Stone Ridge Veterinary Services Ltd

Stone Ridge Veterinary Services Ltd Stone Ridge Veterinary Services Ltd. is pleased to offer in clinic and ambulatory (mobile) services

Here at Stone Ridge Veterinary Services, we place great emphasis on building a solid working relationship with our clients.
โ€‹We believe that the pillars of this relationship are:
-Mutual respect, honesty, and integrity between our whole team consisting of Dr. Hittinger, staff, and clients
-Shared values and philosophies
-Availability and flexibility for prompt scheduling to meet the clientโ€™s need

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-Continuity of care until an outcome can be reached
-Understanding that your animals are an important part of your life and livelihood

September is ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก! ๐Ÿ’ฅCan you tell if your pet is in pain? ๐Ÿค” What changes will you notice? It is en...
09/03/2026

September is ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก! ๐Ÿ’ฅ

Can you tell if your pet is in pain? ๐Ÿค” What changes will you notice?

It is engrained in ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ to ๐ก๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง. This is a survival method used in the wild to avoid predators from singling them out. Today, domesticated pets with often still try to hide signs of discomfort which make it difficult to determine a diagnosis of pain. However! There are a few subtle changes that can be noticed:

๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ:
- Limping
- Panting
- Swelling/Redness
- Change in Posture
- Shaking
- Facial Strain
- Grimace Score
- Down Ears
- Tight Forehead
- Squinting Eyes
- Clenched Jaw

๐๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ:
- Aggression
- Restlessness
- Decreased Energy
- No longer Self Grooming
- Biting/Scratching/Licking
- Sleeping More Often
- Hiding/Not Wanting as Much Attention
- Decreased Desire to Play
- Decreased Interest in Food/Water
- Having Accidents in the House

๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ/๐•๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ:
- Vocalizing
- Increased Respiration (Effort/Rate)
- Increased Heart Rate
- Increased Temperature

This month we will share more info about different types and causes of pain in animals. ๐Ÿพ
Feel free to comment any questions or suggestions below! โฌ‡๏ธ

Happy Birthday to our WONDERFUL Receptionist/Kennel Attendant, Mary!! ๐ŸŽ‰We donโ€™t know what we would do without her ๐Ÿค—โ™ฅ๏ธChe...
09/01/2026

Happy Birthday to our WONDERFUL Receptionist/Kennel Attendant, Mary!! ๐ŸŽ‰
We donโ€™t know what we would do without her ๐Ÿค—โ™ฅ๏ธ

Cheers to Mary! ๐ŸŽ‚

Attention SRVS Family! ๐Ÿ“ฃThere is a long weekend approaching, and we want to make sure that your pets have enough food an...
08/31/2026

Attention SRVS Family! ๐Ÿ“ฃ

There is a long weekend approaching, and we want to make sure that your pets have enough food and prescriptions to get them through! ๐Ÿพ

Give us a call at 780-554-0663 if you find that youโ€™re getting low on anything, as we will be closed Monday, September 7th ๐Ÿ˜

Sincerely,
The SRVS Team ๐Ÿฉบ

Itโ€™s National Holistic Pet Day! ๐ŸŒŽToday letโ€™s chat about what holistic means! Holistic is the idea of looking at the anim...
08/30/2026

Itโ€™s National Holistic Pet Day! ๐ŸŒŽ

Today letโ€™s chat about what holistic means! Holistic is the idea of looking at the animal as a whole and not just at the issue at hand. It assesses a pets over all well-being, environment, nutrition, activity level, and mental stimulation. ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿง˜

Holistic can also represent the more natural remedies side of Veterinary Medicine including VSMT, Acupuncture, Massage and Herbal Supplements. โš•๏ธ

There are so many cool aspects of Veterinary Medicine!! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿพ

Itโ€™s official! Shelby is back from her maternity leave!! Sheโ€™s excited to jump back in and see you and all your pets aga...
08/27/2026

Itโ€™s official! Shelby is back from her maternity leave!! Sheโ€™s excited to jump back in and see you and all your pets again!๐Ÿ’ƒ๐ŸŽ‰

Welcome Back Shelby! ๐Ÿพ

Charlie wishes every one a HAPPY FRIDAY!! ๐ŸŽ‰
08/21/2026

Charlie wishes every one a HAPPY FRIDAY!! ๐ŸŽ‰

Itโ€™s National Black Cat Appreciation Day!! ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›Did you know that black cats are often one of the last to be adopted in sh...
08/17/2026

Itโ€™s National Black Cat Appreciation Day!! ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›

Did you know that black cats are often one of the last to be adopted in shelters? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

Many believe that it is due to old superstitions and myths often associated with witchcraft and bad luck. ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿพ However, there are many cultures in history such as Ancient Egypt, Celtic/British History and Japanese Culture that see black cats as a symbol of wealth, protection and happiness. ๐Ÿพ

What do you associate black cats with? ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›

Itโ€™s ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!! ๐ŸชNo.. Unfortunately itโ€™s not Check the โ€œChocolateโ€ Chip Day.. Itโ€™s ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž โ€œ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จโ€๐‚...
08/15/2026

Itโ€™s ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!! ๐Ÿช

No.. Unfortunately itโ€™s not Check the โ€œChocolateโ€ Chip Day.. Itโ€™s ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž โ€œ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จโ€๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ! ๐Ÿ”

Microchips are a ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Growing in popularity, these handy little devices can be ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐•๐ž๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐€๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ. They are most popular in cats and dogs, but are expanding rapidly to livestock such as horses, cattle, pigs and alpacas. Smaller exotic pets such as ferrets and rabbits are also starting to catch on to the craze! ๐Ÿพ

Microchips ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐†๐๐’ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ in them, and are not visible as they are ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง. Most microchip companies will provide a tag for pets collars/halters as a visual representation of their chip number.

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค?๐Ÿค”

When ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐, the microchip reader detects a ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ. This unique number is ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ of a chip and allows the ability to ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and sometimes other bits of intel such as ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ/๐ฏ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง/๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž! Each number is ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž so, as long as the contact information is up to date, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐.

Pretty neat, eh? ๐Ÿค“

Did you learn something new about Microchips today? ๐Ÿฅธ
Did we stir up more questions? Feel free to comment below! โฌ‡๏ธ

As animal lovers, we want the best care for our pets - we plan for their health care, their diets, their exercise, their...
08/12/2026

As animal lovers, we want the best care for our pets - we plan for their health care, their diets, their exercise, their play time, their education/training and even their after life care.. But do we plan what their life would look like, if we werenโ€™t there to care for them? ๐Ÿพ

A conversation that can often be missed with pet owners is โ€œ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐žโ€?

Where should you get started? What are the options? Should I save some money a side for their care? Follow this link to help get kick start your planning:

https://pawscanada.ca/pet-health/how-do-i-plan-for-my-pet-outliving-me/

08/11/2026

Power Outage Update:
Our phones are back on the line! We have a couple generators to help us out today.

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