SJB Animal Care Center

SJB Animal Care Center Providing excellent veterinary care in a warm and caring environment!

06/04/2026

🎐🌿 Sometimes the best things are built with a little vision, a lot of teamwork, and a whole lot of heart. 🌿🎐

If you listen closely, you’ll hear the wind chime singing in the breeze. That peaceful sound is exactly what we hoped this space would feel like.

Over the last few weeks, our team has helped transform an empty gazebo into a quiet sanctuary. They assembled furniture, carried plants, moved things around more times than they’d probably like to admit, and helped bring this little dream to life. ❤️

We’re incredibly grateful for each of them.

This space will be many things. A place to enjoy a lunch break. A place to sit with a pet in the sunshine. A place to share stories, smiles, and extra belly rubs.

And when the time comes, it will also be a place for tender goodbyes. A place where families can spend a few quiet moments together surrounded by fresh air, gentle breezes, and the love they’ve shared with their cherished companion.

Veterinary medicine is filled with both joyful hellos and heartbreaking farewells. We wanted a space that could hold both.

We’re pretty proud of how it’s coming together. 🐾💚

What do you think?

05/28/2026

🐾 Don’t forget the p*e samples! 🐾

F***l samples are fantastic… however urine samples can tell us SO much too. A simple urine test gives us important insight into your pet’s health and can help us catch problems early — sometimes before your pet even seems sick.

What can we learn from urine?
✨ Kidney function
✨ Signs of diabetes
✨ Urinary tract infections
✨ Bladder crystals or stones
✨ Hydration status
✨ Inflammation
✨ Protein loss
✨ And more!

How to collect a sample at home:
• Use a clean, dry container
• Something disposable is perfect (plastic cup, clean food container, ladle, etc.)
• We do NOT need a sterile container for routine screening samples
• Fresh is best — ideally within a few hours
• If you can’t bring it immediately, refrigerate it temporarily

Pro tip: catching urine mid-stream usually gives the best sample. Yes… veterinary medicine is glamorous. 😂

Bring those samples by SJB Animal Care Center and let’s learn what your pet’s bladder has been trying to tell us. 🐶🐱🧪

This Memorial Day weekend, we’re especially thankful for the families, service members, veterans, first responders, and ...
05/25/2026

This Memorial Day weekend, we’re especially thankful for the families, service members, veterans, first responders, and hardworking community members who help protect and support others every day. ❤️🤍💙

From our little locally owned veterinary hospital to your family:
Thank you for allowing us to care for the pets you love so deeply.

We hope your weekend is full of rest, sunshine, family time, and plenty of tail wags

POV: your dog comes to daycare/boarding/grooming and somehow returns home more emotionally fulfilled than you are after ...
05/21/2026

POV: your dog comes to daycare/boarding/grooming and somehow returns home more emotionally fulfilled than you are after a vacation. 🐾😂

Meanwhile at SJB:
• snacks were consumed
• squirrels were monitored
• dramatic sighs were performed
• at least one tennis ball was lost under furniture
• everyone received approximately 47 compliments

We may be a veterinary hospital… however we fully acknowledge that most of our patients believe this is actually a country club. 💅🐶🐱

Drop your pet’s most spoiled habit below ⬇️

05/08/2026

Tell me you work in vet med without telling me you work in vet med…
…when your breakfast mold collection starts looking suspiciously like your paw print memorial supplies. 🐾🍳

05/08/2026

🚨 FLORIDA PET OWNERS — PLEASE READ THIS. 🚨

It’s Sago Palm season again… and every single year we see heartbreaking emergencies because many people have absolutely no idea how toxic these plants are.

The worst part?
They’re EVERYWHERE in Florida landscaping.

And unfortunately… dogs seem to think the seeds are delicious.

🌴 WHAT IS A SAGO PALM?
Sago Palm

Despite the tropical look, this plant is EXTREMELY toxic to pets — especially dogs.

The MOST dangerous part?
The seeds/nuts.

Even ONE seed can cause severe liver failure.
Yes… one.

🚨 SIGNS OF SAGO PALM TOXICITY:
Symptoms may start within hours and can rapidly become life-threatening.

Watch for:
• Vomiting
• Drooling
• Diarrhea
• Loss of appetite
• Lethargy
• Weakness
• Bloody stool
• Tremors
• Seizures
• Yellowing of the gums/eyes (jaundice)
• Collapse

⚠️ WHAT MAKES IT SO SCARY:
Sometimes pets seem “okay” at first.
Then the liver damage begins.

By the time symptoms become severe, we are often fighting for their life.

🚨 IF YOUR PET EATS ANY PART OF A SAGO PALM:
DO NOT “wait and see.”

Call your veterinarian IMMEDIATELY.
If after hours, contact an emergency veterinarian or the:
ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center

🌱 COMMON PLACES PEOPLE HAVE THEM:
• Front yard landscaping
• Apartment complexes
• HOA entrances
• Pool areas
• Decorative planters
• Neighbors’ yards

A lot of people inherit these plants with a home and never realize the danger.

🐾 WHAT YOU SHOULD DO TODAY:
• Walk your yard
• Check your neighborhood
• Look before letting your dog sniff around landscaping
• Remove accessible seeds immediately
• Consider removing the plant entirely if you have pets

And please…
share this post.

Every year we meet families saying:
“I had no idea.”

We would much rather educate people now than meet your pet during an emergency later. 💔

— Liz & the team at SJB Animal Care Center 🐾

05/06/2026

I hate going to work.

Which is why I stopped doing it.

Somewhere along the way, the word “work” started sounding heavy. Stressful. Like something people survive instead of enjoy.

So I made a decision a long time ago that I wasn’t going to spend my life just “going to work.”

Instead, I’d spend my days doing things that felt meaningful.

Listening.
Learning.
Solving problems.
Helping people.
Helping animals.
Investing in my community.
Growing into the kind of person I actually wanted to become.

So these days, I don’t really feel like I’m driving to work.

Most mornings feel more like I’m simply showing up with a purpose.

Sometimes that purpose is comforting a scared client.
Sometimes it’s helping a sick pet.
Sometimes it’s supporting my team.
Sometimes it’s just trying to make somebody’s day a little easier than it was before they walked through the door.

I’m not saying every day is easy. Lord knows it isn’t.

However, when you stop looking at your life as “work” and start looking at it as choosing where your energy goes… everything feels a little different.

So no…
I’m not on my way to work.

Me and this little fuzzy copilot are just headed somewhere meaningful.

05/04/2026

Liz & Fred on a Sunday = working on some kind of project 😅

And wherever we are, there’s usually a crumb cruncher or two running around…

Turns out the neighbor’s grass was getting real tall because their mower broke.
Fred and I were tied up finishing that flooring fiasco, so one of the crumb crunchers stepped in and handled it 💚

Good neighbors raise good neighbors.
(And the dogs appreciate not wading through snake grass 🐍🐾)

05/04/2026

a good day ends like this 💛🐾

a little quiet time
a little extra attention
and a team that truly cares

this is Heart & Paw Hotel

📞 904-646-9414

05/02/2026

Clover Butterbean learned the hard way that not all sky raisins are friendly… 🌶️🐝

“Did you get bit by a spicy sky raisin in the face?” 😅

Spring is here, which means bugs are OUT—and our curious pups sometimes think everything is a snack or a toy.

What to watch for:
• Sudden swelling (especially face, lips, or eyes)
• Hives or bumps
• Pawing at the face
• Vomiting or acting lethargic

Most reactions are mild, however some can escalate quickly. If you’re ever unsure, it’s always best to have your pet evaluated.

If we’re closed, please contact First Coast Veterinary Specialists & Emergency for after-hours care 🐾

Clover is doing great and back to her normal, adorable self 💕 Likely No Lesson Learned 😭

Address

2520 St John's Bluff Road S
Jacksonville, FL
32246

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 1pm

Telephone

+19046469414

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