Animals First Clinic

Animals First Clinic provides a wide variety of services for your pet, including preventative medicine, an in house laboratory, digital and dental x-ray, and much more. We offer three different kinds of appointments: consults, day admission or technologist appointments. Consult appointments are with our veterinarians during scheduled appointment times.

Prevention is the best medicine. While treating injuries and curing illness is what we strive to do, being able to keep pets from getting sick in the first place is the easiest way to keep them healthy. Including general health examinations, vaccinations and deworming, preventative medicine promotes your pet's health and provides early detection of health conditions or illnesses so treatment can be offered sooner rather than later.

Healing is sometimes a long and difficult process, but it doesn't have to be unassisted. We offer rehabilitative support through the use of Laser Therapy for wounds, back injuries, and orthopedic procedures. Laser Therapy is the use of a high-intensity light that we place onto the affected area for a small amount of time.

Animals are unpredictable, and behaviour can change seemingly overnight. In many cases, behavioural changes are due to underlying medical conditions, and an exam can help to rule out unseen issues that may be causing your pet to act differently than their usual self. Something as simple as back pain can cause an animal to suddenly start hiding, show aggression, urinate/defecate in the house or go off of their food.

Rapid diagnostic testing is key to being able to treat conditions quickly and efficiently. Not all tests can be done in clinic, but most of the tests we do don't have to be sent anywhere else. Testing such as red and white blood cell counts, blood chemistry, coagulation times, certain viral tests, medication dosage checks and urinalysis can all be done in clinic, with no need to wait days for results to come back.