When your pet has an emergency, you want prompt immediate care. At Urgent Pet Care, our team of health care professionals, understand how scary this time can be for pet owners. From the moment you arrive, we do everything possible to make you and your pet comfortable. We will keep you informed of your pet's condition and work to get your pet home as quickly as possible. As pet owners ourselves we understand how uncomfortable it can be when you’re pet is not home.

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We feel it's important for you, as our client, to know what to expect from us as we provide veterinary care to your pet. That is why we recently adopted the following mission statement and core values.
Mission: Backlund Animal Clinic provides professional and compassionate care for pets; improving health, longevity, and quality of life through comprehensive veterinary services.
Core values:
Quality - We provide excellent and thorough healthcare for your pet. Quality of service is our highest priority.
Innovation - At Backlund Animal Clinic, we strive to implement the latest technologies and methods for treatment. We blend multiple and diverse procedures to achieve optimal outcomes for each patient.
Transparency - We believe open discussion with clients leads to successful treatment of the patient. Our transparency on all diagnostics, treatments, costs and outcomes empowers our clients to make the best healthcare decisions for their pets.
Respect - Every owner has individual goals and varying resources to provide care for their animals. At Backlund Animal Clinic, we earn our clients' respect by respecting our clients.
Empathy - The veterinarians and staff at Backlund Animal Clinic are your peers as animal lovers and pet owners. We understand the difficult decisions and sacrifices necessary to provide the best possible care for our animals.

Gentle Doctor Animal Hospital, formerly known as Mapleview Animal Clinic, was founded in 1965 by Dr. T. Robert Bashara. The practice was first located at 9015 Ohio Street in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Bashara worked as a single practitioner of veterinary medicine there until 1981 when he hired his first associate.

As Omaha grew, so did the need for veterinary services further west. Dr. Bashara opened a second veterinary hospital in 1985 at 120th and Blondo, which was then called Candlewood Animal Hospital. After a few years, and substantial growth, a third associate was hired. Both hospitals kept three full-time associates very busy for the next few years, and in 1997, Dr. Peter Bashara, a recent Iowa State Veterinary Medicine graduate and the son of Dr. Bashara, returned to Omaha and joined the family business.

Omaha's continuing westward expansion once again required the need for veterinary services, and construction began to build a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital on the outskirts of the city. In 1999 the Gentle Doctor Animal Hospital was opened by Dr. Bashara and his son Dr. Peter Bashara at 153rd and Maple in the Torrey Pines shopping center. The business continued to grow and currently has 44 professional and non-professional employees.

We also offer acupuncture and laser therapy services!

Gentle Doctor Animal Hospital, formerly known as Mapleview Animal Clinic, was founded in 1965 by Dr. T. Robert Bashara. The practice was first located at 9015 Ohio Street in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Bashara worked as a single practitioner of veterinary medicine there until 1981 when he hired his first associate.

As Omaha grew, so did the need for veterinary services further west. Dr. Bashara opened a second veterinary hospital in 1985 at 120th and Blondo, which was then called Candlewood Animal Hospital. After a few years, and substantial growth, a third associate was hired. Both hospitals kept three full-time associates very busy for the next few years, and in 1997, Dr. Peter Bashara, a recent Iowa State Veterinary Medicine graduate and the son of Dr. Bashara, returned to Omaha and joined the family business.

Omaha's continuing westward expansion once again required the need for veterinary services, and construction began to build a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital on the outskirts of the city. In 1999 the Gentle Doctor Animal Hospital was opened by Dr. Bashara and his son Dr. Peter Bashara at 153rd and Maple in the Torrey Pines shopping center. The business continued to grow and currently has 44 professional and non-professional employees.

We also offer acupuncture and laser therapy services!

Gentle Doctor Animal Hospital, formerly known as Mapleview Animal Clinic, was founded in 1965 by Dr. T. Robert Bashara. The practice was first located at 9015 Ohio Street in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Bashara worked as a single practitioner of veterinary medicine there until 1981 when he hired his first associate.

As Omaha grew, so did the need for veterinary services further west. Dr. Bashara opened a second veterinary hospital in 1985 at 120th and Blondo, which was then called Candlewood Animal Hospital. After a few years, and substantial growth, a third associate was hired. Both hospitals kept three full-time associates very busy for the next few years, and in 1997, Dr. Peter Bashara, a recent Iowa State Veterinary Medicine graduate and the son of Dr. Bashara, returned to Omaha and joined the family business.

Omaha's continuing westward expansion once again required the need for veterinary services, and construction began to build a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital on the outskirts of the city. In 1999 the Gentle Doctor Animal Hospital was opened by Dr. Bashara and his son Dr. Peter Bashara at 153rd and Maple in the Torrey Pines shopping center. The business continued to grow and currently has 44 professional and non-professional employees.

We also offer acupuncture and laser therapy services!

Gentle Doctor Animal Hospital, formerly known as Mapleview Animal Clinic, was founded in 1965 by Dr. T. Robert Bashara. The practice was first located at 9015 Ohio Street in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Bashara worked as a single practitioner of veterinary medicine there until 1981 when he hired his first associate.

As Omaha grew, so did the need for veterinary services further west. Dr. Bashara opened a second veterinary hospital in 1985 at 120th and Blondo, which was then called Candlewood Animal Hospital. After a few years, and substantial growth, a third associate was hired. Both hospitals kept three full-time associates very busy for the next few years, and in 1997, Dr. Peter Bashara, a recent Iowa State Veterinary Medicine graduate and the son of Dr. Bashara, returned to Omaha and joined the family business.

Omaha's continuing westward expansion once again required the need for veterinary services, and construction began to build a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital on the outskirts of the city. In 1999 the Gentle Doctor Animal Hospital was opened by Dr. Bashara and his son Dr. Peter Bashara at 153rd and Maple in the Torrey Pines shopping center. The business continued to grow and currently has 44 professional and non-professional employees.

We also offer acupuncture and laser therapy services!

Mission Statement:

"To provide the highest quality of medicine & surgery for our patients."
Our goal is to provide for the health, happiness and well being of our patients & their owners. We strive to provide exceptional customer service & to celebrate the Human-Pet Bond every day.

Drs. Andrew and Susan Kliewer purchased the practice on January 1, 1994. We currently have 5 veterinarians and a hard working, caring, compassionate team. We continually provide training and educational opportunities for our staff, so that we may better serve your pet's health care needs.

When your pet has an emergency, you want prompt immediate care. At Urgent Pet Care, our team of health care professionals, understand how scary this time can be for pet owners. From the moment you arrive, we do everything possible to make you and your pet comfortable. We will keep you informed of your pet's condition and work to get your pet home as quickly as possible. As pet owners ourselves we understand how uncomfortable it can be when you’re pet is not home.

Mission Statement:

"To provide the highest quality of medicine & surgery for our patients."
Our goal is to provide for the health, happiness and well being of our patients & their owners. We strive to provide exceptional customer service & to celebrate the Human-Pet Bond every day.

Drs. Andrew and Susan Kliewer purchased the practice on January 1, 1994. We currently have 5 veterinarians and a hard working, caring, compassionate team. We continually provide training and educational opportunities for our staff, so that we may better serve your pet's health care needs.