. From the camera, the microscope images can be sent to other computers in the hospital for inclusion in the client’s file or sent to specialists via email.
This microscope view shows cancer cells. It is tissue collected from a dog that was spread on a glass slide. Then the sample is stained blue colour by the technicians and set under the microscope lens.
The surgical operating room is packed with high-tech monitoring equipment to keep accurate readings of many of your pet’s biological systems, such as heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, and breathing rate.
The Cranbrook Veterinary Hospital has two exam rooms to offer private areas where you meet with the veterinarian and technicians. The medical staff does a thorough physical examination of your pet.
These exam rooms are where most of the client, staff and pet interaction takes place. Exam Room two opens with two doors on to the public hallway and the other door into our treatment area for more intensive procedures.
Such as abscesses, tooth root problems, gingivitis and periodontal disease. See our dental information page.
Pepa is only 5 years old and came in for a routine dental exam and cleaning. The teeth didn’t look too badly damaged on an oral inspection.
For toy breeds especially, we recommend a full-mouth dental X-ray, exam, cleaning as young as one-year-old.
The right side of the central tooth in this X-Ray is uneven and is being dissolved by the dog’s tissues.
At Cranbrook Veterinary Hospital we take special care to ensure stress-free, comfortable and safe anaesthesia for your pet. To achieve these goals, we provide the following for all animals undergoing general anaesthesia.
Every animal receives a complete physical exam before anaesthesia. Our veterinarian gives special attention to the heart condition and respiratory systems. Having a full picture of your pet’s health ensures the safest possible anaesthesia and reduces complications.
In addition to the physical exam, we recommend that we test a complete a blood profile. Our veterinarians prefer that we do bloodwork testing a few days before giving anaesthesia and intravenous fluids given during the procedure. Testing your pet’s blood before anaesthesia may indicate abnormalities that are not evident during a physical exam.
We also recommend to our clients the IV-Fluids option of having our technicians administer IV-Fluids (given intravenously), making it a safer for the pet under anaesthesia. IV-Fluids help maintains blood pressure and blood flow to the kidneys. Also, fluids retain hydration during surgery. It also allows for an intravenous access to administer medications, or analgesic (pain drugs).
We realize that being in the hospital can be a stressful time for your pet. We give sedation to all pets undergoing anaesthesia. Sedation relaxes the patient and lowers the amount of general anaesthetic required making the overall procedure safer.
We use very safe anaesthetics. During surgery, there is a veterinary technician in the operating room monitoring the patient and helping the doctor as the need arises. As well, we use respiratory, heart and blood pressure monitoring equipment which tells us how our patients are doing while under anaesthetic and gives us early warning of potential problems.
Anaesthesia lowers body temperature. Following surgery, our staff place pets in clean cages with warmed blankets, hot water heating systems (with extra heat supplied). Your pet is monitored before, during and after surgery by our hospital staff and doctors.
All pets undergoing anaesthesia in our hospital are given analgesic injections. Animals who receive pain relief recover much faster than those who do not. Management of your pet’s pain also reduces stress and improves healing. In recent years, medical research indicates the importance of pain management for our pets.
To help reduce stress for both you and your pet, we offer two comfortable client lounges where you can visit with your pet while in the hospital.
