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      Animal Clinic
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    • Puppy/Kitten And Senior Pet Care
    • Early Detection Testing
    • Parasite Prevention And Control
    • Nutritional Counseling
    • Pharmacy
    • Microchipping
    • General Medicine
    • Digital Radiography
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    • Animal Reproduction
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"Improving lives through personalized care. We treat you like family and each patient like our own pet."

"Improving lives through personalized care. We treat you like family and each patient like our own pet."

"Improving lives through personalized care. We treat you like family and each patient like our own pet."

Meet Your Cleveland Veterinarians at Appalachian Animal Clinic​​​​​​​

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We Treat Your Pets Like Family

Appalachian Animal Clinic in Cleveland, Tennessee improves lives through personalized care and modern veterinary medicine to pet owners in Cleveland and Bradley County, Tennessee. We welcome dogs, cat and some exotic pets and pocket pets as patients! Our veterinarians and staff are your partners in your pet’s health and treat each patient like our own pet. Combined with progressive resources and technologies, our vet clinic can provide care to your pets in every stage of their lives.

Helping Your Pets Live Longer, Healthier & Happier Lives

As pet owners ourselves, we believe annual preventative care with wellness exams, vaccines, parasite screenings and heartworm test and early disease detection diagnostics are the keys to your pet living a longer, healthier and happier life. As a full-service vet hospital, we also provide your pet with surgery, diagnostics and x-rays, pet dentistry, microchipping, pet nutritional counseling plus pet boarding and grooming.

Have Peace of Mind

Appalachian Animal Clinic was named "Best Veterinarian in Bradley County" by Cleveland Banner Reader’s Choice Awards. As an active member of the Cleveland and Bradley County Chamber of Commerce and the Cleveland community, we look forward to meeting you soon!

Meet Your Cleveland Veterinarians at Appalachian Animal Clinic

Sheila Connelly, DVM

Sheila Connelly, DVM

Managing Veterinarian

Dr. Sheila Connelly graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and earned her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Minnesota in 1986. For over 30 years, she has loved to practice small companion animal medicine, including the past 7 years in Chattanooga area.

She enjoys preventative care and performing soft tissue surgeries and is completing the “Fear Free” certification to make vet appointments less stressful for the patient and owner.

Dr. Connelly lives in East Brainerd with her husband Steve Yolitz and their three daughters, 4 dogs, 3 cats and several fishes and aquatic frogs. Outside the vet hospital, she enjoys crafts, sewing, cooking, volunteering with animal rescue group that treats foster dogs and has a passion for riding her two Tennessee Walking horses.

Meredith Owens, DVM

Meredith Owens, DVM

Veterinarian

Dr. Owens graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kentucky. She received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. Before joining Appalachian Animal Hospital, Dr. Owens practiced at Martin Clark Animal Hospital in Dothan, Alabama from 1993-94 and Ashland Terrace/Middle Valley Animal Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1994-98.

Dr. Owens and her husband, John Owens, DVM, have two children, Caroline, 12, and Fletcher, 10.

Sheila Connelly, DVM

Jennifer Thomas, DVM

Associate Veterinarian

Dr. Jennifer Thomas graduated from York College of Pennsylvania and earned her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Tennessee in 2017.

Dr. Thomas enjoys working with companion animal exotics as well as general preventive care of all domestic pets. She has completed the "Fear Free' certification to make vet appointments less stressful on the patient and owner. Dr. Thomas lives in the Cleveland area with her guinea pig, bird, and fish.

Outside the vet hospital, she enjoys hiking, kayaking, and baking.

Maggie Ellis, DVM

Maggie Ellis, DVM

Associate Veterinarian

Dr. Maggie Ellis is a native of Cleveland and graduated from Lee University with a Bachelor's of Science in Biology. She received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Lincoln-Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine where she was a member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. Dr. Ellis is the dog mom to a Catahoula named Annie and she enjoys riding and showing American Quarter Horses.

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