Valley Veterinary Clinic

08/28/2024

Keep your pets and family members safe💥
🦇🦨🦝 Upcoming Rabies Vaccination Clinics 🐶🐱
Contact public health for more information if needed. To help the volunteers and speed up the wait time bring a piece of paper with your Name, Address, Phone number along with your pet's information (Name, Age/DOB, Breed, notate if spayed/neutered) *Remember to bring previous proof of prior rabies vaccination if it pertains to your pets.

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08/28/2024

*Notice of time change for Holiday Weekend. Please plan ahead for medication refills.

08/28/2024

08/26/2024

🌟 Thank you Dr. Parker for taking time out of your busy schedule to help continue to educate our pet owners on the importance of protecting their pets with proper immunization.

A local veterinarian says she’s seeing a troubling trend with animal vaccine hesitancy.

06/15/2024

🇺🇸 Attention Canine Owners 🇨🇦
🐾 Important information regarding travel to and from Canada 🐾 Microchip and Rabies requirements have been updated. **Please click on the link below to ensure you are prepared to travel with your dog 🐾

CDC issues regulations to control the entry of dogs into the United States from other countries. The

05/26/2024

RECALL ALERT - Mars Petcare US is voluntarily recalling 315 bags of PEDIGREE® Adult Complete Nutrition Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor dry dog food in the 44 lb. bag size only, due to the potential presence of loose metal pieces in the bag.

The affected products have a Best By Date of March 4, 2025 and Lot Code 410B2TXT02. This is a limited voluntary recall only affecting 315 bags of product that were sold by Walmart in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. More info: https://bit.ly/4bsDQz8

05/21/2024

04/08/2024

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03/02/2024

Upcoming Rabies Vaccination Clinis offered by Jefferson County Public Health. Please contact them directly for any further information.

Rabies Control Program
Phone: 315-786-3730

Rabies Vaccination Clinics
Dogs, cats and domesticated ferrets must be at least 3 months of age to receive their first rabies vaccination and must have the initial shot no later than 4 months after birth according to New York State Health Law. JCPHS offers 4 rabies vaccination clinics each spring at Jefferson County Dog Control, and several clinics each summer at various locations throughout Jefferson County. If you cannot attend any of these clinics, you may contact your local pet supply store as they usually offer low-cost vaccinations.

Spring Rabies Vaccination Clinics 2024
Thursday, March 21
Thursday, April 18
Thursday, May 16
Thursday, June 20
All of the spring rabies vaccination clinics are held at Jefferson County Dog Control from 5:00pm - 7:00pm. Clinics are donation based. We suggest a $10 donation per pet to help defray clinic costs. Dogs must be leashed and cats must be contained. If available, please bring a copy of your pet's last certificate of vaccination.

Rabies Control
Rabies is a viral disease which almost always leads to death, unless treatment is given soon after exposure to the virus. Only mammals can get rabies. Most cases of rabies occurs in skunks, raccoons, bats, coyotes and foxes.

Rabies control encompasses exposure follow-ups for humans and domestic animals through contact investigations, pre and post-exposure treatments, animal confinements and quarantines, laboratory specimen submissions, vaccination clinics for domestic animals, and community education.

An exposure includes: a bite, an open wound exposure, or a mucous membrane exposure. If there is no exposure to you or your pet and you would like help removing the animal, you may call the Watertown Department of Conservation office at 315-785-2239 for a current list of Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators.

Domestic Animal Bites/Exposures

If your pet bites someone or you are bitten:

Your pet will not be removed from you.
Wash the wound thoroughly with soap and water. Encourage the bite victim to see a medical provider.
Check with your pet’s veterinarian to make sure your pet is up-to-date on its rabies vaccination.
Call Jefferson County Public Health Service to report the bite. Your pet will not be removed from you. You must confine your pet at home for a period of time for rabies observation.

Wild Animal Bites/Exposures

If you can do so safely, catch the animal. Do not damage the animal’s head, because the brain is needed to test for rabies.
Wash the wound thoroughly with soap and water. Call your doctor.
Call JCPHS to report the bite.

Bats

If you wake up and find a bat in your room, you should try to catch the bat to have it tested. You should also catch a bat if you find a bat in a room with an unattended child, or near a mentally impaired or intoxicated person. Bats have very small teeth, so they may not be aware if they’ve been bitten. Call JCPHS to determine if the bat needs to be tested for rabies.

Protect Yourself Against Rabies

03/02/2024

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A stray cat found in the City of Watertown has tested positive for rabies. Rabies cases have been identified across Jefferson County, including within the City of Watertown. Therefore, any unknown animal could have rabies. Avoid contact with unknown animals, including possible stray pets, as they may not have been vaccinated against rabies. Make sure your pets are up-to-date on their rabies vaccination.

01/18/2024

❄Due to inclement weather, our office will be closing at 3 pm today.

01/17/2024

Due to inclement weather, our office will be closing at 12pm today.

01/15/2024

We are open today. If you are unable to make your appointment, please give our office a call and we can reschedule! Stay safe everyone ☺️

01/11/2024

At this time we are open! We will be working on rescheduling our appointments from yesterday, throughout today.

01/10/2024

Due to the multiple power outages and our building not having power, we will be closed today. If your pet has an emergency, please reach out to Veterinary Medical Center in Syracuse. We apologize for any inconvenience, please stay safe!

12/27/2023

We will be open today through Friday, closed Monday! Have a good New Year everyone ☺️🐾

11/02/2023

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As the leaves change and the temperature dips with the progression of fall, the likelihood of your pups interacting with deer ticks increases significantly. Deer ticks love this time of year, so here are some tips to keep you, your dogs and other household pets safe this autumn.

1. Use veterinary-approved tick preventives on your dog (more info below).

2. Avoid wooded areas and tall grass.

3. Check your pets and yourself after going outside. Ticks can be transmitted to indoor cats, so make sure to do a thorough search.

4. Do not handle ticks with your bare hands. Ticks transmit numerous diseases to dogs and people, including:

*Borreliosis (Lyme Disease)
*Anaplasmosis
*Babesiosis
*Ehrlichiosis

5. Contact your vet or doctor with questions.

For more info on tick prevention, check out the link below.

https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/riney-canine-health-center/health-info/flea-and-tick-prevention

10/31/2023

Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃

10/16/2023

Rabies Vaccination Clinic this week. For more information, contact Jefferson County Public Health or the Jefferson County Dog Shelter. Reminder to bring proof of previous Rabies vaccination history as well as updated address and telephone information.

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🔔 Reminder: There is a rabies vaccination clinic at Jefferson County Dog Control this Thursday from 5pm to 7pm. You do not need to schedule an appointment - this clinic is on a walk-in basis.

10/13/2023

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10/07/2023

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09/14/2023

Good Morning,
We will be updating our phone system this morning and rotating our old ones out. Our phones will be switching over from 11:30-12:30 so calls during that time might be limited due to this reason. We apologize for this inconvenience and will update when our phones are online.
Thank you!

09/13/2023

Any questions, please reach out to the Fort Drum Veterinary Treatment Facility directly.

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09/01/2023

Hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday weekend!

08/31/2023

A new infographic of my take on the veterinary shortage crisis. Sadly, this is a major societal issue with no easy fix. My next infographic will be on ways we can try to mitigate the situation while the "system" (whatever that may be) figures out solutions like how to get more young people into , how to make vet school affordable, and how to keep the vets we've got.
Accessible PDF and blog post: https://www.vetsarepeopletoo.com/veterinary-shortage-cycle-infographic/