Thank you for wanting to learn more about us. After reading this page, we invite you to call or visit during our normal business hours. We would be pleased to provide you with any more information you may desire about Pets in Stitches.
Our Mission
To provide affordable spay and neuter services in the Miami Valley in a high quality facility to the highest standards of safety and professionalism.
- Fees starting at $80 for cats, $120 for dogs, and $200 for rabbits.
- State-of-the-art facility constructed in 2011 with human quality anesthetic and monitoring systems.
- Highly experienced staff with more than 20,000 surgeries.
Our Facilities
Our facilities were constructed in 2011 to the highest standards for patient care, including:
- all stainless steel for maximum cleanliness and sanitation
- human-quality anesthetic and monitoring systems to ensure the safety and health of your pet
- heated surgery tables to provide maximum comfort
- warmed and padded recovery area (“The Beach”)
We invite you to visit our facility.
Our Staff
We are proud of our staff for their high standards of professionalism, their experience, and their sincere concern for animals. We invite you to meet them below:
Danielle N. Rastetter, DVM, Chief Veterinarian and Owner
Dr. Rastetter earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Hiram College and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Ohio State University. She is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Ohio Veterinary Medical Association, Miami Valley Veterinary Medical Association, and the Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses. Dr. Rastetter has over nineteen years in private practice including nine years working in the field of shelter medicine. She was honored to be able to volunteer her services in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Rita in 2005 through multiple avenues both locally and at a temporary shelter near the disaster area. Her very active household consists of two sons and an often fluctuating number of dogs and cats.
Education is a passion of Dr. Rastetter’s - not only for clients but also for her colleagues. As such, Dr. Rastetter is an Adjunct Professor for Sinclair Community College’s Veterinary Technology Program. Other veterinarians have also spent time at Pets In Stitches to learn her surgical techniques.
Dr. Rastetter established Pets In Stitches after recognizing the community’s need for affordable spay and neuter services. Dr. Rastetter is passionate about reducing the pet overpopulation crisis, pain management, shelter and disaster medicine, and client education. Few veterinarians have her level of spay and neuter experience and enthusiasm.
Marilee Koogler, Registered Veterinary Technician
Sarah Hussong, Registered Veterinary Technician
Brooke Golub, Veterinary Assistant
Donna LaVielle, Office Assistant
The need for spay and neuter programs is well-known to Donna. She joined Pets In Stitches in 2011 and worked for over ten years at an animal shelter including over four years as lead veterinary assistant for the shelter’s spay and neuter program This past experience gives Donna intimate knowledge regarding how to care for our patients and their owners. Donna’s family also worked to trap, neuter, and release twenty free-roaming cats located near her residence.
Donna resides with her husband of over thirty years in a house full of pets. She has lived in Dayton her entire life raising her family consisting of a son, daughter and many pets including some she adopted from local shelters. Her pets are her children and she has passed her love of animals on to her human children as well. Donna’s passion is for animals and always will be.
Jackie Freeze, Office Assistant
Jackie grew up in Lebanon with a passion for animals of all kinds. Her family was active in breeding, raising, and racing Standardbred horses. They travelled the local circuit from Columbus to Latonia, Kentucky. As a military dependent, she volunteered at various local animal shelters. Jackie became intimately acquainted with the term “foster failure” during this time!
For ten years, Jackie worked a local animal shelter in various jobs including veterinary assistant and office manager. She fostered several dogs and cats while working there, even rehoming a cockatiel.
Jackie lives with her husband, teenage daughter, and several pets that include cats, guinea pigs, an indoor aquarium, and a Koi pond. Even one of her Koi is a rescue pet! She loves working with people who enjoy animals and that includes Pets In Stitches’ clients.
Kaye Earnhardt, Disease Control Aide
Kaye’s love for animals started when she was a little girl. Her household was filled with mice, birds, fish, and a special gerbil names Elton. Kay was in the second grade when she adopted her first kitten and she hasn’t been without a cat since then!
She has worked with animals for over sixteen years. She fostered many kittens and adopted what she lovingly calls “Kaye’s Krew” which consisted of nine cats and three dogs. Sadly, she n ow only has three of that “krew” left.
A few years ago, she was busy caring for cat strays in her neighborhood including spaying and neutering them before adoption. The few cats that remained from this colony managed to snuggle their way into her heart and home!
Pets In Stitches is also proud to be a clinical training veterinary clinic for students in Sinclair Community College’s Veterinary Technology program. Thus, you may meet some of students we are training and supervising.
Don’t just take our word for it…
Our staff was specially chosen for the experience they bring to Pets In Stitches. We continuously share our knowledge with each other so that your pet’s needs are first and foremost…
...and, as always, I am dedicated to providing affordable spay and neuter services in a professional environment.
Dr. Danielle N. Rastetter, DVM.
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