VCA Care Animal Hospital

11/07/2025

Learn some new signs to communicate with your dog!

11/05/2025

Those big sighs live rent-free in our homes... but they are a way that your dog is communicating with you, so let's listen up to what they're trying to express to us!

11/04/2025

Some of the best things in life take time... and adopting your new best friend at an animal shelter is just that! Learn the "Rule of 3" to welcome your new bestie into your life!

Thank you to all of our shelter partners - you are doing such valuable work! 

11/01/2025

As we continue to recognize Día de Los Mu***os - we’re grateful that many hospital teams created their own ofrendas! Our communities showed up by sharing pictures and items of their beloved pets at their local VCA this season! The lasting connections we have with our community members and your pets means the world to us. We honor all of those pictured.

These efforts have been made possible by our LatinX - Stronger Together Associate Resource Group for amplifying resources across our hospital teams to create their own ofrendas.

📸 VCA Cordova Veterinary Dentistry Center, , , VCA Bonita Animal Hospital, and VCA Salem Animal Hospital

10/31/2025

It's Trick-or-Treat day! What would your dog do if you gave them a bell pepper as a trick?!

10/30/2025

It may be a spooky weekend, but we want our pets to be safe and sound! Take extra care with these Halloween safety tips... and if your pet needs to make an emergency visit, swipe for 50% off an emergency care exam.

10/29/2025

No need to be 👻 spooked 👻 by these veterinary myths - our team at VCA Bedford Meadows has the truths for us!

10/27/2025

We honor our beloved pets that have crossed over the rainbow bridge today. We know that their love made us all better. Share how you are honoring your pets this season in the comments!

10/27/2025

Now we've got "Shake It Off" stuck in our heads the rest of the day! Thank you @VCASouthArundelVet for this post-bath insight!

10/24/2025

It's biscuit time! Thank you for sharing what it means when our cats knead into us!

10/23/2025

We see you group 7 👀 👀 But also, we see you 👩‍⚕️🩺

10/22/2025

We're 🧘 SAT 🧘 for these stories! Find your local VCA Animal Hospital at the link in bio if your pet ever swallows something they shouldn't!

04/26/2025

It's Client Service Representative Appreciation Week!

Get to know Xavi (Cha-Vee). He is the newest addition to our hospital's team and we are excited to have him with us.

Random Question:
What is a skill or talent that most people don't know you have?

Answer:
I race sports bikes.

04/24/2025

It's Client Service Representative Appreciation Week!

Get to know Dani.
She has been at this location for 11 years. She is a familiar face for our long-term clients, and she has seen many of our patients grow from puppies and kittens into their golden years.

Random Question:
What do you like to do for fun when you're not working?

Answer:
Walking, hiking and paddle boarding at Whiskeytown. Also, I love camping at Hat Creek.

04/24/2025

Attention Clients:

There is a growing veterinary shortage in Redding and the surrounding area.

We want to get the word out that we are available for Same-Day Appointments and Urgent Care on a case by base basis.
We are located at the top of Hilltop next to Lake Blvd.

Please call ahead to schedule an appointment.

04/24/2025

It's Client Service Representative Appreciation Week!

Get to know Kristin. She has been with VCA for nearly 3 years. We are so lucky to have her on our team.

Random Question:
Who is someone you admire and why?

Answer:
My Mom. She always supported my dreams and was always patient with me when I brought home all of our neighborhood strays or sick and injured wildlife that I found when I was a kid.

04/23/2025

It's Client Service Representative Appreciation Week!

Get to know Laura!
She has been working for VCA for 3 years. She is one of the first friendly faces you'll see when you come into our hospital.

Random Question:
What are some causes you care about?

Answer: TNR - I am part of a non-profit cat rescue for our community.

04/22/2025

Attention Clients

There is a growing veterinary care shortage in Redding and the surrounding area.
We want to make sure you are aware we are available for Same Day Appointments and Urgent Care on a case by case basis.
We are located at the top of Hilltop Drive next to Lake Blvd.

Please call ahead to make an appointment.

02/10/2025

Happy Valentine's from Cody!

Anybody got a nickel?

02/01/2025

It's Black History Month, and we would like to honor the memory of Dr. Augustus Nathaniels Lushington.

Earning his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1897, Dr. Augustus Nathaniel Lushington is considered to be the first Black veterinarian in the United States.

Dr. Lushington moved to the United States from Trinidad when he was 20 years old. He settled in New York, where he married Elizabeth Gavino Hubert, whose friends helped him enroll in Cornell University. He graduated with a degree in agriculture in 1894, before enrolling at the University of Pennsylvania to earn his DVM.

After graduating, Dr. Lushington moved his family to Rock Castle, Virginia, to work at the Agricultural College, before he went on to open his own practice in Lynchburg. The intense racism, however, forced him to work extra jobs as a meat inspector and probation officer.

Dr. Lushington perservered, and he would go on to work for the Bureau of Animal Industry and the Federal Department of Agriculture. He worked until his death in 1939.

Dr. Lushington is an important part of veterinary history, and we are grateful for his contributions.

02/01/2025

Your vote counts! Let's see if this Sacramento SPCA alumni, Dee-Bone Samuel, can take the win in the 2025 Puppy Bowl's Most PUP-ular contest! Dee-Bone is the only pup from California and from right here in our backyard! So go on and vote for him until February 6th and we will see all this cuteness during this year's Puppy Bowl!

The pupularity contest is back! Vote for your favorite Puppy Bowl Starting Line Up player, and don't forget to watch Puppy Bowl XXI on Sunday, February 9 at 2P ET/11A PT on Animal Planet.

01/29/2025

Happy Anniversary to all the Seeing-Eye Guide Dogs out there!

01/21/2025

Go Nuts!

It's Squirrel Appreciation Day!

While we love squirrels, this feels like a good time to talk about Leptospirosis, which is a bacterial disease that squirrels can spread to dogs and even to humans. Luckily there is a vaccine for Leptospirosis!

Please call with any questions or to schedule your pet's Leptospirosis vaccine today.

01/20/2025

In June 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King was arrested for protesting peacefully at a motel restaurant in St. Augustine, Florida. While being transported to jail in Jacksonville, he was placed in a police car with a German Shepherd police dog, which was meant to intimidate him. Instead, the two became friends. This incident inspired his wife Coretta Scott King to become an animal rights activist. Today, Dr. Martin Luther King's dream lives on, and we are happy to honor his memory.