Edgewood Animal Clinic

07/04/2025

A copy of patient records for all current clients (seen since 2022) has been emailed; if you did not receive a copy, either we do not have a correct email address or your last visit was prior to 2022. If you have questions, please email [email protected]. Dr. Becky will be seeing patients at Shelby Street Veterinary Hospital on Fridays and occasional additional days starting July 11, and on Wednesdays and Thursdays at Veterinary Medical Center of Independence starting July 16. Our office is closed and is no longer available by phone. Thank you for your business and friendship over the years! I hope to see many of you at SSVH or VMCI!

06/26/2025

Good News! Dr. Becky will be seeing patients at Veterinary Medical Center of Independence (17 and Hands Pike) on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting July 16; and tentatively Shelby Street Veterinary Hospital in Florence on Fridays, start date to be announced. I would love to continue to see many of my patients, I'll be sending out an email with contact info in the coming days. Records status: if you will continue to see me at one of these locations, I will have access to your records so you do not have to worry. If you are a current client (last seen 2022 or later, still have active/ living pets we have seen, and have not previously requested a records transfer) and your name starts with A through G, or you have been in in the past month, and you have NOT received an email copy of your records, check your spam file and contact us at [email protected] (note the "1") to make sure we have your correct email address. If you do not fall into this category, have patience! We are working our way through sending out email copies of records and are about 1/3 of the way through current clients. If you do not need your records for an appointment elsewhere in the next few days, please give us a little time to get through them. I will post another notice here when they have all been sent, and if you have not received them then please email us at the address above. Phone is no longer available and office is permanently closed. The computer is in a box and it will likely be a week before I can access records other than the PDF reports I am sending and the lab results on the Idexx website (these SHOULD be complete, but if we are missing something I won't be able to check on it until I am able to get the omputer up and running at my home). I hope to see many of you again in my new positions and wish you all the best!

06/20/2025

We will be CLOSED on Friday June 20 for a family funeral. Next week is our last week of operations before we close permanently; today was our last day to officially see appointments, but we will be available for in person pickup of records on Monday and Tuesday; after that our computer and printers may not be available. We will be emailing records to all of our clients but anticipate it will take a couple of weeks for us to get through the rest of them, so please watch your email; you may want to add [email protected] to your contacts to be sure it does not go to your spam file. Keep an eye out here for good news about Dr. Becky's availability locally!

05/28/2025

My sister gave me one of the best presents ever- a video bird feeder. Here's one of my pileateds who was pi**ed because i didn't put suet out. I'll put the res headed woodpecker n the comments.

05/28/2025

I'm sad to announce that I will be closing the clinic as of June 30. After almost 34 years, I am ready to move on to other things. There is a possibility I may be working part time on a limited basis at a local clinic; if this happens I will let my clients know. We'll be emailing out a copies of records over the next few weeks so that everyone has a copy by the time we close; if you need to contact me to request more info you can reach me at [email protected] (notice the 1 after our name). For heartworm and flea meds as well as most chronic meds, I can continue to refill through our online partner vetsource for up to a year after your pet's last exam; please call our office through the end of June; afterwards you can email me and I will do my best to handle all requests within 2 business days. I also will be sending out July and August reminders early; if you would like to get them handled early before we close we will do our best to accomodate you; otherwise you will have a heads up in plenty of time to make other arrangements.

It has been a pleasure and a privilege serving you and your pets. Many (most!) of my clients I have told this week have been with us for 20, 25, 30 years or more; some through multiple human generations; there are even a few left who were clients before I bought the practice. Many of you are like family to me and I will miss seeing you and celebrating your new additions and crying with you when we say goodbye to old friends. I think you would be surprised if you knew how many sleepless nights I've spent worrying about your babies and how often I think of some of them who have been gone many years now. I hope to have the chance to see many of you in person to say goodbye. Thank you for your business over the years and many treasured memories!

01/07/2025

Our office will be CLOSED again today as my staff and I are still unable to get out. Unfortunately I cannot access our schedule for today (i did not anticipate we would still be having trouble getting in by now when i left for the weekend and did not bring that schedule home). I hope if you have an appointment for today that you check here before coming! I am SO SORRY for any inconvenience!

05/17/2024

So just an FYI to dog owners at there, if you have not heard there will be new regulations going into effect on August 1 affecting the importation of dogs into the US. This includes dogs who leave the US and return (with their owners or not) and also includes dogs who cross the border into Canada. The exact implications of this are somewhat difficult to figure out at the moment, and some of the certificates needed may not be available until June or July; but take homes include NO dogs under six months will be allowed into the country (no importing of puppies). Popping across the Canadian border for a dog show or quick vacation is going to become considerably more difficult, maybe impossible. And be sure if you plan to LEAVE the country with your pet that you address everything that needs to be done to bring him back BEFORE you go, or risk not being able to get them back in.

I have more questions than answers for you at this point, but keep an eye on this blog- it usually has good info and hopefully will update us as we know more. Apparently this all was passed by the CDC without necessarily working with the USDA who will have to be the ones to enforce it. Also be aware that not all veterinarians are USDA accredited, it is a separate process from typical state licensing.

The Worms and Germs Blog authored by Drs. Scott Weese and Maureen Anderson covers animal health and diseases and is published by the Ontario Veterinary College University of Guelph.

05/13/2024

Just for kicks last week, I did a tally of the most common dog names in my client base over the past 34 years.

Any guesses as to the winner?