Client Education

Bear Valley Animal Hospital offers an education program to instruct pet owners in animal care and control to protect public health and safety. The goals of our education program are to help build character, responsibility, self reliance and self esteem in children through teaching responsible pet care, prevent cruelty to animals and prevent people from getting bitten by animals. We aim to promote interaction with animals as an educational experience for children.

We provide educational materials to help solve animal problems including First Offender's Responsible Pet Ownership Course ( 6 hour class ), an effective sentencing alternative for animal ordinance violators in lieu of a portion of fines to assist low income families who can't afford $300 to $400 (including court citations) to retrieve animals from Animal Control Facilities.

Our professional counselors provide counseling and assistance for pet owners who are considering pet surrenders to shelters or animal controls for any reason ( animal behavior problems, moving, divorces, family members' allergies, in transition to assisted living facilities/nursing homes or for any other reason.  We assist pet owners in planning veterinary check-ups and vaccinations, cite the importance of rabies vaccinations, and assist with low cost rabies and microchip implants .