I don't know why I suddenly had a flea bite my ear about this Vet in Odessa, TX but I googled Dr Elrod.
That man had the scariest looking small animal practice in town. The signs were faded, it was tucked in a depressed business section across from the RR tracks (and I am certain it still is) the reception was bleak and covered in old Veterinary Magazines with a small bare patch on the desk for a receipt book. You only went to Dr. Elrod by word of mouth. You would not go by sight.
However, the back was a dream of cleanliness and order. If you went to Dr Elrod for your cats and dogs, you knew the front was just unimportant. Elrod made his living from the Ranch Animal practice, he made his place in heaven in the small animal practice. He treats the kitties and puppies for love.
Fees were obviously barely enough to cover costs and when you called for that appointment be it a well patient visit, spay/neuter appt. or emergency you could tell from the background that you were talking to his home and he came in especially for Fluffy or Rex or .....
One time I took my cat in and he had a new mom in the back with a broken leg in a cast. He had picked her up from the highway in front of the office then searched the tracks and fields near by until he found her kittens. He set mom's leg and reunited her with her babies then later found them homes at his own expense.
He must be somewhere around 80 yrs old. I thought he should get a special salute from us.
