Old Ridge Veterinary Hospital

12/17/2024

One of my favorite things to do at the hospital is host students.

A local Girl Scout Troop joined us for some surgery training and a STEM merit badge! The young ladies were kind enough to bring toys to donate to the local Toys for Tots box too!

11/13/2024

It’s with great pride and quite a bit of sadness that we bid goodbye to Ashley.

To me, one of the most important, most impressive things that a person can do is learn and grow.

Ashley took a job in a two-month old startup business she knew nothing about, right after high school, and during the pandemic. I think some folks (not us) told her she wouldn’t last a week in the hospital.

This remarkable young woman learned medicine, anesthesia, dentistry, and the operations of a veterinary hospital and small business. She threw herself into every aspect of it, learned everything she could, and grew into the role.

And, of course, she has grown beyond it.

Jobs never last forever, and not because the job was too much for her, but because the job couldn’t grow as much as she has.

Tremendously proud of Ashley, and deeply grateful for the thousands of animals to whom she’s helped provide medical care. She will always be a part of Old Ridge Veterinary Hospital and, I hope, it will always be a part of her too.

11/01/2024

What could possibly be better than a gym in Olde Ridge Village? A BOOKSTORE!

Happy to welcome with their books and antiques and more as our neighbors!

And, c’mon, it’s a bookstore, you can bet I was eagerly their first customer!

08/25/2024

Hey folks! Did you know that my dad (you call him Doc) is lecturing at the European Congress of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Lyon, France the first week of September? His keynote is on Friday, September 6th!

We’re very proud and all, but it means he’ll be out all week - mom and I are going for moral support.

If you need help beforehand, this is the week to get it done!

He’s working extra hours this week in case you need anything! (I think he’s maybe just procrastinating writing that speech but it’s a nice gesture.)

08/01/2024

We at Old Ridge Vet definitely DO NOT support the chomping, devouring, or consumption of cats no matter how flippin’ cute you are or how much the kitty appears to be enjoying himself.

07/31/2024

Congratulations and goodbye to two of our longtime technicians, Shahzad and Claire.

Both have been with us for almost the whole life of the hospital. And we’re so incredibly proud to say that they’re both off to fulfill their dreams. Claire starts her career as a pediatric nurse and Shahzad is off to his dream school of Cornell University.

We will dearly miss them and we were so very lucky to have been a part of their respective journeys.

Watching these young people grow and achieve their goals is a privilege and an honor.

It’s also Claire’s birthday today! Happy birthday, Claire! Many happy returns of the day!

07/20/2024

Four years ago today, in the middle of the pandemic, I took a wild, crazy, stupid risk and opened a veterinary hospital in my hometown.

The building once held a paint-and-sip and a hobby shop. I never visited Pinot’s Palette, but my much younger self was happy to spend his allowance on matchbox cars and model trains. Little did I know what was to come.

Old Ridge Vet Hospital has been a major part of my life, but I feel like I’m just a small part of its story.

There is no ORVH without the love and support of my family, of my wife, of my friends, of friends of friends, of my employees, and of my clients. We have over two thousand clients, many of whom were or have become friends along the way. It’s just an idea, a fanciful notion, a pipe dream but for the literally thousands of people who make it real.

Because of you, we get to spend our days making lives a little bit better. Not a day goes by when we don’t change a life for the better, by preventing disease, by curing the sick, by alleviating pain, and sometimes we get the chance to genuinely save a life. I think the world’s a better place for the animals who love us, and I’m lucky I get to help take care of them.

I’m very grateful to all of you who let me live my dream job everyday. You are who make this place wonderful and extraordinary. I promise to continue to work hard to be worthy of the love and the trust and the support you offer me.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.

07/12/2024

It is with disappointment and dismay that we congratulate Claire on passing her NCLEX this week!

The NCLEX is the national licensing examination for nurses - the ones for humans.

With her official licensure, Claire will be joining Nemours Children’s Hospital as a pediatric nurse in August. We couldn’t be prouder of this young woman for all that she’s accomplished in the few short years of working for us.

We wish her the absolute best! Your colleagues and patients were lucky to have you, Claire!

05/29/2024

Congratulations to our very own Liam Kiser for his acceptance to and enrollment in the Royal (Dick) School in Edinburgh, Scotland!

Liam is the THIRD member of ORVH’s original employees to attend veterinary school and the first to head to the UK. I won’t shy from saying that helped us find each other in the first place, and we were lucky to have him. I’ve always been grateful for his help and friendship.

Proud of you, Liam!

05/28/2024

Happy graduation, Claire!

Claire is a longtime vet tech who has just graduated from ’s nursing program! Congratulations!

05/27/2024

Memorial Day.

I never served, but I have friends and family who did. And some of them didn’t make it home. I should do better about remembering them than just on Memorial Day.

As we remember those who served and sacrificed, I can’t help but think of all the animals who helped them along the way.

Millions of horses, donkeys, and mules died in service in WWI. For hundreds of years, cats have helped to control vermin and disease on Navy ships. Cows and sheep fed and clothed soldiers since before the invention of democracy. And dogs have served working, protecting, saving, and comforting for generations. Not to mention the ways they serve our veterans.

Today we remember.

05/20/2024

Mondays are for puppies!

05/15/2024

Will is awfully happy to be at work today!

04/16/2024

04/08/2024

Hope everyone enjoyed the eclipse today!

04/01/2024

For the month of April, we’ll be playing with some AI-generated images on our social media pages. I know it’s April 1st, but this isn’t a gag. Feel free to share one of your own!