Pawsitive Veterinary Care - formerly Medicine River Animal Hospital

02/02/2025

We would love to share some Good News after a Tough January with Horrific Fires in LA and this week’s Tragic Plane crashes. Our hearts are with everyone affected by these tragedies and with all of you who are still struggling to get back into your homes after the Hurricanes and especially any of you who are suffering the loss of your Beloved Four-Legged Family Members recently. 💔

We would love to congratulate Mackenzie, (our Former Team Member, but Forever Family) and her new Husband, Tanner. We had the Pleasure of joining their Beautiful Wedding Ceremony in Key West this past weekend. Mackenzie started as a Volunteer when she was just 15. We have enjoyed watching her become a Beautiful Woman with a Very Bright Future. Although we are sad she left the Vet Profession, we are excited for her to Become a RN next Month! 💍❤️⭐️

We would like to Thank Paws Inn Paradise for taking such Great Care of our Crazy Pups while we were away! 🐶

Even though it seems like forever since the new year, this week marked the Chinese New Year! So, here is to a New Beginning for 2025, the year of the Snake. See below picture of what the Year of the Snake holds for us, sounds promising! 🎉🐍

We also received the Best News that Sweet Sage is Finally Open! Please visit them, they are also Family to Us! Wishing Everyone the Best!! 🍾🥂

01/02/2025

🐾 💕 🐾 We would like to Wish Everyone a Very Happy 2025! We miss our Sheldon but this picture brings us Happy Memories! We know a lot of you have been missing your Special Loved Ones also, and Hope you can find Peace and Happiness with your many Memories. They will forever live on in our Hearts! 🐾 💕 🐾

12/31/2024

🐾 🐾 Please make sure to keep your pets safe tonight. If you haven’t given meds already and your pet needs anxiety medication, you might want to do so soon. 🐾 🐾 We wish everyone a Safe and Happy New Year’s! 🎉

12/26/2024

We hope everyone had a safe and Great Christmas! We know this one was a tough one for many of our clients. Hoping everyone found some joy! 🐾 🌺🎄🎁🐾

11/28/2024

We would like to wish Everyone a Very Happy Thanksgiving! We know this year that Thanksgiving looks different for so many of our Beloved Clients and Pets. Our Hearts have been breaking for so many of you who have lost their homes and have been struggling these past 2 months, and for those of you who have lost your beloved pets this past year or those of you who have pets that are sick currently. Our job can be very tough, but you guys make it worth it. We feel so blessed that we can continue to help you care for your beloved family members; especially knowing that if we didn't move in March, we would not be able to do so. We are very Thankful for all of our Pawsitive Vet Care Family! 💕 🐾 💕

11/19/2024

🐾 We are Very Grateful for Everyone who Donated to our Raffle and to Everyone who Helped out and Participated in our Dog Wash. Our Raffle will Continue this week so you still have a chance to Participate and Win some cool Baskets, a chance for a Free Parking Pass for Madeira Beach for the 2025 year (Thanks, Trish), 2 - $100 Gift Cards for a Birthday Party with Tampa Bay Rescues and Discovery Center, a chance for a 50/50 Cash Drawing, and More. Stop by our Office this week for a Chance to Win these Awesome Prizes. 🐾

11/16/2024

Come join us. We are here until 2pm. We have some Fun and Very Friendly Guests. Bring your kids, we have Free Kona Ice. 🐍 🐾

11/16/2024

🐾 🐾 Please Stop by tomorrow between 11am and 2 pm to join us for our Dog Wash. You do Not Need a dirty Dog to join us . We will have some Visitors from Tampa Bay Rescues and will have some Great Raffle Baskets and A 50/50 Raffle. Thank you to Trish from the Madeira Beach Fire Department for securing us with a Madeira Beach Parking Pass for the 2025 Year and Lori Fricker & Debie Scurr for a Basket Donation to Pet Supermarket . We will have some Great Dog and Cat Baskets. 🐾 🐾

11/14/2024

Please help us support this Rescue that has faced so many challenges. Join us and visit with some of their special rescues at our Dog Wash this Saturday from 11am till 2pm 🐍 🦎 💕

11/13/2024

Please join us this Saturday from 11am until 2 pm to Help us Raise Some money for Local Rescue Groups after the Hurricanes. We know it's last minute notice but we plan to do our best help these local groups as much as possible. We have had Dog Washes after both Hurricanes Charlie and Irma in the past. We were planning after Hurricane Helene devasted our beaches, but then Hurricane Milton complicated our plans. Join us this Saturday with or without a Dirty Dog to Help our Local Groups. All dogs must be Current with Vaccines and friendly with other Dogs and People. If you cannot make it Saturday stop by Thursday or Friday to Buy 50/50 Tickets or Raffle Tickets. You don't have to be present to win. Stay Tuned for More Information.

10/26/2024

We wanted to share some fun we have had the last couple of days. Thanks to everyone who allowed us to torture your furbabies and play dress up. Feel free to stop by next week for a fun picture of your pet, and if anyone would like to use one of our costumes for Halloween just ask. Everyone has been through so much this past month, we hope we can share a little Halloween Fun with you and your pets. Feel free to share a picture of your pet dressed up. 🎃 👻 🧙‍♀️ 🐾

10/16/2024

Wanted to Thank my BFF, Dr. Kim Gaines of Forrest Avenue Animal Hospital for treating my team to some Awesome Gifts for Vet Tech Week. She knew I had not had a chance to order any special gifts with the Hurricanes these past 2 weeks. What an Awesome Surprise! Happy Tech Week to my Team! We celebrate all of my girls since we are a small team and they are all important to me and play a role in helping me provide the Best Care Possible to your Beloved Pets! THANKS TO JILL, LAURA, KAT & MELISSA!!! 🐾 💕 🐾

10/11/2024

Good Morning Everyone, hope everyone was able to get some sleep last night and Hope Everyone is doing Ok. Crazy to Believe that we all just Survived 2 Hurricanes in 2 Weeks??? I am feeling Beyond Blessed that I moved the Clinic where we did. It held up well. No water damage and we do have Power, or at least Partial Power. Although, I am not sure our AC is working. Hopefully, we can get it working today. We will be setting the clinic back up this am and will only be open for emergencies this afternoon. All of the girls have lost power and have quite a bit of cleanup to do on their own homes. The phones are currently Forwarded to my phone, so please only call if you have an Emergency. If I don't answer, I will get back with you as soon as I can. Hopefully we can all Enjoy some Nicer Weather this weekend as we Continue to Cleanup after the Storms. Hang in There! We will Resume Normal Hours on Monday, hopefully without any more Interruption! 🙏 🙏 🙏

10/06/2024

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, Evacuate if you are in an Evacuation Zone and TAKE YOUR PETS!!! Please don't stay because of your pets. If you don't have a place to go because of your pets, please let us know. We will do our Best to help you find Shelter. Stay Calm, Be Kind, and Help your Neighbors. Praying for Everyone's Safety and Sanity! We are all in this Together! 🙏 🙏 🙏

10/05/2024

It is has been a very Sad Day at Pawsitive Veterinary Care today. On top of all the sadness we have endured this week with the loss and devastation of so many of our clients and our community, today we had to say Goodbye to our Very Beloved Sheldon. Sheldon joined our family in Oct 2018. We had just lost our last rescue dog and I answered a very late night post from the Hillsborough Humane Society that he would be euthanized at 9am the next morning. I received an email the next morning to come get our dog. The girls questioned my actions. His picture did not do him justice and I missed the part that said he might not do well with cats. Well, he turned out to be the Best Clinic Dog Ever. He was great with our cats as long as they stayed away from his food bowl. He was the best therapy dog for all of us and took his job very seriously during COVID when we were only letting in clients who were saying Goodbye to their own pets. He knew they needed some extra love. My son adored him and hung out with him after-school during his elementary years. He really belonged to my mom when she lived upstairs of the clinic. She walked him in the very early morning hours before we came in, and took care of him on the weekends. He was a little on the fluffy side, and that was definitely all the extra treats that she gave him. We found out when we cleaned her fridge out when she was in the hospital that she had a bag of Chick-fil-A nuggets just for him. When we moved in March, his best friend, Nala's mom, Kim of Good Karma Senior Dog Rescue and Sanctuary, took him and his kitty friends in. (That will be for another post). I can't thank her enough for all she did for Sheldon. Well today, he broke a lot of hearts. We had a Chic-fil-a party, he enjoyed fries, nuggets and a milkshake with his friends through the years- MacKenzie, Nicki, Heather, Laura, Kim, and Aubrey. Thanks to all the girls and Kat and Melissa for helping to try and save him this morning. We have comfort knowing he is with my mom and his best friend, Nala now. 🌈 😢 🐾 💔

09/30/2024

🐾 🐾 Please, Please Foster if you can. We have So Many Displaced Neighbors that need to find housing. 🐾 🐾

💙💚 DONATION DRIVE 💙💚
We have partnered with and Loving St Pete to put together a donation station for both dropping off or picking up supplies needed following the devastation of Hurricane Helene to our community. Items can be brought directly to 3 Daughters during their operating hours, or you can leave pet supply donations at The Cat Box, 3015 46th Ave. N, St. Pete (open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and we will transport them! Pet items needed include: wet/dry unopened and unexpired cat and dog food, litter, litter boxes, and scoops!
If you're not local but would still like to help, you can purchase these items from our Hurricane Relief Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/15A43NWF016TF?ref_=wl_share
P.S. We will be closed for a staff meeting today from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.!