To give superior customer service.

To be a patient advocate which means that we are going to recommend the ideal treatment plan for each patient then work with owners to decide on a workable plan.  In our herd health situations, we will work with producers to meet their individual farm goals.

History

Barr-North was established in 1972 by Drs. George Long and Gary Muri. They provided top service to their clients and over the years have established many long term loyal clients.

In June of 2010, Dr. Tanya Knittig and Drs. Chris and Cerah Bowyer took over the clinic as the new owners. Their goals are to continue the legacy of service, and move into a new building within the next ten years so that they can meet the changing needs as they continue to grow.

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“Kira” MacQueen

Kira is a 1½ year old, female purebred Keeshond.  She presented to our clinic in early December for a vaginal discharge.  Kira had had a heat cycle in the spring and hadn’t ever really been back to her normal self after that heat.  She went into heat the second time in early November.  This time she bled quite heavily during the heat.  On the first of December she started discharging again and by the time we saw her she was not eating well and was lethargic. 

After looking at Kira we found her gums to be quite pale, she had a very tense abdomen and she was very lethargic.  We did bloodwork and discovered that her red blood cell count was only 18%!!  Normal for dogs is between 37 and 55%.  As well her white blood cell count was extremely high – 5 times normal!  Our diagnosis was a pyometra – an infection in the uterus.  Kira was a very sick dog.  We stabilized her with IV fluids and started her on IV antibiotics and performed a surgery to remove the uterus.  During surgery we found a very small spot on her uterus that was beginning to rupture.  Fortunately we did surgery early enough and there was no leakage into her abdomen.