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banfield.com/terms • banfield.com/privacy Founded as a small companion animal practice in Portland, OR, Banfield has been focused on preventive care since its inception in 1955 and has grown to become the largest veterinary care practice in the world. In 2007, Banfield joined the Mars, Inc. family of businesses, and today it is more than 1,000 hospitals strong in neighborhoods across the United St

ates and Puerto Rico. When you join Banfield, you’re joining a team that is committed to providing the tools, training and support our associates need to excel and reach their goals and potential. More than 3,500 veterinarians at Banfield are committed to giving pets the highest quality of veterinary care and collectively care for more than 2.9 million pets annually. Banfield hospitals offer comprehensive medical services, computerized medical records, preventive care plans for pets and extended operating hours.

10/29/2025

This Mars Volunteer Program (MVP) Month, our Associates have been stepping it up! 🙌 Many of the volunteer events start with a spark from our Associate Community Champions - they see a need in their area and find a way to make a big impact with our resources and spirit. 🧡

In San Antonio, TX (photos 1-4), Adrianna Martinez, veterinary technician at , led and organized our largest preventive care clinic this year. 🎉 This drive-through vaccine clinic - in partnership with - helped 955 pets(!!) with over 20 Associates who volunteered, including some who drove from Austin to support.

In Watsonville, CA (photos 5-9), Mychael Sanchez, practice manager at .sanjosesilvercreek, wanted to help the Latinx migrant farming community with a free vaccine clinic, knowing there is limited access to veterinary care. 💉🩺 The event helped 250 pets and their families - 90% of whom spoke only Spanish, and some drove from as far as 2 hours away to connect with this accessible petcare.

These extremely impactful events - and so many more this month - began with our Associates' passion, and we're thrilled to support such important outreach! Thank you, Adrianna and Mychael, our many Community Champions, and all of the Associates who volunteered their time and skills to this community and pets in need. 👏

As we wrap up this week, remember that our volunteer opportunities continue all year long! 🧡 Check banfieldgivesback.net for events in your area to join in our .

09/25/2025

Grab the tissues — Cooper’s story is a special one. 🥹

When Team met Cooper in July, he’d been abandoned and was sleeping on the porch of a kind, elderly woman. She saved up to bring him in for his first visit, wanting to get him veterinary care but worried about costs on her fixed income.

Thanks to a Optimum Wellness Plan, Cooper got the care he needed — including baseline diagnostics that revealed he’s FIV positive. With the plan provided for Cooper, it gave his new owner the confidence to keep him and bring him indoors, safe from the streets. 🏠

“She got choked up when we signed them up. She was so happy we could help,” said practice manager Cassandra Turnier. 🫶 “We love the Foundation plans. They've helped several seniors on fixed incomes and other clients in financial need."

Now, Cooper is cozy in his new home, is scheduled to be neutered next month, and will keep getting the care he needs. 🧡

For 10 years, has made stories like this possible. Here’s to a decade of impact and many more to come! 🙌

09/19/2025

Last week was an awesome Spirit Week thanks to you! 🙌

Check out team .riohondo in Puerto Rico, who wrapped up the week on "Free Spin Day" to celebrate their Boricua cultural pride! 🇵🇷 A wonderful way to wrap up Spirit Week and kick off Hispanic Heritage Month, both.

➡️ Keep scrolling for more photos from the week, with a stylin' Banfield fashion show at the end! 💅

One thing's for sure: We have the best humans working at Banfield. Kind, generous, dedicated, giving, skilled, and so spirited! 🧡

📸: .riohondo

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+ tag each other in the comments, pls! 😄

07/23/2025

That’s a wrap on AVMA 2025! 🌟 This past weekend in Washington, D.C., we joined veterinary professionals from across the country at the AVMA Convention for days full of connection, collaboration, and learning.

🧡 At our booth, the Banfield Talent team had the pleasure of connecting with attendees about career opportunities, mentorship, and professional growth. It was energizing to meet so many passionate individuals ready to shape the future of veterinary medicine.

🎙️ Dr. Meaghan Gilhooly joined ’s Margo Mosher for a live podcast conversation on environmental sustainability in the veterinary profession — a powerful dialogue on how we all can contribute to a healthier planet.

🦷 Dr. Carl Winch teamed up with Mars Veterinary Health’s Dr. JoAnn Morrison to present on antimicrobial utilization in veterinary dentistry, sharing insights that are critical to advancing responsible care.

🎉 .h_banfield welcomed this year’s Diversify Veterinary Medicine Coalition’s AVMA Education Grant Recipients, celebrating the next generation of veterinary leaders.

Thank you to everyone who helped make AVMA 2025 such a meaningful experience. We’re already looking forward to next year!

07/16/2025

After the devastating floods in central Texas, the call went out for animals needing to be evacuated from the flood zone - and Team and fellow Associates in the San Antonio market didn't hesitate to act!

Over the weekend, in true style, our incredible Community Champion, Adrianna Martinez, LVT (and practice manager at Banfield Bandera) mobilized a team of volunteers in less than 12 hours to help local shelters make room for the evacuated pets. 💪

With 15 volunteers over 88 hours, we were able to help:

📋 Complete over 110 exams
✈️ Clearing those pets for transport
📍 To shelters in CT, PA, MA & NJ
🤝 In partnership with Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter and San Antonio Animal Care Services

Adrianna, who previously served as an animal care officer at ACS, used her deep community ties to build a partnership that made this mission possible. Though she’s not in the photos (she was behind the camera!), her leadership was front and center.

“It was tough, but it wouldn't be disaster relief if it was perfect!" she shared about the effort, which was more than worth it to see the results.

More volunteer opportunities will continue in Texas. This is what Banfield Gives Back is all about - a community of Associates and ready to jump in where it's needed most. 🧡 Thank you, Adrianna and Team Bandera, for showing us the good we can do together!

07/09/2025

🎉 More good news from our – this year, 12 of our amazing Associates have been chosen to embark on Mars Ambassador Program (MAP) assignments around the world! 🌍

As part of Mars, every Banfield Associate has the opportunity to apply for MAP, the signature Mars program that pays Associates to share their skills with nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and abroad and give back to communities where it’s needed most.

Our 2025 Ambassadors were selected to join an incredible variety of meaningful projects, from reef restoration 🪸 to building children’s gardens 🌱 - and of course, lots of care for animals. 🐕🐈

The assignments this year also include projects co-hosted and funded by our charitable arm, , to spay and neuter pets in Hawaii, create safe enclosures for pets in the Navajo Nation, and provide preventive care to pets on the island of Saipan.

👉 Scroll through to see all our Ambassadors and their upcoming projects, then join us in congratulating them! 👏 We’re inspired by their spirit of service and can’t wait to share their impactful work later this year. 🧡

05/22/2025

Hey team, meet Pratheek!

Pratheek Reddy Reddy is one of the wonderful VAs we're appreciating this week, as well as a member of our Asian & Pacific Islander (API) Associate Resource Group (ARG) helping us celebrate 🎊 . 🎊

In honor of both, Pratheek shared what he loves about being a veterinary assistant 🐾 at our Matthews, NC, hospital + how being part of our API ARG enhances his work:

"I was led to join the veterinary industry since I was a child. I always wanted to contribute to the joy that animals bring to people.

I love working with every type of pet because they all bring something special to people. The bond between a pet and their owner is what truly makes my job rewarding. My favorite part of my job is the client education opportunities to stress the importance of preventative medicine.

I am of Indian descent. [Being part of] the API ARG means contributing to an environment where you are allowing everyone to feel valued and respected. This promotes inclusion in workplaces, schools, and communities."

Thank you, Pratheek, for devoting your work to making sure pets and people both feel their best! 🧡💛💚🩵

Our ARGs, including API and many others, are community and culture-building opportunities open to every Associate! 📲 You can join on Viva Engage. Visit the API community page before the end of May to enter your coloring page and see more AAPI Heritage Month activities!

05/15/2025

Today is , team! What's our action? Sharing a dopamine-seratonin-oxytocin-boosting burst of adorable pets that you've helped recently! 😍

Just seeing all these loving, furry faces lifts the spirits. 🧡🐶🧡😺🧡

And yes, science has shown interacting with pets increases all those feel-good chemicals! 🙌 You know it personally, and Mars' Pets and Wellbeing Study Program (PAWS) is leading even more global, in-depth research into the impact of cats and dogs on human mental health and wellbeing (check out link in bio for more!).

Which means that each of you is taking action every day to support mental health, by supporting the human-animal bond that greatly influences people's wellbeing. We're impressed by you every day! And your mental health matters, too. 🫶

Check in with yourself and each other: What action are you needing today? Today, and every day, we support you in taking action to support your mental health and wellbeing. 🧡

📷: .sawgrass .drphillips

04/22/2025

🌎 Earth Day every day at Banfield! 🌏

♻️ What are some of the creative ways you reduce, reuse, and recycle at your hospital?

Here, veterinary assistant Annette Arevalo at our Pacifica, CA, hospital is showing off the specialty recycling program they're testing, designed to reduce the amount of soft, flexible plastic in our landfills.

Pacifica is one our new ✨️ Sustainability Incubator Hospitals ✨️, which are trialing new products and services to reduce waste and energy consumption, that will then be scaled across the practice.

Not at one of these hospitals? There are many opportunities to help reduce our environmental impact across Banfield, Mars Veterinary Health, and the veterinary profession. ✅️ Check out the Earth Month article on Fetch for all the ways to get involved!

Every day we're working for means caring for the health of our planet, too. 💚

04/19/2025

Let's give some love to the pets who've come in for heartworm prevention and treatment this month, during Heartworm Awareness Month 🐛❣️

A few pictured here:
🐾 Korra, 18 weeks old, and Gemma and Apollo, 6 months old, all got a great early start preventing heartworm from team

🐾 Rooster, who you can see is thrilled that his heartworm test was negative 😅 with team

🐾 Cash, who came for his annual prevention, and Spencer, who was treated for heartworm and is living his best life 🌞, thanks to team

And a big thank you to these and all our veterinary teams for helping protect pets from heartworm disease every day of the year!

How many pets have you seen for heartworm prevention so far this month? Let us know in the comments! 👇 Every visit is making a big difference for pets.

(And if you're a client, check for how to prevent heartworm for your own pet!)

04/11/2025

🧡 New series! 🧡 My Banfield life 🧡

This week, Dr. Karin Ziegler from our hospital in Henrietta, New York, is sharing what she loves about her Banfield life: the opportunity to take her skills around the world to help make .

After 12 years here, Dr. Ziegler went on her first Mars Ambassador Program assignment last year to Hawai'i to perform spay and neuter surgeries - her passion and specialty - for hundreds of pets in need. As part of Mars, every Banfield Associate has the opportunity to apply for these all-expense paid trips to volunteer in communities where we work, both in the U.S. and abroad. 🌎

Dr. Ziegler loved it so much, she asked our charitable arm, , how she could volunteer for more spay and neuter work. So this past February, she flew 24-hours around the globe to volunteer with the humane society on the island of Saipan, which has no veterinarian in residence.

She shared: "That was wild, mind boggling. I never in my life thought I'd be traveling to that part of the world! In addition to the spays and neuters, we were able to perform an enucleation for one dog and also help with the some of the exotic diseases we don't see here.

"After these two experiences, I've definitely got a deeper sense of our big purpose, and I don't get as bogged down with some of the daily stresses of the job. I remember the difference that we're making with each pet. It's amazing, and I'm so grateful to work somewhere where I have the opportunity to do something that's so fulfilling and meaningful to me."

Want to hear more memorable moments from Dr. Ziegler's trips? You can read her full story on Fetch and then check out how to join the and apply for your own MAP trip. 2025 applications are open until May 1!

11/26/2024

🌎✨ Mars Ambassador Program: Associate Spotlight 🌎✨

Banfield LVT Callie Brown traveled to the Arctic Circle and shared her skills with the Northern Canada Veterinary Clinic with Veterinarians without Borders. They were able to perform surgery on 17 dogs and provide consultations and vaccines for over 60 pets. She witnessed the Northern Lights and jumped into the Arctic Ocean all while giving back! 🧡

Callie shared her advice for others who want to make a difference: “My advice for someone who is interested in volunteering is find what you’re passionate about and start there and maybe start small. While you’re out connecting with people whom you wouldn’t have met or helping to make the world a better place, you just might find that the person that needed it was you.”

Thank you for sharing your experience, Callie! And for helping to create .

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