Barre Animal Hospital

08/24/2024

Saturday Cuteness!! Summer finally returned after leaving us for a few days!! Enjoy it while you can and start by checking out the cuties!

08/18/2024

Pet of the Week!! Stella has such stunning eyes and posed purrfect for her picture!!

08/17/2024

Saturday Cuteness!! Here's a bunch of happy fur babies to start the weekend off!

08/15/2024

Check out K9 Otto when he 1st came to visit us back in 2016!! He has been an amazing asset to our community and will be leaving big paws to fill for the next K9!! We are all so Happy for him to get to enjoy his well deserved retirement!!

08/15/2024

Congratulations on your Retirement K9 Otto!! K-9 Otto Has worked paw in hand along with his handler Deputy Cole to keep Orleans County a safe place! We have had the privilege of providing him with all of his veterinary needs and always enjoy his visits with us!! Thanks K-9 Otto for your service!!!

K9 Otto Retirement Announcement

ALBION – K9 Otto has served the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office for 8 years and is scheduled to retire soon.

Otto was born in Holland on July 26, 2014, and was imported through Upstate K9 in October 2016 where he was then paired with Deputy Jeff Cole. Throughout his career so far, Otto has worked over 22,000 hours, has 192 deployments and has patrolled over 175,000 miles in Orleans County. Otto has also loved participating in community events and putting on demonstrations.

The Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit serves all of Orleans County, including assisting the Village Police Departments when needed. We also help our neighboring counties whenever needed. When incidents occur, it is always a collaborative effort with the Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit and our law enforcement partners.

“Words cannot begin to describe how much Otto means to me, my family, the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office and the community he has so faithfully served,” Cole said. “He has been a great partner.”

The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office is looking to purchase another dog to fill the spot of Otto when he retires.

“The next dog has big shoes to fill,” Cole said.

Deputy Cole plans to purchase Otto from the county so he can finish his retirement years in the home he has known most of his life.

The training and certification process requires a tremendous commitment of time and effort on behalf of Deputy Cole and the Sheriff’s Office, but the value of this team is beyond any monetary value. One lost child or elderly person found, one piece of evidence found by the K9 for a critical case to help a victim, drugs found in a search to keep them out of the hands of loved ones…the list goes on.

There are costs involved with obtaining and deploying a K-9 Team. In our case we have an experienced handler in Deputy Cole, but choosing the correct dog is critical to success. The dog must possess the right physical capabilities, temperament, and clarity to complete the training and become certified. K-9 training includes obedience, tracking, article search and apprehension ability for the less than lethal option we need to have available to us. We then add the Drug Detection or Bomb Detection training as well.

Sheriff Christopher Bourke and the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office appreciate any support possible from businesses and community members, as we look forward to continuing the Sheriffs K9 Team with Deputy Cole and a new partner.

Thank you!

08/11/2024

Pet of the Week!! Sweet Parker was such a princess at her visit!

08/10/2024

08/09/2024

FREE Rabies Vaccination Clinic TOMORROW, Saturday August 10, 2024!!

08/04/2024

Pet of the Week!! Saphire looking spry at her annual visit this week!

08/03/2024

Saturday Cuteness!! We are now into the dog days of summer, aka August! Take a moment to check out the cuties before starting your day!

07/28/2024

Pet of the Week!! Let's all give Yoda a big welcome to the world!! How cute is he!

07/27/2024

Saturday Cuteness!! It's fair weekend here in Orleans County!! Before you go check out all the hard work 4-H kids have done this year, let these cuties start the day out right!!

07/26/2024

Attention Clients!! Dr. Neno will be out of the office starting August 1st-Aug 9th as she attends a Continuing Education program, while enjoying some away time with family!! Due to difficulty finding an available relief vet we will only have a veterinarian in the office Aug 2nd and Aug 6th. Keep in mind We Will be here our normal business hours for phone calls and tech appointments. We have a list of Urgent Care facilities and Emergency Offices in case a situation occurs while the Doctor is unavailable. Thanks!!

07/23/2024

Pet of the Month for May Winner is Tala!! Congrats!!

07/21/2024

Pet of the Week!!! Sissy was looking daper for her photo shoot!!

07/20/2024

Saturday Cuteness!! Hope everyone is having a Julytastic day!! Have a great weekend everyone!

07/15/2024

Please be patient with us this week. We are extremely short staffed and will do our best to accommodate what we can.

07/14/2024

Pet of the Week!! Sweet Daisy came in for her spay and sat so pretty for her pic we figure she deserved a little shout out this week!

07/13/2024

Saturday Cuteness!! Sorry About last weeks hiatus!! A mishap in the posting but here are 2 weeks worth of cute visitors!! Enjoy your weekend!!

07/11/2024

Let's have some Fun today!! What is this boy thinking?

07/02/2024

Attention Clients!!! Please remember to Pick up any needed medications before 10am tomorrow morning!! We are open until 5 today and tomorrow 8am-12noon. Closed Thursday-Sunday for the Holiday weekend and reopen Monday at 8am!!

06/30/2024

Pet of the Week!! She's to cute not to show off!!

06/29/2024

Saturday Cuteness!! I do believe summer has OFFICIALLY arrived!! Check out these cuties to get the weekend started!

06/27/2024

Week of July 4th Hours:
Monday 7/1 and Tuesday 7/2 8am-5pm
Wednesday 7/3 8am-12noon
Thursday 7/4-Sunday 7/ 7 CLOSED
Re-open 7/8 at 8am.
Please call the office no later than Tuesday 7/2 for medication refills!

06/26/2024

Vote Pet of the Month for May!! Please "Like" the Photo you are voting for!!

06/25/2024

Pet Of the Month for April!! Congrats to Smokey!!