High Desert Veterinary

10/20/2021

Duke helping Amanda with reception.

09/20/2021

Fond Farewell to Dr B:

It is with a profound sense of loss that I bid my friend and colleague, Jeannette Barkhurst a fond farewell from HDV. For the past 13 years she has dedicated her considerable skills and compassion to our patients, clients and practice. In so many ways, she has upheld the highest standards of the veterinary profession, and has greatly contributed to the success and good reputation HDV enjoys in the Central Oregon community. We are diminished by her loss.
It has been an agonizing decision to return HDV to a one-doctor practice, but given our acute shortage of support staff, an inescapable conclusion. We have been struggling the past year and a half to meet the increasing demands and caseload that COVID and the growing population of Central Oregon has imposed upon us. A change in our practice model needed to happen, and happen quickly, to prevent loss of support staff from stress and burn-out as a result of short staffing from the recent attrition, family leave and sick leave losses. We hope to rebuild our staff as soon as possible to accommodate expanded office hours, but this has proven very challenging over the past three years, rendering a predictable timeline impossible.
Dr B has, characteristically and with our blessing, extended the very generous offer of availability for those who wish to consult on cases she has managed. We thank her for this and will accommodate any support she requests of us.
Dr Bridie O’Connor, who has provided relief coverage for both HDV providers over the past three years, will continue to do so.
We greatly appreciate all that Dr B has done for the HDV team, clients and patients; she will be greatly missed. We wish her nothing but the best in all future endeavors, and know her success is inevitable.

Anthony Oddo DVM, MA

09/14/2021

Office Hours:

Monday: 8AM - 5PM

Tuesday: 8AM - 6PM

Wednesday: 8AM - 5PM

Thursday: 8AM - 6PM

Friday: Closed

Saturday: Closed

Sunday: Closed

Services: Telephone consultation, Immediate care for problems within the scope of services, Wellness care: pediatric, adult and geriatric preventative health programs, Nutrition consultation/RX diets, Internal medicine, Allergy, Ear infection/foreign body removal, Eye disease/trauma, Radiology, Ultrasound, Clinical lab, OFA Certification, Interstate Health Certificates, Dentistry, Minor surgery, Minor trauma, Extra Capsular CCL Stabilization.

Referrals for: Reproductive surgery, Major surgery, Major trauma and critical care.

09/13/2021

08/23/2021

There have been outbreaks of Canine Influenza and Leptospirosis in Southern California. Please give us a call to discuss vaccines if you plan to travel with your pet.

07/10/2021

The record low water levels and high temperatures we have been experiencing are a recipe for harmful algae blooms. Lava Lake currently has an algae bloom, so you and your pets should stay out! You can sign up on the Deschutes National Forest website to receive alerts:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/deschutes/alerts-notices