Nursing Care
Non-Invasive Therapy
Post Surgical Healing
Overnight post surgical healing/therapy depends on the size of the pet. Dogs must be 30 lbs or less and pass assessment to board overnight. We need to ensure we are capable to service your pet. Boarding patients will not socialize with other pets. They are kenneled for their own safety and to ensure they do not harm any surgical site or themselves.
Geriatric Dogs
We are able to care for an older pet if they are able to walk and relieve themself on their own with additional assistance. Incontinence fee for pads and diapers is $3.00 per day additional to boarding fee.
Comfort Care
Daily nursing care, medication administration and monitoring for:
- Post surgery care
- Wound management
- Thunderstorm or firework anxiety
- Arthritis
- Subcutaneous fluid therapy
- Seizures: Once a pet has had two or more seizures while owners are on vacation, they will be placed under nursing care. We will monitor your pet seizures and administer seizure medication as needed. If we feel your pet requires veterinary care and admission to a hospital, we will contact you immediately. If we are unable to contact you after 3 attempts, we will act accordingly and admit your pet. Owner will be responsible to pay all incidentals.
We are unable to care for pets with:
- Urinary or fecal incontinence
- Hospice care
- Canine cognitive disorder (senility)
- Blind Pets
- Therapy, Service and Emotional dogs
- Deaf, hard of hearing. If your pet begins loss of hearing after a year of our services, they will be exempt. They have already established themselves and know how to move about with the pack.
We will require your veterinarians discharge instructions related to your pets condition.
- All medications will require legible instructions on doses.
- Pets with severe arthritis will be required to have some type of supplement or medication(s) to assist with the pain.
- Wound management: Required bandage removal and replacement. Please provide only sterile bandages. We can provide sterile supplies at an additional cost.
- Thunderstorm/firework anxiety: we request you ask your veterinarian for Acepromazine, Trazodone or the sedative your veterinarian will provide to ease anxiety. WE DO NOT ACCEPT CBD AS AN ANXIETY TREATMENT. We will not administer this product if it is put into pets care package. Please give this product to your pet prior to arriving at Barks and Purrs.
- Fluid therapy: Please provide the fluids, needles and fluid line. We can provide fluid supplies at an additional cost.
Special Care Pricing, additional to boarding fee.
Seizure care: $9.00 per day
Medication: $2.50 per day
Digestive Issues: $2.50 (per diaper)
Clean-up: $25.00 per episode
Nursing: $15.00 per day
Females sudden heat during boarding: $25.00 per day. Includes diapers, clean-up, and washing of bedding. Immediate separation of all intact males.
Subcutaneous Fluids: $7.00 per day
Holiday or Peak Season:
Nursing care: $25.00 per day.
Seizure care: $12.00 per day