Take a look at our Veterinary Hospital in Fort Erie!
Welcome to Borderview Veterinary Hospital! We are a mature practice serving the Greater Fort Erie area and Western New York (Buffalo and vicinity) since 1977. We hope the following pictures will give you some insight to the various aspects of the hospital and how these areas are dedicated to the care and safety of your pet.
This area incorporates three parts: a) entrance vestibule — a self contained area for those anxious about meeting other animals. This area allows clear visibility into the waiting room. b) waiting room allows ample seating area and clear visibility to the reception desk. c) reception desk and registration
We have three (3) examination rooms dedicated to primary evaluations and consultations- each in a comfortable and private setting. These rooms are equally equipped with a sink, counter, stainless steel examination table and chairs. Adequate space allows for patient, owners, technical assistant, and veterinarian. Fortunately most of our patients do not need to go beyond these rooms. The majority of the hospital area is dedicated to serving those who are hospitalized.
This is a fully dedicated area to perform major dental prohylaxis, extractions and gingival repair and this degree of intervention is only achievable under general anesthesia. We strongly recommend owners learn and utilize proper oral hygiene techniques when your pet is young- do not wait until their geriatric years to experience these major treatments. Keeping your pet’s mouth clean and healthy is much more than a cosmetic recommendation. Left unchecked, all those nasty bacteria that have had years of unchecked growth are absorbed into circulation 24 hours a day and ultimately “seed” the kidneys and heart valves leading to serious disease and health problems.
The hospital has a total capacity for holding 34 animals – each individually caged and separated into 5 “wards”. The main kennel area consists of 2 wards of 17 and 11 cages respectively. The run area has 2 large pens most suitable for our largest animals. An isolation/quarantine room holds 3 patients and there is one recovery cage in our treatment room. To minimize visual fear or antagonism, no cage faces another. All cages (32) are made of seamless stainless steel to facilitate disinfection, individually insulated, and amply padded with blankets and/or towels for additional comfort and cleanliness. All dogs are individually hand walked outdoors routinely for exercise and relief of bodily functions on our 0.8 acres hospital property with a fully fenced backyard. This aspect is monitored closely – it is easier to “stoop ‘n scoop” outdoors than to clean a soiled cage – and our dogs are happier too.
This is a common room located directly behind our reception desk that is equi-distant to the examination rooms. As licensed veterinarians we can prescribe and dispense virtually any pharmaceutical drug that a medical doctor can. Accordingly we maintain an extensive pharmacy and dipsense most prescriptions directly to our clients. For more unusual products we may write a “script” for your pharmacist to fill. Our laboratory services have changed over the years. We perform our basic tests in-house and submit more elaborate tests to an external laboratory using a courier service achieving same day or next morning results. Our registered technicians perform these duties following strict protocols and quality controls.
This is a totally enclosed and dedicated area solely for the purpose of asepetic (sterile) surgical procedures. Strict protocols for the proper care and use of this area are followed and routine quality assurance programs for sterility are maintained. The surgical table has a HotDog brand veterinary heating pad, specifically designed to help maintain our patients’ core body temperature and ensure a quicker recovery. A variety of monitoring devices check heart and respiratory rate, tissue oxygen levels and temperature. All general anesthesia cases are intubated and maintained on inhalent anesthesia. All veterinarians have surgical training and several years of surgical experience. We provide many surgical services from routine spay/neuters, to extensive soft tissue cancer surgeries and selected orthopedic procedures. Occasionally we refer some cases to specialists (board certified veterinary surgeons) to perform complex operations such as neurosurgery.
XRAY: This is a separate room soley for the purpose of Xray diagnostics. It is the only room in the hospital that has all six sides constructed of cement (the 4 walls are cement block, the floor is a poured cement slab, and the ceiling is pre-cast cement panels supported by steel beams). Furthermore, the interior walls and door are laminated with lead!! Various Xray techniques including contrast media aid in supporting a diagnosis and establishing a therapeutic or surgical plan. Xray studies are only a 2 dimensional image of a 3 dimensional animal; therefore different postional views and/or other imaging techniques such as ultrasound may be necessary to confirm a problem area.