Specialties
It is our personal goal to provide the highest quality, exceptional medical and surgical care to our patients. We believe in treating every visit in a caring and compassionate manner with a focus on preventive care, communication, and education. We ensure that every client is well equipped to be a well-informed pet parent. We strive to exceed our clients' expectations by treating owners and their pets with respect, honesty, and compassion. Our services are provided in a healthy, safe, and friendly environment. Our objective is to work as a team, complementing each other's talents, and retraining a positive attitude with attention on continuous improvement. Our employees take pride in their work and treat our clients, patients, and each other with respect creating and enjoyable and productive work culture.
History
Established in 1950.
Clovis Pet Hospital was established in the 1950s by Dr. Richard West. Dr. West was a Frogman in World War II. He built the original permanent location on Lincoln and Railroad, practicing there for decades. Dr. West was a self-made man, and built that building with his hands. It is pretty much a fortified bunker. He had sold the practice in the late 1970s to his associate. After several years his former associate remodeled a house on Hoblitt and Railroad and moved out of the Lincoln facility. Dr. West reopened on Lincoln as Clovis Pet Hospital and found Dr. Fenster to take it over about 9 months later, in 1987. The practice on Hoblitt was purchased by another vet, who built the present facility there and 3 years later sold it to yet another vet, who left the facility about a year later. Dr. Fenster bought the Hoblitt facility, and moved Clovis Pet Hospital from the Lincoln address to the Hoblitt and Railroad location in May, 2011, healing the schism that had existed since 1987.
Meet the Business Owner: Steven F.
Dr. Fenster's medical career began shortly after he graduated from High School in 1971. He volunteered for the US Army during Viet Nam and was trained and served as an X-ray Technologist. After being honorably discharged he attended SFSU, graduating with honors in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. He did research for the Dpt of Pediatric Nephrology at UCSF until starting Veterinary School at UC Davis in 1980. Dr. Fenster ran an Emergency Clinic in Stockton, CA. He purchased Clovis Pet Hospital in 1987. His wife, Laura is our office manager. Alexis, their daughter, has grown up with veterinary medicine, spending her first year in a swing in the reception area. The Fensters have a house full of pets, almost all of which are rescues. Dr. Fenster served as the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Laura serves as the Commanding Officer of the Fresno Battalion U.S Naval Sea Cadet Corps. Alexis attends Fresno Christian High School and is on the volleyball and varsity cheerleading teams.