OkcPets Magazine July 2021

July/August 2021 • OKC Pets 17 Great Plains Veterinary Services Summer Heatly, DVM D r. Summer Heatly grew up in Southwestern Oklaho- ma and developed an interest in veterinary medicine and a strong passion for four-legged creatures at a young age.  In 2009, she graduated from the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine and then completed a one-year internship at Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital in Ocala, Florida, prior to returning to Oklahoma. In January 2015, Dr. Heatly founded Great Plains Veterinary Services as a full-service mobile hospital. With the rapid growth of business and increased clientele, Great Plains is proud to announce its expansion with a station- ary full-service small and large animal clinic, located in Arcadia. Dr. Heatly is joined by Dr. Clairissa Maples and the most recent addition to the team, Dr. Beth Parsons. Great Plains is proud to offer endoscopy, acupuncture and massage therapy for small animals and horses, along with ambulatory services. Dr. Heatly says she is grateful to work with animals every day. Her advice to pet owners is to “enjoy every day you have with them as well!” “I have seen numerous remarkable recoveries and am still amazed daily at what an animal can come back from with the help of modern medicine and a dedicated team,” she says. … “What I love most about my career is having the privilege to develop a relationship with an animal and its owner throughout that animal’s life. They become family.” Guthrie Pet Hospital Anna M. Coffin, DVM S erving the pets of Logan County since 1987, Guthrie Pet Hospital pledges to treat your pet as one of its own, giv- ing your cat or dog all the love, kindness and compassion it deserves. It can be a challenging job, but the challenges and variety of day-to-day encounters are what Dr. Anna Coffin loves most. After all, without challenges, there are no victo- ries, such as one rattlesnake bite survivor, recalls Dr. Coffin. “I once treated a dog that was bitten under the tongue by a rattlesnake,” she says. “The venom went directly into the bloodstream. The dog was blind, deaf and unable to walk for several weeks. He made a complete recovery and regained all of his senses.” While Dr. Coffin is there for emergencies such as this, she says preventive medicine is the key to your pet’s health and longevity. However, another aspect of veterinary practice she loves is dentistry. In recent years, Guthrie Pet Hospital has added surgical and therapy lasers to its list of services. You can learn more about the many ways they serve pets at guthriepet.net . OKC Pets Magazine DVM Annual Feature