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UrgentVet Expands Footprint Into Florida With New Clinic In Naples

UrgentVet, the first clinic solely focused on providing urgent care for animals, announced its first expansion into Southwest Florida. On Friday, April 14th, the business opened a brand-new clinic in Naples, its 36th facility countrywide, and start servicing pets and pet owners.
In its business model, UrgentVet places a strong emphasis on compassion, accessibility, and convenience. The innovative idea bridges the gap between general clinics and 24-hour emergency veterinarians, providing a fresh approach. The company’s clinics, which are open on nights, weekends, and holidays, provide pets with relief from minor ailments and injuries at prices that are substantially less expensive than those for identical services at an emergency pet hospital.UrgentVet-Naples, which is situated at 851 Vanderbilt Beach Road, is close to U.S. Highway 41 and is in a well-liked, easily accessible shopping and entertainment district. There are two exam rooms just for tiny dogs in the 3,318 square foot clinic, two for large dogs, and two for cats.
Dr. Jim Dobies, DVM, the founder of UrgentVet, said, “We’ve been hopeful about joining the Southwest Florida market for years, carefully examining regions where we think it makes the most sense for us to be, and we couldn’t have picked a better location than this spot in Naples. Naples and the surrounding areas are all very pet-friendly places, so we’re excited to address a critical need for pet parents in Southwest Florida.
For the purpose of fostering a fear-free environment, UrgentVet-Naples is purposefully equipped with species- and size-specific exam rooms, non-slip flooring, dimmable lighting, calming colors, soft music, calming pheromones, and quiet exam lift tables. The clinic also includes cutting-edge Casco tempered glass pet enclosures, which are 70% quieter than metal cages thanks to a clever design element that makes them the most fear-free item available right now. All clinic staff members have undergone special training to become Fear-Free-certified specialists, which is an additional gesture toward pet comfort.The clinic’s treatment space, as with all UrgentVet sites, has a house laboratory and cutting-edge tools like digital radiography and ultrasound technology.
The Naples facility is the 13th to open throughout the Sunshine State, however it is the first in Southwest Florida. While UrgentVet’s first Florida location was in Tampa’s Westchase neighborhood, the company quickly expanded by opening clinics there as well as in Brandon, New Port Richey, and St. Petersburg. Along with numerous locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Texas, UrgentVet has opened Florida-based clinics in Boca Raton, West Orlando, The Villages, St. Johns, Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Lakeland, and Gainesville.
In addition to a lack of veterinary professionals leading to higher wait times and fewer treatment options, the sector is also quite concerned about the effects of a persistent recession. In response to inflation, almost 50% of pet owners report they have chosen to postpone or avoid veterinary care.
Dr. Dobies noted that Naples residents who own pets treat them as members of the family and demand the best possible care when they are ill or injured. “Illness and injury can happen at the worst possible time, but pet parents now have a new option with UrgentVet,” the statement continued.UrgentVet is positioned to offer treatment for a range of ailments, including vomiting, diarrhea, limping, itching, coughing, not eating, minor cuts, back discomfort, and more, that call for quick attention but aren’t severe enough to warrant hospitalization.
With all of its clinics, UrgentVet seeks to forge close ties with nearby primary care veterinarians; the clinic staff has already begun this process. 90% of animals examined at UrgentVet are treated there before being sent, along with a thorough letter and records, for further care, to their regular veterinarian.
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