Ellensburg Animal Hospital

08/13/2025

Our internet is giving us trouble, and so are our phones! We are working quickly to resolve the issue!

07/22/2025

HAPPY VETERINARY ASSISTANT WEEK! 🐶🐱🐹

As all of you know, we have only the best of the best here at Ellensburg Animal Hospital, and that's including all of our lovely vet assistants and kennel attendants! Brett, Stacy, Dani, Alyssa, Makynzee and Mack all take part in keeping our hospital sparkling clean and running smoothly.

Today, as part of our thank you to them for their endless hard work, we turned one of our exam rooms into a massage room and treated each of them to a midday massage!

If you're in this week, or any time for that matter, make sure you tell them how much they're appreciated!! 🤩

07/17/2025

✨We are in search of a rockstar to add to our team of kennel attendants!✨

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Kennel Assistant functions include, but are not limited to, providing the care and basic needs of patients of Ellensburg Animal Hospital, including cleaning of cages and runs and ward areas and the proper feeding and care of all hospitalized animals. The Kennel Assistant operates under the supervision of the Veterinary Technician Supervisor.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Clean, disinfect and maintain kennels, cages, runs and litter boxes as often as is necessary to ensure no cages or kennels are soiled and odors are not apparent. Perform general cleaning in other areas of the hospital to control the spread of disease. Wash and sterilize water and food bowls.
- Launder and dry towels and blankets.
- Clean barn areas, pens, and stalls when necessary
- Deep cleaning of the entire hospital.
- Clean bathrooms daily.
- Vacuum and mop the entire hospital daily.
- Work well with all employees and ensure that your actions support the hospital, the doctors and the practice philosophy.
- Notify the supervisor of needed maintenance.
- Observe animal for general physical condition, obvious signs of illness, disease and discontent. Report signs of illness, disease, injury or unusual activity to animal health technicians/veterinarians.
- Properly handle patients as required and appropriately restrain patients as directed.
- Walk hospitalized dogs several times per shift according to hospital protocol to provide exercise and time for elimination of bowels and bladder.
- As required, provide special food and liquids for patients.
- Ensure that patients are clean and fresh smelling.
- Assist with the administration of medications and post-operative care when trained.
- Ensure that cages and patients are properly numbered and identified and that personal property (toys, treats, blankets, leashes) are stored in the proper area and identified.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Wear personal protective equipment required for the area and maintain the personal protective equipment in good working order.

PHYSICAL EFFORT:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job.
- Frequently required to bend, stand, stoop, walk, sit, talk, and listen, frequently working in a bent position.
- Use strength or agility in capturing and restraining stronger, more active animals.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Occasionally handle dogs weighing up to and over 150 lbs.
- Assistance will be provided by another team member when working with larger animals.

Schedule: rotating evenings, rotating weekends, and holidays

***Please email resumes and references to [email protected], must be 18+ to apply.

06/30/2025

Reminder, we will have a short week and will be closed this Friday!

05/31/2025

Proud to walk in the annual Kittitas County Pride parade this morning! 🤩🌈

04/22/2025

✨Happy Veterinary Receptionist Week to these four lovely ladies! Their smiling faces are the first to welcome you in the door, they are the catch all for each and every question, phone call, and accidental lobby potty’s. Meghan, Gemma, Makynzee and Kara, we can’t be the team we are without you! To each of you, thank you for all you do ✨

12/31/2024

We say this every year, but please be vigilant over the next few days as fireworks start to show up! Those countless missing dog posts can be drastically reduced by taking extra precautions. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday, and we'll see you on January 2nd! 💥

Please remember that Fireworks are scary for our pets and often cause animals to bolt unexpectedly.

We recommend supervised potty breaks outside and on leash. Make sure your animals have a collars with tags on them incase they do get away from you, this helps reunite you faster. If you don’t have tags you can write your number directly on the collar with sharpie or on duct tape wrapped around the collar. You can turn on a radio by their kennel or bed to help mask the sounds of fire works as well. Remember, people start setting off fireworks before midnight and sometimes as soon as it starts to get dark so start implementing the precautions in the afternoon or all day long!

If your pet does go missing or you find a pet please file a Lost or Found Report on our website so we can help reunite families. We are closed tomorrow but will reopen Thursday the 2nd and be available for microchip scanning at that time.

We hope everyone has a safe and fun-filled evening.

12/21/2024

Christmas is fast approaching! If you're needing a prescription refilled, now is the time to call ☃️

We will have a doctor available after hours for emergencies, please call and follow the prompts should you have something that needs seen! Please be patient, holidays are always a busy time for us and our doctors and staff work as fast as they can to fit in as many patients as possible! ❄️

12/13/2024

As always, there will be a doctor available for emergencies after 5pm, should you be in need this weekend❄️

11/25/2024

As a reminder, we will have a doctor on call for emergencies over the holiday! Please call our office number and follow the prompts to be connected. 🍂

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from Mario and the rest of the crew in the Mushroom Kingdom! 🍄✨

10/15/2024

Happy Veterinary Technicians Week!!
❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜

Pictured below are our technicians, vet assistants (and receptionists) you all know and love. They are the ones holding your dogs when they wake up from anesthesia, the ones that greet you in your exams and give treats and scratches, the ones that stay late for emergencies and come in early for hospitalized patients. They are the ones that call to check in and follow up on your animals after they've had a procedure here, the ones that clean up any and all fluids, and the ones that LOVE what they do every single day 🤩

We love our vet techs (and assistants) and couldn't be the hospital we are without them! Your kind words go a long way, so if you see Allyson, Jeanne, Amanda, Jen, Michael, Alyssa, Dani, Anna, Mack, or Stacy, please let them know how much you appreciate them! Our people are simply the best! ✨