The health of our community is our top priority.
As restrictions ease and New York State opens businesses and redefines how we begin to move as a society, our protocols will not change. In order to stay open and keep serving our community and your animals, we will continue to have a no-contact, closed-door policy to keep our staff and clients safe. Please read our expectations and procedures below and call or email if you have any questions.
If you are not feeling well or if a member of your family or contact group is being tested for or has been diagnosed with COVID, please let us know prior to your appointment.
Call ahead
We are taking new clients and have regular appointments as well as same-day sick appointments available. Please call us to arrange an appointment or to discuss your animal’s health. If you are a new client, we ask that at least 48 hours prior to your appointment, you provide us with your animal’s medical records. Please email your documents to us.
Bring your phone and have it turned on
We will be communicating with you entirely by phone. You must have your phone with you, and be prepared to answer a call when your animal is in our care, even if it comes from a blocked number. Because we have only two lines, the doctors or staff may call out using their cell phones, so please pick up.
Be sure to provide us with the number of the phone you have with you so we don’t have any trouble getting in touch.
When you arrive
Call the hospital for your check-in. We will do our best to answer your call; if both lines are tied up, try again or leave a message and we will call you back immediately.
When a staff member comes out to get your animal, you need to have your dog on a leash outside the car and your cat in a carrier that you can easily pass off to us.
Be available
Because of the protocols in place, things can take us longer than normal. Please be patient with us: we have a greatly limited staff and we are working very hard to stay open and continue to offer care to your animals.
If you decide to do an errand while your animal is in the hospital, that is absolutely fine. We ask that you be back in time for the end of your appointment, so we can get you checked out and have your pet returned to you in a timely fashion. We will do our best to communicate with you if we are running late. But just in case: bring a book!
Make a list
In order to be as efficient as possible, when we check you in, we’d like all the information. Please make a list before you come, so that we know exactly what is going on with your pet, what you’d like checked, if you’d like any extras (like a pedicure), and if you need medication refills.
Complete the Check-In
In order to keep your appointment, you need to have confirmed it via the links we send you ahead of time. We’d also like you to fill out all of the fields in the check-in link we send you prior to the start of your appointment. If you’re dropping off for a procedure or admit, you’ll be asked in advance to sign an estimate and pay a deposit.
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