Rosedale Veterinary Hospital Inc

Rosedale Veterinary Hospital Inc Heidi Sheahan DVM DABVP is Board Certified in the specialty of Canine and Feline Practice. She is the only Board Certified Veterinarian in Bakersfield

Our patient care philosophy:

Heidi Sheahan DVM DABVP and her team are committed to staying on the cutting edge of innovative technology. We take the time to carefully listen to your concerns and perform a complete evaluation of your pet. Our services:

From consultation to diagnostics, treatment, and surgery, our team is committed to preserving and restoring your animal's health. We use some of t

he most advanced veterinary treatments and diagnostic equipment available to care for your pets from birth through their senior years.

01/29/2025

Jenny needs a playmate. My wife and I are looking for a rescue Dane, preferably a Blue Merle Mantle, male-neutered (or will be neutered), 6mos to 3yrs of age. If anyone knows or hears of one, please let us know. We may consider others but the above is what has worked out best in our household, so that's where we will start. Jenny says Thank you for your help as she is really missing Charlie to play with.

01/23/2025

We will be closed Thursday Jan 30th so that Dr Sheahan and I can celebrate her Birthday (which was earlier this month)

I will forever see Charlie everytime I look in the mirror.
01/23/2025

I will forever see Charlie everytime I look in the mirror.

I wanted to say Thank you to everyone who reached out to Heidi and me after Charlie and Rutherford died. We received hun...
01/18/2025

I wanted to say Thank you to everyone who reached out to Heidi and me after Charlie and Rutherford died. We received hundreds of emails, texts and sympathy cards. It has taken me almost two weeks to process which is why I haven't responded.

I adopted Charlie and Rutherford together from a shelter in LA. Charlie had been adopted and returned multiple times to the shelter because no one could handle him. Charlie just needed someone to set clear boundaries and give him room to run as he was an extremely energetic dog, unlike couch potato Rutherford who was content to lay around all day.

When I rescued Jenny after she was dumped out in the oilfields between McKittrick and Buttonwillow on Jan 15th last year, she quickly became Charlie's friend. The three of us were together 24/7, with Lance home occasionally. It was always exciting when Mom came home at the end of the day with Rutherford and Eva. Lots of energy flowed thru the house haha.

Jenny has felt lost since Charlie and Rutherford were buried. She could also sense how I felt and constantly checked on Lance to make sure he was okay.

I think the following pictures will speak for themself for how she felt that day.

12/30/2024

My friend Charlie is dead. I'll be burying him with His brother Rutherford tonight

12/29/2024

And now Charlie is in surgery at the er because he bloated while i was burying Rutherford. Now I'm a client.

12/29/2024

Just thought I would share that Rutherford, our Big Black sweet Great Dane, passed away last night. And Lance, our dear sweet loveable Lance, started having seizures on Christmas Day. And finally Charlie, our other Great Dane, when I was racing home, blew bloody diarrhea all over the inside of the Jeep, then proceeded to do the same in our house. I don't understand why he had to shoot it right into 3 of my boots (1 each from 3 separate pairs), the carpet, the walls, the door, the furniture, etc. The final kicker was the new trailer I bought for the Jeep, through no fault of my own, got wrecked the same day I picked it up. My son spent most of Christmas repairing it enough for me to get back home from Colorado. And Dr Sheahan is still out of town. All in all a pretty sad Holiday for me.

12/18/2024

REMINDER: We will be closing at NOON on December 24th and will reopen on January 6th. We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Safe New Year

12/03/2024

So slight change in our Christmas Holiday break. We will be closed from NOON on Dec 24th and will NOT reopen again until January 6th. This is so Dr Sheahan can go visit her newest grandchild ( #3!!!), with the latest one being born only a few weeks ago to our Daughter, who is now a Professor in Equine Internal Medicine at one of the Vet Schools.

Please, if your pet is having any issues call us sooner rather than later as we most likely will not be able to squeeze everyone in at the last minute. We will be doing boarding and can arrange pickup times for refills and food with 24 hours notice during that time.

11/20/2024

IMPORTANT UPDATES: Lots of info-sorry for the long post

1) We will be closed from NOON on Wednesday Nov 27th and reopen at 7:30 on Monday Dec 2nd for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

2) We will be closed from NOON on Tuesday Dec 24th and reopen on Thursday Jan 2nd.

3) FINANCIALLY IMPORTANT!!!! We have been notified AGAIN, that outside labwork will be seeing an increase of ~20% starting Jan1st. PLEASE, if you need labwork completed and you wish to save some money, please schedule your pet to have this done before the end of the year.

4) I've mentioned it in previous posts but be aware that at some point we will be making the transfer over to the 3% surcharge on credit cards (not debit) soon. This is due to the staggering cost of the fees we pay to accept credit cards. We chose not to pass onto people paying by Debit cards.

5) My wife and I have not raised our service fees in several years. Most Vets raise their fees 5% or more 1-2x times per YEAR! Some fees will be going up in 2025. Everything business related has increased drastically over the last two years. License/permit/DEA/Radiology/Etc fees have increased, utilities, as we are all aware, have increased dramatically (Business especially), all of our supplies have almost doubled or tripled in cost. It makes me sad and discouraged to see the rising Veterinary care for our pets becoming so expensive. I blame a LOT of this on Corporations being greedy and the influx of Corporate Veterinary Medicine (who, in some cases, also own the outside labs we use (Think Mars Candy Company who owns VCA, Antech, Banfield, Anicure, BluePearl, Creature Comforts, Gentle Oak, Hillside, Linnaeus, Mount Pleasant, Talwal, VES, VSH, Eukanuba, IAMS, Nutro, Pedigree and Royal Canin). This in turn has lead to multiple consolidations in Veterinary related industries and has limited competition thereby increasing costs. Currently, almost half the Veterinary Practices in Bakersfield are now owned by a big Corporation.

6) Dr Sheahan is still the ONLY Board Certified Veterinarian in Bakersfield.

7) We still set most appointments for 30 mins. We DO NOT double and triple book appts like the vast majority of Vets do in Bakersfield. Your scheduled time is your time (emergencies however always take priority) and not 2-5 minutes with Dr and the rest taken up by staff like the norm. We continue to believe that a one on one relationship with your Vet is better than one trying to just churn as many clients in a day as they can to maximize profit. Further, Dr Sheahan is always willing to go over Radiographs and treatment at the time of discharge. I can't begin to tell you the number of clients that get handed their pet after a surgery, an invoice and a receptionist telling you everything went fine without ever seeing or talking to the Vet at another Hospital prior to becoming clients here. That to me is shocking. Currently we have one local Vet that Dr Sheahan reported to the state board after he diagnosed (incorrectly and so so so many mistakes) with tetanus without ever actually examining the dog or running any tests. The person contacted us, we saw the dog and it was mind boggling just how badly this dog had been misdiagnosed. Sadly, because of the delay in treatment caused by the misdiagnosis, this caused permanent injury to this dog. Unfortunately this is not the first time this Vet has misdiagnosed a pet. Remember, you are always entitled to a second opinion (even from us) and we would always advise people to seek one when they are unsure or uncomfortable

10/30/2024

REMINDER: We will be closing today at 5:30pm and will reopen on Tuesday Nov 5th at 7:30am. Please, if you need food or refills, get them today

10/03/2024

We will be CLOSED October 30th thru Nov 4th. Please plan your refills and foods so you don't run out during that time as Dr Sheahan will not be able to respond to any requests during those 5 days as she is having a medical procedure done on herself.

So I wanted to share something rather personal. My wife had an angiogram at the Bakersfield Heart Hospital which is now ...
09/05/2024

So I wanted to share something rather personal. My wife had an angiogram at the Bakersfield Heart Hospital which is now owned by Adventist Health. Everything was normal so that's good. But two things completely shocked me. One was the way patients are treated like a piece of meat. They force you to strip naked, even though they are going thru the wrist (really????). Then while my wife's breasts were completely exposed, the girl who drew my wife's labs went to open the door. I had to stop her and tell her to wait until my wife was covered. The two employees who were in the room seemed perplexed on why I would request such a thing. This room had a direct view to the waiting room (and yes, there were people we knew in the waiting room) and they are also walking patients back and forth past the door. I mean really Adventist Health, what a shocking display of making patients feel they are just a piece of meat. I complained (it took multiple calls to finally get an email to complain) and the response was tepid to say the least. An "apology" was offered but no assurance was made that this would be addressed with the employees or in training of the staff.

As if that weren't shocking enough, they billed Blue Shield $420,853.30--YES THAT'S FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND AND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE DOLLARS, for a procedure that lasted less than two hours from start to finish was almost HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. And Blue Shield paid an ASTOUNDING $90,282.60. If you thought Veterinary care was expensive it pales in comparison to this complete ripoff. There is a reason our Health Care is substandard in this country. And this didn't include charges for anything else. The MD she had to see after this to "relay the results" charged an outrageous $700 just to give her the results.

We relay results at no charge.

It is hard not to feel ripped off by our Human Medical system. My wife and I struggle to keep costs as low as possible for our clients. But seeing how the human side of medicine treats people is absolutely shameful. It feels like Adventist Health is trying to recover their purchase of the heart hospital in just a few treatments.

Adventist Health was the highest of all that I surveyed after I received this bill and the care was substandard. Just shameful

I advise everyone to avoid the Bakersfield Adventist Heart Hospital as they are blatantly ripping off the system and treating their patients with less respect than we treat your pets.

PS: We promise never to expose your pet's breasts........LOL

This is why you should never trust google results LOLBTW, I didn't know machines had a digestive system or that they poo...
08/30/2024

This is why you should never trust google results LOL

BTW, I didn't know machines had a digestive system or that they pooped---you learn something new everyday.

UPDATE: Our AI overlords have taken note of this and corrected their error.

We are once again testing answering our phones, but there may still be times they will still roll over to Voicemail depe...
08/28/2024

We are once again testing answering our phones, but there may still be times they will still roll over to Voicemail depending on how busy "staff" is (Jack---yes I thought I was retired hahahaha, my wife didn't agree......)

08/21/2024

We will be closed for the labor day weekend from Friday August 30th and reopen on Tuesday Sept 3rd. Have an enjoyable and safe holiday

08/06/2024

Ok, so I found a better alternative than the company that was going to surcharge 3.5% on both credit and debit.

My wife and I are still willing to absorb some of the costs of accepting digital payments. Therefore, we are going with the same merchant provider we have now (TMG). Starting in approx 1 week (waiting on the new equipment), we will begin surcharging credit cards at 3%. However, my wife and I will absorb the cost of accepting debit cards (1.65%).

We wanted to offer a better option than one that charged all cards regardless at 3.5% and we didn't want people to have to race to the bank to get cash.

Also, for new clients where we require a deposit for exams and surgery, we will absorb the cost of the 3%. This is ONLY for deposits.

08/04/2024

We will be closed tomorrow (Aug 5th) as Dr Sheahan has COVID. We anticipate being open again on Tuesday Aug 6th

UPDATE: We will be open from 8 to 9:30 and 4 to 5:30 for Rx pickups and food pickups.

Address

10611 Rosedale Highway
Bakersfield, CA
93312

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 12pm
2pm - 5:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 12pm
2pm - 5:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 12pm
2pm - 5:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 12pm
2pm - 5:30pm

Telephone

(661) 588-9630

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Videos

Towel surprise
Towel surprise

When washing my shop towels I discovered a monster in the ones I had just taken out of the dryer and left in a pile prior to folding

Wait your turn
Wait your turn

Lance is a dedicated gopher hunter

On the Hunt
On the Hunt

So we have a pile of old pipe. Every year a rabbit decides to move in under it thinking this would make a great home. Apparently the other rabbits didn't warn him about Lance. (No Bunnies were hurt in the making of this video)

Ah the joys of having a Great Dane in your life that insists you stop tilling the garden and come play with him

Watching dogs interact
Watching dogs interact

Charlie and Rutherford enjoying life in our home approx 8 months after being rescued from a shelter in LA. I could watch dogs all day playing. Our life at home revolves around our animals and it never gets old. Being able to watch them grow from the abused dogs at the shelter to the happy care-free individuals they are now gives us a lot to be thankful for at this time of year.

I have a very enthusiastic helper today.

Lance likes Charlie.

Charlie
Charlie

Video of one of our recent rescues out of an LA shelter

My friend Timmy
My friend Timmy

OPEN NOTICE TO ALL CLIENTS: Over the next few weeks I will continue to be out of the office while I spend quality time at home with my friend Timmy. As Timmy's health continues to decline, I really feel like it is important to him that the two of us continue to take daily walks (as much as he can handle) and, that when he needs it, he can receive my undivided attention. I apologize to everyone because I realize this impacts you're interaction with our Hospital. I will answer the phone (we have an extension at home) when I can. I can remotely log in if need be as well. Please don't hesitate to ask anyone at the office to contact me if at anytime you have an issue that you feel needs my attention. Tuesday, Nov 14th, Dr Sheahan will be removing more of Timmy's cancer and I will be in the office that day. Shortly thereafter, we plan to take Timmy to the Neurosurgeon for surgery on his spine, if he is healthy enough to handle further anesthesia. At that point Timmy will require my undivided 24 hr attention during his expected 6 to 8 weeks of recovery. Again, I will make myself as available as I can during his recovery. Timmy is a very special dog for me. He is my friend and constant companion. He came into my life approximately two years after I had a liver Transplant. I am gratefully to the family who had the kindness to allow me to adopt him when he was in need of a new home. I have been truly blessed that my ownership, in conjunction with my wife, Heidi Sheahan DVM DABVP, of Rosedale Veterinary Hospital, has enabled me to bring Timmy to the office everyday and to keep him healthy all these many years. While rejoicing in the bond that Timmy and I have developed, I find that, as his time with me grows shorter my heart is filled with great sadness. I know that many of you share similar stories of that special bond with your own furry friends. My wife and I have been present to for many of those special relationships. So I am sure many of you understand what my wife

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Lance is making sure I'm installing the septic system correctly.

Hahaha it took me one try to teach lance how to run up and down the "stairs" of the open drawers. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks :)

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