Chestatee Animal Hospital's Tour

Chestatee Animal Hosptial est December 2004

New Reception Area, with Deanna & Patty

Reception Area

Reception Area before remodeling

Our new lobby

Our new lobby has plenty of seating room and decorated with beautiful Artwork, including a forest mural filled with animals

Our Forest Mural

Our beautiful mural was painted by Linda Baliko. It includes a bear, rabbit, cats, puppy, owl, fox, racoon,deer, woodpecker, butterfly and a frog

Our new lobby

While waiting in our lobby you can relax with the sounds of our water fall. While looking at the mural, you can imagine your in the forest by the stream. Its wonderful!

Our new Pet Food Room

Chestatee Animal Hospital offer Science Diet Food. Has in stock diets for puppies, kittens, adults light formulas and prescription diets.

Our new Pet Food Room

Chestatee Animal Hospital has in stock Purina Diets for cats and dogs. Adult and prescription formulas available.

Pet Supplies

We have on display, a varity of products, from shampoos to vitamins to help your pet stay healthy. We also offer Reflex Collars and Leashes in different patterns, with a life time guarantee.

Prescription Area

Our new computer station

Our new computer station ables us to enter more than one prescription at a time. And also a good place for Drs to make notes on the pets record.

New large exam rooms

Exam rooms are well maintained and fully stocked, the larger size rooms makes it more comfortable for eveyone

Surgery Suite

Before our remodeling this room was the treatment/surgery suite. Now its dedicated only for surgery pets.

Surgery Cages in Surgery Suite

These cages are used for surgery animals, located close to the surgery team for easily monitoring.

New larger Kennel

Our kennel has high standards for the best care for all the pets. The kennel staff insures that all pets are kept clean, fed and HAPPY!

Our New Outside Excerise Pen

With our new large outside excerise pens, 5 dogs can go out in separate areas at once. This allows them to spend extra time outside.

Kennel Attendant Brandy

Brandy works hard to insure that all pets are clean, fed and happy

A little extra Love

Brandy giving a little extra LOVE to longterm boarder "Max"

Kitty's need hugs too!

Dr. David Orton preforming surgery

Alices spay day

Big day for "Alice Cambron" getting spayed.

Anesthesia & Monitoring

Chestatee Animal Hospital uses the safest anesthesia. Each patients heart, breathing rate and oxygen level are monitored closely.

Technician Lynn preparing a dog for surgery

Technician Rachel performing a Canine Denistry

Our New Laboratory Area

Chestatee Animal Hospital offers in-house bloodwork. Our Idexx Blood Machine is state of the art and offers results in minutes.

Judy preparing blood sample

Judy carefully prepares the blood sample for our in-house blood work in our new Labortory area.

Groomer Suzanne Bowcock

Benji Cooper is enjoying his day at the spa. After his bath and hair cut he left feeling like the "Top Dog"!

Groomer Suzanne Bowcock

"Benji Cooper" getting his final touch.

Caring for the Pups

Lynn and Deanna caring for "Flip & Duke Powell"

Dr. Orton and Lynn

Working with the smallest patient

Dr. Orton, Lynn and Rachel

Buddy Smith looks away while he gets his injection

Lynn with his new family member!

X-rays

Chestatee Animal Hospital, has on site x-ray machine and automatic processor for x-rays in minutes.

Dr. Orton and Lynn

Beautiful "Babydoll Bierbower" getting her yearly exam and vaccines.

Dr. Orton

Dr. Orton carefully reading a fecal test, checking for intestinal parasites.

Dr. Rebecca Babcock updating her patients record

Judy Bierbower

Hospital Administrator

Bessie Reynolds

Bessie preparing a meal for a hospital patient.

Deanna and Angela

Angela and Deanna work together to provide the best customer service

Angela Irvin

Angela is an experienced technician and also helps as a receptionist.

Rachel loving Littlebit

Loving Littlebit

Shadow Day March 2, 2007

Ashley Dockery and Ashley Majors spent the day shadowing our staff for the Lumpkin County Middle School Shadow program. They were excited to be part of a C-Section delivery, "Gina" the proud pet of Ricky & Joyce Ray had 8 puppys. Mother and puppys did well, and the Ashleys enjoyed being part of the births.

Patty Gillham

Patty helping clients on the phone.

Patty Gillham

Patty scheduling appointments for the day.

Dr. Heather Tarpley

Dr. Tarpley is a board-certified veterinary clinical pathologist. She recieved her training at UGA and worked at the Athens Diagnostic Laboratory after attaining certification in pathology.

Dr. Heather Tarpley

Dr. Tarpley loving "Little Bit" our clinic cat.

Judy and Angela

Judy holds Shorty still, while Angela draws blood for tests

Mary Gamble

Mary reading slides, checking for parasites.

Rachel and Mary

Rachel is drawing blood, while Mary helps hold the Kitty still.

Mary Gamble

Mary Loving on a Kitty

Laser Surgery

Dr. Heather Tarpley performing Laser Surgery.

Laser Surgery

Laser Surgery.

Surgical Laser

Cutting Edge Surgical Laser 30 Watt CO2 sets a new standard for Veterinary Medicine. Laser energy seals nerve endings and small blood vessels as it cuts the tissue, resulting in less bleeding, less swelling and reduces pain.

Cutting Edge Laser

Cutting Edge CO2 Surgical Laser

Laser Surgery

Dr. David Orton using Laser to remove a growth from "Baby Bear Jabloners" eye.

Laser Surgery

Dr. David Orton using Laser to remove a growth, while Angela assists in controling the evcuator and monitors anesthesia. "Baby Bear" Jabloner

Laser Surgery

"Baby Bear" Jabloner

Laser Surgery

Dr. Orton using Laser to remove a growth for the eye lid of "Baby Bear"

A little extra Love

Dr. Orton care for the mother Japanese Chin and safetly removes all pups.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth carefully handles the new born Chin

Elizabeth and the new born baby

Elizabeth carefully removes fluid from the pups mouth and nose, to clear the airway

Elizabeth and the new born baby

Baby Japanese Chin

Baby Japanese Chin

Tiny little babies

Baby Japanese Chin

Four healthy pups!

Elizabeth and the new born baby

Christmas 2007

Little Bit all dressed up for Christmas

Little Bits nap time

Olivia McDonald

On 3-27-08 Olivia spent the day with us as a Shadow student.She enjoyed watching surgery and hopes to be a Veterinarian whe she grows up.

Olivia McDonald

Little Bit is enjoying the extra love from Olivia

New Treatment Room

Our large treatment room has our daily hospital board, which list the patients and their procedures

New Treatment Room

Our treatment room includes a wet table, which able us to do treatments like wound flushing with the convenence of water and drainage. The plasic coded grate give more comfort to the pet.

New Treatment Room

Hospital Patients stay in the treatment room for close monitoring.

Employee Break Room

Our employees work hard and deserve a nice place to relax, and enjoy their lunch hour. Our breakroom is equiped with a refrigerator, microwave, toaster, blender and Coffee Pot

Employee Break Room

Employees can eat in comfort with their new kitchen table and chairs, thanks to Bessie!

Our New Office

Our office over three times larger! The space on the right is Judy's new work station. Her orginized mess!

Our New Office

Dr Orton's new work station on the left.

Our New Office

Dr Babcock's new work station

The New Cat Boarding Room

Our boarding cats have a large quite room, away from dogs and hospital patients.

Cat Isolation Room

For the sick Kitty's our isolation room keeps them seperated from healthy cats, in a nice quite area and away from dogs.

State of the Art Surgery Monitor

Our new 2nd surgery room is equiped with the our new Surgery Monitor.

Patty

Patty carefully prepares a pets record for a Dr visit.

Littlebit

Littlebit loves to greet pets and clients at the front desk.

Lacey

Lacey is our new employee, she is at our new computer station, answering the phone which allows receptionists to give their full attention to our clients.

Suzanne Our expert Groomer

Suzanne is giving the extra touch up to make "Shadow Elsele" just beautiful!

Suzanne and Shadow

Shadow is wonderful and is enjoying the day of pampering.

Our new much larger Groom Room

Suzanne and Tommie love their new large groom room. With nice bright colors, and plenty of room to move around.

Our bathing area

The bathing area has an elevated bathtub for the small pets, and able to bath the large dogs on the floor.

Everyone busy in the Pharmacy

The Pharmacy area is where the prescriptions are filled and all the patients records are filed.

Washer and Dryer

Our washer and dryer goes nonstop! All pets get clean bedding every day.

Our surgery recovery area

Large dogs recover from surgery in the quite area. Away from the boarding dogs and close to the surgery team.

Open House celebration

Our open house celebration 8-9-08 Was a blast!

Open House celebration

Our Open House celebration brought our clients and our staff together to tour our new expanded hospital and have some fun!

Open House celebration

We had pet adoptions from LCAS, and "Happy Paws Dog Training and Pet Sitting Service" there to offer advice about adopting and training Pets.

Open House Celebration

Dr David Orton volunteered to demonstrate how "Darth" attacks on command. Step 1

Open House Celebration

Both Lumpkin and Dawson County K9 Units were here to Thank Us for our support. We are proud to offer services to our Working K9 Units.

Open House Celebration

Dr David Orton volunteered to demonstrate how "Darth" attacks on command. Step# 1

Open House Celebration

Dr. David Orton ready for his attack. Step# 2

Open House Celebration

Officer Shattles controls "Darth" and gives the command to attack Step# 3

Open House Celebration

Darth leaps and gets a good hold of Dr. Orton's arm, and hangs on until he hears the command to release. Step# 4

Open House Celebration

Darth gets the command and releases. Dr Orton counts his fingers and is relieved!

Open House Celebration

Officer Shattles, Dr. David Orton and Darth Job well done!