Rocket City Veterinary Hospital

01/20/2025

Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. for his (and many others) fight for equality and human rights. The fight continues!

01/17/2025

February is Pet Dental Health Month! Dental disease can lead to painful tooth root abscesses, tooth loss, heart, liver and kidney disease. Book your pet's dental today and save $50 off dental services in February! 256-333-2345. Spots are limited so call now! You can also submit a request on our website www.rocketcityvets.com

01/10/2025

UPDATE on CLOSURE.

We will be closed all day today. HVSE is open now at 256-715-8389! Stay warm and safe! We will keep updating you if we will open tomorrow.

01/10/2025

We are delaying opening until 10 am. We will continue to monitor the weather to determine if it's safe to open at all today. In the meantime, the phones will still be on and we will take your calls. 256-333-2345.

01/04/2025

Please help us start 2025 with a bang and congratulate Bre and Louis for being our Employees of the Month for January!

Bre brings so much thoughtfulness and kindness to work each day and you can tell she truly loves what she does. She's always willing to offer a helping hand and her skills and knowledge has grown so much in her time with us at Rocket City! We are all so proud of her accomplishments. She also brings a ray of sunshine with her to work in the shape of her service dog Louis. He's the best boy and we love having him as a member of our team as well!

Bre started in the veterinary field in April 2023 and has loved it ever since. Bre has some background in dog training; specifically behavior modification and service work.

Bre has 6 dogs: Louis, Brighton, Bonnie, Bolt, Ranger, and Everest, and has a bearded dragon named Mango Mae.

Outside of helping save lives, Bre love photography, figure skating and traveling to Disney World. She also loves to ride her bike on the greenway with her dogs!

As someone with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and Ehlers Danlos Syndome (EDS), Bre has a cardiac alert and mobility service dog named, Louis. Despite her health issues, Bre is determined to do what she loves and help save animals.
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Louis, a goldendoodle, is five years old. He loves his mom, Bre, and his human coworkers at Rocket City Veterinary Hospital.

Louis is a sweet boy who loves his job working as a cardiac alert and mobility service dog for Bre– he is simply the happiest dog ever! He loves to meet new people and travel to new places.

Louis has traveled all over the US! Their favorite place to travel is Walt Disney World. Louis has actually been 10 times.

Louis loves playing with a squeaky ball, running on the beach and digging in the sand, and catching snowballs out of the air when it snows.

Louis knows 30 different tricks. He has 3 canine good citizen titles and 3 trick dog titles through AKC.

Louis also participates in a dog sport called fast cat and has a top speed of 26mph.

12/23/2024

We want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!

As a reminder we will be closed December 24 & 25, 2024 for Christmas! We will reopen on Thursday December 26, 2024.

If you have an emergency while we are closed please call HVSE at 256-715-8389 or Madison Veterinary Emergency at 256-434-5290.

12/23/2024

Check out our sister hospital getting some recognition!

Take a look at these new businesses that have opened recently in the Huntsville area.

12/13/2024

We have some very exciting news to share!

Introducing Rocket City Veterinary Hospital Pine Grove! We will be opening our doors to our second location on January 13th. We will also be hosting a grand opening and open house at our new location! More information to follow! Stay tuned for our new adventure!

P.S. please also know that we are still currently looking for ER doctors with hopes that we will be able to open our ER again!

12/01/2024

Please help us congratulate Alex for being our Employee of the Month for December!

Alex is very hardworking and dedicated to her job! The word we'd use to describe her is precious! Alex is bubbly, joyful, and brings happiness to us at Rocket City!

Alex has been with us for 8 months and it have been a great time! From the moment she became part of the team, it’s like she always been there. She fit in and became a vital part of the team so quickly!

Alex has been in the veterinary field for a few years now and has excelled in patient care, anesthesia, and client communication.

In Alex's free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and pups! She also enjoys anything Taylor Swift related! Alex is a true Swiftie and loves karaoke!

11/25/2024

Thanksgiving is only 3 days away!

We want to let all of our wonderful clients know that we will be closed Thursday November 28 and Friday November 29, 2024 for Thanksgiving.

If you need any medication refills, please remember to call those in as soon as possible to ensure that they can be filled in a timely manner.

We wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!

11/15/2024

We have a wonderful announcement! We are currently running a buy 6 get 1 free promotion for Simparica Trio now until December 31, 2024.

Give us a call and our receptionists will be happy to answer any questions you may have!

*In order to be eligible your pet needs to be up to date on their heartworm test and rabies vaccine.

11/04/2024

Please help us congratulate our Employee of the Month, Kayla!

Kayla has been with us at Rocket City since March and has quickly become a very valued team member! Kayla has a quiet soul and the sweetest personality. If you ever need a job done, Kayla does it with grace and efficacy.

Kayla has been in veterinary medicine for 7 years and clients always love their interactions with her. Kayla is very crafty and artistic in her spare time and especially loves doing nails. She loves spending time with her heart cat, Jasper, her two guinea pigs, and her dog Emma.

10/29/2024

UPDATE!! LEX HAS BEEN ADOPTED!

Meet Lex! This sweet boy is a 8 month old, 14lb, neutered French Bulldog looking for his forever home. Lex was an owner surrender after chronic diarrhea lead to a pr*****ed re**um. We have seen corrected Lex's re**al issues and gotten his diarrhea under control.

Lex has been with us at the clinic since August and is now ready to go live his best life. Lex is a special boy who loves basking in the sunshine, being played with, and wants a family of his very own! Lex is great with other dogs, cats, and older children. We do not know how he would be with children under 8.

Lex's continued care only needs to be a special diet (not uncommon for bulldogs) otherwise he doing great! He will need to go to a family who understands that French bulldogs can be special needs and could require frequent vet visits. Lex's adoption fee is $2000 which will cover only about a 1/4 of his veterinary care. We want to make sure Lex goes to a responsible and informed home!

Please share this post so we can get this sweet boy adopted! If you are interested in adopting Lex, please call 256-333-2345.

10/20/2024

We had an amazing week celebrating our wonderful staff!!

10/15/2024

Reminder that we closed early today at 4 PM for Staff Appreciation!

10/13/2024

Every year I dedicate an entire week to celebrate and show appreciation to my amazing staff. Each and everyone of them bring so much value, dedication, and love to Rocket City Veterinary Services!

Every day is a new challenge and comes with many heartbreaks as we grieve with families when they lose a beloved family pet, rejoice with them when our medicine feels like miracles and saves a life, celebrate with them when a new pet is added to a family, and sometimes being the brunt of abuse when people's emotions get too high.

The people I employ come to work each and every day with kindness, humility, and appreciation for the career path they have chosen. I can't express enough the great honor it is to have these people work for me and they make Rocket City Veterinary Services the success it is. You are NOTHING without your veterinary team!

You all make me proud! Happy Staff Appreciation Week!

With that being said, we will having the following closures this week to celebrate my wonderful staff.

Monday, October 14 - we will be closed from 11 AM to 2 PM.
Tuesday, October 15 - we will be closing early at 4 PM.
Friday, October 18 - we will be closing early at 4 PM.

I appreciate your understanding and apologize for any inconvenience these closings may cause.

Sincerely,

Rene' Holt, DVM