Red Tree Animal Clinic

Red Tree Animal Clinic Owned and operated by Tara Risling. High quality reasonably priced vet medicine. Convenient NW Calgary location next to Beacon Hill and Costco.
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This is Penny, a 10.5 year old adorable Redbone Coonhound with a lifelong history of eating all things she shouldn’t. Pe...
10/01/2025

This is Penny, a 10.5 year old adorable Redbone Coonhound with a lifelong history of eating all things she shouldn’t.

Penny came in about a week after her family suspected they saw her chomp down a wooden bbq skewer 🍖

She was still happily eating and drinking, NOT vomiting, no diarrhea…she was just a bit tense in the abdomen and hunched up.

X-rays didn’t show any abnormalities and she did improve with some fluids and pain meds. But Penny’s owner knew something wasn’t right, and opted to take her for a CT scan.

Not only did Penny have a piece of skewer that punctured through her stomach and into her diaphragm, she ALSO had a mass on her liver 😱.

Penny underwent surgery with a specialist to remove the skewer and repair the damage, AND remove the liver growth (which turned out to be an abscessed benign nodule!).

Penny’s story has many lessons:
✔️Puppies aren’t the only ones to eat things they shouldn’t
✔️Owners know their dog best! If they feel something is off, they’re often right
✔️Some cases have more going on than we bargained for; without the skewer ingestion the liver abscess may not have been found until much later

Don’t let her sad panda eyes fool you- Penny’s back to her old self scrounging for things she shouldn’t and keeping her family on her toes 💙

(Tonsillar) foreign body Friday! As we move into autumn 🍂 and the weather stays dry we have seen many pups that have unf...
09/19/2025

(Tonsillar) foreign body Friday! As we move into autumn 🍂 and the weather stays dry we have seen many pups that have unfortunately had plant material stuck in their throats 🙁.

While foxtails are the worst culprit for this, the dog featured here loves to feast on all plant material indiscriminately 😂 and had a smorgasbord stuck in her tonsillar crypts/pouches.

If your dog wades into a dry patch of grass or foxtails before you can stop them, and begins persistently hacking, coughing, or swallowing painfully call us!

Once material is trapped in the tonsil region it can become infected or even abscessed if not removed.

ETA - all up and running again thanks for your patience 🙂Apologies- our internet and phones are currently down due to an...
09/10/2025

ETA - all up and running again thanks for your patience 🙂
Apologies- our internet and phones are currently down due to an issue in the Nolanridge area. We are open, and able to field emails and phone calls via one phone line.

This is Rango, possibly the worlds’s most loved barn cat. Until recently he held the important job of Head Mouser at a ...
09/05/2025

This is Rango, possibly the worlds’s most loved barn cat. Until recently he held the important job of Head Mouser at a horse boarding and training facility.

Sadly for Rango he was injured on the job- he was found outside the barn limping on three legs, with his left hind dangling at an impossible angle 😭.

X-rays showed a complete tarsal luxation (dislocation), with an open fracture (bone sticking through the skin).

Despite what must have been excruciating pain, Rango continued to purr and make biscuits all through his exam 🥹.

His fracture was stabilized with a splint and he was started on pain meds and antibiotics until his surgery the following morning, when a mid-femoral amputation was successfully performed.

ALL the riders at the barn - adults and kids alike- were rooting for Rango. Red Tree has never had so many phone calls, well wishes, and donations for a patient before 🥰.

Rango’s all healed, and has been retired from the barn to the house where he has settled in to the pampered life without complaint 😂.

Small but mighty 😍
08/22/2025

Small but mighty 😍

We’re so excited to welcome Dr. Madeleine Browne to the Red Tree team 💙. In addition to general practice, her special in...
08/19/2025

We’re so excited to welcome Dr. Madeleine Browne to the Red Tree team 💙. In addition to general practice, her special interests lie in utilizing both conventional and integrative medicine to improve mobility and quality of life in patients ranging from geriatric animals to sport competition dogs. With an emphasis on acupuncture, sports medicine, and rehab Dr. Madeleine draws expertise from both the human and animal medical fields to optimize patient care.

We will be open Saturday Aug 2nd and closed Monday Aug 4 🌺
08/01/2025

We will be open Saturday Aug 2nd and closed Monday Aug 4 🌺

This dashing guy is Maverick, a French Bulldog who came to see us for chronic and severe infection on his hindend due to...
07/24/2025

This dashing guy is Maverick, a French Bulldog who came to see us for chronic and severe infection on his hindend due to a malformation commonly called “corkscrew” tail.

Brachycephalic breeds are most affected by this condition, where the bones or vertebrae of the tail are malformed in such a way that they become ingrown, and curl back towards the dog’s body.

This creates a deep skin pocket around the tail which is very prone to infection, and causes extreme discomfort and pain for some dogs. If oral medicine and topical treatment fail, complete surgical amputation of the tail right at the body wall is considered.

The surgery can be complicated-the tissue is usually swollen and infected, the malformed tail is in very close proximity to the re**um and a**s, and extreme care must be taken to avoid any spinal cord damage while removing the abnormal tail vertebrae.

Maverick pulled through surgery and healed like a champ (with a bonus cryptorchid neuter concurrently performed- but that can be another post for another time!)

Meet Noodles. This little guy was brought in after having escaped the house and been hit by a car. On exam he wasn’t abl...
07/17/2025

Meet Noodles. This little guy was brought in after having escaped the house and been hit by a car. On exam he wasn’t able to use one of his back legs due to a dislocated hip (see red circle on x-ray).
We were able to put him under general anesthesia and perform a closed reduction. That means the top of the upper leg bone (the head of the femur) was popped back into the hip socket (acetabulum) WITHOUT having to perform surgery. And better yet, with rest and time and pain meds Noodles healed and everything stayed where it was supposed to be 🦴🐈‍⬛🩻

Happy Canada Day weekend! We are open as usual Saturday and Monday, and closed Tuesday July 1 🍁
06/27/2025

Happy Canada Day weekend! We are open as usual Saturday and Monday, and closed Tuesday July 1 🍁

Foreign body Friday - chicken edition! 🐓This poor girl, Mildred, came in with an uncomfortable, pendulous swelling on he...
06/27/2025

Foreign body Friday - chicken edition! 🐓
This poor girl, Mildred, came in with an uncomfortable, pendulous swelling on her neck, and she was diagnosed with an impacted crop. A crop is part of the chicken gastrointestinal tract, and acts as a temporary food storage structure en route to the chicken’s gizzard.
Crops can become blocked, just like the intestinal tracts of dogs, cats, etc.
Mildred was anesthetized and taken to surgery, and the impaction (plastic material, foreground) was removed. She’s all recovered and back to strutting around the yard with her chicken posse ❤️

At Red Tree we offer a variety of treatment options, including laser. Our Class 4 laser allows for a drug-free, non-inva...
06/23/2025

At Red Tree we offer a variety of treatment options, including laser. Our Class 4 laser allows for a drug-free, non-invasive means of improving blood flow to painful, inflamed areas to facilitate healing and relieve pain. Lasers use light of specific wavelengths to deliver healing energy.
Laser has been shown to effectively aid in treating many ailments and injuries, from sprains/soft tissue strains to arthritis, ear infections, severe gingivitis, bladder inflammation (cystitis), wounds, IVDD, and more.
In addition, all our spay/neuter surgical sites and dental extraction sites are lasered to speed healing!

Address

150-270 Nolanridge Cr
Calgary, AB

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 5:30pm
Friday 8am - 5:30pm
Saturday 8:30am - 1:30pm

Telephone

+14039845140

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