Kelly Veterinary Clinic

05/16/2024

04/17/2024

Hey everyone!! Don’t forget to vote for your favorite Veterinarian and favorite Veterinary Clinic in the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record’s 2024 Reader’s Choice Awards!! We appreciate your consideration!!

https://www.hotsr.com/RC24/ #/gallery/430662011/?lid=rb777go9iyvz

04/04/2024

Friends, here is an article from the Sentinel Record regarding the eclipse event Monday!

03/28/2024

We strongly encourage ALL pet owners to be familiar with the laws concerning rabies vaccination in Arkansas. A rabies vaccine administered by the owner is NOT recognized as a legally administered vaccination. An animal that bites a person is LEGALLY REQUIRED to be quarantined for 10 days.
BE RABIES AWARE!!
https://rabiesaware.org/state/arkansas?

FAQs Public Health Contact Rabies Surveillance Rabies References Arkansas FAQs 22 questions listed below address rabies and rabies vaccination laws/regulations. RESPONSES listed for each of the QUESTIONS within the FAQ section of this website have been validated by the State Public Health Authoritie...

12/15/2023

After 10 years with KVC, our “crazy cat lady”, Ms. Kristy, is retiring!! We are restructuring our staff, moving one receptionist to assistant so… we’ll be looking for a happy, friendly face up front!! Apply in person M, T, W and F from 8 am-5pm!!

10/11/2023

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09/05/2023

“Unless you have a very close relationship with a veterinarian, you probably don’t actually know much about what their day to day life involves. Many career choices have dramatic highs and lows but there is a perfect storm of the personality types that excel in vet med (often type A, self critical, ambitious, yet extremely compassionate with high investment into their work and skill level, unlikely to be great at self preservation) with the nature of the job itself (very long hours of high intensity work, burden of hefty student loans, sleep deprivation, high emotional toll, high self and client expectation, inability to “turn off”, self perpetuating culture of work obsession).

People never cease to be shocked when I correct the idea that the hardest part of this job is having to euthanize old animals. Not even close. They also are almost always surprised to learn that vet medicine incorporates one of the highest su***de rates across all professions. These losses are highly talented and committed individuals who nobody suspected of struggling until it was just too late.

If you are linked to a person on social media who works in veterinary medicine, you may have noticed them changing their profile picture to include "NOMV" with the Rod of Asclepius. Some of you may know, but if you don't, NOMV stands for Not One More Vet because we have one of the highest su***de rates of any profession. A CDC study showed that female veterinarians are 3.5 times more likely to die by su***de than the average person and male veterinarians are 2.1 times more likely. When you see your friend or social media acquaintance change their profile, it's usually because they have learned of another colleague that succumbed to su***de. This crisis is multifactorial. High debt and subsequent financial struggles, poor work life balance, compassion fatigue, threats of lawsuits, board complaints and cyberbullying.

For my non-veterinary friends, understand that vets are under a tremendous amount of stress and pressure. Please be kind to ALL of our staff. They matter too.

Realize none of us are "in it for the money" and are "trying to run a bill up". Both those statements are asinine.

If you see people bullying a vet online, for the love of all things, do not pile on. Veterinarians literally kill themselves over that kind of stuff.

We lost 3 more this week alone and another in the past month. We are literally dying trying to help you and your pets. We are humans, not punching bags. Your words and behavior matter. “ copied from so many others who want to raise more awareness of this issue.

07/07/2023

ATTENTION!!!
If you made and appointment with us for 07-15-2023 and we failed to update your phone #, please call us asap 501-623-5781 so that we can reschedule you!! Thanks so much!

06/27/2023

We’d like to thank every one of our clients for once again voting Dr. Claire Kelly one of the Best Veterinarians in the Hot Springs area!!! We deeply appreciate your trust for the last 18 years!

05/26/2023

Looking for a cheerful face at our front desk!

04/04/2023

We appreciate our clients so much!!! Thank you all for being so understanding about Dr. Kelly being gone frequently due to her son’s cancer treatments! You guys rock!

03/13/2023

We will be open with Dr. Kelly here on March 18 and Dr. Connolly on March 25!!

01/31/2023

Inclement weather policy: Kelly Veterinary Clinic will open as conditions allow! Thanks for understanding!

01/19/2023

This is my now 15 year old son, Peyton. He’s been fighting a rare cancer for 2 1/2 years. Now the cancer seems to be winning. This makes for a crazy schedule and lots of rescheduling. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this most difficult situation.

12/23/2022

We will open by 10:00 am today!

10/31/2022

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT KELLY VETERINARY CLINIC!!

09/21/2022

😁Dr. Nick Lybrand will be in our clinic this Saturday from 8:00 am until 12:00 noon, to help serve our clients and patients!!! Let us know if your pet needs an exam or vaccinations!!😁

09/19/2022

Funniest tag to date!!

08/17/2022

Dr. Kelly will be at KVC this Friday and Monday!!!

08/15/2022

Unfortunately Kelly Veterinary Clinic will not have a veterinarian for the next 10-14 days (aside from Thursday surgeries). We apologize for any inconvenience this causes but it is unavoidable. Many thanks for your understanding.