Our staff keep your pet’s safety and comfort a top priority. We take every precaution to ensure safe, effective anesthesia and vigilant monitoring during all surgical and diagnostic procedures.

Before any procedure requiring anesthesia, we perform a thorough physical exam and pre-anesthetic bloodwork. This helps us evaluate your pet’s overall health and reduce anesthetic risk by identifying any underlying conditions. During the procedure, a trained veterinary technician monitors your pet continuously, tracking key vital signs including heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, body temperature and oxygen saturation.

This real-time monitoring allows us to respond quickly to even subtle changes and ensures your pet remains stable and safe throughout their procedure and recovery.

Multimodal Pain Management

We utilize multimodal pain management, combining both local and general anesthesia to optimize your pet’s comfort. This approach allows us to keep your pet at a lighter plane of general anesthesia while still providing excellent pain control. The result is safer anesthesia with more stable vital signs, including better blood pressure and temperature regulation—helping your pet recover faster and feel better sooner.

General Anesthesia

Some procedures require your pet to be fully unconscious and pain-free under general anesthesia. We understand that many pet owners have concerns about anesthesia, and we’re here to address those with transparency and care.

Modern veterinary anesthetics are very safe, and we follow strict protocols to minimize risk. Most general anesthetic procedures begin with a sedative to reduce anxiety and discomfort. Next, an intravenous anesthetic is administered, followed by placement of a breathing tube in the trachea. An inhaled gas anesthetic combined with oxygen is then used to maintain anesthesia throughout the procedure.

From start to finish, your pet is carefully monitored by our trained staff to ensure a smooth and safe experience.

Local Anesthesia

For less invasive procedures, such as small mass removals or biopsies, we may use local anesthesia to numb a specific area of the body. This prevents pain at the site of the procedure without requiring full sedation or general anesthesia. In some cases, a mild sedative or anti-anxiety medication may be given alongside the local anesthetic to help keep your pet relaxed and calm.