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Ark Veterinary Hospital

We provide the highest quality medicine, client service and treatment plans that are mutually beneficial for pets and their families.
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Full service veterinary hospital with personalized wellness care, in house lab, digital radiography, routine and non-routine surgery, dentistry including surgical extractions, and dental radiography. Dog, Cat, rabbit, guinea pig, ferret, hedgehog, reptile, avian, and other exotics. Serving Oakland and Macomb counties including Utica, Shelby township, Sterling Heights, Troy, Rochester, Macomb, Romeo, Warren and many more!

06/28/2024

Is your pet afraid of fireworks or thunderstorms? Want a pet as chill as Myles? Give us a call this week to get your dog or cat on some chill meds! With the fireworks starting already, now is the time to give us a call. We will be open 6/28/24, 7/1/24, 7/2/24, and 7/3/24 before the 4th of July holiday to pick up medication. Remember, all pets must have a current exam on file to have medication dispensed.

06/18/2024

With an Excessive Heat Warning in effect until Friday, June 21, 2024, and temperatures in the high 80s to mid 90s all week, we wanted to remind everyone to practice Pet Heat Safety! Remember to make sure your pet has plenty of shade and cool, clean water, access to cool, shaded areas INSIDE the house, limit exercise and time spent outside, don't go for walks on hot sidewalks (cement and asphalt can be 20–30°F hotter than the air temperature), and make sure not to leave your pet(s) in the hot car, even with the windows open it is way too hot!
Heat stroke is a very real, very dangerous, life-threatening emergency. If you notice excessive panting, excessive drooling, discolored gums (bright red or purple/blue), and/or difficulty walking, please contact your veterinary care team or a veterinary emergency center as soon as possible!

06/07/2024

We are excited to introduce you to our new mascots, Myles and Miranda! These two cuties joined our team recently from A ReJoyceful Animal Rescue. They are a special bonded pair who were looking for their forever home, and we feel truly fortunate that they chose us.
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Myles is a social butterfly who just can't get enough of meeting new people and receiving all the love and attention. He can be found lounging in our windows most days. Miranda, on the other hand, is a bit more reserved and likes to keep to herself. But she has a soft spot for Myles, who she sees as her security and cuddle buddy. It's been heartwarming to see Miranda slowly opening up to our staff and realizing that we aren't so bad after all.

We can't wait for you to meet Myles, and someday, maybe even Miranda.

05/24/2024

Hello Friends! Myles wants to remind everyone that we will be closed on Monday, May 27, 2024, for Memorial Day. If you need anything before the weekend, please let us know. We will be open until 6pm on Friday, May 24, 2024, and will reopen Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 9am. Have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend!

04/24/2024

Miss Lady .lil.lady.nug came to visit her friends at Ark Veterinary Hospital today! She was such a sweet, brave girl for her visit. We all loved her bling! She is 100% a Perfect Good Girl

04/11/2024

Trixie leaning on her BFF for emotional support while she recovers from her spay surgery ❤️🐾

04/02/2024

This tiny photo album of an adorable dog was found in our parking lot. If it belongs to you, please contact our office.

03/28/2024

As we hop into Easter weekend, we wanted to send out a reminder that the following items should stay out of your pet’s reach:

•Chocolate
•Candy (especially sugar-free)
•Plastic eggs and plastic Easter grass
•Easter Lilies
•Table scraps (pork roast, ham, or other fatty foods)

To help promote safety for ALL our neighborhood pets, please share this post. 🐤🐰🐣🐇🐥
Have a happy and safe Easter!

03/20/2024

⚠️🦺⚠️ Due to the construction on southbound M-53, from Hall Road to 18 mile, you can expect heavy traffic backups near our office. Please allow an extra 10-15 minutes when traveling to your appointments for the next few months. Thank you so much!

03/06/2024

Please DO NOT click any links shared by this FAKE ACCOUNT. Our followers are receiving notifications that they have been tagged by us. Several of our clients have notified us and we thank them for letting us know so it can be addressed!
Please report as spam if you can. Thank you.

02/15/2024

We had a sweet Valentine's Day surprise today! Stormy is a Greater Indian Hill Mynah Bird. He is such a sweet little bird!

01/09/2024

🏠✨️UPDATE: BANDIT HAS FOUND A LOVING HOME!!!✨️🏠

🐈‍⬛ This sweet boy was recently dumped in our parking lot. We have completed basic medical care for him including vaccines, neuter and even removing a bullet from his leg but he is now looking for a forever home 🐾❤️

If you are interested in meeting him, please let us know. We will hold him for just a little longer before finding a rescue or shelter to take him.

12/23/2023

Our office wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday weekend! We will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, December 26th at 9:00 am.

🎄❤️🐾 Merry Christmas!!🐾❤️🎄

12/21/2023

Do you know who I am? Help! I am currently safe at Ark Veterinary Hospital, but I want to find my family. Here is my information:
County: Macomb
City: Utica
Location Details (nearby cross streets): Van D**e Ave and Hahn St
Date found: 12/20/23
Male or Female: male
Neutered/Spayed?: no
Breed(s): Domestic Longhair
Fur Color: black
Other Physical Features:
Age: adult
Weight: 9.28 #
Collar/Microchip/Other: none
Contact: 586-731-1430

11/27/2023

Did you know that axolotyls need exams, too? 🫧 Our patient, Bubbles, was seen today for having trouble swallowing his food. He did great for his physical!! 🫧

11/23/2023

Hello friends, clients, and followers! Dr. Banjo just wanted to drop in and give you some information about the new "mysterious" dog respiratory infection that is spreading across the country.
- There are 3 ways the disease has been seen to progress:
1. A mild to moderate cough for 6-8+ weeks.
2. Chronic pneumonia
3. Severe pneumonia - which can have a poor outcome within 24-36 hours of diagnosis.
- The disease is thought to be viral.
- There are many potential respiratory diseases that dogs can have, the most common being canine infectious respiratory complex (AKA: Kennel Cough, Upper Respiratory Infection, or Canine Infectious Tracheobronchitis) and Canine Influenza. *There are vaccinations available for some of these respiratory illnesses.*
Our current recommendations to help you keep your dogs safe are:
1. Keep them up-to-date on their Bordetella, Parainfluenza, and Influenza vaccines.
2. Stay away from other dogs, if possible.
Some signs to watch for are:
*Coughing and sneezing
*Difficulty breathing
*Rapid breathing
*Wheezing or nasal whistling
*Dehydration
*Difficulty exercising
*Fever
*Nasal or eye discharge
*Loss of appetite
*Weight loss
*Lethargy
If your dog is showing any of these signs, please call us to schedule an appointment. If you are unable to schedule an appointment with us, please contact your local veterinary emergency center.

11/20/2023

We will be closed Thursday November 23rd for the Thanksgiving holiday and will resume regular hours Friday November 24th at 9 am.

We wish everyone a wonderful holiday week! Gobble! Gobble! 🦃

11/11/2023

Over the past week, we have celebrated out AMAZING veterinarians here at Ark Veterinary Hospital. We love our doctors and could definitely not do anything without them. Dr. Dixon, the owner of the practice, and Dr. Fleischmann, our associate veterinarian, have such a passion for their patients, clients, and staff members. Every day they work so hard, and we had fun spoiling them this week. Without them, we would have to find someplace not as fun to work. Thank you, Dr. Dixon and Dr. Fleischmann for everything you do!

11/10/2023

This week, our staff took some time to acknowledge, appreciate and spoil our Owner, Dr. Dixon, and our Associate Veterinarian, Dr. Fleischmann.

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We recognize and value their extensive knowledge, exceptional skills, and invaluable experience which contribute to the overall success of our team!

11/09/2023

💞 We are so grateful to know that what we do makes such a difference for pets and their families! 💞

11/09/2023

Our staff attended a Continuing Education (CE) session focused on enhancing communication skills.
It was wonderful to spend time with our veterinary colleagues, all while gaining valuable insights.

11/07/2023

Hi everyone! Our newest patient, Violet, would like to remind you how important it is to keep up with monthly flea, tick and heartworm prevention. Poor Violet herself has those pesky fleas and is starting her prevention ASAP!

This is the time of year that we get an increase in calls from pet owners dealing with flea problems. Fleas love the fall weather! It's important to stay up on prevention because once you've got those pesky fleas, it can take about 3 months to get rid of them!

10/30/2023

Our office will be closing at 4:00pm Tuesday, October 31st. We will resume normal hours at 9:00am November 1st.

10/28/2023

Over the past week, we have celebrated Veterinary Assistant and Veterinary Receptionist Appreciation Week here at Ark Veterinary Hospital. We love our assistants and receptionists so much! They do so much work behind the scenes, and we appreciate everything they do for our patients, our veterinarians, and our veterinary technicians! Without them, we would have about a million missed calls, and the laundry would be stacked up to our eyeballs! In all seriousness, we truly appreciate our assistants and receptionists. Happy Veterinary Assistant and Veterinary Receptionist Appreciation Week!

10/27/2023

This week we thank our hard working Manager, Receptionist and Assistants that never let us down!

Thank you to Hollie, Karen, Val and Lacy for answering phones, scheduling appointments, organizing, cleaning, keeping patients comfortable and safe, and so many other duties they do on a daily basis to keep our hospital running smoothly! We appreciate you!!

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10/25/2023

POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED

⚠️ 📢 🚨 Our office is currently without power and phones 😔
If you need to contact us, you can email [email protected].
We will update our status when power is restored.

10/21/2023

Over the past week, we have celebrated Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week here at Ark Veterinary Hospital. We love our technicians and appreciate everything they do for our patients, our clients, and our veterinarians. Although Tech Week is ending, we will continue to celebrate our veterinary technicians every day. Happy Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week!

10/16/2023

✨️HAPPY NATIONAL VETERINARY TECHNICIAN WEEK!!!✨️
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We value veterinary technicians everyday of the year, but especially this week! We thank our technicians for their commitment to compassionate, knowledgeable, high-quality veterinary care for all animals!

Please help us celebrate our AMAZING team of technicians!!

Alyssa, Autmn, Beth, Christine, Jayla, Jennie and Stephanie...thank you for all you do for our hospital, our patients and their families!! You are appreciated today and everyday! ❤

10/11/2023

Elizabeth kitty, with our Elizabeth technician, doing their best grumpy faces 🤣

08/31/2023

🐾☀️Labor Day Holiday Hours🌞🐾

Friday Sept. 1 - 9am-6pm
Saturday Sept. 2 - Closed
Sunday Sept. 3 - Closed
Monday Sept. 4 - Closed

Normal business hours will resume on Tuesday, September 5th at 9am.

We wish everyone a safe and happy Labor Day Holiday!!

Address

45569 Van D**e Avenue
Utica, MI
48317

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 7pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 7pm
Friday	9am - 6pm

Telephone

+15867311430

Website

http://www.arkveterinaryhospital.com/

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✨️HAPPY NATIONAL VETERINARY TECHNICIAN WEEK!!!✨️ 💊💉🐾🩻🧪🩺 We value veterinary technicians everyday of the year, but especially this week! We thank our technicians for their commitment to compassionate, knowledgeable, high-quality veterinary care for all animals! Please help us celebrate our AMAZING team of technicians!! Alyssa, Autmn, Beth, Christine, Jayla, Jennie and Stephanie...thank you for all you do for our hospital, our patients and their families!! You are appreciated today and everyday! ❤

✨️Today marks 1 year since moving to our new building! The last 12 months have been spent adjusting to more space, learning a new post-Covid flow, making minor repairs, and welcoming patients and clients into our new office. We are happy to share a look into our new space!✨️

Our staff, and their pets, would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas! ❤️🎄💚 Thank you to those who took time to wish us a wonderful holiday season or dropped off amazing goodies...it is truly appreciated! Our office will resume regular hours Monday 12/26 at 9am. Happy Holidays!

THANK YOU VETERINARY TECHNICIANS!!! 🐾❤️ As Veterinary Technician Week 2022 comes to an end, we want to thank all of the amazing technicians in our profession for their dedication to animal care, but most of all ours!! Alyssa, Autumn, Beth, Christine, Isary, Jayla, Jennie, Sarah and Stephanie...thank you for all that you do! You are appreciated everyday!! 🐶🦜🐱🐍🐹🐭🐢🐰🦔🐔🐸🐦🐀🦎

How Periodontal Disease Develops in Pets: The cause of gum disease is the same in cats and dogs as it is in people. Gum disease is an infection resulting from build-up of soft dental plaque on the surfaces of the teeth around the gums. The bacteria in dental plaque irritate the gum tissue if plaque is allowed to accumulate, which often leads to infection in the bone surrounding the teeth. Hard dental tartar (calculus) consists of calcium salts from saliva deposited on plaque. Tartar starts to form within a few days on a tooth surface that is not kept clean, and provides a rough surface that enhances further plaque accumulation. Once it has begun to grow in thickness, tartar is difficult to remove without dental instruments. Here is a video of our technician using the ultrasonic scaler to remove tartar from a patient's tooth. Preventative dental care is key to oral health.

Sister Ester likes the new catnip toy!! She didn't even share with Vivienne.

Puppy Alert!!! Welcome to Ark, Delilah Blue!!!

Popple strutting her stuff!!

Zelda and Quinn had a busy day full of wellness care and dental work!! They both did great!!

🐕🐷Who doesn't love a pug with a pig?!?! Nigel loved choosing a toy from the box!!!

Anyone have any room in their hearts for these black/silver stray medium haired kittens? They are cuddly, 6 week old brothers. Need new homes ASAP. Give us a call and we can put you in touch with our client who found them.

Food is always a great distraction for a guinea pig!! Winston was so busy munching on his greens that he didn't notice we were treating his sore foot with a medicated soak!!!

As some of you know, Ellie the hospital mascot, has not been well. She had chronic diarrhea and vomiting. She has been through several tests and an exploratory surgery to biopsy her stomach, intestines and other tissues. The biopsy came back as IBD/lymphoma. Dr. Dixon started her on chemotherapy. As you can see from the this video, she is feeling much better and is back to demanding that we share our lunches with her!!!

We had fun feeding Tiko today🐢

HELLO TO BENA! Such a sweet face and the personality to match! She is one great guinea pig!

Overgrown beaks can be a problem for turtles and make it difficult for them to eat. Just like Goldie, the star of our video, who needed a beak trim to reshape it!