Mountain View Animal Emergency

01/26/2025

A wintery Employee Spotlight on Dr. Vega
Dr. Vega has been part of our phenomenal doctor team at Mountain View since May of 2022. She was born in California, but moved to Maryland at the age of 3. Growing up in the Smithsburg area, her love for animals started at a very early age watching how much her parents treasured their animals. Dr. Vega decided she could do more than just love them as a pet owner, but love and care for them by becoming a Veterinarian.
Originally, she planned on being a mixed animal vet, but changed her mind during her senior year of vet school. Dr. Vega was accepted into an internship program and was able to explore emergency medicine further. She worked at her internship practice VRA for 4yrs, then general practice & emergency medicine in Morgantown WV, before coming home in 2022 with MVAE.
Dr. Vega enjoys all aspects of emergency medicine – from quick uncomplicated cases, to helping critically ill patients get healthy enough to return home. She has a special way of making pet parents feel welcomed and heard, especially when they receive upsetting news.
Dr. Vega recently married her husband Andrew, a very skilled photographer and videographer. Dr. Vega & Andrew share their home with a beautiful rescue dog, Daisy. Daisy is a super spoiled pitbull/american staffy bulldog mix, who loves to model her different beaded collars seasonally or for special holidays.
Some of Dr. Vega’s favorite things to do are walking or hiking with Daisy. Exploring new coffee spots, bakeries and reading. She recently started playing pickle ball with her husband Andrew and fell in love with the sport. Dr. Vega has a very close relationship with her family, often spending time off at her parents home with Daisy and family.
Dr. Vega is a great asset and valuable member of our team. We are thankful she decided to explore emergency veterinary medicine and grateful to have her as part of Mountain View Animal Emergency and our community.

01/24/2025

01/19/2025

Thank you to our team for working on this snowy day. Safe travels, and stay warm this evening.

01/09/2025

Come out & support those taking the plunge, along with the Humane Society of Washington County.

❄ 🥶Please join us in thanking the sponsors of our upcoming 22nd Annual Polar Bear Plunge! 🥶❄ We are so grateful for their generosity and support of our lifesaving work!

Thank you to:

Glacier Sponsor
VerStandig Media

Tundra Sponsor
New Direction Utilities, Inc.

Blizzard Sponsor
Mountain View Animal Emergency

Arctic Sponsors
Carson Jewelers
CNB Bank, Inc.

Deep Freeze Sponsors
Negley's Water and Well Drilling
SEK, CPAs & Advisors

Ice Cap Sponsors
Integrity Heating And Air Conditioning
F&M Trust
Younger Toyota
JFK 50 Mile 'America's Oldest Ultramarathon'
Dumpster,LLC
Middletown Valley Bank
Cronise Corporation

Tip of the Iceberg Sponsors
Mike's Tavern
Lauren Brenneman - State Farm Agent

01/09/2025

We hope everyone has been safe & enjoying some of the wintery weather.
❄Visit the avma.org/ColdWeather for more safety tips❄

01/05/2025

For most the holidays are behind us, but the memories stay with us. Our veterinary emergency facility has been busy, but we wanted to reflect and thank our team. Amongst their dedication to Veteirinary Medicine, they also join in to volunteer time, skills and gifts to the community. This year our team picked angels from the tree & filled needs for those in Washington County that didn't have families to share the holidays with. How giving you were & thankful those residents care givers were when they picked up the packages to distribute is a wonderful holiday memory.
🐾Thank you team MVAE🐾

01/05/2025

As we are prepping today for some snow fun tomorrow, let's make sure our pets stay safe as well.
❄️❄️Snowy weather tips from Dove Lewis ❄️❄️

In need of some winter time care tips? Snow problem! ❄️ Check out our guide to help keep your pets cozy and safe this season. 💚🐾

Read our blog post to learn more: https://hubs.la/Q02_j_M90

01/02/2025

We hope everyone has had a safe New Year's Day. Many thanks to our team working these busy holidays & devoting their time to Veterinary Medicine.
🎉Happy New Year! 🎉

12/25/2024

As we celebrate the holiday season, we would like to shed light on Hanukkah, also referred to as the Festival of Lights. Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the miracle that occurred in the Temple of Jerusalem around the year 165 BCE. Around that time there was a war between the Syrian Greeks & the Jewish over religion. A group of Jews, known as the Maccabees, fought to keep their religion & eventually won. During the war, the temple was destroyed. In the temple, there was a candelabra that was always lit to signify that G-d was always present. When looking for oil to keep the candelabra lit, there was only enough oil to last one night; however, the oil lasted 8 nights. It was a miracle!

During the eight days of Hanukkah, the menorah (candelabra) is lit each night, one candle at a time, to signify each night the oil lasted. You may have noticed that the menorah has 9 branches with a taller one in the middle. This candle is called the Shamash (the “helper”) & lights all the other candles. During Hanukkah, like most Jewish holidays, there are special foods eaten, including potato pancakes (latkes) & jelly donuts (sufaniyot), which are fried in oil. Another Hanukkah tradition is playing dreidel (spinning top game). The letters on the dreidel are nun, gimmel, hey, and shin, which are acronyms for the phrase “Nes Gadol Haya Sham”. The phrase in English translates to “A great miracle happened there”.

This year, Hanukkah starts on December 25th, which is late. Hanukkah starts on different dates every year because the Jewish calendar goes by a lunisolar calendar. Technically speaking, it starts on the same day each year according to the Hebrew calendar, which is the 25th of Kislev. During this holiday season, we would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday, across all faiths! Also, we wish a Chag Sameach (Happy Hanukkah) to those who celebrate!
(Thank you to our MVAE staff that share in our celebrations, & teach us about theirs)

12/25/2024

We hope everyone has had a safe & relaxing Christmas Eve with your pets & family.
****Thank you to our team who have worked the day & those working this evening. It's been a busy Christmas
Eve****

12/23/2024

MVAE staff & family enjoyed making gingerbread houses.

12/23/2024

The holidays are here, & as we travel, visit friends or family we need to make sure our pets do not get into harmful mischief.

12/19/2024

We have an unexpected event that has caused our emergency facility to be closed from midnight 12/19/24 until 6am 12/20/24. Please reach out to the below facilities for their availability to see your pet should an emergency arise during this time frame.

Partner in Frederick, MD 301-200-8185
CARE in Frederick, MD 301-662-2273
Valley in Wi******er, VA 540-662-7811

Vet Triage is also available http://www.vettriage.com/mvae, a small triage fee, you will connect to a veterinarian on a live video chat session. They will view your pet and let you know if this is a concern that requires immediate emergency care at an ER hospital or if the situation can be cared for/ monitored at home until you see your family veterinarian at their next availability.