Kodiak Veterinary Center

01/05/2023

Kodiak Veterinary Hospital closed permanently at the end of December 2022. We had announced our closure to our clients at the end of September. We had a touching final few months of providing care and creating management plans for our patients. It was a true pleasure to work with our clients and their amazing pets. Thank you for having been part of our journey.
Records were emailed to all active clients, please check your spam folders if you did not see it.

10/03/2022

If you are in the Hollis area, please keep an eye out for Flossie.
From the owner:
We would like to know if anyone has seen her or taken her in. Please let me know if you have seen her, especially with her unique face marking above her mouth.
She will come to have food/treats (very food focused), she may allow you to pet her. She is hard of hearing, has no teeth, her claws have recently been trimmed so they're maybe not overly sharp, so she shouldn't be outside. She has a notched left ear, the symbol for being trapped/spayed/returned from her former outdoor life. She weighs 10 lbs and is in good health, was just checked by our vet, looks a bit round, her legs and tail is are a little stubby.
Please feel free to reach out to me any time, if you see her, maybe even take a photo and send it to me. We live on Wheeler Road on the end closer to Lull Farm, next to the Baptist church. I don't believe she may have gone too far, but then again, I have no idea.
She is the glue that holds together my household and we need her back, me and my husband, her mama Frownie, and her friends Claude and Bert, brother cats who are very devoted to her.
Thanks for any help you can offer by keeping an eye out or observations you have made. If you have found her and she's with you, please let me know asap, too! 🙂
She is also not microchipped.

[email protected]
603-493-7557 is my cell

01/02/2022

Many of you know and love Simba, the best greeter Kodiak could ever have. She loves to come to the front to say hello while holding a stuffed animal in her mouth. Sadly, we had to say goodbye to her on Thursday. She had hemangiosarcoma, an extremely aggressive cancer that had spread throughout her body.

The epitome of sunshine and positivity, she never showed any symptoms or let on that anything was wrong. As she always did, Simba set her own terms and lived to the fullest until the very end, which came far too quickly, only one week after diagnosis.

It will never feel the same without her ever-wagging tail and ability to bring brightness to any who met her. We are so fortunate and grateful the stars aligned to allow us the grace to bask in her light even for a short time. Always full of love, she hated to say goodbye as much as we did. Forever in our hearts.

12/19/2021

It is with heavy hearts that we announce that Katie will be leaving Kodiak at the end of this year. This is her final week. She will be leaving the field of veterinary medicine at a great loss to all the animals and humans who have benefitted from her care, compassion and guidance over the years. Her new field will greatly benefit from her skills, and this will also enable her to spend more time with Hunter who is growing up so fast!

Katie helped build Kodiak from the beginning, and we are forever grateful for her dedication. We could not have gotten to where we are without her. We wish her all the best on her new journey. Exactly as the Irish proverb says...indeed, "may the wind be always at your back".

You will soon be meeting our new Hospital Manager, Cassie. She will start full time when we return after the New Year. Cassie joins us with years of veterinary and specialty experience, a degree in Business Administration and time in the Marine Corp. Welcome Cassie.

12/17/2021

As we enter our final week of the year, we will return to our curbside appointment procedures we used during the height of the pandemic. We want to be sure our staff has a safe, happy holiday break. We anticipate in-person appointments will resume with the new year. For this week, please call when you arrive either for appointments or to pick up prescriptions. We will meet you in the parking lot. Thank you for your understanding and wishing all a healthy holidays-

12/09/2021

Reminder to get your prescription refill requests in before our upcoming holiday break. We will close at 5:00 on December 22 and re-open on January 3.
Warm wishes for a wonderful holiday season-
Kodiak

11/23/2021

We will be closing at 4pm on Wednesday for the holiday weekend. We wish everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving

06/27/2021

If you are interested in exploring the topic of cancer in our pets, this video is a good place to start

Welcome to The Truth About PET Cancer, Episode 1. We’ll talk about REAL reasons why pet cancer has become such a devastating epidemic – and explore a few sim...

05/23/2021

On June 1, Kodiak Veterinary Hospital will resume normal appointment protocols. Clients will be welcome to join us with their pets in the exam rooms. It is anticipated that most of the Kodiak staff will not be wearing masks. If you would prefer to continue to have your appointments as curbside visits, please indicate that when booking your appointment. We will wear masks when interacting with you in the parking lot if requested.

03/22/2021

There is a recent media article stating the Seresto flea/tick collar is causing seizures in some dogs. The manufacturer (Bayer/Elanco) insists the product is safe based on their research and approval process, as well as rigorous investigation into any reported adverse reactions. The original article is not based on scientific research or factual evidence, but rather the personal accounts of pet owners who assumed a link between the collar and their pets’ medical conditions.

Still, ALL tick preventives are pesticides that the body has to process AND tick prevention is still very important to avoid tick-borne diseases. This is the balance each pet owner must make for their own pet based on level of tick risk.

There are two main categories of flea and tick preventives; topical (oils applied to the skin and collars), and ingestibles. Topicals are applied directly to the skin or worn around the neck. We caution against ingestible products as there is no way to ‘remove’ them from the body if there is a negative reaction. Topicals can be washed off, and collars can be removed. Of all the choices, if based on the tick risk you must use a chemical prevention, topical is the answer (Seresto collar OR topical such as Vectra).

The first step is to be effective with tick prevention. Second, mitigate the risk of applying flea and tick preventive by integrating regularly scheduled gut and liver cleanses. This gives the body the best chance to compensate for the negative impact of any such chemical. Dr. Barrett has discussed this with you in her appointments.

Please let us know if you have further questions.

12/21/2020

Holiday hours:
We will close for the holidays at 4 pm on December 23. We will reopen January 4. Should you require immediate assistance, please contact your nearest emergency center. Wishing all of you the very best, thank you for another great year.