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Wilson’s World: Tips on Taking Care to Keep Our Pets Safe During New Year’s Eve Celebrations
December 28, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Wilson talks with Dr. Jim Dobies of Urgent Vet about the importance of making sure our pets are safe and taken care of during the New Year’s Eve celebrations which include fireworks and lots of noise as well as food items that are not good for our pets. Urgent Vet is there after-hours conditions that can’t wait for your regular vet, but are not severe enough for the vet ER. They are open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. More information on Urgent Vet and their locations can be found at their website urgentvet.com.
Correction: This article has been updated with the correct operating hours for the clinic.
UrgentVet, the area’s first acute pet care center, opened in Butler North at 2680 Clark Butler Blvd. on Monday to serve its first pawed patients.
The center’s aim is to fill the widening care gap that exists between traditional veterinary practices and specialized 24-hour emergency hospitals, said founder Dr. Jim Dobies, who was a general practice vet for 17 years.
“We noticed over a period of time that urgent care did not really exist for pets,” he said.
Dobies said some of the most common ailments for pets, such as vomiting and diarrhea or lameness and limping shouldn’t necessarily require that owners go to their normal vet or a specialty center after hours.