Rowley Animal Hospital

10/31/2026

Happy Howloween from Dr. DiBoot and Beedle. Mouse and the cheese tax collector!

10/31/2026

Keep an eye on your pups! Be sure to keep the candy out of reach when you get home!

👻🎃☠️ Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat—but please, don’t share Halloween candy with your pets!

Halloween can be spooky, but it doesn’t have to be scary for your pets. Follow these 7 tips to help keep them safe this Halloween. Learn more at avma.org/Halloween.

10/26/2026

Crate training. This is an invaluable skill yet people either love it or hate it. Having your dog comfortable in a crate doesn't mean they spend hours of their day in it. It's having the dog have a safe space to be in should they need to be contained or if they just want a place to relax. There are many occasions that having a dog crate trained is beneficial:

Puppies: having a puppy crate trained is very helpful not only with housebreaking but also to give puppy a safe spot when the humans are busy and cannot watch them. This can prevent damage to furniture, drywall, and other items as well as preventing ingestion of things puppy should not have.

Travel: ideally, dogs should be in a sturdy crate when traveling in a vehicle. A dog can easily become a projectile in the event of an accident causing serious injury or death. If people want to stay in a hotel or rental home with their pet, being crate trained is also useful as it ensures the dog is safe as well as has something familiar in an otherwise unfamiliar space.

Emergency: while no one likes to think of it emergencies can happen. In situations where people must evacuate their home they may need to stay in a shelter which requires pets to be contained.

Vet stay/ injuries: if your dog needs to spend time in the hospital or is unfortunately having an issue that requires strict rest, being crated trained will make things much easier on you and the dog.

This photo is of our technician's dogs. They are all crate trained and have access to them at all times. They routinely will seek out their crates at times to have a nap as they feel comfortable there. They are closed in at feeding times, when expecting workman in the house, or if no one will be home. This way they cannot cause any harm while no one can see them and they have a place to be safe when work needs to happen in the home.

There are many ways to get dogs used to a crate. A great place to start is to check out Susan Garrett's crate games on you tube https://youtu.be/uso6tV2Rvqo?is=S_4XlRg1MC6gCvfQ

She has several useful videos to make using a crate something fun for your dog. It does take time for them to get used to but well worth it in the end.

10/26/2026

It's time to submit for pet of the month for November! Sorry we're a little late! Here's how to submit your photo:

Do NOT post photos on this thread they will not be eligible for submission. Only submit 1 photo per owner per month, only pet/pets, MUST be submitted through FACEBOOK MESSENGER ( click on messenger under our contact info to send a message). Must be a current client to win and client can only win once per calendar year (clients that win can still submit each month and if happen to win again will go to the second pet with the most likes). Please include pet's name(s) & owner's name. Submission time starts now and goes through the day on October 31st.

Once we have photos collected during the submission time they will be placed in a post on this page. Be sure to share the post and encourage your friends to vote for your photo! The photo with the most likes will be chosen as our pet of the month!

10/16/2026

The RAH team wishes a happy bosses day to our amazing Dr. DiBoot! Everyday she shows her staff and her patients her wonderful caring of all creatures, two legged and four legged.

Thank you for all you do!

10/14/2026

People are often fearful of coyotes. Lack of knowledge and poor information fuels fear. This is a very helpful post. Learning to live with wildlife is very important. These animals do play an important role in our ecosystem.

Terrified of coyotes? Let’s talk FACTS:

In the history of the United States and Canada combined, there have only EVER been two human deaths, confirmed by biologists, resulting from coyote attacks.

In the US, there are approximately 10 nonfatal coyote attacks on humans each year.

For a comparison, the CDC reported approximately 22,000 homicides (people killing people) in 2023 in the US alone..

Domestic dogs are responsible for approximately 4.7 million attacks on people in the US every year, resulting in approximately 16 fatalities per year.

So here is the reality of the situation:

You are far more likely to be killed by that guy walking down the street than your neighborhood coyote.

You are far more likely to be bitten by someone’s pet canine than that wild dog outside.

Statistically you are far more likely to be STRUCK BY LIGHTNING than bitten by a coyote….

So, what does this all mean? Should we not worry about coyotes at all?

No, that’s not what I am saying.

If you see a coyote, stay clear of it. Do not attempt to interact with this animal. It is capable of harming you – it just isn’t likely.

Don’t leave small pets outside, unmonitored. Don’t let your cats roam the neighborhood. Your pets are far more likely to be harmed by a coyote than you are. This doesn’t make the coyote’s evil. It makes them carnivores. We can’t talk about how evil it is for them to hunt our pets while munching on a double quarter pounder with bacon and cheese without acknowledging the hypocrisy. Most of us are very emotionally removed from what actually has to happen before we purchase packaged meat in a store.

If you have a very small child, you are going to want to keep a close eye on them at all times, to protect them from everything – like people, animals and themselves.

DO NOT FEED THESE ANIMALS. People feeding coyotes and befriending them causes their natural fear of humans to subside. That causes danger to both the coyote and the people around it. Humans feeding these animals has been found to be the ROOT CAUSE in the majority of coyote attacks. Read that again…

Why not just get rid of all coyotes? Then we wouldn’t have to worry about them at all.

First of all, deep sigh….

Second, like all animals on this planet, these guys are part of an intricate balance in nature. As apex predators in the US, coyotes help regulate populations of smaller predator species – like raccoons, skunks and foxes. Removing them would cause a negative ripple effect.

And remember, if 10 attacks a year is justification to rid the United States of coyotes…. what are we going to do about all those domestic dogs and all those people running around?

10/08/2026

A great way to learn skills for dealing with s reactive dog.

Dont miss the chance to work with Jessica!
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09/28/2026

It was a close race for awhile but Larry Costa will be pet of the month for October!

Start looking for pictures to enter for November!