Forest Ridge Veterinary Hospital

Forest Ridge Veterinary Hospital A veterinary hospital dedicated to compassionate and affordable routine pet care.

04/13/2026

šŸ„³PHONES ARE BACK UPšŸ„³

šŸšØOur phones are currently down!! šŸšØ

We apologize for any confusion, this has been an unexpected outage, and we are working as quickly as we can to resolve it. While we wait for a technician to figure out what's happened, you can try and contact us for non-urgent matters via the text line: 518-732-8787. If it is urgent, please contact one of the local referral hospitals:

Upstate Veterinary Hospital 518-783-3198
Capital District Veterinary Hospital 518-785-1094
PetMedic Urgent Care 518-282-0040

*Please note, our FB Messenger is disabled*

02/22/2026

**ā„ļøUpcoming Storm, Hospital Closureā„ļø**

Hello everybody! Anyone who has an appointment tomorrow, Monday the 23rd, should have already received a text message notifying you that your appointment has been canceled as the office will be closed for the day due to the upcoming storm. There are no cancellation fees for tomorrowā€™s appointments and when we are back in the office we will begin the process of making calls to get everyone rescheduled! We thank you for your patience and understanding.

We understand that the storm maps seem to be all over the place as to how much we will be getting and because there is the potential for dangerous conditions we have decided to close for the day.

We will be open on Tuesday for our regular hours, including our usual drop off hours for scheduled surgical procedures and hospital stay patients.

There will not be anyone in the office to answer the phone to direct your call or answer questions. If you have an emergency please call one of our local emergency hospitals.

Upstate Emergency in Latham +1 (518) 783-3198

Capital district emergency in Latham +1 (518) 785-1094

Voicemails and texts will only be checked once we are back in the hospital and answered as we are able to get to them, and will prioritize the most urgent requests.

We hope you all have a safe snow day! Snuggle up with you furry friends if you can and enjoy the snow when itā€™s safe to do so ā˜ŗļø

Re-sharing for a client who very much misses their friend ā¤ļøšŸ¾Dusty went missing from their home on the 12th, we ask that...
07/15/2025

Re-sharing for a client who very much misses their friend ā¤ļøšŸ¾

Dusty went missing from their home on the 12th, we ask that you keep them in your thoughts and report any sightings!

šŸŽ†It's TiiIIIIIiiiiMmMeeeeee...šŸŽ†The 4th of July holiday is rapidly approaching!The hospital will have shortened hours on ...
06/30/2025

šŸŽ†It's TiiIIIIIiiiiMmMeeeeee...šŸŽ†

The 4th of July holiday is rapidly approaching!

The hospital will have shortened hours on Thursday the 3rd and closed on Monday the 7th, returning to our normal schedule on Tuesday.

Some tips to set up you and your pet for success:
ā­If your pet is anxious with the festivities and requires medications, please make sure you are stocked up before the weekend! Thundershirts, calming chews, sprays, and diffusers are just some of the over-the-counter aids available for those with milder symptoms.
ā­Have a safe space! Do not leave your pet unattended, especially if the area they are left in has space for them to escape or injure themselves- no space is too small when your pet is scared! It is not unheard of that pets have tried to squeeze themselves through gates, dig through doors, fall down stairs etc. if they are seeking a safe place to hide. Make sure their collar is a safe break-away style, so that the risk of them getting stuck somewhere is reduced.
ā­Make sure your pet has contact info on them- if your pet is microchipped make sure your info is current, make sure that your pet has tags with contact information that is up to date.
ā­Be cautious when mixing alcohol, cookout foods, and fireworks around pets- pets will try and eat them, will try and "catch" fireworks as they take off, will lick up a bottle on the ground, will steal food and utensils that smell like it off the table when you're distracted and many of these scenarios turn into emergencies when your veterinarian is not open!
ā­ Many of our favorite cookout meals are toxic and/or dangerous for our pets: do not offer your dog any meats that have been seasoned or covered in sauce (no bones, nothing high in fats and fried) no grapes or raisins, onions, garlic, avocado, chocolates or treats made with xylitol. If you aren't sure, don't feed it!
ā­It is okay to talk to your neighbor about your concerns for your anxious pet before the festivities begin! Whether this just means asking your neighbor to be mindful or to be on the lookout for an escape artist, it is always best to be honest about your concerns!

If you have an emergency while the office is closed, please refer to our attached list of local clinics!

We wish you all a happy, safe, and fun holiday weekend!

-The Team at FRVH šŸ¾

Next and last, but surely not least on the Forest Ridge ā€œlistā€ for Assistantā€™s Week we want to take a moment to celebrat...
05/23/2025

Next and last, but surely not least on the Forest Ridge ā€œlistā€ for Assistantā€™s Week we want to take a moment to celebrate the guy that keeps us laughing and does all of the heavy liftingā€¦

šŸ‹ļøBrandonšŸ‹ļø

Donā€™t let his youthful looks fool you, Brandon has been in veterinary medicine for around 20 years! You read that right. Brandon can be found doing all kinds of things to keep the day moving and keep us laughing even on the toughest days. He keeps everything from the rooms clean between every single appointment, making many small repairs to keep things running around the hospital, keeping all of our surgery equipment in working order and works tirelessly to keep packs up to date and sterile, makes friends with even the most anxious of pets and turns even the biggest lug into a pile of mush during their exam.

Brandon has probably been slobbered on, peed and pooped on, a**l glanded, covered in ā€œdistractionā€ snacks, sent out to collect urine or find an awol stool sample, more than any of us could count and he never complains but heā€™ll surely share it with the group for a good laugh.

Thank you for all that you do, Brandon, Happy Assistantā€™s Week!

Today for Assistantā€™s Week we wanted to take a moment to shine a little spotlight on the man, the myth, the cat legendā€¦....
05/21/2025

Today for Assistantā€™s Week we wanted to take a moment to shine a little spotlight on the man, the myth, the cat legendā€¦.

āœØKEVIN āœØ

An assistant is just one short word to sum up a person who has MANY titles around here at Forest Ridge. Kev, though more of a reserved and quiet presence among the madness, can often times be found assisting at the front desk, helping on the phone, meeting with vendors, taking care of our ordering needs, fixing endless computer bugs/user errors/haunted printers, sharing funny cat photos and other cat related updates pretty much on the daily, but his true joy and passion is the time he gets to spend in the rooms with clients and their pets.

Okay, okayā€¦ Letā€™s just be transparent hereā€¦ itā€™s the cats. Bring Kevin all the cats in the world and heā€™ll be taming them with Churu, squeezing them in his scrub pockets, getting them to do ā€œbaby kittyā€ and ā€œbig stretchesā€, measuring them in increments of Jimboā€™s, and have them falling asleep during their exams for starters.

Happy Assistantā€™s Week and thank you for everything you do! šŸˆšŸˆā€ā¬›šŸ¾

Well, thatā€™s a wrap! šŸŽ šŸŽ„ā„ļøAs we get close to the very end of 2024, weā€™d like to thank you all for such an amazing first ...
12/24/2024

Well, thatā€™s a wrap! šŸŽ šŸŽ„ā„ļø

As we get close to the very end of 2024, weā€™d like to thank you all for such an amazing first ā€œyearā€ here at Forest Ridge. This holiday season we have a whole community of pet parents and their best friends to celebrate with and be thankful for!

We do, of course, have to celebrate with some special holiday hours though:

We will be closed tomorrow for Christmas and back again on Monday the 30th from 9-5, Tuesday the 31st from 9-4, closed New Yearā€™s Day, and resuming our regular schedule Thursday the 2nd with hours from 9-7.

We wish you all safe and happy holidaysā€¦ whether thatā€™s surrounded by friends and loved ones, snuggled up for quiet days in with your pets, or going on some holiday travelsā€¦ and even if this has been a tough year, youā€™re working extra holiday shifts, or youā€™re missing a loved one or a furry best friend we hope that you find some joy and think of some cherished memories this holiday season!

-The Team at FRVH šŸ¾ā¤ļø

11/25/2024

NOTICE TO OUR CLIENTS: HOLIDAYS ARE UPON US

Boy, does time fly when you're doing what you love...

We would like to take a moment to announce that the office will be CLOSED for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday.

We will be here for our regular hospital hours:

Tuesday the 26th 9-6
Wednesday the 27th 9-3

If you need any refills before the long weekend, please plan to call ahead! If you need anything urgent while the hospital is closed please reach out to one of the local emergency hospitals, we will NOT be here to check the phones or email.

We wish you all a happy and SAFE holiday weekend!

-The Team at FRVH šŸ¾

Happy Howl-o-ween all you crazy kids!! šŸŽƒšŸ‘»šŸ¾
10/31/2024

Happy Howl-o-ween all you crazy kids!! šŸŽƒšŸ‘»šŸ¾

Happy Tech Week to our LVT Shannon!To say that vet med is life for this girl would be an understatement! Shannon grew up...
10/18/2024

Happy Tech Week to our LVT Shannon!

To say that vet med is life for this girl would be an understatement! Shannon grew up spending her summers at her Gramma's hospital in PA; working her way up from painting fences, helping with kennels to running rooms and assisting in surgeries by 16/17. When she wasn't working, they were off on trips across the states and riding horses. When she was home, she was volunteering at the local Humane Society, playing soccer, and the laundry list of after school activities she participated in. She had no doubt that being around animals and working in vet med was where she belonged and so she went to SUNY Canton to pursue her degree in Veterinary Technology and graduated in 2016, passing her NYS boards that same year.

Shannon credits a large part of her being to her Gramma and her time with the amazing people she met at Rainbow Veterinary hospital and maturing as tech under the amazing guidance of Dr. Kearney and Dr. LaForte during her time at BVH. Her Gramma taught her how to work hard for what she wants, help someone whenever you can, and provide compassionate care. It's because of this that Shannon is passionate about being part of a team and helping the people she cares about find their passion in vet med, a job that many of us burn out in from passion fatigue and feeling like we don't make a difference.

She holds a special place in her heart for geriatric pets and helping them enjoy their senior years comfortably and leaving as many good memories with their parents as possible. She genuinely enjoys getting to know pets and their parents as they grow with the hospital over the years, greeting people by name and remembering their stories and having people feel like part of a family of people that really cares about them and their pet. She is extremely passionate about quality dental care and enjoys seeing owners get to experience a whole new side of their pets that they get when their mouths no long cause them discomfort, she routinely takes time to learn new techniques in extraction and cleaning and providing minimally painful surgical care. She also believes in quality preventative care and client education... too many times in her career she has witnessed owners in distress because of judgmental teams and those who didn't take the time to help them be an educated advocate for their pets and understand why preventative care is important or felt judged or shame over the things they couldn't afford to do or didn't know any better. This is something Shannon is hoping to change here at FRVH.

While she enjoys her old title of "cat wrangler" and loves being a part of even the grumpy kitties being able to receive good care and will be second in line behind Kev for a kitty snuggle, she is truly a dog girl at heart, there's nothing like the love of a dog (especially one named Noli, and maybe a bunny and a chicken or 10). She is part of the crazy plant girl committee (her current obsession is anything Monstera and Orchid), she loves wildlife photography (team Canon), has a passion for travelling and trying new foods (literally just loves food in general), and loves all kinds of animals and is happy to have a partner who supports her animal madness and crazy ideas.

Thank you for being part of our team, Shannon!

Happy Tech Week to our Tech Student Melissa!To Melissa animals are far more special than anyone can imagine, and she wan...
10/18/2024

Happy Tech Week to our Tech Student Melissa!

To Melissa animals are far more special than anyone can imagine, and she wants to advocate for them and help those who want to help their babies. She has worked in vet med for 12 years now, it was actually her first adult job and something that she has always been extremely passionate about! She loves working with animals so much that she has been working diligently towards her licensure and expanding her knowledge every way that she can!

Melissa joined FRVH looking to further learn and grow and be somewhere where she can provide the care that aligns with her values and ideals of the animal-human bond. She is passionate about end-of-life care and euthanasia's and strives to make them as full of love and peace as possible, something that is too often missed when we come to that difficult time in ours and our pets life.

Melissa is passionate about many things, it's the part of her being that we love so much, but two things she is most passionate about are helping others and music (if you like some classic rock or metal, this is your gal. Let's be honest, she's been known to bee-bop to just about anything though). She loves to laugh, snuggle, spoil all of the babies and truly enjoys forging relationships with pets and their humans.

When asked if she is a dog or cat girl, she just simply couldn't choose! She loves them both for so many reasons and as a Fear-Free advocate genuinely cares that they all experience the least traumatic and/or stressful visit as possible. When asked if she could pick between senior pets and babies, she once again couldn't decide and feels that a good balance is key but feels that she is more passionate about senior pets.

If you know Melissa, itā€™s no secret why some of these photos made it in the mixā€¦ Melissa loves her mom with all of her heart, values and cherishes her friendships, is ALWAYS smiling, loves to go on adventures and loves her own babies with every fiber of her being.

Thank you for all that you do Melissa, we're so lucky to know you!

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1584 Route 81
Earlton, NY
12058

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm

Telephone

+15187317100

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