Nestled on the Edge of the Prairie
Advanced Care Pet Hospital is a new veterinary practice owned
and operated by Dr. Pamela Gerds and her husband Tom.
Seventeen years in the making, this pet hospital broke ground
September 11, 2009 and opened mid December 2009.
Dr. Gerds spent most of her career working for others building a foundation of skills and experience. The first 10 years in Fergus Falls, followed by 6 years managing and growing a Plymouth pet hospital. In the Spring of 2009 plans were put in place to set out and create a veterinary health care practice for the rest of us. As she aptly describes, "it was time to open a pet hospital that does pet medicine right."
Most of the summer 2009 was spent writing the business plan with the help of the local Small Business Development Center. Site selection also took the better part of that summer. Dr. Gerds and Tom worked out equipment selection and financing. Staff were interviewed, floor plans drawn up and building was built on budget and on time by DM Construction of St. Joseph, MN.
Times are tight, the economy is slow and we are all on fixed incomes, doing what we must to get by. We understand. Advanced Care Pet Hospital recognizes your pet's health is important to you. We understand if you have to postpone or wait a while to for some treatment. We won't make you feel like a bad pet owner for doing so. We don't recommend anything we would not do for our own pets.
We are quietly building a reputation as the friendly, honest and available vet in Central Minnesota. Advanced Care is dedicated to serving you with caring hands and caring hearts. We provide the routine and advanced care you expect from a leading veterinary clinic.
The name came to Dr. Gerds in a dream. She woke up in early one morning; clear as a bell it came to her then wrote it down on paper by the night stand so we wouldn't forget it, "Advanced Care Pet Hospital." We immediately checked the name availability on the Internet and the name was set.
It worked on several levels. Advanced Care says it all in just two words. Advanced diagnostic services provide the fastest most reliable diagnosis. We also wanted to provide customers and their pets a humane and personal warmth when coming in for Care.
The name Advanced Care Pet Hospital was conceived.
We settled on the Scout Drive location because Scout is the name of our long haired miniature Dachshund and it was near the round barn. We believe the 911 street number was a gift by the City of Sartell. Being a Pet Hospital for veterinary pet health care, the 911 street number truly was an elegant touch to the Scout Drive address.
We don't nickle and dime you. If a recheck is in order for a persistant condition and the doctor requests the pet be rechecked we don't recharge you for the exam.
When your pet needs stitches and they need to be
removed later, we don't charge you a fee to
remove them. Want to bring in multiple pets on the
same day? It's convenient for you and you can save money by
doing so. There is also exam savings when you do vaccines. We do not
charge a new customer registration fee. We don't charge a microchip
registration fee. Our everyday dental rates are very reasonable.
We don't recommend anything more than what we would do for our own pets. We won't treat your pet like an animal.
People frequently compliment us on our Practice. We hear from many people that our pet hospital does not smell like an animal hospital. Other folks complement us on how it does not sound like a pet hospital, that it is quiet and their pets seem less stressed as a result.
Numerous folks tell us, their pets have never behaved this well at any vet before coming here. They appreciate our attention to little details like wiping down exam tables between pets and keeping the lobby clean.
Three ways we help you save on new puppy and kitten shots: 1st Advanced Care Pet Hospital does not charge you a new pet registration fee to become our customer. 2nd, when it is time for booster shots, we don't charge you again for an office visit or exam fee. 3rd, you only get and pay for the services you want and really need. We don't expect or require you to load up on a whole bunch of stuff you and your pet will survive without.
One of two remaining round barns in Stearns County is found a few hundred yards from our location at the end of Scout Drive.
A Sartell City staffer mentioned they would like one day to see the barn restored with a round about around it as a center piece for their new Town Center concept. Dr. Gerds and Tom are big fans of old barns and buildings. We enjoy looking out at it.
We are not the only ones as we see many people stopping to photograph the structure. Learn more about the round barn by clicking on the heading.
When we purchased the land for Advanced Care Pet Hospital,
Sartell City code required a minimum one acre purchase for our business. This left a lot
of dirt in need of cover. Green turf was suggested but it requires significant irrigation
and maintenance. This is very costly and it further reduces the environment
for wildlife and birds.
We contacted Prairie Restoration in Princeton, MN to create a prairie landscape. Learn more by clicking the heading.
Advanced Care Pet Hospital was featured in the 2009 MN SBDC yearbook. Our start-up story was featured to represent the Central Region in the annual directory. 12 business are featured annually, 1 for each of the 12 SBDC districts. The link above opens a PDF of our page in the 2009 Directory.
Advanced Care Pet Hospital received recognition from Google
and the National Association of Small Business Development
Centers in 2011. Tom wrote and entered a 350 word essay on how
Google services helped grow our business.
The essay cited 10 Google services we actively use. The most novel is Google Earth
where you will find a 3D model of our veterinary practice. It is one of the 1st four 3-D models in
the St. Cloud region found on Google Earth and Sartell's 1st.
Click below to view the Google commercial we won:
Sartellites Celebrate during the Rock and Block Party in front of Advanced Care. Our mission is to become the vet you recommend to friends with
pets. Launched in 2009, we are the region's newest veterinary
clinic. We put together a great staff, current technology and
a doctor with 17 years experience. Discover why so many
already recommend Advanced Care Pet Hospital!
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