Patchell Veterinary Clinic, PA

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We are located at:
7200 Hwy 110 W
Heber Springs, AR 72543
phone: (501)362-2800
fax: (501)362-9741

Office Hours:
Mon - Fri 8 - 5
Sat 8 - 12

We accept Cash, Check, Credit Cards, & CareCredit

The web site is currently under contruction. I appologize for the inconvenience. I hope to have the web site up and running again soon.

THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVING DOGS

Dogs’ lives are short, too short, but we know that going in. You know that eventually pain is coming, you’re going to lose a dog, and there’s going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with them, never failing to share their joy or delight in their innocence, because you can’t support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion. There’s such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware it comes with an unbearable price. Maybe loving dogs is a way we do penance for all the other illusions we allow ourselves and for the mistakes we make because of those illusions.

Quote from:

The Darkest Evening of the Year

Copyright by Dean Koontz 2007

Page 314

Patchell Veterinary Clinic was first established as a mobile practice in the spring of 1984. Dr. Patchell practiced out of a metal storage building that housed the veterinary van with the help of one employee. The building had 4 rooms, designated into a reception/office, an exam room, a surgical suite, and a bathroom/darkroom. Four years later the practice moved to the present location and with the confidence and support of the community has grown into a two- doctor practice with seven employees. This could not have been accomplished without the dedication of wonderful employees that have contributed so much love and effort while living in Heber Springs, most notably Laurie Petty, Brandy Magill, Karen Ellis, and of course, my special friend, Doris Spinks James!!

Dr. Allison Patchell, DVM-
Ever since she was 11 years old, Dr. Patchell dreamed of being an “animal doctor”. At 16, she talked the local veterinarian in her hometown of West Memphis into volunteering, which eventually led to an after school job of cleaning the clinic and helping with animal care. After graduating high school, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree with an emphasis in animal science at the University of Arkansas, while working part-time as a lab assistant at the rabbitry and poultry farms. Dr. Patchell was accepted to and completed a Doctorate of Veterinary program distinguished with an award in feline medicine. Following graduation, she practiced small animal medicine in West Memphis for 1 year and large and small animal medicine for 3 years in Conway. While in Conway, she met Heber Springs native Doug Patchell. They married and moved to his hometown in 1984 and began a small animal practice here.

Dr. Patchell is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association. In 2000, Governor Mike Huckabee appointed Dr. Patchell for a five year term to the Arkansas Veterinary Medical Examining Board and renewed the

appointment for another five years in 2005. She and Doug attend First Baptist Church.

Allison and Doug will have been married for a !!!BUSY!!! 25 years in December! Doug is a second grade teacher at Heber Springs Elementary School and spends time volunteering at AETN. They have one daughter, Cara, who is married to Chance Tharp (another Heber Springs native). Cara is now a graduate from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Interior Merchandising. Chance is a 2006 graduate of OSU with a degree in business. After Cara's graduation, they moved to Little Rock and both are working for one of the local banks.

Dr. Patchell likes to spend any spare time she has (Ha!) riding Marco, her horse. Other family members include Sera the standard poodle, Martha and Lacy the cats, and Mercy, Marco’s stable mate.

"I have never wanted to be anything else other than a veterinarian, and consider myself so blessed to live my dream.”

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