North College Road Animal Hospital

06/11/2026

Your reminder that the busy summer travel season is here! One of the most common last-minute surprises we see is discovering a pet’s vaccines are overdue right before boarding.

Some tips before your trip:
✔️ Check vaccine records at least one month before travel
✔️ Confirm requirements with your boarding facility
✔️ Schedule vet appointments early to avoid added travel stress
✔️ Make sure your parasite prevention is up to date

Ideally, pets should have vaccines updated at least 10–14 days before boarding to give their immune system time to build strong protection against contagious illnesses. Some boarding facilities may also require vaccines to be completed within a specific timeframe prior to arrival to help reduce the spread of disease and keep all pets safe.

Common boarding vaccine requirements may include:
• Dogs: Rabies, DHPP, Bordetella, Influenza
• Cats: Rabies, FVRCP

It’s also important for pets to have a quick wellness check before boarding, especially if they’ve had coughing, sneezing, vomiting, diarrhea, or changes in energy level.

Your future vacation-self will thank you! ☀️🐾

06/04/2026

Enjoy our Corgis everyday!

Thank you for bringing sunshine to our days! 🐾☀️

05/25/2026

Memorial Day appreciate all those who gave their life for us! Truly grateful!

05/21/2026

05/01/2026

Hey Siberian Husky lovers!
Achilles is looking for his forever home

04/26/2026

Veterinarians and their healthcare team are working well together and must have appropriate protection such as exam gloves when handling pets and their bodily fluids.

This World Veterinary Day, to every vet, tech, nurse, and member of the veterinary team—please make sure to protect yourselves.

You dedicate your lives to protecting and saving animals.
You work through long hours, difficult cases, and emotional stress—often while being exposed to bites, scratches, infectious diseases, and potentially contaminated blood, urine, and other body fluids.

In this case, a veterinary team member initially developed body aches, fever, nausea, and sweating.

Two days later, they briefly lost consciousness and were treated for vasovagal syncope before being discharged.

Over the next few days, the illness worsened—progressing to calf pain, shortness of breath, cough, headache, conjunctival redness, edema, lightheadedness, and “brain fog.”

The only identified risk factor was occupational exposure to dogs and canine body fluids.

By day 6, the patient was hospitalized again with pleural effusion, hypoxemia, and acute kidney injury.

Despite informing multiple healthcare providers about occupational exposure and nearby canine leptospirosis cases, testing was delayed until day 8, when leptospirosis was confirmed.

Treatment with doxycycline began on day 11, and the patient improved and was discharged the following day.

Please protect yourselves.
Use your PPE.
Listen to your body.
Seek medical attention when something feels wrong.

You spend every day caring for others—please don’t forget to care for yourselves, too.💙

04/18/2026

We at North College Road Animal Hospital have been serving the New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick County Southeastern North Carolina for three and half decades. Caring for generations of family pet owners. One furry friend at a time. Always giving back to our community. Not many private practices anymore but we know that we will continue to serve our family pet community for years to come. We love what we do and will be guided by the veterinarian oath. It’s all about communication and dedication to our community and not Big Pharma. If you love what you do every day then you do not work a day in your life. Passion over profits!!

🩺 A Message from Your Copley Fairlawn Veterinary Family 🐾

You may have seen the news — the biggest online pet retailer just acquired 29 veterinary clinics across the country.

We get it. Sometimes, convenience wins out in a pinch. But it’s important to understand what’s really happening behind the headlines. These acquisitions aren’t about pets, people, or passion — they’re about profits. The article announcing this move was filled with words like revenue, EBITDA, return on investment, run rate, and shareholder value.

Not one word about veterinary medicine.
Not one word about the patients.
Not one word about the teams who pour their hearts into this work every single day.

And that tells you everything you need to know about who’s sitting at the table making these decisions.

At Copley Fairlawn Veterinary Clinic, we live and breathe for the pets and the people who love them. We’re not backed by billionaires — we’re a family-owned, family-run clinic that stays late, skips meals, and sacrifices our own time so your pets can have the best care possible.
We may not dominate the market, but we know your pet’s name, their quirks, and their story — and that’s what matters.

So when you choose local, you’re not just supporting a business. You’re supporting the people who are right there beside you in your pet’s happiest — and hardest — moments.

From our family to yours, thank you for letting us do what we love. 🐾🫶🏼
It will always be about the pets first. Always.

🩷 The Team at Copley Fairlawn Veterinary Clinic

04/14/2026


Our harmony, MLS laser therapy unit works wonderful. Let us know if you may possibly need this.

Case Study: Achille, a European Shorthair Cat with Chronic Gingivostomatitis.

Achille, a 10-year-old neutered European Shorthair, presented with chronic recurrent gingivostomatitis unresponsive to prior antibiotic therapy (amoxicillin/clavulanic acid). Clinical signs included oral pain during prehension, halitosis, hypersalivation, weight loss, and decreased coat quality, with behavioral changes consistent with chronic discomfort.
Therapeutic protocol:
MLS® Laser Therapy was administered using the “Gingivitis-Stomatitis” protocol in Point-to-Point mode (0.8 cm lens), applied to the gingival and maxillomandibular regions. Treatment frequency consisted of three sessions per week for two weeks, followed by two sessions per week for an additional two weeks. Maintenance therapy was recommended.
Outcome:
A marked reduction in pain was observed following the initial session, with clinically significant improvement in gingival inflammation documented after six treatments.
This case demonstrates the clinical utility of MLS® Laser Therapy as an adjunctive modality in the management of refractory feline gingivostomatitis.

🔗Read full Case Study: https://hubs.la/Q048hHXw0

04/11/2026

National Pet Day! We love our family pets!
Respond by posting a picture of your family pet!

02/03/2026

Way to go Bo!

BREAKING: A 13 year old special needs boy who got lost in the snow in North Carolina has been rescued by a Police Dog named Bo!

Against all odds, Bo found him in the dark using a piece of the boys' clothing. INCREDIBLE! Thanks Bo!