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River Road Animal Hospital

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Closed major holidays (New Years Day, Easter, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas)

📅 Book appointments online anytime:
https://bit.ly/RRAHbook

💊 For prescription refills and home delivery, visit our online pharmacy:
https://bit.ly/RRAHpharmacy

10/27/2026

🐾 Meet the Staff: Dr. Tyler, DVM! 🐾

Meet Dr. Tyler, one of our associate veterinarians at River Road Animal Hospital! 🩺

🩺 Experience in Vet Med: Dr. Tyler has been a veterinarian for 13 years! He also spent a few years working as a veterinary assistant before becoming a veterinarian.

🐶 What Made Him Choose Vet Med? Dr Tyler is Dr Lamb’s son, so he was exposed to it all at an early age. It didn’t take long for him to realize this was the career path for him!

❤️ Favorite Part of the Job: He enjoys working with kids and loves seeing dogs come back after a dental procedure having gained some much-needed weight!

🐱 Pets at Home: His household is full of personality, with five chickens and three cats! His cats include Oly whose name is short for Olympic Mountains, and the mother-son duo, Tera and Quark

🐈 Favorite Animal: Gray cats, especially the classic gray street cats!

🎮 How He Spends His Days Off: Between his wife and his toddler, playing video games on his Xbox and Nintendo Switch, and reading science fiction, Dr. Tyler has plenty to keep him busy!

💀 Fun Fact: Dr. Tyler has a collection of animal skulls at home and collects antique Washington State College memorabilia. He also enjoys ska music!

We’re so glad to have Dr. Tyler as part of our River Road Animal Hospital family! Help us show him some love in the comments! ❤️🐾

10/27/2026

Winnie the Pooh and Superman Sage just wanted to send you all a friendly reminder not to share your Halloween candy with your pets !🫶🏻

10/23/2026

The procedure may be finished, but the care continues. 🐾

Veterinary technicians care for hospitalized and recovering patients—giving prescribed medications, managing IV fluids, checking comfort, and watching for changes that need the veterinarian’s attention.

They also help families feel prepared to continue that care at home, from demonstrating medications to explaining recovery instructions.

As we wrap up our Vet Tech Week posts, thank you to our technicians for the knowledge, patience, and compassion you bring to River Road Animal Hospital every day. 💙

10/22/2026

There’s more to a dental procedure than a brighter smile! 🦷

Veterinary technicians take dental X-rays, clean and polish teeth, and record findings for the veterinarian’s evaluation—all while monitoring the patient under anesthesia.

Much of a tooth sits below the gumline, so those X-rays help our veterinarians find problems we can’t see just by looking in the mouth.

Here’s to the technicians helping care for your pets’ smiles this Vet Tech Week! 💙

10/21/2026

Sometimes great care starts with slowing down. 💙

A quiet approach, a towel to hide under, a comfortable position, or a little extra time can make a difference to a worried pet.

Veterinary technicians watch body language and adjust their approach to help patients feel safer during care. Helping a pet cope is an important part of the job—and one we appreciate every day. 🐾

Happy Vet Tech Week!

10/20/2026

Small samples can tell us a lot! 🔬

Veterinary technicians collect blood and urine, prepare samples, run laboratory tests, and examine slides under the microscope. Their careful work helps give our veterinarians the information they need to diagnose illness and plan treatment.

It takes technical skill, attention to detail—and sometimes a very steady hand! Happy Vet Tech Week! 🐾

10/19/2026

Who’s watching over your pet during surgery? 🐾

While the veterinarian performs the procedure, a licensed veterinary technician provides skilled anesthesia monitoring and compassionate care—tracking your pet’s breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, and more. They help keep patients warm, comfortable, and closely monitored through recovery.

For Vet Tech Week, we’re highlighting the skill and care behind the scenes at River Road Animal Hospital. 💙

10/18/2026

💙🐾 Happy National Veterinary Technician Week! 🐾💙

This week, we’re celebrating five incredible members of our River Road Animal Hospital family: Vern, Kaila, Haley, Pat, and Maddie! ❤️

Veterinary technicians are the heart of veterinary medicine. They’re the ones holding a nervous paw, comforting a scared patient, catching the little details, working through the toughest cases, and celebrating every little victory along the way. They give so much of themselves to patients who can’t say thank you and to families who trust us with the ones they love most.

Behind every treatment, every reassuring touch, every late night, and every patient who gets a second chance, there is a team of dedicated people who show up with compassion, knowledge, and an incredible amount of heart.

To our vet techs, thank you for the long days, the hard work, the patience, the laughter, and the love you pour into every patient. Thank you for being advocates for the voiceless, comforters when things get scary, and a source of support for both our patients and our team. Veterinary medicine isn’t always easy, but you continue to show up and make a difference in ways both big and small.

The work you do doesn’t always get recognized, but it matters more than you know. Our patients are better cared for, our clients feel supported, and our team is stronger because of you.

Please join us in celebrating these amazing veterinary technicians this week! If you’ve ever had a veterinary technician comfort your pet or help your family through a difficult moment, take a second to thank them. Their work deserves to be celebrated not just this week, but every single day.

We are so grateful to have them on our team. You are appreciated more than words can say!

10/11/2026

🍂 **We still have appointments available TOMORROW, Monday, October 12th!**
🎃 **Don't let your pet's health get spooky this fall!** 🐾

Need to catch up on an annual exam, vaccinations, or preventative care? Or does your furry friend have something that needs a little attention?

Keep those tails wagging and whiskers twitching all season long!

🐾 Book online:
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🍁 River Road Animal Hospital

10/10/2026

We have been super busy the past few weeks, but we’re getting this show back on the road with this weeks amazing puppies and kitten!
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Address

1508 18th Street Northwest
Puyallup, WA
98371

Opening Hours

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

Telephone

+12538457525

Website

https://riverroadanimalhospital.com/, https://bit.ly/RRAHpharmacy, https://bit.ly/RRAHbook

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