Espanola Animal Hospital

Espanola Animal Hospital We're honoured to provide accessible surgical care to Northern Ontario's pets and their parents. We look forward to seeing you!
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Our staff is expected to treat every animal that comes through our doors as if they were providing care to their own pets. Part of delivering on this goal is a philosophy to strive to provide the most current technology and therapies for your pet. Some of the services we currently offer include laser surgery, therapeutic laser treatments, arthroscopy, orthopedic procedures, and stem cell therapy.

Our staff continuously update their skills and knowledge in order to provide your pet with the best care possible.

📣 Unbothered King Gets New Hip 💖Nugget, the very big and very handsome orange boy, suffered a fall which left him with a...
09/17/2025

📣 Unbothered King Gets New Hip 💖

Nugget, the very big and very handsome orange boy, suffered a fall which left him with a fractured hip. Primary repair of the fracture was not a great choice for this guy. The long-term result would have been severe degenerative joint disease and we would have arrived at this surgical repair choice in any case, except that Nugget's Mom would have spent way more money and Nugget would have had to live with pain and dysfunction.

So, the best way to treat this fracture was indeed with a micro hip replacement! Nugget received a complete set of BFX (biologic fixation) implants. These implants are engineered specifically to allow bone to grow into them, which creates long-term fixation without the use of bone cement (we hate bone cement).

Nugget had a smooth and fast procedure, slept it all off, and went back home this morning, already enjoying his new lil' hip! 🐈

🚨COULD YOU BE OUR NEXT ANIMAL CARE ATTENDANT?🚨Have your heart set on working in veterinary medicine, but haven’t followe...
09/08/2025

🚨COULD YOU BE OUR NEXT ANIMAL CARE ATTENDANT?🚨

Have your heart set on working in veterinary medicine, but haven’t followed the traditional path? This could be your moment. ✨

We’re on the lookout for a reliable, hard-working, and passionate animal lover who is ready to jump into the world of veterinary care. No formal schooling? No problem. At our hospital, we believe in growing talent from within. You’ll receive comprehensive on-the-job training, starting with fundamentals of patient care and facility upkeep. From there? The sky’s the limit.

We’re even offering fully paid tuition to help you become a Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) through an accredited program—while you work.

What You’ll Do:
🐾 Provide compassionate, hands-on care to patients under qualified supervision
🐾 Support facility operations through cleaning and basic maintenance
🐾 Assist with patient monitoring and treatment plans
🐾 Rotate through daytime and overnight shifts (approx. 3 weeks day / 1 week overnight)
🐾 Contribute to facility upkeep—including outdoor tasks like lawn care, snow removal, and general maintenance across our four properties
🐾 Occasionally work shifts at our Espanola location

What We Offer:
✨Starting wage: $20.00/hour
✨Night shift differential: $3.00/hour (total $23.00/hour)
✨Performance-based raises: Earn a $1.00/hr raise for each in-house exam you pass—up to $5.00/hr extra as quickly as you’re ready
✨Full benefits, including dental coverage
✨Trupanion pet insurance premiums covered after 1 year for your own pet
✨FIGS uniform tops provided
✨Generous CE budget, including paid travel and time off
✨Bring your dog to work! (as long as they’re well-behaved, vaccinated, and dewormed)
✨Custom snack bar stocked with your favourites
✨Control your own growth—we reward initiative, and advancement is in your hands

Send your resume to [email protected] to apply!

Peek in our inbox! 👀We simply had to share this update of Ms. Moose, who we met in 2019 for urgent spinal surgery after ...
09/08/2025

Peek in our inbox! 👀

We simply had to share this update of Ms. Moose, who we met in 2019 for urgent spinal surgery after she very suddenly couldn't use her hind legs. We performed a hemilaminectomy to relieve the pressure from her spinal cord and evacuate all the ruptured disc material from her spinal canal, which was the cause of her pain and symptoms.

Moose regained full function after surgery and recently celebrated her 10th birthday!

From her owner: "Moose had spinal surgery almost 6 years ago. Each year following has been a gift; she turned 10 so we had to celebrate! Thankful to reach this milestone! Forever grateful to Dr PJ and his staff"

Happy Birthday Moose! 10 years looks amazing on you and may you have many more! 💖

Celebrating National Puppy Day with the only therapists who accept belly rubs as payment. Forever grateful for the joy, ...
08/26/2025

Celebrating National Puppy Day with the only therapists who accept belly rubs as payment. Forever grateful for the joy, chaos, and cuddles they bring! 🐾🐶💛

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We love to say that surgery is a team sport, but we didn’t necessarily limit that to just our team!Last week we were del...
07/28/2025

We love to say that surgery is a team sport, but we didn’t necessarily limit that to just our team!

Last week we were delighted to host Dr. Karim Aziz from the dogandcatclinic in Niagara. Dr. Aziz is a busy practitioner working hard to expand orthopedic care for pets in this area of Ontario, and we’re happy to support his efforts! Dr. Aziz and Rocheleau scrubbed together on several procedures so we could really demonstrate first hand our surgery flow and methodology.

Just as we developed our program by visiting other facilities and “taking pearls home”, we’re always happy to host practitioners doing the same. When we collaborate, ultimately we provide better care to our patients, which is what the whole thing is about!

So what actually happens in the OR? 🤔 While we love to give Dr. Rocheleau credit for all the things he does, it takes a ...
07/10/2025

So what actually happens in the OR? 🤔

While we love to give Dr. Rocheleau credit for all the things he does, it takes a village to execute a safe, organized and efficient surgical procedure. For joint replacement procedures, 3 assistants scrub with the Dr, since these procedures are some of the longest ones we perform, there are many steps to the procedure, and many pieces of equipment required! Sarah, Alex (RVT) and Emily work together to ensure the procedural steps are followed to the letter, the equipment is ready before the Dr asks for it, and the limb is positioned appropriately. All of these things save time and make Dr. Rocheleau’s life easier.

Rayona and Kali (RVT) are also in the OR. Rayona is the circulating nurse who moves freely around the OR to quickly find anything that the surgery team might need. Kali ensures that this patient has a safe and pain-free anesthetic procedure and manages any potential issues before they become actual issues.

07/09/2025

✨Feeling fabulous after spinal surgery 🤘

This little rockstar is Henry, a French Bulldog who made the trip from Montreal to see us for some help.

Henry developed a disc compression in his neck that was causing him severe problems. He was no longer able to walk, couldn't stand without help, and was in a great deal of pain. His owners were tired of trying and re-trying rest and steroids and decided to make the trip to our practice. Although this is a common problem for French Bulldogs, Henry's case was shocking. After we ran him through our CT machine, we could not believe how MASSIVE the disc compression in his spinal canal actually was!

We scheduled Henry for surgery the next day, and he began to make great improvements very quickly after his procedure. His owner sent us this video of Henry enjoying a walk which is something he hadn't been able to do for some time. 💖

Making meaningful contributions to the Veterinary literature all the way from Sudbury, Ontario! 🇨🇦It was very cool to re...
04/16/2025

Making meaningful contributions to the Veterinary literature all the way from Sudbury, Ontario! 🇨🇦

It was very cool to receive this email earlier this week. Our research paper on arthroscopic meniscal repair has been downloaded A LOT since it was published! All of the work on this paper was done right here in our hospital, and hopefully it means that more dogs across the globe are having their meniscal tears repaired!

We have many more things in the research pipeline and continue to work hard to make life better for the dogs we share it with. 🥰

Last week's total knee replacement (case # 12) 🇨🇦Winnie is a 1.5 year old very boisterous Rottweiler who presented for ...
03/31/2025

Last week's total knee replacement (case # 12) 🇨🇦

Winnie is a 1.5 year old very boisterous Rottweiler who presented for bilateral cruciate tears. She could barely walk when she came to see us! We treated her right knee with a TPLO which was uneventful. When we circled back to treat her left knee several weeks later, we scoped her knee and found severe cartilage loss and collapse of her medial compartment. There was actually a large concave tract (which the images do not do any justice to!) ground into her medial condyle from scrubbing over a severely macerated meniscus.

Since her long-term outcome was probably not great with TPLO, the owners opted for total knee replacement. Our goal is to restore Winnie to normal pain-free function for the rest of her life so that her owner can go running with her again. Surgery went great and Winnie ran out of the hospital on 4 legs the morning after surgery. Her owner reports that she is already doing super well on the leg!

We are the only facility in Canada offering Total Knee Replacement and we're thrilled to be able to provide a better long-term option for patients who have severely degenerative knees.

03/10/2025

🤩 like it never even happened 👀

Koenig is a gorgeous, silly goose Border Collie who loves to partake in all sorts of dog sports. Around this time last year, he suffered a shoulder injury. Despite lots of rest and meloxicam, he was persistently limping.

Following shoulder arthroscopy, we diagnosed him with a shoulder ligament tear. This meant his shoulder was unstable and no amount of rest or drug therapy was going to resolve this. Lucky for Koenig, we developed a procedure to fix exactly this problem!

Koenig has a very diligent and very wonderful owner who was utterly devoted to his post-operative care, and it paid off! This dude is back to living life to the absolute fullest 🥳

Our thanks to Touch Animal Rehabilitation for the excellent care Koenig received post-op. ♥️

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Alex, Megan, Kali and Dr. PJ are coming to you live from the OAVT Conference 👋 Dr. PJ is giving several lectures over th...
02/28/2025

Alex, Megan, Kali and Dr. PJ are coming to you live from the OAVT Conference 👋

Dr. PJ is giving several lectures over the course of the weekend, providing Ontario RVTs with the latest updates with regard to orthopedic care.

Alex, Megan and Kali are running our trade show booth and having a blast meeting and re-connecting with our RVT friends from across the province and beyond.

We love this conference and are happy to support the great work the OAVT does to ensure Ontario RVTs have access to high-quality education, which ultimately means better care for your pets!

♥️ Happy Valentine’s Day ♥️Please enjoy these valentines that our staff-owned kids were the creative inspiration for 😆Fe...
02/13/2025

♥️ Happy Valentine’s Day ♥️

Please enjoy these valentines that our staff-owned kids were the creative inspiration for 😆

Feel free to add your own to the comments!!

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3557 Errington Avenue
Chelmsford, ON
P0M1L0

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+17058690090

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Our staff is expected to treat every patient that comes through our doors as if they were providing care to their own pets. Part of delivering on this goal is a philosophy to strive to provide the most current technology and therapies for your pet. Some of the services we currently offer include laser surgery, therapeutic laser treatments, arthroscopy, orthopedic procedures, and stem cell therapy. Our staff continuously update their skills and knowledge in order to provide your pet with the best care possible. We look forward to seeing you!