Our Clients
Our clients are the ones that make all the hard work worth it! In this small-town atmosphere, we are lucky that many of our long-time clients and their owners become loyal friends after the years. You can't work in veterinary practice if you don't love helping both people and pets!
So, this page is to celebrate you!
Browse our Featured Pets and Success Stories, or check out the slideshow below for mugshots of the cutest pets in Summit County!
Breckenridge Animal Clinic
11072 Highway 9, Suite #104 | Breckenridge, CO 80424
e. info@breckenridgeanimalclinic.com | p. 970.453.0821
If you'd like to add your pet to this page, just email us a pic and/or a short bio!
Featured Pet - Taino Turri
Taino (ty-eeno) is a mixed-breed dog who was rescued from Puerto Rico as a puppy in 2003. He is named after the indigenous people Owners Annie and Justin brought him back to Colorado where he adjusted to life in the mountains. Now Taino splits
Featured Pet - Chloe Mantych
Chloe is a 7 year old female cocker spaniel who was rescued from a neglected home in St Louis. She was originally rescued by Jenise Jensen who brought her to Breckenridge. Circumstances had
her moved to foster Mom Asa Armstorng (she was too much puppy for an older dog) and but she eventually joined the Mantych family. She loves rolling in the snow and chasing squirrels. Since moving to back to St Louis, she doesn't get much snow to roll in but gets to chase squirrels as big as cats.
Do you want your pet to be one of our Featured Pets? Email us a picture and short bio and they could be next!
Featured Pet - Chloe Mantych
Chloe is a 7 year old female cocker spaniel who was rescued from a neglected home in St Louis. She was originally rescued by Jenise Jensen who brought her to Breckenridge. Circumstances had her moved to foster Mom Asa Armstorng (she was too much puppy for an older dog) and but she eventually joined the Mantych family. She loves rolling in the snow and chasing squirrels.
Featured Pet - LuLu the Office Cat
It wouldn't be a real vet office without an assortment of office pets to keep it interesting. Lulu is our current office cat (and occasional fill-in secretary). She is a 10 1/2 year old female black tabby and was adopted from the animal shelter by the clinic after she was reliquinshed by her owners. Lulu is very affectionate and bossy, and she loves lounging on desktops and stealing our paperclips. Be sure to give her a rub the next time you're in the office!
his time between winters on the beach in Puerto Rico and summers in Breckenridge. That's one lucky dog!
Since moving to back to St Louis, she doesn't get much snow to roll in but gets to chase squirrels as big as cats
The Breckenridge Animal Clinic is the local treatment center used by the Division of Wildlife when they encounter an orphaned or injured animal.
Check out the slideshow below for a of a few of our more "wild" clients.
Wildlife
Featured Pet Stories
Every animal has a unique story and personality. Below are a few of our favorite client stories.
Featured Pet - Captain Hastain
Captain is the three-legged former BAC office cat that was adopted by the office in 2008. Captain was part of a litter of kittens that was abandoned in Dillon. He is missing his right rear leg, we suspect that the litter was attacked by a coyote or fox. Captain kept watch over the clinic for several months, but after he developed an affinity for scooting out the door to go exploring, we knew he needed a different home (further away from the highway!). Dr. Ed himself took Captain home to live and
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Featured Pet - Duke Wiederkehr
Duke is a two year old pit bull mix. His owner Gina adopted him from Animal Rescue of the Rockies, and he couldn't be a more perfect addition to the family. Duke is a lovable, fun little goof ball who loves to spend his days running around with his friends at the park, only to come home and continue to play with his toys and be completely silly. He is so full of energy and love that its so hard not to love him. Duke was abandoned as a pup, and bounced around from shelter to
foster home yet he still loves with all of his heart. He is an incredible addition to the Wierderkehr family!
now he enjoys an adventurous life at Ed's 40-acre property in Fairplay. He spends his days bossing around Ed's two labs Derby and Willow and evenings curled up by the fireplace with his new kitty pal, Star.
Featured Pet - Haley Rice
I started out life in 1999 at the Boulder Humane Society. After a couple of homes that just weren't a good fit for me, I was back at the Humane Society waiting for a loving family. This time I was in a pen with a dog that constantly jumped on me and bit my ears - I did not like that at all so I crouched in the corner of my pen and hid with my head down all day. No one really looked at me. One Saturday in March, a little girl was there trying to coax me up. She spoke very gently to me and said "Hold on, I will go get my Dad and Step Mom to help
you". My future Mom, Johna was looking at an abandoned cat when the little girl said "Hurry you have got to come look at this wonderful dog that looks just like Vali (their dog that had died a few months before). Well, I got out of my pen so we could meet outside and strutted my stuff. My future Dad, Byron and Mom, Johna thought I was perfect for them and applied for my adoption on the spot. I couldn't believe this was happening to me!!! I knew these were the ones that would be my forever family. I got to go to the mountains where there was lots of snow to play in. They changed my name to "Haylee" which was definitely ME.
I went to puppy school and turns out my doggie IQ is pretty high (I knew it all the time :). I loved playing in the snow and like all other mountain dogs I pulled my ACL. Dr Ed fixed it up just fine for me. Then I pulled it again and I had a TPLO. Soon my leg was strong again for hiking, swimming and running though the snow. Running in my Mom’s snowshoe tracks was my specialty. I traveled all over with my Mom and Dad. We went to Moab a lot where I swam in our secret creek spot and Ken's Lake. I loved chasing balls and sticks in the water - so I brought back hundreds of thrown balls to please my Mom and Dad. What I really liked best, was diving for rocks. I would look for just the right one, blow air out my nose making funny bubbles in the water while I picked up the best rock ever - sometimes it was really big but I put them in piles on the shore. When it was time to go, I always brought my favorite rock back home or to the car. I think my Mom has a pile of my rocks in her garden.
Fall of 2006 I developed diabetes. Luckily, I had Dr Christy to take care of me and teach my Mom and Dad how to check my blood and give me insulin shots twice a day. I didn't even mind getting stuck with a needle on a regular basis. My eagle eyes had a few cataracts from the high blood sugar but a doctor in Denver said I could see as well as when I was a pup. I played in the snow, ran, swam, chased balls, played with my doggie friends and felt great - life was good for me. To make sure my liver and kidneys were ok, I had quarterly blood work and regular ultrasounds. I heard my Mom tell Dr Christy she was glad they had pet insurance on me. I wasn't sure what that meant but I was glad she was happy. My knee became arthritic and I had pulled my other ACL so I needed a TPLO on that leg. My Mom and Dad and Dr Christy decided the surgery wasn't a good idea since I was diabetic so I slowed down a bit to compensate. I was 10 - life was great. Mom made homemade organic meals for me every day. Last Fall we rented a big home on wheels (an RV they called it). Mom, Dad, my kitty brother Taco and I drove all the way to Tampa Florida - I had so much room and I watched out the front window as we went through a bunch of new and fun places. The temperature was a bit hot for me at time but I really loved the ocean.
A nasty little bug took hold of my kidneys in late October a few days shy of my 12th birthday. I wasn't strong enough to fight it with my diabetes. When I jumped over the Rainbow Bridge I saw all my friends there - it was so beautiful! I still play in the grass and snow, chase balls and dive for the best rocks. I am in the hearts of my Mom and Dad each and every minute of the day and night and they are in mine. A friend of my Mom's gave her a little plaque. This is what it says. It's so true!
Grieve not,
Nor speak of me with tears,
But laugh and talk of me
As if I were beside you...
I loved you so -
It was heaven here with you
Lots of Love from Haylee Rice
