While my husband and I were visiting family in the Blaine area, my cat let himself out of their house and did not return. Two weeks laterafter we were forced to leave for home without himhe turned up at the local shelter. That wasnt a safe place for him to wait while we arranged transport home, so we had him dropped off at Northwest Veterinary Clinic. They could not have done a better job for us. He was dropped off for boarding without foodthey found food for him. He had been exposed to an upper respiratory infection at the shelter and was sneezingthey carefully monitored his condition but didnt medicate unnecessarily. They called us and accepted our calls to check in and patiently tolerated the complete ambiguity about when he was leaving (whenever the transport company could get there). Overall, there was an obvious care for animals that came through clearly, even on the phone across 3000 miles. These people truly cared about my cat even though they would never meet me.