Decorah Veterinary Clinic

12/01/2025

Happy National Cat Lovers’ Month! 🐾
From their soothing purrs to their cozy cuddles, cats steal our hearts all year long. This month, let’s celebrate all the things that make our feline friends so special! 🐱💕
📸 Share a pic of your favorite feline in the comments! We’d love to see your cats in their cutest or funniest moments.

11/28/2025

🐾 Friendly Reminder 🐾
Today we are open for urgent appointments only following the Thanksgiving holiday.
Thank you, and we hope you and your pets are having a safe and relaxing weekend! 🐶🐱💛

11/26/2025

🐾 Holiday Reminder for Pet Parents! 🐾

Before you slip a treat under the table, remember — some of our holiday favorites can be harmful to our furry friends.

Check out the chart below before filling your pet’s plate, and share this with friends and family so everyone at the table knows how to keep pets safe and happy this season. ❤️🐶🐱

11/24/2025

🦃Due to limited staffing, we’ll be open the day after Thanksgiving (Friday, 11/28) for URGENT appointments only.🦃
🐾Thank you for your understanding, and we hope you and your pets have a wonderful holiday!🐾

11/14/2025

Happy Veterinary Practice Manager Week to our very own, top notch practice manager, Susan!

We appreciate your gentle nature, incredible dedication, and leadership that you bring to this practice each and every day. We know we don't say it near enough, but your hard work and willingness to jump in wherever the practice needs you never goes unnoticed!

Please enjoy our throwback image of our beloved Susan monitoring a surgery for Dr. Amy!

11/14/2025

The holidays can get hectic, but a little planning can go a long way in keeping our pets happy and stress-free!🦃🎄🐾

Between the guests, decorations, and festive foods, the season can be overwhelming — for us and our furry friends. ❤️

That’s why we’ve put together a Holiday Pet Cheat Sheet filled with quick tips to help you keep your pets safe, calm, and comfortable all season long.🐾

11/11/2025

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Stalberger and Dr. Gowdy-Jaehnig for their many years of outstanding Large Animal services to our community. Wishing you both fulfillment, joy, and new adventures in retirement.🎉

Due to Dr. Gowdy-Jaehnig’s and Dr. Robert Stalberger’s retirements from the Decorah Veterinary Clinic, large animal/production animal services and inventory will no longer be available through the Decorah Veterinary Clinic as of January 1st, 2026. To aid in a clean transition, we ask that all farm accounts be paid in full by December 31, 2025. As of November 15, 2025, all services and inventory need to be paid at the time of service. We appreciate your years of loyalty to the Decorah Veterinary Clinic and Drs. Gowdy-Jaehnig and Stalberger apologize for any inconvenience this change in services may cause.

The Decorah Veterinary Clinic will still be available, and happy to provide care for your dogs and cats.

Sincerely,
The Decorah Veterinary Clinic

Area Veterinary Clinics with large animal/production animal services:

South Winn Vet Clinic (563)532-9650
Postville Vet Clinic (563)864-3620
Waukon Vet Clinic (563)568-2487
Harmony Vet Clinic (507)886-6321

11/03/2025

🐾 November is National Pet Cancer & Pet Diabetes Awareness Month! 🐾

Our pets give us unconditional love — let’s give them the best care in return. 💙
This month, take a few minutes to learn how to protect your furry family members from two serious health issues: cancer and diabetes.

📊 Check out our infographic to discover:
✅ Early warning signs to watch for
✅ Prevention and care tips
✅ How regular vet visits can make all the difference

Your pet’s health matters — awareness is the first step! 🐶🐱💚

10/31/2025

🎃 Happy Howl-loween from the Decorah Veterinary Clinic 🎃

10/15/2025

🎉 It’s Veterinary Technician Week! 🐾
Let’s take a moment to celebrate the compassionate, skilled, and hardworking vet techs who are essential to every veterinary team. 💙

Here are just a few of the many things vet techs do every day:

🩺 Monitor anesthesia during surgeries
💉 Administer medications, vaccines & treatments
🧪 Run lab tests and analyze results
🦷 Perform dental cleanings
🐾 Assist with x-rays and diagnostic imaging
📋 Educate pet parents on proper care
🚨 Respond to emergencies and triage patients
🧼 Keep clinics clean, organized, and running smoothly
🐶 Comfort pets (and their people!) when they need it most

✨Vet techs are multitaskers, caregivers, educators, and superheroes — all rolled into one.✨

Thank you to our vet techs for everything you do! 🙌🐾

10/13/2025

Happy National Veterinary Technician Week! 🐶🐱

This week — and every week — we celebrate our incredible veterinary technicians! 💙 Our practice truly could not run without your dedication, compassion, and hard work. You are the calm voices, the gentle hands, and the fierce advocates for every pet that walks through our doors.

Thank you for your endless care, your kindness to all creatures great and small, and the vital role you play in the lives of our patients and their families. We are so lucky to have the four of you as part of our team. 💛

10/07/2025