RPAW Animal Wellness Center

09/19/2025

Pop on down to the Quarry Petsmart this weekend ❤️

09/03/2025

A few of the many sweet faces around here. Who are your top 3 favorites?

08/27/2025

We cannot say enough about how amazing this local Locksmith is! Matt is a one man show, lives locally, veteran, former police officer and just an all around great guy! We needed to have the clinic rekeyed and have a handful of locks/handles replaced. Smooth from quote to finish. Extremely knowledgeable and extremely reasonably priced!
Reach out to Matt and tell him Liz and RPAW sent you!

08/21/2025

Another great tip on aging kittens 😸

Did you know you can estimate a kitten’s age just by looking at their teeth?

Baby teeth appear by 2–3 weeks, start falling out around 14–16 weeks, and are fully replaced by adult teeth by about 6 months.

We use this in Shelter Medicine to help determine if kittens are old enough for certain vaccines and now you can use this chart to impress your friends with your kitten-age guessing skills!

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) SAVMA Feline Veterinary Medical Association Humane Society for Greater Lafayette Almost Home Humane Society Purdue University

08/16/2025

This is a new concern as of this year! Please keep an eye out and report right away!

Look, we like bugs as much as the next small regulatory government agency, but New World Screwworm is just gross. Help protect Minnesota’s pets and livestock by keeping NWS out of our state!

EDIT: Find more information on NWS in our news release (scroll to the bottom for links to fact sheets): https://www.bah.state.mn.us/node/2056

08/14/2025

***AUGUST VACCINE CLINIC***

There will be a couple changed starting this month:

1. Everyone must PREPAY. There have been way too many no shows to our previous clinics. We are all volunteers and cannot be sitting around waiting for people that do not even let us know they are not coming. Once you are scheduled, you will be sent an invoice. If you do not complete payment, then you will not be seen.
2. Nail trim prices are increasing. PLEASE make sure your are only asking for a nail trim if your dog is behaviorally sound. Please do not bring in your dog if your own vet refuses to do nail trims or if they require medication.
3. We still are not doing Heartworm testing or FELV/FIV testing at this time. We do not have the volunteer capacity to fill prescriptions at this time for those needing prevention.

Like usual if you are wanting to schedule please head over and fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/GSbkEYCkyYtwkbVb7

07/21/2025

https://www.facebook.com/livewellanimalshoreview

We are so excited to share that this wonderful Urgent Care clinic is now open! Livewell Animal Urgent Care of Shoreview is a place where you can bring your pets after hours, and not have to go to the emergency clinic for those mild/moderate problems.

We met with the directors of the clinic today and we are sure that they will take the best care of your pets if the need ever arises! Make sure to head over to their page and like/follow. They are also having an open house event on August 2nd!

NOW OPEN in Shoreview, a full service animal urgent care to serve your pets well!

07/17/2025

Breakfast is exhausting 😂

07/07/2025

**MEDICAL MONDAY**

We live medical cases and we also love helping other rescues! That was the whole point of opening the RPAW Animal Wellness Center. We know how expensive veterinary care is and we also know how expensive specialty surgery is.

Meet Bruno. This handsome lad is 9 years old and has been with Unbreakabull Pitbull Rescue for the past 3 years. Unfortunately, not only has he not found a forever home but he recently developed high calcium levels on blood work. The rescue brought him to a specialty clinic to have him evaluated and to find out why his calcium levels were so high. After numerous tests he was diagnosed with Hyperparathyroidism.

This is a disease where the parathyroid glands produce too much parathyroid hormone which leads to high blood calcium levels. This is normally caused by a benign tumor on one or more parathyroid glands. In rare cases the tumor can be cancerous.

Today, Bruno came to the Wellness Center to get said tumor removed and sent out to the lab. Once under, it was discovered that he had in fact 2 tumors. Both were removed and sent out. He will have his lab work closely monitored over the coming weeks thanks to the wonderful staff at Monticello Pet Hospital.

Originally, Bruno was facing a $10,000 bill to save his life... thanks to the RPAW Animal Wellness Center and surrounding clinics like Monticello Pet Hospital, this boy was able to live for the fraction of the cost!

We wish Bruno and his rescue all the best and we are beyond proud to be able to make things like this affordable for other rescue organizations!

07/07/2025

What color is your kitty?

07/06/2025

**July Vaccine Clinic**

Please note that this date does NOT include Heartworm Tests or FeLV/FIV tests.

You must email preregister for this event.
1. Go to this link https://forms.gle/QR7wKVXhbY3pnY9A9 and complete the form
2. We will reach out via email to give you an appointment time