Veterinarian, Dr. Jen Dowson and RVT Ashleigh Quinn in surgery.
This month we celebrate our long relationship with the North Oakville Animal Hospital (NOAH) that stretches back to 2000 when Dr. Sarah Machell first established the practice. For the past 21 years NOAH has provided excellent and expert care to animals and the people that care for them.
Dr. Machell served as one of our primary visiting veterinarians at the shelter for more than 10 years and was an invaluable resource to the staff and animals. In addition to volunteering at the shelter, Dr. Machell worked alongside our investigations team when they executed search warrants to investigate cruelty or neglect, before the Provincial Animal Welfare Service took over those responsibilities.
One of the Bengal cats saved in 2008.
Since 2000, the doctors and staff at NOAH have continued to provide superb care through the numerous cases they have assisted the Oakville & Milton Humane Society with. Similar to other local clinics, they also offered much needed boarding space or treatments for animals in the 2008 Bengal cat case, 2011 Chihuahua case and in 2015 for the Beagle case. When OMHS removed 107 cats from one house, the NOAH team was instrumental in helping us work through their medical problems and reaching out to other clinics for assistance so they could find safe loving homes.
Beyond veterinarian care, NOAH has contributed to the welfare of the animals at OMHS in various ways. From fundraising through calendar sales, a donation box at the hospital, raffles and team participation at the Oakville Mutt Strutt are just a few examples of how they have helped raise funds and awareness for the OMHS. The clinic has even fostered a few cat families when foster care was full and OMHS was overflowing with kittens.
In addition to their clients' pets, the doctors and staff at NOAH are committed to making a difference to the homeless animals in their community. NOAH participated in the 2010 Cause for Paws ‘Pay the Spay' initiative to provide spay or neuter surgeries for 50 animals a year and continued their commitment for several years.
Preparations for a Sunday spay/neuter day.
At the beginning of 2012, following the lengthy closure of the OMHS due to a ringworm outbreak, the shelter had a backlog of cats needing spay or neuter surgeries before they could find their forever homes. NOAH organized and held a ‘spay/neuter day' pulling together a group of veterinarians, RVTs and support staff to volunteer on a Sunday and spay and neuter 40 cats in one day!
Today NOAH is part of the VetStrategy network and they continue to be a partner and provide services such as dental surgeries, spays and neuters, and hospitalization care to OMHS animals that become ill – especially pediatric kittens and elderly pets. We are fortunate to call the NOAH team our partner.
This month we celebrate our long relationship with the North Oakville Animal Hospital (NOAH) that stretches back to 2000 when Dr. Sarah Machell first established the practice. For the past 21 years NOAH has provided excellent and expert care to animals and the people that care for them.
One of the Chihuahuas from the 2011 intake.
Dr. Machell served as one of our primary visiting veterinarians at the shelter for more than 10 years and was an invaluable resource to the staff and animals. In addition to volunteering at the shelter, Dr. Machell worked alongside our investigations team when they executed search warrants to investigate cruelty or neglect, before the Provincial Animal Welfare Service took over those responsibilities.
Since 2000, the doctors and staff at NOAH have continued to provide superb care through the numerous cases they have assisted the Oakville & Milton Humane Society with. Similar to other local clinics, they also offered much needed boarding space or treatments for animals in the 2008 Bengal cat case, 2011 Chihuahua case and in 2015 for the Beagle case. When OMHS removed 107 cats from one house, the NOAH team was instrumental in helping us work through their medical problems and reaching out to other clinics for assistance so they could find safe loving homes.
Beyond veterinarian care, NOAH has contributed to the welfare of the animals at OMHS in various ways. From fundraising through calendar sales, a donation box at the hospital, raffles and team participation at the Oakville Mutt Strutt are just a few examples of how they have helped raise funds and awareness for the OMHS. The clinic has even fostered a few cat families when foster care was full and OMHS was overflowing with kittens.
A cat family spayed at NOAH.
In addition to their clients' pets, the doctors and staff at NOAH are committed to making a difference to the homeless animals in their community. NOAH participated in the 2010 Cause for Paws ‘Pay the Spay' initiative to provide spay or neuter surgeries for 50 animals a year and continued their commitment for several years.
At the beginning of 2012, following the lengthy closure of the OMHS due to a ringworm outbreak, the shelter had a backlog of cats needing spay or neuter surgeries before they could find their forever homes. NOAH organized and held a ‘spay/neuter day' pulling together a group of veterinarians, RVTs and support staff to volunteer on a Sunday and spay and neuter 40 cats in one day!
Today NOAH is now part of VetStrategy network, and we truly appreciate the support and care they provide to OMHS animals and are fortunate to call the NOAH team our partner.
