The Alfred - Waterboro Veterinary Hospital is conveniently located on route 202 in South Waterboro, Maine and offers Central York county residents full service pet care. Doctor Dennis M Brewster, DVM and Doctor Sharon C. Waugh, DVM provide comprehensive veterinary medical & surgical services, directed at the the age-related wellness needs and the prevention of injury and illness in dogs & cats. In recognition of the busy individual lifes of todays pet owners, the Hospital maintains business hours that provide pet owners with many options so as to conveniently schedule appointments for the needs of their pets. Appointments can be made by calling 207-247-3100. The Hospital also does provide for house calls by appointment only. After hours, weekend & holiday emergency services are provided to clients.
The Hospital does also carry an inventory of premier pet products, supplies and specialty items that have proven to be invalueable in and in many cases lessen the chore of the day to day routine care of pets. Sound nutrition is fundamental to a pets age related wellness needs as well as to the prevention of illness. For that purpose, the Hospital does carry an inventory of age appropriate diets in addition to specialty diets addressing diagnosed medical needs. The diets are predominately Hill's Science Diets but other brands that have demonstrated an advantage are also available.
The Alfred- Waterboro Veterinary Hospital was established in April 1988 by Dennis M. Brewster, DVM, with the founding philosophy and mission statement being to promote the well being of horses, farm animals, dogs and cats in the nearby communities. The practice experienced the good fortune of being well received in that regard whereby it was soon necessary to invest in additional doctors, staff and equipment so as to adequately serve the health needs of the patients the practice soon came to serve. The horse and farm animal practice soon encompassed an area extending from South Berwick, to Brownfield, to Windham and to Saco. However, the professional goals of veterinarians graduating from veterinary school underwent a radical change beginning in the year 2000 whereby very few graduating veterinarians chose to serve the farm community and it was no longer possible to staff so as to insure adequate service to the equine and farm patients. In July of 2004, Dr. Brewster with profound disappointment terminated the equine and farm animal veterinary services. The philosophy and the on going mission statement of the Alfred-Waterboro Veterinary Hospital then became to promote the well being of dogs and cats in the nearby community. The practice is best characterized as a general practice focusing on the age related wellness needs and the life long prevention of illness and injury of individual pets. Long term client relationships are welcomed and are developed on the basis of pet care and the on going education of pet owners in regard to the health care needs for their individual pet. The practice maintains a long term working relationship with such specialty veterinary services as a cardiologist, oncologist, ophthalmologist, neurologist, dermatologist and surgeons in the immediate and distant area so as to insure patients having need can receive health care services beyond the practice’s expertise and/or what the practice is equipped to perform. The practice, being committed to its philosophy of providing quality health care to its patients, provides a service whereby client may contact a doctor in regard to after hours, weekend and holiday emergency services and needs. The practice records reports a total of more than five thousand clients and ten thousand patients which are nearly equally represented by dogs and cats. In the fall of 2008 the practice facility undertook an addition and major renovation of the hospital facility. The reception area, surgical facility, radiology center, laboratory diagnostic center, treatment and intensive care areas are all new. The in patient housing of dogs and cats as well the isolation of housing of patients having highly contagious diseases were updated and expanded. The newly renovated facility now also includes entrance ramps whereby injured, disabled and aged patients as well as owners having wheel chair needs can easily gain access to the hospital. |
