Halo Pet Hospice

08/08/2024

🌈 So very true… Thinking of all our special patients and the paw prints they’ve left on their humans’ hearts 🐾 ♥️

07/21/2024

Losing a pet is hard. You don’t have to go through it alone. 24/7 grief support is available. ♥️

07/04/2024

🇺🇸 Happy 4th of July! Have a fun and safe day! 🇺🇸

Remember Emergency Veterinary Care Centers in Highland and Westville are open 24/7 for your pet’s emergent needs. 219-881-1600

06/22/2024

Just a reminder that we will be out of the office until Thursday June 27th while Dr. Emily is at the annual AVMA conference! 🤠

06/19/2024

🚨 So sorry for the inconvenience but we will be CLOSED for the next week. Continuing education is very important. It allows Dr. Emily to stay up to date on latest best practices. It also allows her to keep her veterinary license so she can keep seeing your pets 😁

06/18/2024

One of my favorite parts of doing these events…

The memory board. Yes it is sad. But look at just how many pets were so loved that their family stopped and signed their names. The human- animal bond is amazing 🥰

06/16/2024

One of my favorite acupuncture patients came to see me at our booth.

Also met an awesome Great Dane named Logan who had the coolest shades of anyone!

So much fun out here at the Valpo Pup Crawl!

06/15/2024

We’re here! Valpo Pup Crawl benefiting Lakeshore Paws. From 5-10pm at the Central Park Plaza Pavilion. Come get some Halo swag and keep Dr. Emily company!

06/15/2024

Bring your pups! Should be a fun event and benefits a local rescue!!!

06/11/2024

🐾 🪽 Share a pic in memory of your beloved lost pet in honor of World Pet Memorial Day 🪽 🐾

06/08/2024

🚨 Come see us at the Valpo Pup Crawl in 1 week!!!! 🚨

06/07/2024

💔 The Last Battle… So sweet and so very true.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/HhQBz8Rt1xiZ56Nu/?mibextid=qtnXGe

The Last Battle

If it should be that I grow weak,
And pain should keep me from my sleep,
Then you must do what must be done,
For this last battle cannot be won.
You will be sad, I understand;
Don't let your grief then stay your hand.
For this day more than all the rest,
Your love for me must stand the test.
We've had so many happy years -
What is to come can hold no fears.
You'd not want me to suffer so;
The time has come, so let me go.
Take me where my needs they'll tend
And please stay with me until the end.
Hold me firm and speak to me
Until my eyes no longer see.
I know in time that you will see
The kindness that you did for me.
Although my tail its last has waved,
From pain and suffering I've been saved.
Please do not grieve - it must be you
Who had this painful thing to do.
We've been so close, we two, these years -
Don't let your heart hold back its tears.

05/29/2024

Please accept our apologies. We are back open today but halfway through the day had an issue with our phone service. If you have called and left a message- expect a call back tomorrow! Thank you for your patience!

05/27/2024

🇺🇸 Remembering those who fought for our freedom! Have a fun and safe day! 🇺🇸

05/24/2024

🔔 Sorry for the inconvenience but we will be closed through the weekend. Hope you all have a fun and safe weekend! 🔔

05/02/2024

🚨 Sorry but we will be closed for a few days while Dr. Emily is out of town! 🚨

04/21/2024

Dr. Emily is volunteering her time today at a vaccine clinic put on by the Hobart Humane Society today out in Lake Station!

04/10/2024

💛 One of the saddest truths in this world is that we are just not meant to outlive our pets. But that just means that they are lucky enough to be loved until the day they pass on. 🖤

It can be very difficult to cope with the loss of a loved one, when we’re the ones left behind to carry on… Please reach out to appropriate channels if you are having a tough time. You can find additional resources- books, websites, etc- at www.halopethospice.com Take care of yourself ❤️

04/06/2024

Losing a pet is always hard 💔

03/26/2024

🐈 Did you know that 90% of cats over the age of 10 years have arthritis in at least one joint?!? 🐈‍⬛

Call us to schedule an appointment and see if Solensia is right for your cat.

We have seen so many amazing results from Solensia- a once a month injection that targets arthritis in cats. We often see our older patients slowing down, and while many people attribute that to age- we know that it’s usually arthritis. So let us help them!

03/18/2024

🌈 🐾 It’s never long enough…

03/09/2024

Follow up to yesterday’s post about the amazing women in vet med:

This book on Dr. McGrath was written by fellow veterinarian and mom Dr. Jacqueline Johnson. I don’t actually know her outside of a Facebook group, but I think you should support her as another amazing female! (She also wrote The Doggy Doctor and the Upset Tummy… which is adorable and well loved by my daughter… okay, and me!)

Elinor McGrath, Pet Doctor: The Story of America’s First Female Veterinarian https://a.co/d/frosTYG

Elinor McGrath, Pet Doctor: The Story of America’s First Female Veterinarian

03/09/2024

International Women’s Day is a day to honor the achievements of women throughout history and to continue the fight for gender equality. This is something that has affected veterinary medicine firsthand…

Did you know- veterinary medicine was a male dominated profession until 2009?!? 2009 was the FIRST time the AVMA reported that female veterinarians outnumbered the male vets.

Shout out to Dr. Elinor McGrath, basically the first female veterinarian. She graduated from the Chicago Veterinary College in 1910 and was the first woman to open her own vet clinic, which ran for decades. She also established the city’s first pet cemetery after witnessing the strength of the human-animal bond. If it wasn’t for Dr. McGrath breaking that glass ceiling- who knows where we would be.

In 1939, there were a reported 31 female veterinarians in the United States… compared to the 5,000 male veterinarians.

In 1947, Dr. Mary Knight Dunlap founded the Association for Women Veterinarians. This organization helped blaze the trail for women vets through encouragement and forcing change.

In 1949, Dr. Alfreda Johnson Webb and Dr. Jane Hinton graduated from Tuskegee and UPenn vet schools, respectively, and became the first two African-American women veterinarians.

In 1970, the average enrollment for vet schools was 89% male.

In 1996, Dr. Mary Beth Leininger became the first female president of the AVMA.

In 2009, the amount of female veterinarians outnumbers the males for the first time- 44,802 to 43,196.

In 2017, the enrollment for veterinary schools was 80% female.

Women continue to do amazing things. Thank you to those trailblazers that got us here. Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them. ♥️

03/06/2024

🥹When your patient makes you cry happy tears…

Miss Bailey is an 8 & 1/2 year old St Bernard who suddenly couldn’t use her hind end. She could not stand or walk, though she tried. Her very dedicated owners wanted to do all they could for her… they took her to the vet and got her started on medications, they used a sling to help get her outside, they built a ramp for their stairs, and they called Dr Emily. Dr. Emily started acupuncture treatments, altered the meds, and gave Bailey an injection of Librela. This video was taken one week after the initial visit, 2 acupuncture treatments already done and 4 days after the Librela injection…

Love you Bailey and happy to see your recovery!!!

03/02/2024

🎉 Today was our one year anniversary of opening! 🎉

I am so blessed to be able to provide this service for so many families. I have been touched by so many wonderful people and pets this last year and have been honored to watch the amazing strength of the human-animal bond in its greatest moments. I have had many wonderful hospice and acupuncture patients who I continue to cheer on with all of their ‘wins.’ And I have been able to do what I always wanted to do- to make a difference in the lives of my patients and their families.

I am so thankful for every single person who has put their faith and trust in me- every client who has allowed me, a stranger, into their home to care for their beloved furry family member, and to every doctor, tech, customer service rep at every hospital who has referred their loyal clients to me.

This job can be tough… but it is my calling. 💛Thank you everyone for your continued support.

~Dr. Emily

02/14/2024

🐾♥️ Happy Valentine’s Day ♥️🐾

Remember to keep the chocolate away from your four-legged friends and lilies away from our feline friends!

👇🏻Drop a pic of your Valentine below 👇🏻

02/09/2024

🥳 Wishing a very HAPPY SWEET 16TH BIRTHDAY to our favorite old sassy girl Tilly! Tilly may give us a hard time at her weekly visits (Tilly only likes to do things if they’re her idea), but we love her!!!

Tilly’s mom thought she might have to make the difficult decision to euthanize Miss Tilly last year when she really doesn’t doing well, so she contacted Dr. Emily. Through altered medications, added supplements, and acupuncture- Tilly made a turn for the better and is still doing well today! We are so happy to see this lady turn 16! Cheers to many more years old girl! 🎉

02/05/2024

🐾 🌈 Love this so much ❤️

02/01/2024

Warning… your heart will probably break, just as mine did. 💔

It was so so very sad but so beautiful… These words resonated with me. I’m so blessed to see the human animal bond in such strong form. ♥️

01/29/2024

We can’t forget about our feline friends! We also now carry SOLENSIA! A once a month injection for arthritis in cats.

A surprising amount of cats have arthritis that goes unnoticed or gets attributed to aging. Is your cat showing signs of arthritis? We can help! Call to schedule an appointment! 219-200-4808