Archives - Craig Road Animal Hospital

Gastropexy – the Why, What, and How!

September 27, 2013

Blog, Dogs, health

Bloat, or gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV), can be a scary life threatening condition in dogs. Dr. Tampira – a veterinarian at Las Vegas’s own Craig Road Animal Hospital, talks about a procedure to prevent this life threatening condition and what breeds are at most risk from bloat / GDV. By Orlena Tampira, DVM A gastropexy is a surgical procedure to prevent a condition called gastric dilitation volvulus (GDV). GDV is when the stomach turns on itself causing a restriction of…

How Are We Doing July & August 2013?

September 19, 2013

Behind the scenes, Blog

For almost a year now, Craig Road Animal Hospital has been sending out surveys to every client who brings a pet to Craig Road and who has given us an email address . Hospital Administrator, Mike Falconer, talks about why, and introduces some results for July and August 2013. By Mike Falconer Apologies for the delay is posting July’s survey results but as a bonus, we have also added August! Looking at the two months together we can see…

Meet Dr. Beyers

September 4, 2013

All the doctors and staff would like to welcome Dr. Seth Beyers to Craig Road Animal Hospital. Dr. Seth Beyers grew up in a small town in Illinois. He spent the majority of his life in the Midwest. He received his bachelors in biological sciences from Webster University in St. Louis. He then headed to veterinary school at St. George University, on the island of Grenada. He completed his clinical year at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Dr. Beyers’…

Meet our new Doctors!

July 12, 2013

Behind the scenes, Blog

All the doctors and staff would like to welcome Dr. Jennifer Finder and Dr. Dorna Khamsi to Craig Road Animal Hospital. Jennifer Finder, DVM Dr. Finder grew up in Maryland outside of Washington D.C. She attended the University of Maryland College Park where she received a bachelor’s degree in animal and avian science. Dr. Finder received her doctorate in veterinary medicine from Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. Before graduating from vet school she worked in small animal practices, in…

How Well Are We Doing June 2013?

July 10, 2013

Behind the scenes, Blog

For almost a year now, Craig Road Animal Hospital has been sending out surveys. Hospital Administrator Mike Falconer talks about why, and introduces some results for June 2013. By Mike Falconer As we promised last month, here are June’s customer service survey results. I was really quite pleased that we managed to improve in areas like “not very likely” and “not at all likely” to refer a friend to our animal hospital and the “unacceptable” wait times. We moved these…

What to Know About Neutering…

July 5, 2013

Blog, Cats, Dogs

Getting your pet neutered can be a daunting prospect. Dr. Mychajlonka, also known as Dr. Mych – a veterinarian at Las Vegas’s own Craig Road Animal Hospital, in a follow up to his previous post on spaying your pet, discusses what the various terms and options mean, what the impact on cost of these options can have, and how to choose what is best for your pet. By Kurt Mychajlonka, DVM Male cats and dogs should have their reproductive abilities…

How Well Are We Doing? May 2013

June 14, 2013

Behind the scenes, Blog

For almost a year now, Craig Road Animal Hospital has been sending out surveys. Hospital Administrator Mike Falconer talks about why, and introduces some results for May 2013. By Mike Falconer When you visit Craig Road Animal Hospital we will often ask for an email address. This is mostly to give us another avenue of communication and to simplify the sending of estimates etc. However, there is another reason. in August of last year we started to survey pet owners…

What to Know About Spaying…

June 3, 2013

Blog, Cats, Dogs

Getting your pet spayed can be a daunting prospect. Dr. Mychajlonka, also known as Dr. Mych – a veterinarian at Las Vegas’s own Craig Road Animal Hospital, discusses what the various terms and options mean, what the impact on cost these options can have, and how to choose what is best for your pet. By Kurt Mychajlonka, DVM Female cats and dogs should have their reproductive abilities removed if they are not going to be bred. The correct term for…

Craig Road and the News on Parvo

May 10, 2013

Blog, Dogs, In the news

Craig Road Animal Hospital in the news again. This time Dr. Debbie White talks with Channel 8 about the dangers of parvo virus in Las Vegas. We should also clarify on the reporters comment about why a vaccinated dog might get parvo. Improper vet administration or storage of vaccine is not the problem. More commonly pups are presented for only one vaccine, don’t receive vaccines at right ages, or vaccines are given outside a vet hospital or in a home…

Pet Prosthetics Part 2

May 8, 2013

Three legged pets, affectionately know as tripods in veterinary world, do very well post surgery. However, it is not always necessary for the vet to remove all of an affected limb. This raises the possibility of a prosthesis. Craig Road Animal Hospital’s own Dr. Jacqueline Parker discusses, and shows, how we go about fitting a dog for a prosthetic limb here in North West Las Vegas! In part one, we saw the process of taking a mold for the prosthesis. In…

Pet Prosthetics Part 1

May 3, 2013

Three legged pets, affectionately know as tripods in veterinary world, do very well post surgery. However, it is not always necessary for the vet to remove all of an affected limb. This raises the possibility of a prosthesis. Craig Road Animal Hospital’s own Dr. Jacqueline Parker discusses, and shows, how we go about fitting a dog for a prosthetic limb here in North West Las Vegas! Earl lost his front left paw in France a few years ago to a…

Craig Road Open House 2013

May 1, 2013

Behind the scenes, Blog

On the 28th of April 2013, Craig Road Animal Hospital threw open its doors to the public, showcased a number of different vendors and rescues we work with, and held a Roos N More petting zoo – all while also being open and seeing patients.

Channel 8’s News Now Segment on Craig Road Animal Hospital

April 27, 2013

Behind the scenes, Blog, In the news

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Six Days Until the Open House!

April 22, 2013

Behind the scenes, Blog

Well, it is too late to turn back now! A nice thing about the open house project has been that we have been able to do a number of things that have been on the jobs list for quite some time. The really great thing about the open house project is that we have a definitive deadline for all involved – things have to be finished by the 28th, preferably well before! Monday saw our the painting of our boarding…

13 Days Until the Open House

April 15, 2013

Behind the scenes, Blog

It has been an interesting week… A test redecorating of one of our boarding suites went well. Everyone seems to agree the new color scheme is a big improvement. The rest of the suites are due to be painted this week. One of our new infographics for our walls, however, hit a snag. A technical issue with the image quality meant a last minute scramble to find higher resolution images. We also had a similar issue with the pet images…

20 Days Until the Open House!

April 8, 2013

Behind the scenes, Blog

Things for the open house are progressing nicely. For those of you who keep an eye on the Craig Road Animal Hospital Facebook page, we have chosen the winning captions for the six images that will help decorate our walls – it was a tough job as we got a lot of great submissions (thank you eveyone!) but we are very pleased with what we have. we are currently just waiting on the proofs from our graphics people. Our two…

27 days until the Open House!

April 1, 2013

Behind the scenes, Blog

In the first of a series of posts, Craig Road Animal Hospital’s Hospital Administrator, Mike Falconer, talks about the preparations for our upcoming open house! Craig Road Animal Hospital is having an open house for our existing veterinary clients, and potential new ones, in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas on Sunday the 28th of April, 2013. We will be having vendors, a hospital tour, a petting zoo, a free new pet booklet and lots more from 10:00am till 2:00pm.…

Pet Insurance Comparison

March 12, 2013

A nice short video from the Veterinary News Network comparing pet insurance companies and polices.

Non Anesthetic Dental Cleanings – Too Good to be True?

March 7, 2013

Blog, Dental Health, Dogs

There is a current resurgence in interest in the subject of Non- Anesthesia Dental Scaling: that is a dental cleaning performed while the pet is awake and usually by a non-veterinarian. Dr. Mychajlonka, a vet at Las Vegas’s own Craig Road Animal Hospital, discusses the dangers of these procedures. By Kurt Mychajlonka, DVM No anesthetic procedure is 100% safe. However, the reality is that even older pets can undergo an anesthetic procedure safely with the vast majority experiencing no complications…

Pets Need Dental Care Too! (Video)

February 8, 2013

A great little video from the Veterinary News Network on the importance of pet dental health. Remember that this month is pet dental health month. If you bring your pet in for a dental cleaning we will give you $35 off, a free bath or bath voucher, express anal glands for free, a free nail trim, and some other goodies to go home with – in addition to clean teeth and fresh breath! Call our office to schedule an appointment…

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