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Summer 2010

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• Policy Change for Weekend Emergencies

As most of you already know we are experiencing a temporary veterinary staff shortage.  As we search for qualified associates to help us care for your pets and horses we find that we need to make a few changes to our schedule and policy to be able to continue to provide the same high quality veterinary care that you are accustomed to.  We have already changed our office hours to Monday through Friday with no regular appointments on Saturdays.  We have been working longer days to accommodate requests for appointments. 

At this time we are not able to maintain our 24 hour per day emergency service on the weekends.  We will continue to provide emergency care to Monday through Thursday evenings but on Fridays at the end of the day through Monday morning we will be referring all emergencies.  For those of you with small animals (dogs and cats) we ask that you contact one of the regular emergency clinics, and for those of you with horses please see our contact page for the names and phone numbers of the other veterinarians in the area that care for horses.  We have asked those veterinarians to please provide the details of any emergency they handle for you (just as the emergency hospitals for small animals do) so that we may follow up with you and maintain complete records of your animal's health.  We have also provided them with contact information should they wish to consult with us regarding any aspect of your animal's health that may be significant to providing the care needed.

We hope to be able to resume emergency care as soon as we have additional veterinarians on staff.  Thanks to all of you for your understanding and for seeing us for your veterinary needs over the last twenty nine years.

• Podiatry Symposium with Dr. Ric Redden a Success!!

A special thanks to Dr. Ric Redden and his wife Nancy for making this event possible.  We had a great turn out and a lot of fun!  The day consisted of veterinarians, farriers, and horsemen coming together to get a more in depth understanding of the equine foot.  We would also like the thank the Alaska Zoo and The Chef Stop for their great service.  Below are some fun pictures from the live demonstration portion of the symposium. 

• Welcome Dr. Dianne Hutchison!

Dr. Dianne Hutchinson will join us this summer as a relief veterinarian and will be taking small animal appointments as we search for new associates.  We also have new office hours.  We have suspended Saturday office hours.  Current hours are Monday through Friday from 9am to 6pm.

• Farewell Sammy and Kellee Pittman!

Towards the end of May we bid farewell to Dr. Sammy Pittman and his wife Kellee as they packed up to move back to Oklahoma.  Dr. Pittman has been a valued member of our team and we will miss him.  We will also miss Kellee who has been one of the most outstanding assistants we have had the pleasure of working with here at AESAH.  We wish them well on their journey and in their future endeavors.  Thank you Sammy and Kellee and good luck!