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Emergency Hours:
Open 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, Open all Holidays
605-721-0789
Animal Clinic of Rapid City, SD offers a full range of medical and surgical services for small and large animals. It is our commitment to provide the best medical care for all pets. Our commited doctors and skilled staff welcome you to our practice serving Rapid City.
Introducing our Emergency Veterinary Hospital Pet Loss Support Group (see brochure)
I am excited to introduce you to the Emergency Veterinary Hospital Pet Loss Support Group. Our mission is to provide a supportive environment and resources to guide you through your grief journey towards healing and recovery from the loss of your beloved companion animal.
Our services are free to the community. We offer grief support packets filled with our brochure, business card, pamphlets on grief, and a list of referral resources available such as hotlines, websites, and professional psychotherapists.
There will be a Pet Loss Support Group Meeting on the first Thursday of every month starting May 2012 from 6:30-7:30 PM at the Emergency Veterinary Hospital. I am the facilitator of the meetings. I have received a certificate in Pet Loss Counseling from the course offered through the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement. My goal for these meetings is to bring people together who value the human-animal bond and to share their stories and emotions experienced through the grieving process. I plan to educate regarding grief and may hold special meetings by bringing in professional psychotherapists. These meetings will be ongoing and you can attend as you please. We just ask that you RSVP to help me prepare for the meeting and to be able to notify you in the event of any changes to the meeting date/time.
The Pet Loss Support Group maintains a library of books for children and adults to help them through their grief. These can be borrowed for 2 weeks at a time. The Emergency Veterinary Hospital can be contacted if someone is interested in checking out a book. A list of titles available is included in our grief support packets.
The “Loving Memories” journal and photo albums are available at the clinic to help memorialize your pet. You can write a piece about your beloved pet in our in-house journal or submit pictures to our photo album. The journal and photo albums are available for others to view who may have shared in a similar loss.
Remember these services are free and available to the community. If you have any questions regarding the services provided please call 605-721-0789.
Warmly,
Christina Fischer, DVM
Monitoring your pet’s health is important. Early detection and correction of medical problems will help to ensure that your pet will love a long, healthy and active life.
There are many ways to help maintain a healthy mouth for your pet, find out more about our services which include teeth cleaning and polishing, tooth extractions and minor oral surgery.
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