CityVet Charlotte Uptown occupies Suite C in the ground-floor retail of the Savoy, the six-story apartment building at 650 East Brooklyn Village Avenue in Second Ward. The storefront reads off the corner where Brooklyn Village Avenue meets Davidson Street, with parking next to the retail space. A Gyu-Kaku and a Salon Lofts share the same street address.

Dogs come inside here. That’s the whole premise: this is a working clinic, not a place to sit with a dog. The location’s own page lists vet care and urgent care, plus pet food and supplies on the retail side. Boarding is narrow. The page describes “medical boarding (for clients only)” for “special needs dogs and cats,” and says nothing about the nightly-rate Ruffit boarding and dayplay CityVet runs at other locations.

Urgent care is a Saturday block, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and the page puts it in caps: “WALK-INS WELCOMED.” Regular hours run 8 to 6 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 to 6 Wednesday, 10 to 7 Saturday. Closed Sunday.

On handling nervous animals, the clinic’s language is that staff “can either involve the owner or keep them separate,” and that “using treats and positive reinforcement helps create a calm and positive experience.”

No leash or carrier rule is published for the lobby. County law is the operative rule at the door: Mecklenburg’s animal ordinance requires physical restraint anywhere off your own property. Water bowls aren’t mentioned one way or the other. Payment options listed are CareCredit, Affirm and Scratch Pay. For hours when the clinic is closed, the page points to Veterinary Emergency Group at 4716a Sharon Road, roughly five miles south.

CityVet runs a second Charlotte clinic at 3441 South Boulevard in Lower South End, on weekday hours of 7:30 to 5:30 with no urgent care listed. Little Sugar Creek Greenway, where leashed dogs are allowed, runs about half a mile east of the Savoy.