Clarendon Animal Care

Clarendon Animal Care Clarendon Animal Care is a Fear Free Certified Practice with two convenient locations! Discover exceptional veterinary care at our AAHA-accredited hospital.

Clarendon Animal Care is a Fear Free Certified Veterinary Practice located in Arlington, VA. We have two locations - CAC North in Clarendon, and CAC South off Columbia Pike. Open since 2015, we are dedicated to providing the Arlington community with high-quality, low-stress veterinary care. We offer comprehensive services such as general veterinary care, dentistry, soft tissue surgery, behavior ma

nagement, and international travel coordination. Our mission is to provide top-notch, personalized veterinary care, emphasizing the human-animal bond, and promoting the mental and physical well-being of our patients and one another.

Today we're celebrating our practice managers, hospital directors, and hospital manager! Our practice managers keep thin...
04/25/2025

Today we're celebrating our practice managers, hospital directors, and hospital manager! Our practice managers keep things running on the non-medicine side of things, whether it's hiring new team members, working directly with clients to resolve concerns, or just generally ensuring that our practices run smoothly, they're on top of it all! You may recognize our medical directors since they're also DVM's - they balance helping run the hospitals in between performing surgeries and seeing daily appointments. Our hospital director and our clinic cat work very similarly - you may not always know they're there, but they're working hard in the background to ensure that our clinics are happy and supported.

Today we're celebrating our veterinarians! We're lucky to have a team of amazing doctors who are able to care for our pa...
04/24/2025

Today we're celebrating our veterinarians! We're lucky to have a team of amazing doctors who are able to care for our patients! Our doctors come from all different backgrounds, but one thing they have in common - they love what they do. Some of them have special interests that they focus on such as ultrasonography or dentistry, while others love the preventative aspect of medicine. Does your pet have a preferred doctor or have you seen all of our amazing doctors?

P.S. Does it look like we missed two of our DVMs? They're being featured tomorrow. 😉

Today we're celebrating our Licensed Veterinary Technicians or LVT's! We're lucky to have such a large team of LVT's - f...
04/23/2025

Today we're celebrating our Licensed Veterinary Technicians or LVT's! We're lucky to have such a large team of LVT's - from our OG techs who helped us open our doors a decade ago to our new grads who have just entered the field! You can find our techs nursing hospitalized patients, running anesthesia and surgical procedures, supporting vets and assistants in their appointments, triaging patients, educating clients, filling prescriptions, running lab work, and just generally keeping the clinic running smoothly and efficiently on a daily basis.

Today we're celebrating our veterinary assistants! You'll find our assistants busy doing... pretty much everything aroun...
04/22/2025

Today we're celebrating our veterinary assistants! You'll find our assistants busy doing... pretty much everything around the hospital! Running appointments, keeping our doctors on track, running in-house labwork, filling medications, assisting our LVT's with surgical prep, answering phones, helping with hospitalized patients, running tech appointments - they do so much in support of our patients and we'd be lost without them!

Every April we like to spend the week leading up to World Veterinary Day highlighting our incredible staff, and we're st...
04/21/2025

Every April we like to spend the week leading up to World Veterinary Day highlighting our incredible staff, and we're starting the week off with our amazing reception team! Our veterinary receptionists are the front line of the clinic - they're the ones answering our always-ringing phones, greeting you and your pet when you walk in the door, relaying information from the treatment team, triaging patients as they walk in the door in urgent situations, and they spend by far the most amount of time working directly with pet guardians. And they do it all with a smile on their faces.

This week is National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Young children are statistically the most common bite victims both in qu...
04/14/2025

This week is National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Young children are statistically the most common bite victims both in quantity and severity due to their size and their lack of understanding of dog behavior. Prevention is key, so understanding and reading dog behavior, utilizing environmental management, and teaching kids how to respectfully interact with dogs is important. Actually, it's important for all of us to know how to respectfully interact with dogs. Behavior is communication, and if we ignore more subtle signs of discomfort, our dogs may feel the need to escalate to "yelling" - which may result in a bite.

HAPPY NATIONAL PET DAY!
04/11/2025

HAPPY NATIONAL PET DAY!

Some of you may remember Riot - she came to us with BamBam from the same hoarding situation. She let us know pretty quic...
04/10/2025

Some of you may remember Riot - she came to us with BamBam from the same hoarding situation. She let us know pretty quickly that she wasn’t meant to be a clinic cat, and made herself at home with one of our assistants, where she has ruled her home with an iron paw ever since.

Riot ALSO comes in for yearly sedated exams, since she does not tolerate handling or needles. She came in recently, was fully sedated, vaccinated, had blood drawn, and also had a nice little ear flush. Don’t worry - she got a clean bill of health!

BamBam had his yearly exam yesterday! He does not enjoy being handled or poked with needles so he does get fully sedated...
04/08/2025

BamBam had his yearly exam yesterday! He does not enjoy being handled or poked with needles so he does get fully sedated for his exam, vaccines, bloodwork, and this year he got a little ear flush as well. He did great!

While many pets are able to handle being examined with minimal stress, many others find it far too stressful. We’ll often send home oral sedatives for those pets, but for pets who are just not comfortable with handling, sometimes injectable sedation is less stressful! Fun fact: our previous clinic cat, Tommy Lee Jones, was so averse to handling that he needed full sedation for even minor things. 😸

We were recently issued a warning regarding the recall of a specific brand of raw cat food (Savage Cat) due to possible ...
04/03/2025

We were recently issued a warning regarding the recall of a specific brand of raw cat food (Savage Cat) due to possible contamination with High Path Avian Influenza a.k.a. Bird Flu. Cats are highly susceptible to bird flu, and while we haven't seen any cases at our specific practices, there have been several confirmed cases elsewhere in the country. Potential sources of exposure for cats includes raw diets (including freeze-dried), raw unpasteurized milk, and direct contact with infected birds, animals, or contaminated environments.

If you feed your cat this specific brand of food, please check their website for their full list of affected products and recalls. If you have questions or concerns about your cat's current diet, please contact your veterinarian directly.

In a frankly insane turn of events, BamBam recently spontaneously grew in a full coat of hair! We started him on a new s...
04/01/2025

In a frankly insane turn of events, BamBam recently spontaneously grew in a full coat of hair! We started him on a new supplement that helps promote healthy skin and hair but we never expected him to become a fully furred cat! We have been in contact with the manufacturer of this supplement but they have never seen this sort of response, so it's very likely that BamBam is the first case of spontaneous hair growth in a hairless cat. Guinness World Record here we come!

Also, Happy April Fool's Day. 😛

Does your cat show any of the signs listed here? They may be suffering from osteoarthritis. Even young cats can develop ...
03/24/2025

Does your cat show any of the signs listed here? They may be suffering from osteoarthritis. Even young cats can develop OA! Does something seem off or different? Ask your veterinarian whether it could be an orthopedic issue.

Congratulations to BamBam for being the worst employee of the month. In addition to his usual shenanigans he also jumped...
03/21/2025

Congratulations to BamBam for being the worst employee of the month. In addition to his usual shenanigans he also jumped onto our ultrasound machine and somehow reset a bunch of settings, which cause one of our vet techs to sit on a phone call with tech support for over three hours trying to fix everything.

We’d fire him but he lives here. 🤦‍♀️

Yesterday was the first day of Spring, so here are some Spring safety tips to keep your pets healthy and safe this seaso...
03/21/2025

Yesterday was the first day of Spring, so here are some Spring safety tips to keep your pets healthy and safe this season!

Important things to remember:
☀️ The sun is hot and your car can become an oven VERY QUICKLY.
🌷 Lilies are pretty... pretty DEADLY if you're a cat so keep them far away.
🏡 While it's nice to have an open window letting the fresh air in, animals don't have a great perception of height and can easily tumble through a screen so please take care!

Dexter came in for a dental procedure this morning and has spent the rest of his time here assisting our staff, getting ...
03/18/2025

Dexter came in for a dental procedure this morning and has spent the rest of his time here assisting our staff, getting them outside for walks, and modeling our bandanas. We may actually hire him as a full time office assistant.

Happy St. Patty's Day, y'all!
03/17/2025

Happy St. Patty's Day, y'all!

This nice gentleman was found running loose around 6:15 AM on N. Barton St. & 11th near CAC North. No collar, no microch...
03/15/2025

This nice gentleman was found running loose around 6:15 AM on N. Barton St. & 11th near CAC North. No collar, no microchip, and no one seems to know who he is! Please let us know if you happen to know who he is and where he belongs!

Did you know that children under the age of 7 are the most common dog bite victims? They also typically sustain the wors...
03/10/2025

Did you know that children under the age of 7 are the most common dog bite victims? They also typically sustain the worst bites, due to their size and relative height to dogs. So how do you keep everyone safe and happy?

🐾 Before baby: start baby prep before you bring baby home! Set up baby gates early, so your dog learns which rooms they may not have access to anymore, practice walking and rocking (you can use a doll) so your pup gets used to frequent movement, and have a plan for someone who can come in and help take care of your pup if you need a break after you bring home baby.
🐾 Newborns: you don't need to do an introduction! Your baby won't care and it may just stress your dog out. Ensure there is always a barrier between dog and baby, and don't leave them together unsupervised (especially when you're asleep). Have a safe and secure area for your dog to sleep that is away from baby. Frozen Kongs and puzzle toys may help keep your pup occupied since your attention may be elsewhere during this time!
🐾 Toddlers: toddlers are unpredictable, they move fast, they grab, and they can get LOUD. This can freak some dogs out! Don't force interactions, make sure your dog has a safe place to escape to that is away from grabby hands, and start teaching your toddler how to interact safely (gentle hands!)
🐾 Older kids: older kids often want to interact more with dogs, and there are safe ways to help them do just that! If your dog doesn't have any resource guarding issues they can help with meal times, or you can teach them how to gently brush your dog, toss a toy, or even start learning about basic dog training!

Questions? You know how to reach us!

Address

3000 N 10th Street Suite B
Arlington, VA
22201

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 7:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 12pm
1pm - 7:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 7:30pm
Friday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday 7:30am - 12:30pm

Telephone

+17039979776

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