Steel Valley Spay Neuter Clinic

21/11/2024

19/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving!
We are thankful and grateful for our loyal customers and their pets!
We will be closing early on Wednesday, November 27th about noon. NO SURGERIES THAT DAY.
We will be Closed Thursday Nov 28 and Friday Nov 29.
Back to the grind on Monday Dec 2.

We are currently experiencing high call volume and that means the phones are busy. Please be kind and considerate to the humans answering the phone, thank you.

In addition, if we are all finished up and all the pets have gone home for the day, we will leave early. It's the holiday season for everyone!

19/11/2024

Reminder if you are boarding your pets for the holidays to get them updated NOW!
Some boarding facilities will not accept dogs that have not been vaccinated at least 2 weeks PRIOR to their arrival at the facility.
Also, many more are requiring a negative f***l sample as well,
Plan accordingly!
We do walk in wellness daily from 9 am to 2 pm M-F.

Many have clamped down because of recent parvo outbreaks in dogs and panleukopenia seems to be rampant in cat shelters lately.

Here are some dog boarding tips to help you find the right place and help your dog feel comfortable at their home away from home.

11/11/2024

We don't know them all, but we owe them all.
Thank you to all who have served.

We have since day one given a 10% discount to our veterans and active duty service members, just show your ID.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!

31/10/2024

We will be closing early today because of Halloween.
Trick or treating starts at 5 pm in GIrard.
Drive safely and mind the kids.

21/10/2024

watch candy for xylitol too that is a common issue for pets!

17/10/2024

WE ARE SEEING PARVO OUTBREAKS!

We have carry this product. We were one of the first clinics in the area to receive it when it came out.

We can only treat on a outpatient basis.

Canine Parvovirus Monoclonal Antibody (CPMA) is the first and only USDA
conditionally approved treatment for canine parvovirus. Administered by a single
intravenous injection, CPMA stops canine parvovirus (parvo) by blocking its entry into host cells.

Parvovirus kills and spreads via dog f***s. It is most common in unvaccinated puppies and dogs or puppies and dogs with incomplete vaccination history.

Every case requires a veterinarian to access to make sure this is the best course of treatment for them because if the puppy or dog is severely debilitated, it may not be the best choice.

Its also not a stand alone treatment, some puppies and dogs require otehr supportive therapy with it.

It is not cheap but neither is traditional means to treat parvo.
However, the success rate with CPMA treatment is far better than traditional treatment.

If you suspect your puppy or dog has parvo call your veterinarian, and discuss a plan of action as most will ask you to refrain from bringing it into the building. They may test in the car to avoid spreading this highly contagious and infection disease.

Once a simple bedside test is done if positive then a plan of action for treatment can be made.

The best defense for your puppy or dog is to make it is current on its vaccinations.

Don't take your unvaccinated pet or sick pets out in public places.

If you know someone with sick pets, don;t expose your pet to them.

A vaccine program for your pet whether it be a dog, cat, horse, cow , pig or sheep is a cheap and effective way to decrease your pets chances of getting and fending off contagious and infectious dieases. Ask your veterinarian what works for your pet and lifestyle and let a veterianary professional help keep your pet safe and well.

we can test for parvo and we vaccinate for it here as well.
We can treat with CPMA as outpatient as long as not severely debiltated.

Keep in mind waiting it out with parvo is never a good idea because puppies can deteriorate rather rapidly.

01/10/2024

TONIGHT TONIGHT IS THE Steel Valley Woofstock
Steel Valley Woofstock Halloween Skeletons RaFFLE
GET THOSE TICKETS PURCHASED TODAY AT STEEL VALLEY SPAY NEUTER CLINIC IN GIRARD OR PAYPAL US!
WE WILL GO LIVE FOR THE DRAWING!

19/09/2024

As a reminder, we will be closed Friday, September 27, 2024 for a maintence project.
NO surgeries!
We also may be closing early a couple days that week in preparation for this project.

thank you for your patience and understanding.

Normal office hours are
Monday through Friday 7 am to 5 pm
(if we finish earlty and all patients have gone home we may leave early ourselves)
NO weekends
NO holidays

picture for fun

12/09/2024

A Times investigation found that truckloads of doodles, French bulldogs and other designer dogs from profit-driven mass breeders pour into California from the Midwest, feeding an underground market where they are resold by people claiming to be small, local home breeders.

The trail of imported dogs — some from operators cited for abuse and neglect — persists, despite California’s efforts to stem the flow, The Times found.

The paper analyzed the movement of more than 71,000 dogs imported into California since 2019, when the state first began restricting sales at pet stores. Import records signed by veterinarians when dogs travel into California show how a network of resellers — including ex-cons and schemers — replaced pet stores as middlemen.

With no clear way to trace their pet’s origin, buyers are often fooled into thinking they’re supporting reputable breeders, but are instead fueling a trade in which some puppies are born and raised in horrific conditions. Pet owners have been left heartbroken or facing thousands of dollars in veterinary bills when their new puppies get sick or die.

And California is turning a blind eye to a black market by destroying the veterinary records provided to the state that contain key details about the puppy resale trade, The Times found.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-12/pets-for-profit-an-in-depth-investigation

Ohio has a commerical dog breeders law but these breeders too find work arounds to deceive consumers and ODA inspectors.

A deep look into exploitation within the nation's multibillion-dollar pet industry, from the unregulated pipeline of puppies and other animals imported to California, to lax oversight that enables abuses, and a public that is often left in the dark about it all.

07/09/2024

On this day September 7th 2007 I opened my doors for Steel Valley Spay Neuter Clinic
I did a cat neuter. Just one but it was a start!
It's been a roller coaster of a ride and I have learned a great deal.
life happens. you adapt. you move on. you make it work.
Approaching 60 000 spays and neuters at SVSNC
and well over
100,000 in my career!
I have neutered not only just dogs, cats and horses but alpacas, llamas, camels, donkeys, burros, goats, sheep, cows, buffalo, zorse, deer, pigs, cervals, wolf, zebra and a bear.
A castration a day, keeps the nuts away!

most importantly
Spay Neuter is the answer;
warehousing animals is not!!!!!!!!!!

03/09/2024

Have you bought your Halloween Skeleton Raffle tickets yet?
Benefit for Steel Valley Woofstock, a 501c3 organization for animals.

Tickets are $10.00 each and there are 4 prizes.

Tickets on sale at Steel Valley Spay Neuter Clinic in Girard Monday -Friday 9 to 4.

These are sold out at Home Depot!
1st PLACE *SERVO 12 FT Skeleton with moving head, LED eyes, posable arms and lighting kit.
Retail Value $ 400
2nd PLACE 12 Ft Skeleton LED eyes, posable arms and lighting kit. Retail Value $300.00
3rd PLACE Skelly’s Dog appx 5 tall and 7 ft long with LED eyes. Retail Value $200.00
4th Place 6 ft Skelly Rooster $300

Pick up in Girard, Ohio. Sorry we cannot ship. Must claim in 30 days.

SVSNC employees & immediate family are not eligible for this drawing.
Drawing October 1.