06/29/2026
🐾Hello, friends! With the holiday weekend rapidly approaching we have a few reminders...🐾
If you know or think your furry friend may need assistance with the upcoming fireworks and/or loud festivities please start making plans NOW. Whether that is refilling or requesting medications, setting up safe places for them to get comfortable, updating identification tags and/or breakaway collars, microchipping, etc. Many hospitals, including ours, will have reduced holiday hours so please do yourself and your friends a favor and plan, plan, plan!
If you're thinking of letting your pets share in on the festivities, remember that not all tummies are created equal and that many of the BBQ foods that we enjoy are pancreatitis, HGE, foreign body nightmares and no one wants to follow up the weekend of fun with watching their pet in agony or an ER bill. Greasy and fatty foods are not meant for your pets; try and get your party goers on the same page or keep your pets separate to avoid any dietary indiscretions.
The hospital will be closing by 3pm on Thursday the 2nd and not re-opening until 9am Tuesday the 7th (7:30am for our surgery patients only, the phone will not be answered before 9am). As always, the phone, email, and texts will not be monitored during these closed hours and we urge you not to reach out and then wait until we are back for urgent matters; many of the local urgent care and emergency hospitals will be available to you (but please, do them and yourselves a favor and try and have a safe and happy holiday!).
If you need them, the numbers are as follows:
Capital District 518-785-1094
Upstate Veterinary Specialties 518-783-3198
PetMedic 518-282-0040
Animal Emergency Clinic of the Hudson Valley 845-336-0713
We hope everyone has a happy and healthy Fourth of July holiday weekend surrounded by friends and family! 🎆🥳
