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East Dallas Veterinary Clinic

Regular Hours - If you have an emergency, please come to the clinic right away. If time permits, call ahead so that we can be expecting you.

After Hours - Call the Lake Ray Hubbard Emergency Pet Care Center (972-226-3377) or the Emergency Animal Clinic (972-994-9110). The emergency clinics can further advise you on how to best care for your pet.

Animal Poison Control

ASPCA (888) 4ANIHELP (426-4435)
"$50.00 per case (Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express). The Center will do as many follow-up calls as necessary in critical cases, and at the owner's request will contact their veterinarian. The Center also provides via fax specific treatment protocols and current literature citations when indicated."

Emergency Animal Clinic

(972) 994-9110
12101 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75243

Map of 12101 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75243-0583

Online medical encyclopedia

VetCentric "Here you can find articles on animal healthcare topics ranging from behavior and preventive care to common, and not so common diseases." Has several helpful articles.

Healthcare Expenses

When expenses are a concern.... "CareCredit is a flexible patient/client payment program, specifically designed for healthcare expenses, that makes it easier for you to get the treatment or procedures you want and need. CareCredit is ideal for co-payments, deductibles, treatment and procedures not covered by insurance, and can be used at over 35,000 practices nationwide." Learn all about it at www.carecredit.com. East Dallas Veterinary Clinic participates in this program.

Dallas Animal Shelter-East

City of Dallas Animal Shelter – East
Forney Rd and Buckner Blvd south of I-30 East
8414 Forney Road
Dallas, TX 75227
214-670-8246
Lost Pet Hotline: 214-670-8389

Dallas Animal Shelter-West

City of Dallas Animal Shelter – West
I-35E and Marsalis near the Dallas Zoo
525 Shelter Place
Dallas, TX 75203
214-670-6724
Lost Pet Hotline: 214-670-1965

Breed Rescue Groups (Dogs)

For those folks who are interested in a specific breed of dog, most breeds have a rescue group. These groups take animals picked up by the various Animal Control groups around the Metroplex as well as owner give-ups (many times due to age, relocation, financial difficulties).

The benefit of working with a breed-specific rescue group is their interest in placing the right dog in the right home. The dogs have already been checked out by a veterinarian, are healthy or health problems have been identified and are being treated. These dogs have usually been fostered for a period of time by someone experienced with the breed. Foster homes are able to find out about the personality of the animal, many times being able to tell if they are safe with children, cats or other dogs.

Many rescue groups are in need of foster homes, so if you are not sure you are ready for a permanent placement or simply want to help out, these rescue groups would be glad to hear from you.

Rescue groups typically screen the home of potential adopters or fosters, and there is usually a fee involved for a permanent placement of a pet. These rescued animals are spayed or neutered before they are released.

Our Clinic would be pleased to assist you in contacting the appropriate Rescue Group. We do strongly encourage you to become familiar with the traits of the breed through research, either on-line or through visiting with experts such as rescue coordinators.

SPCA of Texas in Dallas

1-888-ANIMALS

Operation Kindness

972-418-0938 or 972-418-7297

Animal Adoption Center - Garland

972-494-KIND

Pet Rescue Society, Inc. - Fort Worth Division

817-572-3220

East Lake Pet Orphanage

214-342-3100

Humane Society of Mesquite

972-288-8186

Feral Friends

972-671-0429

Kittico Cat Rescue

214-826-6903

Obedience Training-Intro

The benefits of obedience training far outweigh the short period of time spent in training class and working with your dog. Not only do you train your dog to respond to basic obedience commands, you learn how to communicate with your companion. The basic obedience training commands are heel, sit, stay, come, down.

Many areas around town provide basic obedience training, including All Breed Obedience Training Club which meets at Flagpole Hill, Dallas Obedience Training Club (DOTC) which meets in a covered parking garage close to Northwest Highway and Central Expressway, various PETCO stores.

For folks who may have an interest, there are numerous other Obedience Training Clubs around the city which take Obedience Training to the competitive level, which incorporates the basic commands off-lead up to scent discrimination and hand signals. While this is not for everyone, it is a lot of fun for those who are interested.

For further information concerning basic obedience training, please contact our Clinic or do an on-line search.

All Breed Obedience Training Club

Training group at Flagpole Hill. Very reasonable! Learn more at their Web site: www.abotc.com or call Beth and Jeff Bornman (214-381-7488) or Bill Martin (972-398-6690).