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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cWe do a quick exam, make sure everything looks good, and we use the best standards of care for our anesthetics and for our surgery packs and all of that,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cWe care for each animal individually, but we are able to do a higher volume just because of the way we\u2019re set up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cooper began her veterinary work at a general practice clinic, working in that field for around 15 years before coming to the Joy Clinic. The clinic is not a full-service veterinary clinic, but Cooper\u2019s other skills are by no means going to waste. She handles surgeries for New Leash on Life, routine operations like dental cleanings, and can do heartworm tests, microchips, and vaccinations at the time of a scheduled surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRight now, we don\u2019t offer that as a separate service,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cWe don\u2019t do wellness, just spays and neuters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone is welcome to come to the clinic \u2014 even pets without homes. The JOY Clinic spays and neuters stray cats and community cats every Tuesday, and financial assistance is available for pet owners who need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re here as a service,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cWe want to provide this service to as many people as we possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n New Leash on Life has taken in over 600 cats and dogs and adopted out nearly as many in the past year. Alongside keeping those animals healthy and cared for, the JOY Clinic has performed over 5,600 spay and neuter surgeries, with almost 2,000 of those surgeries on feral and community cats. In Cooper\u2019s five-year tenure as the JOY Clinic\u2019s medical director, she has performed thousands more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It may not be the most glamorous job, but Cooper has been instrumental in keeping Lebanon\u2019s pets safe, healthy, and loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m happy to be able to serve this community by helping the pets here and by helping the pets help the people because it\u2019s a great place to be. This [is] a beautiful community,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cPeople here care about each other, and I want to keep that going.\u201d GN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As a young girl living in the country near the local dump, Sara Cooper encountered many abandoned pets. Her family took many of them in, and Cooper quickly bonded with those animals. She loved helping them and soon decided that was what she wanted to spend her life doing. It was a way to serve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":22454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/DSC00943-1-1024x683.jpg\")
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