Compassion Veterinary Hospital

08/07/2025

Good day to all our wonderful clients and your furry families! We wanted to take a moment and let you know that a patient of ours had an encounter with a racoon in Newbury that was confirmed to be positive for Rabies.

Good news, that patient was up to date on their Rabies vaccine and will be fine! But this is a gentle reminder that Rabies is in our area and a risk to you and your pets. If your dogs and cats are not up to date on Rabies, we'd be happy to schedule you an appointment to bring them up to date and keep your whole family safe!

03/05/2025

A wonderful client of ours let us know that PetTrac is not on the list of microchip registration companies from AAHA. She wanted to be sure everyone knew that they will waive the $40 registration fee for anyone previously registered with Save This Life.
Thank you Leslie!

02/12/2025

Save This Life Microchip Co. has abruptly closed its business. Please read the following article to learn more about how this may affect your pet and how to re-register with another company to ensure your contact info is available.

Pet microchips help reunite lost animals with their owners. A Texas company suddenly closed, leaving pet owners worried about their pet's welfare.

02/12/2025

CLOSED ON THURSDAY 2/13. Due to the inclement weather forecasted, we will be closed so our staff can stay off the roads and stay safe. We will reopen on Friday 2/14 at 8am. Thank you for your understanding.

02/12/2025

WE WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY 2/13. Due to the inclement weather forecasted, we will be closed so our staff and clients can stay off the roads and stay safe. We will reopen on Friday 2/14 at 8am. Thank you for your understanding.

01/17/2025

UPDATE ON KENNELS FOR SALE: We are down to 11 tempered glass runs still for sale, a set of 8 connected as 1 large set, a set of 2 and 1 XL unit. See our updated ad on the Marketplace if you are interested!

01/14/2025

Update on Dog Kennels for Sale: All of the stainless steel cages have been sold but the glass kennels are still available.

01/13/2025

FOR SALE kennel and cage sizes are now listed out on the Marketplace Ad. Please refer to it for specifics. Thank you!

01/09/2025

FOR SALE!!!! Indoor glass kennel runs & stainless steel cages for sale from our boarding facility closing. See the complete description on the Marketplace!

10/22/2024

Dearest Compassion Clients,

With a heavy heart, I need to announce that we will be closing our Compassion Doggie Daycare and Boarding Facility at the end of November 2024. We have unfortunately discovered some structural issues with our 1800 barn building that prevent us from keeping the boarding and daycare side open.

We are working diligently to find gainful employment for our outstanding daycare staff. We appreciate Ryan, Rene and Kayla so very much and wish them the very best for their future.

Thankfully, the Historic 1781 Cape Cod Home that houses Compassion Vet Hospital has no structural issues and we are still here for you to meet the veterinary needs of all of your fur kids.

We continue to strive to be that Veterinary practice where "Caring is what we do best!" And we appreciate each and every one of you.

This rural community means the world to us. Dr. Sarah Mills and I, along with the entire Compassion Team thank you for your loyal ongoing support.

We wanted to let you know as soon as possible to allow you to make new arrangements for your daycare and boarding needs. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you so much for your kindness and understanding.

Sincerely, Dr Diane Richter

10/22/2024

Hello Wonderful Compassion Clients!

We have some exciting news about heartworm and flea/tick prevention.

We have listened to three of your top concerns. Many of you are wanting to have an "ALL IN ONE" treat for heartworm and flea/tick prevention. Many of you want to be sure the treat is very TASTY. And, finally many of you have wanted to "BUY LOCAL" but affordably! We always do research and try to make sure we are offering the very best options possible in our small rural practice. We LOVE your fur kids and want to help.

We have some very competitive INSTANT rebate coupons that have allowed us to give you an immediate discount, which makes our heartworm and flea/tick prevention competitive with Chewy.com, without any mail in rebate nonsense. This allows you to save money but also keep the money in our practice, which allows us to keep the cost of veterinary care lower for you! Thank you for partnering with us and buying LOCAL! It really makes a difference! Every dollar you spend locally on heartworm and flea/tick prevention helps us keep the exam fee costs down!

With all of that in mind, We are pleased to tell you that we are going to be carrying the Heartgard and Nexgard products in clinic for dogs and cats.

Nexgard has an exciting new combination product that protects for Heartworm, Fleas, Ticks and Intestinal Parasites. And it comes with the best Lyme prevention on the market. And a financial guarantee for how well it works! And it tastes great to pups!

The Combo Product by Nexgard for cats is a topical that you apply once a month, but it protects for SO much. Fleas, Ticks, Intestinal worms and tapeworms. (even indoor cats can get these parasites from potted plants, stink bugs, or hunting mice in the house). It would have taken two products in the past to get this broad protection. Fantastic news!

We still offer the once a year heartworm prevention shot (Proheart) which works GREAT. And we have some alternative options to discuss with you for flea/tick and oral heartworm prevention. As always we treat each patient on a one on one basis to come up with a plan that feels right to you.

But we wanted to let you know about lowering our prices to help you buy local, and how we are bringing in a new TASTY line up that really protects your pets in the best way possible!

We are here to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you!

Dr Diane Richter, Dr. Sarah Mills and the Compassion Vet Team