During the lifetime of your pet there will be times when a procedure (ie: teeth cleaning) will be scheduled that will require an admittance into the hospital for a few hours. 

This admission takes place first thing in the morning, when a technician will place your pet into it's own individual kennel in one of our specially equipped wards.

Detailed notes are kept of all treatments, progress, special needs and care that is required.  Our veterinarians make regular ward rounds to check on in-patients, and our technicians are continuously monitoring them throughout their stay with us.

Your pets are handled with care and tenderness, and we make it a point to use their name whenever we are handling them.  We treat your pets as if they were our own, which includes hugs and pep-talks.

If your pet will be undergoing surgery or an anesthetic procedure they will be given a sedative and an analgesic (painkiller) injection.  The sedative greatly reduces the amount of anesthetic agent required, giving a further margin of safety.

At anytime during your pets stay you would like an up-to-the-minute report on how she/he is doing, you may call and speak directly with the technician in charge of your pets care.  (858-453-6312)

Every pet that undergoes anesthesia at Governor Animal Clinic must first be given a complete exam by one of our doctors, and, depending on the age of your pet, they will be given a blood test to determine the health of their body's system.

While your pet is under anesthetic, (the same anesthetic used in human hospitals) the technicians administer either subcutaneous or I.V. fluids, this will prevent dehydration.  This procedure also helps to keep your pet's blood pressure at a healthy level, protecting the heart and kidneys. 

A long acting injection for pain is given, which allows your pet to wake up from the procedure calmly and pain-free.

Our inpatient nurses, under the direct supervision of the doctors, use state-of-the-art monitoring equipment to continuously check respiratory rate, heart rate, blood-oxygen levels and carbon dioxide levels.  They take your pets temperature and blood pressure at regular intervals so that the doctor is constantly updated during surgery. Your pets body temperature is kept warm during the procedure (or surgery) with a special heating pad placed beneath him/her. 

There is a Licenced R.V.T. and veterinary assistant with your pet throughout the entire treatment procedure.

Below is a portion of the treatment area where pets are monitored