New emergency vet facility opens in Brookfield, allowing owners to stay with pets

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BROOKFIELD, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A new medical facility opened in Brookfield Friday morning. It's an emergency room, but it's not for people, it's for our pets.
It's run by Veterinary Emergency Group, or VEG, a company that operates in more than two dozen states.
VEG emergency rooms are open around the clock, even on holidays. And the medical director says there's another policy that separates them from other pet clinics. They don't separate pets and their owners.
"If owners come in, they're allowed to stay here with their animal," said Shanna Reed, VEG Brookfield medical director. "They're allowed to see the treatments; they're allowed to see the surgeries if they want. They can sleep here. We'll make beds for them. We never want to separate people and their animals if they want to stay together."
This VEG emergency room is the second one in Wisconsin. There's one in Madison already. It's located on Blue Mound Road across from Brookfield Square.