Fulshear-Katy Community Guide & Directory 2023-24

PETS

All in a Day’s Work at The WellPet Center Veterinary Hospital Dogs Cats Pocket Pets and and by Mara Soloway

T he WellPet Center Veterinary small-animal clinic, it provides a range of services from general wellness care to advanced radiology and ultrasound services, orthopedic surgery, pet microchipping, grooming and more. Each pet has access to the best diagnostic and wellness techniques available Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a professional team to care for our other children – the pets that many of us consider to be an essential part of the family. The entire staff at The WellPet Center contribute to their well-being, from the veterinarians to Hospital welcomes its four-legged patients with open arms. As a

“You’ve got to love dogs – they always keep you on your toes.” Advances in veterinary medicine mean so much more can be done for pets with illnesses such as cancer, endocrine disease and heart disease. Plus, WellPet works closely with numerous veterinary dentists, behaviorists and surgeons. “It’s pretty awesome that we can send images to our specialists, and they will tell us, ‘This is the problem and these are our recommendations,’ ” Dr. Bowling said. Talk about lucky dogs – the pup who swallowed the needle benefited from specialists in the area, including cardiologists, ophthalmologists,

On a typical day in February, veterinarians at WellPet had performed a couple of routine dental procedures while seeing other patients in the exam rooms. Dr. Bowling had tended to some yearly vaccine appointments and check-ups and talked to an owner about geriatric medicine. Then she got thrown a few curve balls. “I had one of my puppy patients who decided to eat a sewing needle. Then I had another who chewed off the splint on his broken tibia. He initially had fractured his tibia after a procedure to correct some problems in the knee itself. We had an orthopedic specialist come to set the tibia,” Dr. Bowling explained.

the licensed veterinary technicians and client service specialists to the management team. “Everybody on our team is very essential. The work we do can be very demanding, and our staff have a diverse set of skills necessary for the best veterinary care,” said Sadie Bowling, DVM, one of eight veterinarians on the WellPet staff. When the doors open early in the morning, the team is ready to handle the routine visits such as those for preventative care. But occasionally, they get thrown a curve ball. Dr. Bowling explains that the team is ready to assess each situation and handle it accordingly.

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