South Hill Animal Clinic

06/18/2024

We will be closing early tomorrow, Wednesday June 19th, at 3pm.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
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05/17/2024

05/16/2024

When we have cute puppies like Gator come in of course we all need to get our puppy snuggles in!! 🥰

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05/07/2024

HUGE savings on Royal Canin diets. Head over to our online store to purchase yours by May 10th.

If you haven't signed up for our online store yet you will need to register first before you can place an order. Orders can either be sent direct to the clinic or right to your door!
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https://southhillanimalclinic.clientvantage.ca/

04/30/2024

Did you guys get your smile cookies yet?? We sure did!! 🍪🍪

Go grab yours before May 5th to support the PrinceAlbert Spca

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04/20/2024

Colder weather and higher risk?
Tick-borne diseases are spreading in Canada…and our cold winters aren’t helping!

New Canadian research shows that when a Blacklegged tick is infected with the Lyme disease bacteria it may be more likely to be active on mild days during the colder months AND more likely to survive cold weather compared to uninfected ticks!

04/16/2024

We had a puppy party last Friday!! 🥳🎈

Rusty has been the absolute best patient over the past 7 weeks. He had been coming in twice a week to hang out with us for the day and to have his bandages changed following an unfortunate accident that caused him to lose a couple of toes! 🙀

Rusty was being cared for by his lovely aunt but now is back in Saskatoon with his mom. He was the goodest of boys for all his treatments and never complained, and of course he is as cute as a button!! 😍

Good luck with the rest of your recovery Rusty!! ❤🐾

03/28/2024

We will be closed BOTH Friday March 29th and Monday April 1st.
HAPPY EASTER!!🐰

03/08/2024

03/07/2024

We are still looking for a home for this little cutie. She is getting a little shack-wacky here at the clinic and would love to settle into a home with her fur-ever family. 😻

Please help share this post in hopes of finding her the purr-fect home ❤

If you would like to meet this friendly girl please give the clinic a call at 306-764-3011.

02/08/2024

Reminder: We are closed tomorrow, Friday, February 9th.
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02/05/2024

Happy Monday from these gorgeous girls!! 🥰

01/10/2024

12/29/2023

We have recently developed a New Read & Relax Volunteer Program, and we are looking for your help to get it rolling!

The Read & Relax Program is available for everyone at every age, where you come into the shelter during business hours and we will pair you with an animal to read to. We greatly encourage participants to read out loud to the animals, as research has shown that reading to the animals has a significant calming effect on the animals in addition to give the animals the company they yearn for. For our readers, this program will provide a stress reducing and rewarding experience where you can be a part of the animal’s journey while in our care.

This program is a fabulous extracurricular activity for school children/teens to help improve their reading and speaking skills. This program is open for the general public including but not limited to school classes, care homes, group homes, organization groups etc.

We do not require appointments for this program (you can drop in and come read), and you do not require a volunteer application to participate in this program. It is important to note that our staff will choose which animal is best suited to partner participants with. Additionally if we have to many participants at one time, we may ask you to return at a later time when we have a designated reading room open up.

We are super excited for this program to help not only the animals in need, but to support the folks and families in our community! However we need your help to get it going.

We are in need of the following items:
•Books (Early level reading, Children’s books, Children Novels, Comic/Graphic Books, Teen Reads, Adult Novels) -We will happily accept any books that our readers of a variety of age and interest will enjoy!
•A Couch or Arm Chair
•Coffee Table for kitties to sit on and folks to set their books on
•Book Shelves/Racks to hold the books
•A nice rug for our reading room floor!

Our ideal goal is to have a Little Free Library where our participants can take their book home if they fall in love with it. So we will continue to take in books in the future!!

In the meantime as we wait for books, we ask for participants to bring their own book for the time being! We are so excited for this program and we hope we see you folks come by to read to the animals here in our care!!

12/22/2023

We are having a microchip and license clinic in the new year! Our clinic will be walk-in, we will allow one family unit in the building at a time.

All animals residing in the city of Prince Albert must be licensed. To make it easier for everyone we will be open for 2 Saturdays in a row!

Microchipping your pets helps get them home if they sneak out on you! We can contact you as soon as your animal comes in to get them back home where they belong.

12/18/2023

Please have your food or medication's ordered by the end of the day TODAY to guarantee it's ready before Friday!
Please note we are closed at NOON on Friday the 22nd. 🎄

12/08/2023

🚨 Another kitty is looking for her fur-ever home!

This little sweetie is around 2 years old. She showed up at a residence just outside of Prince Albert, at the beginning of November. She needed a little TLC when she first arrived but has since been spayed, dewormed, and is now up to date on her vaccinations. She also has tested negative for Feline Leukemia and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus. 🙌

This little girl can be a bit hissy at first with new animals, but she has warmed up to our clinic cat. She doesn't seem bothered at all with quieter dogs. She would also do well with older children, but she is not the type of cat to allow you to just do anything with; she does have her boundaries. She is a sweet, independent, and curious girl who is always looking for some attention!!

We are looking for an indoor only home for her. We will select the family we think would be the best fit for her. If you think she may be a purr-fect addition to your family, please send us a message or call the clinic at 306-764-3011.

11/15/2023

A little late Halloween post. We got lucky and had these three black kitties in for their spays on halloween. 🐈‍⬛ 🎃 👻

Did you know that superstitions involving black cats started back when witch hunts became a thing?! Witches found black cats to be more desirable as they could remain unseen in dark places. Cats were often cared for by poor, lonely ladies who were accused of being witches, and these gorgeous black kitties started to get a bad rap because of this.

11/06/2023

Did you know that veterinary medicine has one of the highest su***de rates?

Be kind to your veterinary professionals - they are overworked, critically understaffed and underappreciated. The industry is experiencing its own pandemic with increased demand and shortage of personnel.

From the Canadian Press:

Veterinarians in Canada say they are experiencing extreme burnout and plummeting mental health due to staff shortages, a booming number of animal patients and the round-the-clock stress of the job.

Neil Pothier, a veterinarian since 1985 who runs an animal hospital in Digby, N.S., said caring for animals has never been easy, but it’s a job he’s always loved.

“But now, all day long, people are talking about burnout and thinking of quitting," Pothier said following a meeting with veterinarians from across Nova Scotia. "We are struggling to try and make it.”

Pothier said the increased workload, which in many rural areas comes with on-call emergency care 24 hours a day, is resulting in severe stress and exhaustion that has worsened over time. “People are just at the point where they don't know what to do. And there is already a high su***de rate in the country in our profession, which is terrifying.”

Survey data compiled in 2020 suggests that veterinarians in Canada were far more likely to think about killing themselves when compared with the average person. The study, published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, found 26.2 per cent of 1,403 veterinarians surveyed had suicidal thoughts within the previous 12 months. Statistics Canada data from 2022 found that 2.5 per cent of Canadians surveyed had thoughts about killing themselves within the last year.

Pothier, who has lost veterinary colleagues to su***de, said the mental health of veterinary workers has been strained by a pandemic boom in pet numbers and a shortage of vet technologists, technicians and vets available to work.

“It really exploded during COVID,” Pothier said. “It seemed everybody sitting at home decided, ‘I should get myself a pet.’”

“After that, it was just out of control,” he said, adding that his patient roster increased by 40 per cent in the two years after the pandemic began.

10/29/2023

Did you know that our online store has more then just food and treats??

There is everything from pet clothing, seasonal items, toys, costumes, bedding, grooming products, pet carriers, leashes and collar, and even equine and bovine product.

It's free to register for an account and there is free shipping to the clinic. Head to the link below to browse our products! (You must register to see prices and place orders)

https://southhillanimalclinic.clientvantage.ca/register?returnUrl=%2

10/28/2023

Don’t miss out on our Microchip Clinic, Nov 25th and 26th!!!

No appointment needed, we are accepting Walk-ins. Cost is only $30 per pet 😸

Your name will get entered into a draw for each pet of yours that is microchipped for a chance to win 5 Days of Free Day Care over at the Paw Print Inn, our boarding facility next door to the shelter!!

10/28/2023

Many of you have been asking about our wonderful Erin, so we wanted to share a couple pictures and an update of the TWO little bundles of joy!

Seth and Denny were born on September the 8th are now 7 weeks old. They are just the most wonderful and perfect babies!! 🥰

While we miss Erin at the clinic (more then words can say) we are so happy for her and love that she is enjoying this special time with her little family. 💙💙