Rivers Veterinary Urgent Care

01/26/2025

Missing dogs in Millvale, both elderly. Keep an eye out 👀

01/15/2025

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01/12/2025

It’s our Birthday 🎉🎊

Rivers Vet is officially 4 years old !! We are grateful to our community, our clients and our staff for a fantastic first four years of saving lives and trying to make a difference. We are leaning and growing, but so proud of where we are today. 🥂 To the next four !! 💙💛💙💛

12/24/2024

‘‘Tis the season, for all of the Christmas ball jokes.

The elf got a little spicy this year! Happy Holidays to all of our fur families from your Rivers team 💙💛

12/24/2024

🎄HOLIDAY HOURS:

Christmas Eve and New Years Eve we will be open from 9-1. We will take a limited number of walk-in appointments. Please give yourself a few extra days for medication refills due to limited hours.

✨We will be CLOSED Christmas Day and New Years Day. The 24 hour emergency hospitals will remain open (VEG, MedVet, AVETS and BluePearl).

We will resume all normal hours January 2. Have a happy and safe holiday season!!

💙💛 Much love from your Rives Team!

12/23/2024

12/22/2024

❕FOUND wallet !!!

A wallet was dropped in our parking lot today. Please call or come back to claim.

12/12/2024

🎄 ‘Tis the Season ✨

At Rivers, we love and support our local rescue groups. For Christmas this year, we have a giving tree in our lobby with the names and wishlists of various animal rescue groups. Take a moment this year to give back to animals in need. Since we work closely with these groups and their animals on a regular basis, we know that your donations will go to a good and worthy cause.

🤵🏽‍♂️Also, Hamilton was dressed to impress today in his formal attire and dersves a second of spotlight for being a perfect gentleman. ❤️

12/07/2024

❄️ Now that it is officially winter, it’s time to post a behind the scenes update on what our last few months have been like!

🐍 How do you get an accurate heart rate on a snake? A Doppler blood pressure machine will pick up a pulse fairly easily, but surprisingly, it’s on the top of their head!!! Also, if you have never seen a snake x ray, here ya go! This guy was just a little constipated. Their metabolism slows at certain times. We see exotic pets on certain days of the week, please call ahead

🪨 Bladder stones - these were all pulled from a small dog. They are bigger than they look!

🐶 C-sections are always fun! These cute ones were born from an emergency birthing complication

👗 it is our personal favorite when pets come to their appointment in their pajamas or sometimes we even see formal attire !!

❌ When tumors are hard to find, we mark them with an x for surgery. Obviously this technician thought it was necessary for this large abdominal mass 🙄

😷 We also unfortunately see a lot of sick/critical patients. They are always given priority and their own team of specialized technicians to monitor them closely.

🐩 The Dalmatian came in for a leg amputation. His colorful spots cheered up our day!!

🍔 It’s nice when a not eating dog FINALLY accepts some food!

💉 This wound healed beautifully after a long process of bandage changes. The stitches you can see is how we bandage a difficult area. It is a called a tie over bandage and the stitches holds the bandage in place.

🩸 This loop of intestines is a perfect example of a foreign body obstruction. Look how normal and quiet the intestines look after the obstruction and how angry and dilated the intestines look before the obstruction.

👨‍⚕️ We had a fantastic intern named Jake who was very excited to participate in surgery! He will graduate vet school soon, and we know he will do great. 😊

11/28/2024

⭐️1000 senior dogs all given a renewal and a new beginning!! Take a moment to donate to this amazing rescue who truly makes a difference for geriatric dogs 💕

Welcome Honey Belle, the **1,000th** at-risk senior dog we’ve rescued since October 2016.

This gentle old lady lab is the perfect illustration of WHY we do what we do at Senior Hearts Rescue & Renewal.

And you, our community of supporters, are HOW we’ve made it to this exciting milestone.

It takes transporters and groomers. It takes fosters and event volunteers. It takes board members, holiday tree assemblers, photographers and graphic designers. It takes shelter partners who trust us to take exemplary care of their seniors. It takes veterinary partners who rise to the challenge of caring for elderly dogs who often arrive with years of medical neglect.

And of course it takes donors, from business partners to individual donors. We could never provide the high standard of care without your financial support.

And now, let’s talk about Honey Belle.

Like many of the medically needy old dogs for which we take legal ownership, Honey Belle lost her home when her owner died. The family was not able to take her and, left with no other options, they brought her to the vet for euthanasia.

However, the vet team determined that she did not have significant medical issues that would prevent her from eventually living a happy, healthy life. They had Honey Belle surrendered into their care, began treating her, and reached out to us for help. We posted an urgent request for a foster home.

That’s when you, our amazing SHRR community, sprang to action. You shared our post over 1,000 times.

Thank you to serial foster Shannon to stepping up once again to help an old dog.

Honey Belle has begun her medical renewal. Watch for updates over the next several weeks.

Donations for her medical & surgical care can be made at:

SHRR.dog/donate
or
Venmo
or
Checks mailed to:
PO Box 187
Bradfordwoods, PA 15015

Senior Hearts Rescue & Renewal is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, 100% foster-based organization.
PA Kennel License #16385

11/28/2024

❕We will be closed for Thanksgiving Thursday November 28. We hope you all enjoy the holiday and remember to be thankful for something this year.

Should your pet have an emergency, VEG, AVETS, BluePearl and MedVet will be open. We will resume normal business hours Friday.

11/09/2024

🤓 It’s Foreign Body Friday!!!

This week, we want to highlight foreign bodies (that aren’t in the intestines !!

👀 Today, we had a dog get a very long splinter in his eye !! 😖. We had to sedate him, but we were easily able to remove the splinter from his eye, and will treat him for a corneal ulcer. He should recovery normally.

🤐 Also today, we saw a small dog that was pawing excessively at his mouth. After a thorough oral exam, we were able to see a piece of plastic stuck between his teeth. After some light sedation, we were also able to remove this foreign object without complication!

For once we don’t have an intestinal foreign body to add to this 😂

11/05/2024

❕New recommendations from American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) regarding Lepto vaccines! It is now considered a core vaccine. Core for an individual patient means they get the vaccines required for ALL dogs PLUS vaccines required based on the dog’s lifestyle and risk factors

💉Please check your dogs vaccine history. This is a yearly vaccine and also a zoonotic disease (transmissible to humans).

💛 We take appointments on Wednesdays for healthy visits and vaccines. We accept new clients. We also accept walk-in appointments everyday. Call us today (412-998-9030) !

🚨 Important Update: Leptospirosis Now a Core Vaccine for ALL Dogs
The 2022 AAHA Canine Vaccination Guidelines have been updated to classify the leptospirosis vaccine as CORE for all dogs starting at 12 weeks of age – regardless of lifestyle, location, or breed.
Why the change?
🌆 ALL dogs are at risk—urban, suburban, and rural.
⚠️ Potentially fatal, even with treatment.
🔄 Zoonotic—it can spread from pets to humans.
🏢 Dogs in daycare and kennels also face exposure risks.
You can find the full update in the Nov/Dec issue of JAAHA, or check out the full 2022 Canine Vaccination Guidelines here: aaha.org/canine-vaccinations

11/03/2024

❕❕ Announcement 🗣️

Tomorrow, Monday Nov. 3rd, Rivers Vet will introduce a new online check in and wait list system. When you arrive to our hospital, you will use our indoor kiosk OR our QR code attached to our door to virtually check in. This will allow you to get up to date information about how many pets are checked in, your estimated wait time and text message updates!! This will allow you to leave our parking lot and be able to return when it is your turn to be seen.

‼️We humbly ask and beg you to be patient with us for the next week as we get used to this system and work out the kinks in our workflow. The automated system will also learn our averages to be able to more accurately predict your day with us.

🙏🏼Thank you for your continued support. We understand our number one complaint is wait times. We cannot change this, but we can help you more accurately plan your day to make the most use of your time.

🧠 Remember: we always offer drop off appointments. If you leave your pet with us, our kennel assistant will ensure potty breaks and utmost care while they wait to be seen. Our doctor will then call you with all results and recommendations. Go home, go about your day… your pet will always be seen!!

🐾 We hope to continue to provide excellent and immediate same day urgent care, surgical care and everything in between.

Thank you,
Rivers Vet 💙💛💙💛

https://riversvet.com/pet-owners

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween 🎃 !! We have normal business hours today and tomorrow. Keep the chocolate away from the dogs !!! If your pup happens to get into some spooky treats, call ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center or Pet Poison Helpline to determine if it is an emergency 💀

10/31/2024

🎃🎃 We love seeing our pets dressing for the holidays!! It’s Spooky Season and this handsome boy Mac came to his annual dressed to impress!!

Let’s see everyone’s costumes 💃🏻⤵️

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