Whether you’re gone for business or pleasure, you can enjoy the peace of mind of knowing that your beloved pet is well cared for while you are away. At St. Paul Pet, we provide not only clean and comfortable standard boarding, but also customized boarding for your pet with medical needs. Isn’t it nice to know that you little friend is in the hands of not only animal lovers, but professionals?

Standard Boarding includes:

• At least two daily outdoor walks for dogs
• Litter box for cats
• Feeding on client schedule with either our low-fat, highly-digestible kennel diet, or the diet you supply
• Treats given (provided by you)
• Fresh water at all times
• Fresh, clean blankets at all times

Additional Services (regular fees apply)

• Daily medications given as prescribed
• Veterinary services
• Grooming

If there’s something else you’d like, just ask. We are happy to make reasonable accommodations to make your pet feel at home.

Kennel Sizes

• Small: appropriate for a single, small cat
• Large: appropriate for 1-2 cats or a single small dog

For Your Pet’s Protection

For the health of your pet and the pets of others brought to our clinic, all pets brought for grooming are required to be current on these vaccinations:

Dogs: Rabies, Distemper combo, and Bordatella (kennel cough)
Cats: Rabies and Distemper/Upper-Respiratory

If your pet is overdue for vaccinations, that’s not a problem. We’ll be happy to do the vaccinations when you bring your pet to be groomed (normal vaccination fees apply).

It’s a sad, but true, statistic: 90% of pets without ID are never reunited with their families. While collars with ID tags are a great start in protecting your pet, they can be easily lost, removed, or become worn and unreadable over time. Fortunately, there’s a much more effective method for increasing the chances that your family’s best friend returns to you. A microchip is inexpensive to you, virtually painless to your pet, easy to insert–and permanent!

How Microchipping Works

A microchip is about the same size as a grain of rice and has no internal power source, so it will never wear out or go dead. It is implanted under the skin of your pet, usually between the shoulder blades, where there are relatively few nerve endings. The process is very similar to your pet receiving a routine vaccination.

If you and your pet have the misfortune of becoming separated, an animal shelter or veterinary office will pass a scanner over your pet’s skin that will instantly read the microchip number. This number is then fed into a database that identifies your pet, matches him or her with your contact information, and leads your family and your pet to a happy reunion–provided you keep the contact information current!

Why Microchip?

• It’s painless.
• It’s inexpensive.
• It’s easy.
• It’s permanent.
• It dramatically increases the chances of a happy pet and family reunion.

St. Paul Pet is proud to offer micro-chipping for your pet’s safety and for your peace of mind.

Pet Portals is a service we provide free of charge to all clients with an active email address. A Pet Portal allows you to access your pet’s records at any time. You can use your Pet Portal to manage your pet’s health care and medication needs, communicate with us online, and learn more about your pet’s individual health and life-stage issues. You can also request an appointment or prescription refill through your pet portal.

You can get your Pet Portal several ways: click on the icon, or visit or call our hospital and give us your email address. Once you have provided us with your email address you will receive your password by email.
We use your email address as your Pet Portal sign in name. You will also receive your pet’s service reminders (vaccinations, exams, etc) by email. You can use your Pet Portal to change your email preferences if you prefer not to receive emails from us.

You view your Pet Portal by visiting our website and clicking on the Pet Portal icon. Use your email address and password to sign in. You must have “cookies” turned on in your browser in order to sign in.
Simply click on the Pet Portal icon to get started today!

Chronic itching and other skin problems can make your pet very uncomfortable. While most skin problems are treatable, some can take a little time to correctly diagnose, while others respond slowly to therapy. Only a correct diagnosis can lead to proper therapy. At St. Paul Pet, we are able to define a correct diagnosis in the vast majority of skin problems

How We Diagnose Skin Problems

We begin with an extensive history of your pet, which will include the specifics of the current condition, such as how long the symptoms have existed and what remedies you may have already tried. We will give your pet a thorough physical examination, giving special attention to her skin.

Depending on what we discover in the history and the exam, we may suggest one or more of the following:

• Allergy tests through blood
• Bacteriological tests
• Blood tests
• Fungal culture
• Microscopic evaluation
• Special diets

Once we have the information required to make an accurate diagnosis, we will discuss with you your options for the treatment of your pet.