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Monday 8:30am - 5:30pm Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm Saturday 8:30am - 1:30pm

Hastings Lake Animal Hospital

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Hastings Lake Animal Hospital

Dr. Karen Allen & Associates. Proudly 100% Canadian owned & operated. Full service animal hospital offering quality veterinary care for cats, dogs and farm pets.

One evening at a dinner party one of our good friends posed the question to the group "What would you do if you won the lotto for $10 million today?". Everybody in the group was quick to rattle off loans they would pay off, things they would buy for themselves and loved ones, trips they would take and charities they would support. Most importantly, they all said "I would quit my job tomorrow!". I

was the only one at the table who said I would do all the same things except I wouldn't quit my job. I said I would invest in my veterinary practise and continue practising. Anybody who knows me would not be even a little bit surprised by my response. I absolutely love what I do and have never felt like I have worked a day in my life. Until that dinner party, I had not realized what a gift I had, to love my work. I want to spend the remainder of my career practising in my own community and contributing something back to this wonderful group of people who have shaped this lovely rural neighbourhood. Our community is a joy to live in, a paradise for our children and full of people who love animals as much as I do.

09/04/2026

RVT Nikky, and the sweetest Border Collie puppy, Chungus, would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Labour Day long weekend! 🇨🇦 🐾

🗓️ The clinic will be closed Saturday, September 5th through to Monday, September 7th.

Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday, September 8th.

📞 ‼️ In case of an emergency, please contact Guardian Vet, Boreal Vet or Pulse Vet.

09/03/2026

🐾 Farm Cat Clinic Update 🐾

Seraphina is here with an important announcement: all available cat spay appointments for our upcoming Farm Cat Clinic are now fully booked! We still have lots of openings for neuters.

Thank you so much for the incredible response and for helping control the farm cat population in our community. ❤️🐱

08/20/2026

Congrats to one of our special patients BANSHEE. 🤎
Who got 2 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal in the recent Regionals event - K9Wave Canada for dock diving, 🏅 ⭐️

Banshee is only 1 years old 😳 and alrighty a trail blazer.. a testament to his handler/mama -Nancy
Congratulations again 🤩 we are cheering for you!

07/31/2026

Happy August Long Weekend!! 🌼😻

🗓️ The clinic will be closed Saturday, August 1st through to Monday, August 3rd. Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday, August 4th.

‼️ If your pet is experiencing an emergency please call Pulse Vet, Boreal Vet, or Guardian Vet.

We hope everyone has a sun-filled and enjoyable weekend! ☀️🏕️

07/30/2026

We had some adorable and entertaining goat kids come in today ! 🥰

They came for hoof trims 🐐✂️

These goat kids have tiny hooves, big personalities and an abundance of cuteness. 💛💛💛

07/28/2026

It took A DECADE to get here but we were so proud of Bruce Wayne today! He walked right into the clinic wagging his tail, cooperated perfectly for his vaccinations, ear treatment and senior blood panel and ….🥁🥁🥁🥁…he finally took treats from me! 💃🏻💃🏻❤️❤️

Bruce Wayne’s first visit was in the parking lot and most definitely a “visual exam only”👀. He had his opinions about veterinarians and we were not about to change his opinion with a few liver treats and some gabapentin and trazodone. No way!!

Then he slowly graduated to getting into the clinic - albeit with some Bruce Wayne drama. He’s quite an accomplished vocalist he’ll have you know🎶🎶. Grammy worthy in fact!

We were all very worried about getting Bruce Wayne into surgery to have a soft tissue sarcoma excised from his elbow in 2024. That visit was a little rough and on recovery the only way we could get Bruce Wayne to settle was one of our staff sat on the porch outside with him while he waited for his dad to make an early pick up.

But today was zero drama. No vocal gymnastics. No gymnastics period for Bruce Wayne or us!

Shout out to Bruce Wayne’s amazing owners who have so patiently supported him through all his veterinary visits. Amazing job💫❤️

07/18/2026

At about 5:30pm on 630 just east of Sherwood Park yesterday two lanes of traffic each direction were 🏁whizzing🏁 by and a mama duck decided to lead her newly hatched 🐥chicks🐥 across the road right in front of us….disaster struck.

The vehicle in front of us was unable to avoid the hen and one duckling…we watched the other ducklings panic and scurry back into the long grass in the median.

My daughter and I circled around with our flashers on to the accident scene pulling onto the shoulder. We were able to find a break in traffic to get onto the median to search for the ducklings. I’m sure the RCMP would not have been happy 🙄🙈 but we just couldn’t leave those babies stranded.

By some small miracle my daughter was able hear them cheeping and we found them huddled together and were able to scoop them up one by one. The ducklings kept coming….five….six…seven…and eight was a bolter!! We wrangled them all up and couldn’t find anything to contain them so I emptied my tote bag and we snuggled them in there. Fortunately I don’t use expensive designer bags!! 👛👜(Although my daughter just laughed at that and said “mom you DEFINITELY would have still put the ducklings in it”). True!!

We resisted any urge to handle them further - they are absolutely adorable - kept them covered and headed back to the clinic while we waited for WildNorth to give us instructions. Later that evening they transferred to Pulse Veterinary Emerg who partners with WildNorth and this AM they went to WildNorth for rehab and release once they’ve grown.

None were injured thankfully🙏

Their mom was a smallish duck, all silver/light beige with no colour or wing bars that I noticed on my brief roadside exam of her. Not sure what kind of ducks these are? Anyone know? Maybe Gadwall duck??

WildNorth was 💫amazing💫 - they called me right back and had a plan for these babies and assured us we had done the right thing. We wondered if we should have left them for dad to care, being well aware of WildNorth’s many campaigns to leave babies alone in the wild so their parents can care for them. (Dad was nowhere to be seen though). Apparently the drakes don’t have very good survival outcomes without their hens to orchestrate duckling care. And unlike Canada Geese, ducks do not readily accept chicks to foster.

Wishing this sweet little crew all the best and huge thankyou to all the staff and volunteers at WildNorth💕💕🙏🙏

07/15/2026

🐈🐈‍⬛💕HLAH Farm Cat Spay & Neuter Program 2026 is OPEN!💕🐈‍⬛🐈

We are running things differently this year because we are very lucky to have not one but TWO wonderful young 🩺DVMs🩺 who have joined our team and they are keen to spay and neuter!

💫We will be wrangling up our community farm cats with a few new twists for 2026:

*we used to do about 60 cats in one day, then we started doing about 100 cats in the month of October and this year....🥁🥁drum roll🥁🥁…the program will run July 15th to November 30th!

*the HLAH Farm Cat Clinic continues to be focused on population control of 🐈‍⬛🚜FARM 🚜🐈 cats in our community. We have sterilized over a thousand cats through this program but we have barely made a dent in the overpopulation of cats in our community.

***THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FOR HOUSE PET CATS***

*☎️schedule by calling the clinic to book (as opposed to our usual online booking for cat clinic) 780-662-2227☎️

*we can offer add-on vaccinations, deworming, ear mite treatment, Feline Leukemia and FIV testing, microchips and cat bite abscess treatment for additional fee

*this program is not for feral cats, unowned cats or pet cats that live indoor or indoor/outdoor

The ABVMA Marketing Guidelines do not permit the advertisement of fees so please call us for information on fees and any questions about the program.

Check out our website at www.hastingslakevet.com for the consent form and more information (hopefully our 💻website guys have it up - we've kind of jumped the gun on them lol!)

07/10/2026

We’d like to welcome Jennah to the team - here she is with an armful of Beagle puppies in for their six week high titre parvo vaccine💕🐾
Jennah is a Veterinary Medical Assistant (VMA) and did her practicum with us in the spring. Jennah is a NAIT graduate.
Please join us in welcoming her to the HLAH team!

06/30/2026

❤️🤍 We will be closed for Canada Day! 🤍❤️

Regular hours resume Thursday July 2nd 8:30am-5:30pm. With any veterinary emergencies please contact Guardian Veterinary Emergency (780-436-5880), Pulse Veterinary Emergency (587-570-9999) or Boreal Veterinary Emergency (780-306-4400)

We hope everyone has a safe, sunny and mosquito free Canada Day! 🤍🇨🇦❤️

Address

#1 20332 Township Road 512
Sherwood Park, AB
T8G1E8

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday	8:30am - 1:30pm

Telephone

7806622227

Website

http://www.hastingslakevet.com/

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