I no longer live in Minnesota, but my parents still do and still take their cats here. I grew up with cats, and every single one of my cats since the 1980s went here. Of the cats that have passed on... Read More
I no longer live in Minnesota, but my parents still do and still take their cats here. I grew up with cats, and every single one of my cats since the 1980s went here. Of the cats that have passed on, 3 of the 4 lived to be 18 years old or older. I have been to many a vet visit here with my mom to bring our cats here. When my first cat got cancer when she was 18 (and I was 8), They treated Wolf with respect and care as we gave her fluids in the upcoming month before my family had to make the difficult decision to relieve Wolf of her suffering. They took good care of Wolf from the time my mom started bringing her to them until her very last breath. I remember when we brought Wolf in for that, and I remember the staff was very sympathetic and let us have a private moment with wolf, and gave us time to sing her one last song and cry a little.When I was 9, we got Eric and Shelly, and they got all their kitten shots and were spayed and neutered there. Anytime they had any illnesses, we brought them in and they were taken care of. When Eric's best cat friend (Tess, who had purebred related illness) passed away when he was 17, Eric was really depressed, and shortly after he started losing a ton of weight. We brought him in and we were told he had kidney disease. Hudson Road Animal Hospital helped us treat Eric, and he ended up living another year and a half, before he quietly, and peacefully passed away during a nap in our home (though I was no longer living at home).Shelly was one of my favorite cats we ever had. She was the same age as Eric, but outlived him. Shelly barely ever had any health problems, in the Spring of 2015, she was also diagnosed with kidney disease. She was losing weight fast, and honestly, her test results were such that she shouldn't have lived maybe more than a month longer. My mom took Shelly in weekly for fluids and medicine for months. And Shelly miraculously got better. She was alive long enough that I was able to come home and see Shelly in person one more time in July. This September, sweet little Shelly had a stroke and started to lose mobility day-by-day. We brought her into Hudson Road Animal Hospital and they gave us that diagnosis. Even though they knew Shelly wouldn't live much longer, they took such good care of her during that visit, and were so understanding and sympathetic to my mom. Shelly passed away the next day in my parents home at the age of 20. The animal clinic sent us a sympathy card and even had paw prints of little Shelly taken before we had her cremated for us to keep. I loved all my childhood pets, and I wouldn't have trusted anyone else to care for them, and neither would my parents. I have so many childhood memories visiting this place to take my pets to the vet, and I know how well they treated my furry family members. My mom who has said the doctors here care more about the animals than most human doctors care about their human patients. While I no longer live in Minnesota with my parents, they recently got two new kittens since Shelly's passing, and I was lucky enough to take them to a grooming visit over Christmas. The staff is still wonderful and caring, and during the grooming visit, they made the cutest Christmas cards from the kittens with a paw print from each kitten on their own card. Thank you for taking care of our many cats over the years. Many of our cats were my best friends growing up and I appreciate that they had such good doctors. Read Less