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Dr Ngaire Dixon (left), with front-of-house staff member
Fiona Ross, says the new Pets n Vets clinic and retail
store, at Terrace Junction, will offer Wakatipu pet owners
complete animal health care. Photo by James Beech.
Every pet ailment, from sneezing and coughing to broken
legs and brain tumours, will be treated at a new veterinary
clinic which opened in Frankton this week.
Pets n Vets has moved its Queenstown premises from Gorge Rd
to a new clinic and pet store almost four times the size at
Terrace Junction.
The clinic was built to New Zealand Veterinary Association
standards and boasts comprehensive medical and surgical
veterinary equipment, including X-ray, laboratory, dental,
ultrasound, electrocardiogram and blood-pressure monitoring
facilities.
It also sell cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, birds, rats
and mice, as well as a range of freshwater and tropical fish.
Products for the welfare of all household pets line the
shelves.
Dr Ngaire Dixon, co-director of Pets n Vets with
Ashburton-based Dr Gabrielle Thompson, launched the company
in January 2008.
Dr Dixon said the Queenstown move and upgrade had always been
in the pipeline.
"Queenstown has always needed a facility for total healthcare
for pets and it's a concept that's very dear to our hearts.
"There's nothing like this in Queenstown.
"It's providing a full service with specialist equipment and
fully trained staff."
Dr Dixon, Dr Tamasin Smith, Dr Lucy Gladwin, veterinary nurse
Claire Temperton and veterinary technician Alexandra Heim,
plus front-of-house staff Fiona Ross and Danielle McGregor,
are transferring to the Terrace Junction clinic.
Personnel at the Gorge Rd facility will direct pet owners to
the new clinic and sell pet food until April 1.
The prime location of the Terrace Junction development and
its 120 ground level and underground car parks were factors
in the company moving to Frankton, Dr Dixon said.
The Terrace Junction clinic was built to the same standard as
the Pets n Vets clinics in Ashburton and Christchurch.
The company planned to upgrade its Cromwell clinic and build
a facility in Mosgiel this year.
"There is an increasing demand for veterinary services and
the welfare of animals is becoming much more important to
people," Dr Dixon said.
"We place a big emphasis on pet medical insurance, which a
lot of clinics aren't doing.
"Total healthcare for pets is not a job; it's a passion for
anyone who works here."
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