Thornton Animal Hospital

05/30/2024

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT:

https://www.al.com/life/2024/05/miss-alabama-usa-2024-meet-34-women-competing-for-the-crown.html

She has it all... grit, determination, beauty and brains! She is one of the hardest workers ever employed at Thornton Animal Hospital..... and one of the sweetest. She loves your babies and we love her for it!! Xaira has held three jobs while being enrolled in school and she is the first to volunteer when the extra mile is needed. Not only is she one of our part-time Veterinary Assistants, she is in the United States Army (notice her outfit choice in her headshot :) and she has since become a local recruiter for the Army. Please wish her luck in competing for the 2024 Miss Alabama USA title tomorrow at the Gouge. We are rooting for you, Xaira, and you will always embody what a hardworking and deserving Miss Alabama USA should be. You represent the USArmy and Thornton Animal Hospital so well.

Help support Xaira here: https://www.missalabamausa.com/miss-contestants/

02/10/2024

How do you say TGIF without saying TGIF!!?? Sanibel has had a very busy week at the clinic and finds the best resting spots wherever she can!

12/22/2023

The doctors and staff of Thornton Animal Hospital wish you a blessed and Merry Christmas!

Holiday Hours:

Saturday Dec. 23: 8:00-Noon
Sunday Dec. 24: Closed (Boarding Dropoff/Pickup Unavailable)
Monday Dec. 25: Closed (Boarding Dropoff/Pickup Unavailable)
Tuesday Dec. 26: Closed (Boarding Dropoff/Pickup Only Available 10:00-10:30 am)

Reopen: Wednesday Dec 27 @ 7:30am

In case of emergencies please call: AU Small Animal Emergency Clinic (334-844-4690)
Tuskegee Univ. (334-727-8436)
Carriage Hills Emergency/Monty (334-277-2867)
Rivertown Vet Emergency/Columbus (706-507-1707)

11/01/2023

Trick or Treat this year from the Moores!!! 🎃 👻 Sebastian might have been even more thrilled this year than Flounder was 😂😂

11/01/2022

“Some (little) people are worth melting (and dressing up!) for.” ❄️ HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃 👻 from our FROZEN crew- Anna, Olaf, Oaken, Sven, Elsa and Kristoff!!! ❄️ ❄️ It was Sis’s choice on our costume theme this year 🤍

08/22/2022

We have heard mention from clients before about seeing new faces at the hospital. Being so close to a university community, most clinics in the area rely heavily on students to employ its workforce. And for those of you who recognize this one…. Stephen exemplifies the joy it is for us to be a part of a student’s educational journey. Stephen like other college students do move on, and boy do we miss him!

We had the privilege of having Stephen at our family lunch today. He worked for us while in Auburn (many of you will recognize him and remember his positive, contagious spirit!!). Stephen is now a veterinary student at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Being a free spirit himself, Stephen opted for the journey and experience of a lifetime. Gaining practical experience already, Stephen is enrolled in a 5-year veterinary program that focuses heavily on an early-approach to hands-on medical and surgical experience.

Stephen, TAH is SO PROUD OF YOU and so thankful to be a part of your journey. Keep tubing rivers like the Rhine, working in other countries where you get to explore the Swiss Alps and Mediterranean Sea, visiting castles and marching through the Highlands. You are on the educational journey of a lifetime!

04/22/2022

We are in need of old newspapers at the clinic if any of our clients have a stack they would like to recycle. 📰🗞

02/11/2022

Maple, you are absolutely precious….. all 2.8 pounds of you 💕

01/11/2022

Our telephone lines are currently down and our telephone provider is working to fix the issue........ please email us at [email protected] for immediate needs.

12/10/2021

It was such a surprise when O Town Ice Cream delivered cookies to our hospital….. and it is so very humbling to see the INCREDIBLE RESPONSE tagging Thornton Animal Hospital in O Town Ice Cream’s Giveaway #1 this week.

Y’all!!! These cookies are unbelievable! If you need cookies for the holidays, I’m sure they can hook you up and no doubt they will do the trick. (Think homemade, without having to make them 😉). Thanks again to O Town Ice Cream and to our clients…. Y’all are the very best in Lee County ❤️

**Update: random pick was Thorton Animal Hospital. We’ve contacted them! Thanks to all of your comments! Stay tuned for another giveaway tomorrow!

This week we will be doing GIVEAWAYS! 🎄
🚨 GIVEAWAY #1

What local VETERINARIAN OFFICE is in need of some STUFFED COOKIES?! 🐈 🐩 🍪

Nominate them below in the comments!
Random Winner chosen Tuesday and we will update the post!

11/26/2021

Our hospital is closed on Thursday 11/25 and Friday 11/26 for Thanksgiving. We will reopen Saturday 11/27 8am-Noon. Boarding pickup will be available Friday 11/26 from 4-4:30 pm, Saturday 11/27 8am-Noon and Sunday 11/28 4-4:30pm.

11/08/2021

UPDATE: POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED!!! PHONE LINES ARE WORKING!

Good morning! There is a power outage on Columbus Parkway and we are currently without power and telephones. Please email [email protected] for immediate assistance. Thank you for your understanding.

10/29/2021

Tonight was trick-or-treating in Opelika…… little sister is obsessed with Toy Story right now, so of course the whole family joined in ❤️🎃👻 Happy Halloween everyone, from Dr. Moore, Kelly, Barrett, Whit, Ann Malone and the entire TAH family!

09/01/2021

I wanted to share with our clients in Opelika.... a family friend from my hometown (of Kelly's) has a husband who is a pilot for the army and is currently at Ft. Irwin. Her husband shared with her that the Chaplains held a service for them and they witnessed 7 baptisms in a makeshift baptismal for some soldiers expressing desire to be baptized. It was later posted to social media on the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division FB page and she shared about this experience her husband had witnessed.

Fast forward, my friend shared that one of the Chaplains pictured, who led the music for the service and some of the baptisms graduated from Opelika High School. I do not know his name..... I do not know the year he graduated..... I do not know his story.... but I do know he is a hometown hero to us

08/26/2021

We are so thankful to our incredible clients for nominating us and for being chosen to move on to the voting phase in the Opelika-Auburn News Readers Choice Awards 2021 for the following:

⭐️Best Animal Clinic/Hospital⭐️

⭐️Best Veterinarian Practice⭐️

⭐️Best Pet Groomer (Nellie Boland)⭐️

We appreciate your support and votes! Voting is 08/23-09/06!!!!!
http://oanow.secondstreetapp.com/Opelika--Auburn-Readers-Choice-2021/

08/26/2021

Happy National Dog Day!!!!! Help us to celebrate by sharing a picture of your pup! 🐕🐩🐾

07/09/2021

EXCITING NEWS!!!! We are preparing to reopen our lobby and CAN'T WAIT to see our clients in-person again. We are hoping to reopen the lobby within one week. A definitive date is forthcoming soon! Thanks for your patience with us as we wrap up some preparations to safely welcome you all back inside. We have missed seeing "our people" so very much and we have been delayed reopening due to some last-minute, needed renovations. We can't wait for you all to see the improvements!!!!

We will continue to limit the number of people in our lobby as we navigate reopening. Since we are an Essential Business and our primary focus is to remain healthy and OPEN in order to serve you, due to the variance we will continue to require masks for everyone inside our facility, *12 years and older. We will ask that you remain in your car until you are called in for your visit. The space is very limited in our lobby and exam rooms and we are asking that you limit the visit to one person inside the hospital.

Food Orders and Prescription Pick-ups will remain curbside for now.

We will continue to offer curbside visits to anyone interested, since so many of you have grown to love this service.

To the very best clientele in Opelika and Auburn, THANK YOU! We may be more excited than anyone to WELCOME you back inside.

05/24/2021

Many of you may recognize this face, but our hospital is super excited to welcome Dr. Nolan Craig Killough as part of our team! Dr. Killough is a graduate of Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine and will be a full-time Associate Veterinarian at Thornton Animal Hospital, in beautiful downtown Opelika. We feel so fortunate to have her join our incredible team of Drs. Moore, Newbolt and Thornton. She will be a wonderful addition to our hospital and she LOVES BIG when it comes to anything furry and four-legged. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Killough on her first day!

05/06/2021

To our staff and clients… when we fall short in any of your eyes we feel defeated. We are in this profession because we care but we are human. And we hate disappointing any of you. Please know that we truly do care and you are more than a number to us. We are praying to return to normal operations very soon which will alleviate a lot of stress and struggles we have endured. In the meantime, you have no idea how much your kindness and grace have meant to us and our staff who have been working really hard throughout this entire shutdown. They have showed up every day and continued to work to provide healthcare through it all. They say babies don’t keep… but critical situations in veterinary medicine sure don’t keep either. These people did not get to “stay safe at home”..... and we couldn’t be more proud of our hospital for enduring the crazy. Tomorrow is a new day and we look forward to serving you!