Welcome to Treasure Valley Veterinary Hospital

Treasure Valley Veterinary Hospital is an owner-operated full-service small animal hospital devoted to providing the best available medical treatments to our client's pets while maintaining an intimate family practice.

Here at Treasure Valley Veterinary Hospital we have a warm welcoming front office staff that understands that your pets are your family. Our technical staff all have and love animals and treat every patient with care and kindness.

Our clients love our convenient drop-off program, where they drop their pets off on their way to work in the morning and pick up on their way home at no additional cost.

It is the philosophy of Treasure Valley Veterinary Hospital to work with our clients to maintain the health and increase the longevity of each and every beloved pet.

       

therapeutic laser therapy for the treatment of pain
reduces pain - accelerates the healing process - reduces inflammation - reduces the need for prescription drugs

Laser is not a cure all but is one more important tool in modern medicine. Cold laser therapy is used by many professional athletic teams. Call today for information regarding Therapeutic Laser Therapy

(From Dr Shackelford's Desk)
I am often asked - 'Why does your dog's nose look like that?"  Almost four years ago, Lady Margaret, known as 'Meg' to her close friends, began occasionally sneezing and snuffling. After trying to ignore it and hoping it would just go away, I anesthetized her and scoped her nose, looking for any possible cause (nasal mites, cheat grass, etc.). There were no visible abnormalities seen other than a little inflammation. Since she was only 7 years old, I did not think it could be cancer.

Two weeks later she sneezed out what appeared to be some bloody fluid and some tissue. I sent it into the lab and the results showed a cancer, (chondrosarcoma).

After taking an x-ray and seeing some increased density in the right posterior nasal chamber, I took her to West Vet for an MRI to look for invasion of the tumor into the surrounding bone. The tumor was 1.5" long and 1/2" in diameter. Dr Brouerman, a surgeon specialist at West Vet, did a rhinotomy procedure, opening the nasal bone and extraction the tumor. I then took her to Washington State University where Dr Fidel, a cancer specialist did radiation treatments once a day for nearly one month. I drove to Pullman WA every weekend to visit her, finally bringing her home in early November 2008. She has healed well but her hair will never fully regrow because of the radiation. Today Meg is a very happy, active dog always wanting to go for a walk even if we just got back! and she is cancer free.

Feline Teeth Cleaning for $197.00*
Includes: anesthesia, dental x-rays, antibiotic injection and pre-dental blood work.

*Does not include extractions