Espanola Animal Hospital

05/19/2026

We are SO overwhelmed by the support our community has shown for Dr. Rocheleau in Trupanion’s Veterinarian of the Year contest! 🐾

Voting is STILL OPEN and we would love your continued support to help recognize the compassion, dedication, and care our doctor gives to patients every single day. You can vote EVERY DAY until May 26th!

If you haven’t voted yet — or want to share again to help spread the word — you can do so here:
https://vetappreciationday.trupanion.com/nominations/1329117c-bea5-4017-a463-b1cc5193daea?si=1329117c-bea5-4017-a463-b1cc5193daea

Thank you to our EAH fam for being such an amazing community! 🩺🐶

Support Dr. PJ R, DVM, CCRT of Espanola Animal Hospital, CHELMSFORD in the 2026 Veterinary Appreciation Day Awards. Read their story and celebrate the veterinary professionals caring for pets every day.

05/13/2026

LET'S BRING THIS HOME TO THE NORTH!! 🇨🇦

Please please please VOTE DAILY for Dr. Rocheleau, and while you're at it, can you please show some love to our friends over at Martindale Animal Hospital? They were nominated for Veterinary Team of the Year!!

Voting is open until May 26th 🫶🐾

Support Dr. PJ R, DVM, CCRT of Espanola Animal Hospital, CHELMSFORD in the 2026 Veterinary Appreciation Day Awards. Read their story and celebrate the veterinary professionals caring for pets every day.

05/12/2026

IT'S GO TIME!! 🐾❤️

Dr. Rocheleau has been nominated for Trupanion’s Veterinarian of the Year, and we would LOVE your support!

Please take a moment to vote and help us celebrate someone who truly gives their heart to this profession every single day. 🩺🐶🐱

Every vote means the world to us! Thank you for supporting our hospital and trusting us with your pets. 💙

Support Dr. PJ R, DVM, CCRT of Espanola Animal Hospital, CHELMSFORD in the 2026 Veterinary Appreciation Day Awards. Read their story and celebrate the veterinary professionals caring for pets every day.

05/07/2026

We're beyond excited to share that Dr. Rocheleau was nominated for Trupanion Veterinarian of the Year!! 🥂

Voting opens soon - in the meantime you can read the nomination here!

Support Dr. PJ R, DVM, CCRT of Espanola Animal Hospital, CHELMSFORD in the 2026 Veterinary Appreciation Day Awards. Read their story and celebrate the veterinary professionals caring for pets every day.

04/01/2026

EAH on the world stage! 🎉 🇮🇹

We’re beyond proud to share that Dr. Rocheleau, Kali, Alex (not pictured), Sarah, and Emily have all submitted abstracts to the World Veterinary Orthopedics Congress. This event is held once every 4 years, this year in Rome, Italy!

From orthopedics to infection prevention to total knee replacement, our team has a passion for research and most importantly, a passion for making surgery safer and life better for companion animals that need orthopedic care.

Congratulations team, we are so proud of you!!

03/30/2026

Good boy Duke stopped in briefly today to show us how well he’s doing.

This guy has very, very bad degenerative joint disease and simply was not going to do well with a TPLO.

Look how well he’s doing just 4 days post-op from his total knee replacement!!

03/16/2026

🚨 CLOSED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER EVENT 🚨

With the apocalyptic-levels of snow that our area received overnight, many businesses are closed today, and unfortunately we’re one of them!

If you have an appointment today, please don’t try to come to the hospital - the two staff that managed to turn up to work with their snowmobiles and ski goggles can’t get in the building. It is rumoured that Dr. Rocheleau was eaten by a snowbank. 😱

Jokes aside, stay safe out there today! We’ll contact clients to reschedule when we’re back at work tomorrow.

02/27/2026

RVT friends come say hi! 👋

Kali, Mikayla, Dr. Rocheleau and Alex are running our trade show booth at the OAVT conference and we can’t wait to meet you!

Come see us for sweet treats, swag, and your chance to scope a pepper to win a squirrel 🐿️

02/18/2026

Diagnosis? Crunchy! 👀

Beau, a 10yr old mixed breed good-boy, came to see us last week from Niagara for his very, very not-ok knee. In addition to the severe degenerative joint disease, this guy created a second tibial plateau from years of walking around on this very unstable knee. In the near-term this contributes to lameness, pain, and inflammation, and longer term creates degenerative changes, fibrosis of the joint capsule and chronic pain.

It's why we never recommend rest and meloxicam for cruciate tears.

We really had our work cut out for us with this guy, because prior to executing the total knee replacement, we first had to correct his excessive tibial plateau angle with a closing wedge ostectomy of his tibia. Although complex and lengthy, surgery went routinely and Beau woke up happy in our comfy cozy ICU with a brand new knee!

02/14/2026

Happy Valentine’s Day from the pets that own our staff! ♥️ 🐾