Button Veterinary Hospital

10/26/2024

Have a great weekend!

10/17/2024

National Veterinary Technician Week happens each October and this week is the week for 2024!

This week, we celebrate the dedicated and compassionate veterinary technicians who play a vital role in the health and well-being of our beloved pets. Our practice has 4 full-time licensed veterinary technicians (LVTs) on staff, Sarah M., Kellie, Sarah H. and Brittany, who you have probably met on one or more occasions during your pet’s visits.

In Washington State, licensed veterinary technicians have had education from an American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) accredited school in veterinary technology, they have passed the Veterinary Technician National Examination (VTNE) which only 64% of first-time test takers pass! In order to maintain their license, they also must complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing education every 2 years.

Our LVTs are trained to perform an amazing variety of tasks, some of which may only be performed by a LVT including: anesthesiology, anesthetic monitoring, obtaining urine samples via centesis (syringe/needle used to extract sample from the bladder) or catheterization, performing blood pressure checks and electrocardiograms, analyzing cytology, f***l, hematology and urine samples, ophthalmological procedures (tear production tests, topical anesthetics, fluorescein stains, tonometry), cast and splint application as well as filling your pet’s prescriptions.

We rely on our LVTs' hard work, expertise, and unwavering commitment to animal health care. Please join us in thanking them for being part of the backbone of veterinary medicine that is our support staff and for their tireless efforts in ensuring that your furry friends receive the best possible care.

We recognize and appreciate the incredible contributions of veterinary technicians everywhere!

08/31/2024

Have a fantastic holiday weekend!

But don't forget, we will have Urgent Care appointments on Tuesday if you need us!🐾💜🐾

08/07/2024

Important information about fire risks of lithium-ion batteries! So glad the pets got out safely in the fire below!

06/28/2024

Check out these tips for helping your dogs deal with the fireworks this coming week.

If you have used prescription medications for fireworks/noise phobia in the past, be sure to call us for a refill before the end of day on Monday July 1st. We receive a large number of requests and want to make sure we have time to get them all filled!

If you haven't used prescription medications in the past and your dog has an extreme response to noise/fireworks, call us first thing Monday morning to see if we can get you in for an urgent care appointment to get assessed for medication.

As always, give us a call with any questions!

06/13/2024

What do you think of Ronald? We think he's stupendous!

04/19/2024

We are happy to announce that we are expanding our urgent care appointments! Beginning May 13th, we will now see urgent appointments all day Monday - Wednesday as well as on a case by case basis on Thursday - Friday. We start answering calls at 8am, please reach out if we can help your pet!

03/23/2024

Just a reminder that we have urgent care tomorrow, Saturday, starting at 8am. Call the hospital at 8am and our CSR, Barb, will get you taken care of!

03/14/2024

We are still offering urgent care all day on Mondays and on a case-by-case basis Tuesday - Friday, but we are adding an urgent care day on Saturday 3/23/24. You can start booking times on Thursday 3/21/24.

Also, we would love your opinion on potentially expanding our appointments and our urgent care. Click this link to share your opinion about this topic: https://form.jotform.com/240727279159163

03/08/2024

Did you know? We have urgent care all day on Mondays and on a case-by-case basis the rest of the week. If you need us, please call and feel free to share our post! We want to help as many pets as possible! 🐶💙🐱🩵
In fact, Dr. Jensen will be seeing urgent care patients in the morning tomorrow, Friday 3/8/24. We hope to see you soon!

02/28/2024

This is why we do what we do, we respect and admire the human-animal bond. We are so sorry for your loss Jon. Clearly Dipper was the best boy.

Jon Stewart bids a tearful goodbye to Dipper, his best boy and Daily Show OG. to The Daily Show:https://www.youtube.co...

01/17/2024

We found the cutest thing online... in 2017 there was an Icelandic reality show about cats. Multiple kittens were featured over the course of the show and many were adopted because of it. Here's a little taste of this fun show:

01/04/2024

We moved in yesterday and are so proud of Dr. Jensen's hard work to create an environment that our clients, their pets and our staff will love. We know only a few people have been in for appointments so far, so here are some pictures!

Don't forget our new address: 5608 S Durango St., Tacoma WA 98409.

Our phone number remains the same: (253) 383-5531.

12/24/2023

Happy holidays to everyone!

Don't forget, we're closed until 8am on January 2nd, and we will see you at 5608 S Durango St! We can't wait to show you our new home!

Here is a corgi tree fashioned by our practice manager, who has 2 corgis and is a bit obsessed!

12/11/2023

It's time! We close to move 12/26 - 12/29! Check out the details below.

10/27/2023

We have an amazing new product available for canine osteoarthritis, a once monthly injection called Librela! Visit the website: https://www.zoetispetcare.com/products/librela and give us a call if you would like to schedule an appointment to discuss the medication with one of our doctors. At that time you can also discuss whether cold laser therapy might be helpful as well. We all want to improve your dog's quality of life and now we have some awesome tools to help!

Once a doctor prescribes the medication, we schedule your dog tech appointments once monthly to administer the injection.

09/13/2023

07/08/2023

We are excited to announce that we will be moving to a new, larger building with more parking sometime in December 2023!

We have NOT been sold and will continue to provide the same level of medical care and customer service that you expect of us both at our current building and the next.

We had hoped to remodel/expand our current building, but unfortunately, that did not pan out. However, this allowed us to find a building with the features we need.

We are happy let you know that our new location will be 5608 S Durango St, which many of you may know as the former Blue Pearl building. The benefit to this building is that it has a lot of medical features already in place and will decrease the time we need to prepare the space for you, our loyal clients and of course, your amazing pets.

For now, we are still in full operation at our current location on M Street and will remain so until the move in December. We will be giving the new building a facelift and can’t wait for you to see our progress. Keep an eye out here for the latest and greatest information!

04/06/2023

This exceptionally sweet little girl needs a home. We prefer she go to a non smoking, indoor home only. She's spayed, FELV/FIV negative, and will come with her first set of vaccines. Pease call the hospital if interested.

01/13/2023

We are now offering urgent care and drop off appointments on Mondays. Please call us at 9:00am on Mondays so that we can help your pet to feel better! These appointments are first-come, first-served so make sure to call our front desk bright and early to be helped. The demand for these appointments may tie up the phone lines somewhat, so please be patient and we will see you soon!

01/05/2023

Puppy love!!!!

01/05/2023

These little cuties need a home! Their sweet and playful personalities will not disappoint! They are approximately 15 weeks old, they are FELV/FIV negative, they've had their first vaccine and are ready to go to the perfect indoor only home! We prefer they be adopted together if possible. The male is white and grey - the female is solid grey. Please contact us if interested 😁