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Central Animal Hospital offers an expert team of veterinary professionals to bring you the very best possible healthcare for your pet.

We have a state of the art veterinary facility which is clean, comfortable, and efficient. Call us today to schedule an appointment and we will find a time that is convenient for you.

10/31/2026

🎃👻 Spooky season is here! If you know our team, you know we’ll take just about any excuse to dress up and eat good food… so naturally, we did both today! 🧡🦇

From our CAH family to yours, wishing everyone a happy, safe, and spook-tacular Halloween! Have fun celebrating, and give your furry family members a little extra love tonight! 🐾

🐶🐱 A quick Halloween reminder for pet parents: Keep candy and chocolate out of paws’ reach, watch out for wrappers, and make sure pets have a safe, quiet place away from the Halloween excitement.

What was your pet dressed up as this Halloween? Share your photos in the comments—we’d love to see them! 📸

10/29/2026

Happy National Cat Day! 😺 Today’s all about celebrating our feline friends. Share a picture of your cat in the comments and let us know what makes them purr-sonally special! ❤️

10/27/2026

🎉🐾 It’s ANOTHER big reason to celebrate this week! Help us wish Ashley a VERY Happy 10-Year Workiversary! 🥳💙

You may recognize Ashley’s welcoming face as one of the amazing members of our Central Animal Hospital customer service team! 🐶🐱✨ She’s often one of the first friendly faces our clients see, and we’re so lucky to have her greeting our clients and their furry family members!

Ashley is an incredibly compassionate teammate who is always looking for ways to go above and beyond for both her coworkers and our clients. ❤️ She is dedicated to being an advocate for our clients and their fur babies, making sure they feel supported, heard, and cared for every step of the way. 🐾💙

TEN YEARS have flown by! 🎉 We are so grateful for Ashley’s kindness, dedication, and all the ways she makes our hospital a better place. We can’t wait to see what the NEXT DECADE holds! 🥂🐾

💙 Happy 10-Year Workiversary, Ashley! 💙

👇 Help us celebrate Ashley’s amazing milestone! Leave her a 🎉 or a 💙 in the comments, and if she’s helped you and your pet, share a little love for her below! 🐕🐈

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10/26/2026

🎉🐾 HUGE shout-out to Kristen, our Lead RVT, for an incredible 8 YEARS with the CAH team! 💙🥳

But here’s the fun part… Kristen’s journey with Central Animal Hospital actually started LONG before that! 🐶🐱

Kristen first joined CAH back in 2009 in our boarding department. After some time away working with wildlife 🦉🦌 and eventually moving out of state, she made her way back to California in 2018. And when she returned? She knew EXACTLY where she wanted to be… back at CAH! 💙🐾

Since returning, Kristen has grown into her role as our Lead RVT, and anyone on our team can tell you that she is truly the calm backbone of our hospital. 🩺✨ Her love for all animals, big or small, and her ability to stay steady through the occasional craziness that comes with veterinary medicine are just a couple of the reasons she is such an outstanding leader!

Kristen, we are SO grateful to have you on our team! Your experience, dedication, compassion, and leadership make such a difference for our patients, clients, and staff. ❤️ We can’t wait to see what the NEXT 8 years bring!

🎉 HAPPY WORKIVERSARY, KRISTEN! 🎉

👇 Help us celebrate Kristen! Drop a 💙 or 🐾 in the comments to congratulate her on this amazing milestone!

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10/25/2026

Common household items like certain plants, foods, and cleaning supplies can be toxic to pets. This National Animal Safety and Protection Month, take a moment to check your home for hidden dangers.

10/24/2026

🎉🎂 Help us wish Dr. Boyd a VERY Happy Birthday! 🥳🐾💙

If you’ve had the pleasure of having Dr. Boyd care for your pet, you know firsthand just how incredibly kind, gentle, compassionate, and thorough she is! 🐶🐱❤️ She’s one of those people who makes a wonderful first impression and shows you right away that she’s truly an amazing person, inside and out!

We feel so lucky to work alongside her each day, and we know our patients and their families are lucky to have her caring for their furry family members, too! 🩺🐾 She deserves all the love and happiness in the world on her special day!

🎈 Happy Birthday, Dr. Boyd! Here’s to another amazing trip around the sun! ☀️🎁

💙 Drop a birthday wish for Dr. Boyd in the comments below! 👇 And if she’s taken care of your furry family member, we’d love to hear about your experience! 🐾💬

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10/23/2026

💙🐾 VET TECH APPRECIATION WEEK — DAY 5: MEET OUR SUPERSTARS! 🐾💙

As we close out Vet Tech Appreciation Week, we’re putting the spotlight on the incredible veterinary technicians who make Central Animal Hospital what it is!

Please help us celebrate Kristen, our Lead RVT, Brandy, Willow, Flor, Jane, Jocelyn, Anahi, Kelly, Claire, and Emily! 🎉

Each brings unique strengths, skills, experience, and personality to our team. Together, they’re an unstoppable group of patient advocates, problem-solvers, compassionate caregivers, and all-around rockstars! 🩺🐶🐱

With many years of combined experience, they help provide the exceptional care our Petaluma community has come to expect from CAH over the past 20 years. While our team has changed and grown, one thing has never changed: our commitment to providing the best care possible with one of the most compassionate teams around. ❤️

If you’ve had the pleasure of working with any of our technicians, you know firsthand how special they are. From their skills to the compassion they show during the hardest moments, each makes a difference every single day.

To our technicians: we could not do this without you! You help make CAH what it is, and we never take your hard work, dedication, or heart for granted. We are so proud to have you on our team, and we hope you know how valued you are—not just this week, but every day!

Here’s to our veterinary technician superstars! Thank you for everything you do for our patients, clients, coworkers, and Petaluma community.

🎉 Happy Vet Tech Appreciation Week!

👇 Pet parents, help us celebrate! Has one of our technicians made a difference for you or your pet? Leave them some love in the comments!

10/22/2026

🐾 VET TECH APPRECIATION WEEK — DAY 4: THE MULTITASKING NINJAS OF VET MEDICINE! 🩺💙

HOW DO THEY DO IT ALL?! 🤯

One minute, they’re monitoring anesthesia. The next, they’re drawing blood, calculating medication doses, comforting a nervous patient, educating a client, helping a teammate, answering questions, AND somehow remembering the ten other things they still need to do!

Sound familiar? 😂

Veterinary technicians are the ultimate multitasking ninjas! They juggle countless responsibilities throughout the day, often switching gears in seconds while keeping patient safety and comfort at the center of everything they do. 🐶🐱

They bring knowledge, technical skills, critical thinking, compassion, and teamwork to every shift. And somehow, they make so much of it look effortless, even when there’s a whole lot happening behind the scenes!

But here's the thing: it's hard to put into words just how much our veterinary technicians mean to us. ❤️

They are essential to our patients, our doctors, our clients, and our entire team. So much of what they do happens behind the scenes, but the impact they make is HUGE!

One week of recognition could never fully capture how much we appreciate them, but we hope taking this time to celebrate our team helps show just how much they matter.

To our incredible vet techs: THANK YOU for being our multitasking ninjas, problem-solvers, patient advocates, and compassionate caregivers. We see your hard work, value your skills, and are so grateful to have you on our team! 🐾

🎉 HAPPY VET TECH APPRECIATION WEEK — DAY 4! 🎉

👇 LET'S GIVE OUR VET TECHS SOME LOVE! What's one thing your veterinary technician does that makes you think, "How do they do it all?!" Tell us in the comments! ⬇️

🐾 Tag a veterinary technician who deserves some extra appreciation today!

10/21/2026

🐾💙 VET TECH APPRECIATION WEEK — DAY 3: THE LITTLE FUR BABIES THAT MAKE IT ALL WORTH IT! 💙🐾

Today, we’re celebrating the bright side of being a veterinary technician! 🎉🐶🐱

Sure, the days can be busy, messy, and unpredictable, but this profession is also filled with some pretty incredible moments that make it all worthwhile!

✨ The puppy who falls asleep in your arms.
✨ The scared kitty who finally trusts you enough for a cuddle.
✨ The patient who comes back feeling SO much better because of the care you gave them.
✨ The grateful client who tells you how much you helped their beloved fur baby.
✨ The little tail wag, happy purr, or slobbery kiss that instantly makes your day better! 🥹❤️

Vet techs get to be part of so many special moments. You comfort pets when they’re scared, celebrate when they’re feeling better, support families through every stage of their pet’s life, and make a difference in ways that aren’t always seen but are ALWAYS felt.

And let’s not forget the friendships, teamwork, inside jokes, and coworkers who become family along the way! 🩺🐾

Being a vet tech means making a difference every single day, even when you don’t realize just how much you matter. 💙

To our incredible veterinary technicians, thank you for the patience, knowledge, compassion, and love you bring to every patient. You help make CAH a special place for our pets, our clients, and our team, and we appreciate you more than words can say!

🎉 Happy Vet Tech Appreciation Week — Day 3! 🎉

👇 Let's spread some positivity! What’s one little moment with a patient that always makes YOUR day? Share it in the comments! 🐶🐱💙

10/20/2026

🐾💩 VET TECH APPRECIATION WEEK — DAY 2: IT’S NOT ALL PUPPY KISSES! 🐶❤️

Think vet techs spend all day cuddling puppies and snuggling kittens? We wish! 😂🐱

While we LOVE those sweet moments, they’re only a small part of the job. Veterinary medicine is messy, emotional, physically demanding, and definitely NOT for the faint of heart! 💉🩸💩

A vet tech’s day involves everything from cleaning wounds and caring for abscesses to monitoring anesthesia and helping critically ill pets. We do the not-so-glamorous work that keeps our patients safe and comfortable. 🩺🐾

But the hardest parts aren't always the messes we clean up. ❤️‍🩹

We help senior pets live longer, more comfortable lives and support families through difficult diagnoses and some of life's hardest decisions, including knowing when it's time to say goodbye.

Sometimes, those cases follow us home. We replay emergencies, think about the patients we couldn't save, and wonder if we could have done more. Veterinary medicine is built on compassion, and it's not always easy to leave those emotions at work.

So yes, there are puppy kisses and kitten cuddles! 🐶💋🐱 But there are also difficult conversations, long days, heartbreaking moments, and countless behind-the-scenes tasks most people never see.

💙 Being a veterinary technician is so much more than loving animals. It's showing up for them, especially when things get hard.

To all the incredible vet techs out there, thank you for your dedication, compassion, and hard work. You are appreciated more than you know!

🎉 Happy Vet Tech Appreciation Week — Day 2!

👇 Pet parents, what's one thing your veterinary team has done for your pet that you'll never forget? Share some love in the comments! ❤️🐾

Address

203 D Street
Petaluma, CA
94952

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 6pm
Tuesday	8am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 6pm

Telephone

+17077622693

Website

http://centralanimalhosp.com/

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