Veterinarian Serving Calhoun, GA
Calhoun thinks north to Dalton and south to Cartersville. Rome is the direction most people forget, and it is a better road than the map looks.
Etowah Animal Hospital is a locally owned veterinary hospital at 1401 Kingston Rd NE, Rome, GA 30161. From Calhoun the drive is about 35 minutes on GA-53: a single west-southwest run through Plainville. No interstate. No city center at the far end.
GA-53 meets Rome on the northeast side, which is where we are. A Calhoun client is not driving across Rome after driving to Rome.
If you are deciding whether a Rome practice is worth the trip from Gordon County, this is the version that is: one veterinarian, results during the visit, a hospital that does not feel like a corridor of exam rooms.
Schedule your pet's visit
New patients are welcome. Call or book online to make an appointment.
Veterinary services for Calhoun-area pets
Thirty-five minutes works for planned medicine and for a sick pet if you call first. We will group pets and attach wellness to a workup so GA-53 is not a weekly commute.
- Preventive care: wellness exams, vaccines and parasite prevention
- New puppy & kitten care: the first-year schedule, spay/neuter planning
- In-house diagnostics: bloodwork and imaging read the same visit
- Surgery and dental care
- Urgent care. Call us and let us know you’re on the way
- Paw Plan: routine care bundled into one plan
Why choose Etowah Animal Hospital
- One road, our side of town.
- Dr. Abby White practiced in Rome more than a decade before opening Etowah.
- Same-visit diagnostics.
- Plainville is on the way, so neighbors already know the corridor.
Serving pet owners in Calhoun, GA
Gordon County pets, west instead of I-75
We see patients from Calhoun, Plainville, Resaca, and the country along GA-53. Shannon is just over the Floyd line on the same road.
Year-round heartworm prevention applies here as everywhere in Northwest Georgia. Tick pressure sits in the middle: more than a downtown Calhoun yard, less than the Armuchee ridges. If the dog has land, ponds, or creeks, we will talk leptospirosis.
Getting to Etowah Animal Hospital in Rome, GA
GA-53 west-southwest from Calhoun through Plainville into Rome. You come in on the northeast side. Pick up Kingston Rd NE. We are at 1401 Kingston Rd NE, Rome, GA 30161. About 35 minutes.
- Drive time
- about 35 minutes
- Route
- GA-53 west-southwest through Plainville into northeast Rome
- County
- Gordon, GA
- Hospital address
- 1401 Kingston Rd NE, Rome, GA 30161
Calhoun veterinary care FAQs
Where is Etowah Animal Hospital from Calhoun?
We are at 1401 Kingston Rd NE, Rome, GA 30161, about 35 minutes from Calhoun. That is our one hospital, and it is where we see every patient, so your pet gets the same team and the same records at every visit. The route is described under "Getting to Etowah Animal Hospital in Rome" on this page.
How far is Etowah Animal Hospital from Calhoun?
About 35 minutes on GA-53 through Plainville. We are at 1401 Kingston Rd NE, Rome, GA 30161, and you do not cross downtown Rome.
Why not just stay on I-75 for a vet?
You can. Families come west when they want the same veterinarian every visit and answers during the appointment instead of a callback after another drive.
Do you see pets from Plainville and Resaca?
Yes. Plainville is on GA-53 between Calhoun and Rome.
Do you take new patients from Gordon County?
Yes. Send records ahead with our records transfer form, then book or call (706) 413-2737.
Ready to become a patient?
Great! Call or make an appointment online and we can request your pet’s records on your behalf. If you have more than one pet, tell us when you book and we will try to see them back to back so a single trip covers the household.
Etowah Animal Hospital
1401 Kingston Rd NE, Rome, GA 30161
(706) 413-2737
Open Monday–Thursday 8:00 AM–1:00 PM and 2:00 PM–5:00 PM, Friday 8:00 AM–2:00 PM. Closed Saturday and Sunday.
Call (706) 413-2737 Request an Appointment
See every community we serve on our service area page, or meet the team.