Preventive Care

• Dental Care
  Healthy teeth mean a healthy pet. Poor oral health can cause heart, liver and kidney problems for your furry loved ones. Oral disase affects 100% of dogs and cats over the age of four according to the American Veterinary Dental Society. At CVH we always bring up the importance of dental health and often will have Dental Cleaning specials,Â
• Vaccination
• Behavioral Counseling
• Comprehensive Examination
  Full physical exam- the doctor will learn many things about your pet from a thorough physical exam, which is very important since your pet cannot speak to us to let us know that they are in pain or that something might be bothering them.

Illness Treatment

• Parasites Treatment and Control
  We offer a variety of Heartworm and Flea/Tick prevention and while Minnesota has winter, Dr. Gandara recommends year round prevention. While prevention can be expensive, the companies offer Veterinary exclusive rebates to help make it more affordable.
• Behavioral Disorder Treatment
• Vomiting Treatment
• Diarrhea Treatment
• Skin Condition and Allergy Treatment
  It can cause skin irritation or upper respiratory problems.  In extreme cases it has caused death when dogs consume the lake water containing these toxins.
• Upper Respiratory Illness Treatment

Infection Treatment

• Leptospirosis Treatment
• Ear Infection Treatment
  When pets have a severe ear infection it causes them to itch their ears or shake their heads violently. Sometimes the blood vessels within the ear flap can rupture, causing the flap to swell up with blood. Many times this needs surgical intervention to drain the fluid.
• Urinary Tract Infection Treatment

Chronic Condition Treatment

• Diabetes Treatment
• Thyroid Disease Treatment
• Heart Disease Treatment
  Did you know that approximately 99% of pets have oral disease by the age of 3, getting them used to daily brushing will help cut costs down on dental procedures. Untreated oral disease can have serious side effects such as liver disease, kidney disease and even heart disease.Â
• Kidney Disease Treatment
  Well, we treat because we can.  There are many diseases in pets that are not curable but we treat like: kidney disease, heart problems and diabetes just to name a few.   Even in cases where it is not likely to be cured we can treat to extend lifespan while preserving excellent quality of life.  Millions of pets in the US have been treated for cancer.Â
• Cancer Treatment
  Approximately 50% of dogs and 35% of cats will develop cancer but it is not an automatic death sentence.  Most cancers in pets are tumors either inside the skin or just below the skin and can be cured by surgery alone.  For other types of cancer chemotherapy or radiation may be needed.

Emergency Care

• Wound and Fracture Care
  Nasal secretions and bite wounds. Mother cats can pass feline leukemia to their kittens.  Infected cats can

Surgery

• Dental Surgery
  Under general anestesia a full mouth exam will be preformed for your pet and we will be able to not only clean and polish the teeth, to help get rid of bad breath, but also assess the teeth with a probe to look for dental disease underneath the gum line, that is not visual with the naked eye. We also have the ability to preform oral surgery if needed, which includes but may not be limited to abscess treatment, extractions, mass removals and even root treatment.Â
• Veterinary Surgery
  These are typically preformed when our pet's have eaten something they shouldn't have causing a foreign body that may become lodged or blocked somewhere that is unable to pass through without surgical intervention. Exploratory surgery can also be done in some cases of cancer or a variety of other Gastrointestinal problems.
• Spaying and Neutering

Lab and X-Rays

• Laboratory Services
  Whether your pet has a cough or a broken bone, here at Companion Veterinary Hospital we can help. Common ailments that we see include urinary tract infections, upper respiratory infections, ear infections, diarrhea, vomiting and more. We have the ability to run many tests and diagnostics in house to get you answers right away, such as checking blood work, fecal exams,  urinalysis, cytology, radiographs and even ultrasonography.Â
• X-Ray
• Microchipping
  Microchipping is the only unique, tamper-proof, permanent mode of identification and is as small as a grain of rice. While we recommend microchipping at the time of a pets spay or neuter, they can be done at any time in a pets life. The process is very simple, we scan your pet for a previous microchip that may have been placed from a breeder/rescue/previous owner. If not microchip is found, we implant the small microchip which has as unique number that sends small radiowave frequencies to microchip scanners, between the shoulder blades using a slightly larger size needle than what we give vaccines with. We then rescan with our scanner to see that the chip has been implanted under the skin.

General Pet Care

• Senior Pet Care
  Wellness exams are an essential part of your pets health, and while younger pets only need to be seen once a year for a physical exam, we recommend senior pets have a physical exam twice a year. Subtle changes in their activity such as eating, drinking, coughing or diarrhea can be hints that something else may be going on. During your pets exam the doctor will do a full head to toe exam while checking the heart rate, respiration rate and other vital signs.