Fetch The Vet Mobile Veterinary Practice

23/07/2024

Some patients love the camera more than others and really want an up close and personal profile pic 😻…

23/07/2024

Following on from our previous posts the following changes have been made by the CDC and there has been a full reversal on their planned requirements for travel across the Canadian border.

“For dogs that have been only in dog rabies-free or low-risk countries in the 6 months before U.S. entry, this is the only form that is needed. A receipt will be emailed to you upon submission of the form. You can print the receipt or show it on your phone.

Note that in addition to this form, the dog must appear healthy upon arrival, must be at least 6 months old, and must have a microchip identified with a universal scanner.

There are no longer requirements for USDA endorsed certificates for dogs meeting these criteria.”

The link below takes you to the online form that can be filled out the day of travel and printed to be shown to a border control officer.

23/07/2024

https://news.vin.com/default.aspx?pid=210&Id=12196546&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0FE0mrDKlkA9C2okz4S7Jq_YyH9iUG_z7IoFOci7UnKm5sGjSFUyYUB0g_aem_oDI0Frn9oMuSZTPxX73_rA&f5=1

Owners from low-risk rabies countries will be able to fill out simple form

23/07/2024

!!!!! IMPORTANT TRAVEL INFORMATION !!!!!

While we have been preparing our practice for implementing the new requirements for travel across to Canada with your dog, the CDC has just released a new statement today (07/22/24) advising that travel to Canada and back will now NOT be included with the travel requirements that go into effect on August 1st.

This will come as a huge relief to many families who travel regularly across the border for personal, health, sporting or breeding purposes. Please take a minute to read the most up to date press release so that you can still take appropriate measures as needed.

CDC has clarified and simplified the process for bringing dogs into the United States from rabies-fr

26/06/2024

We haven’t done a ‘Where are we Wednesday?’ in such a long time but with morning patients seen and running ahead of schedule it’s time to treat our hard working technician Leigh Ann to lunch. So folks - where is she grabbing a bite to eat?

30/05/2024

Time is almost up for nominations to be submitted for the Best of 716 2024 Awards - it takes just 2 minutes to vote for us and we’d love to see your support! We are under the medical services category 🐾 The nomination round ends June 4th

https://buffalonews.com/exclusive/readerschoice/ballot-2024/

24/05/2024

Appreciate what we do? Then nominate us for the '2024 Best Veterinary Practice of 716 Award' before June 4th!

https://buffalonews.com/exclusive/readerschoice/ballot-2024/

21/05/2024

We had our team together this morning to celebrate the official start of the build. Its was a family affair with two of the Dr’s Tudini children taking part! Nominate us in the link in our earlier post below for the ‘Best Veterinary Practice of 716’ 2024!

21/05/2024

Listen up Fetch the Vet furry family members!!! You share with us frequently when we visit just how much a service like ours helps you and your pets, so now is the time where you have the opportunity to show the wider WNY community just how much our mobile veterinary practice means to you!

How? It's Easy! You can head to the link and nominate us for the 'Best of 716' Veterinary Practice 2024 Award. We just celebrated our 5th Anniversary in December and have progressed from being on the road for just 28 hrs a week, to now serving you for over 120 hrs each week with 5 incredible Veterinarians, 5 skilled and experienced full time Veterinary Technicians and a designated Customer Service Representative on our team.

We work so hard day in and day out to provide you with exceptional veterinary care and our staff mean the world to us. As we just begin breaking ground on our very own building we couldn't be more thrilled and proud of how far we've come in such a short period of time. Our staff work so incredibly hard each day and being the only full service mobile practice in Western NY we would love for all their hard work to be recognized!

If you feel that we are worthy of the title of 'Best Veterinary Practice of 716' then please take a moment to nominate us, we are under the medical treatment services category and then scroll to veterinary practices - 'Fetch the Vet'. If we make it into the Top 5 of the nomination round, then we'll go on to the voting round. Let's see a modern day, innovative and privately owned practice make the cut!

The nomination round runs through June 4th 🚑 🐾🐈🐕‍🦺🐾🚑

26/04/2024

We are beyond thrilled to announce that we are putting down roots of our own. After many months of behind the scenes work, town planning board meetings, and a few delays along the way we are finally breaking ground on the new Fetch the Vet M.V.P headquarters - anticipated completion date of December 2024!

We cannot quite believe how far we have come in just over 5 years. Dr Jenni and Veterinary Technician Leigh Ann began seeing patients as a single Dr/Tech team providing just 28hrs of coverage during the week. Fast forward to today and we are unbelievably proud to have 2 Full Service Mobile Units and a third smaller Veterinary Technician Vehicle on the road. We have 5 incredible Veterinarians, 5 skilled and experienced full time Veterinary Technicians and a designated Customer Service Representative on our team, all of whom we have the utmost confidence in.

Between the 3 vehicles we are now able to provide over 120 hrs on the road each week servicing your pets from the start of their lives with your family, to their final in home care needs.

We feel beyond privileged to be in a position that with the support of our team as a whole, we can do what we do. Our staff work so incredibly hard each day and we couldn’t do this without them. As we begin the next chapter of Fetch the Vet we vow to continue to practice the highest quality medicine we can, and provide the in home care you so greatly appreciate.

We hope to continue to grow our team in time, given our plans for future services to be offered and as such we always love to meet with any veterinarians or veterinary technicians who may be interested in joining our mobile veterinary team.

Follow us to keep up to date with the progress of the build!

20/04/2024

“I’ve found a lump” is something we hear daily, and more often than not it carries with it worry about what it might be, does it need removing or often the biggest fear - is it cancer and if so what can be done?

Our approach is usually very simple - we perform what is called a fine needle aspirate. This is a very simple procedure that takes just a few seconds to harness some cells from the mass using a needle and syringe no different from what we use to administer a vaccine. It is often confused with a biopsy which would be where we remove an actual piece of the lump in question to assess it further.

The smears that are made contain often hundreds to thousands of cells that after being prepped and stained are examined under the microscope. Given that we perform FNA’s so routinely, our veterinarians assess the vast majority of the samples in house which means we can provide information on the cell type immediately. On some occasions however, it is preferred to get a second opinion from a board certified pathologist and in that case we will recommend sending the sample out to our reference laboratory before deciding the best course of action.

So what do we see under the microscope?

In the microscope images attached these are wonderful examples of the type of cells we see very often and for one of the most common ‘lumps’ that cause worry. These cells are adipocytes - or in simple terms ‘fat cells’. These aspirates were taken just yesterday from a patient with a soft mass that the owner had found on her dog. Each type of cell in the body has a different appearance depending upon where it is arising from and as clinicians we are trained to recognize and know these. This ‘lump’ is nothing more than a Lipoma (fatty tumor) where there has been an accumulation of fatty tissue develop. These tumors are benign and not of concern and usually only need excising if they become particularly large and cumbersome (as in the photo above them) or are causing the patient distress based on their location.

For this patient, a simple procedure brought relief to his owner, identified what the growth was and determined that no further action is needed.

16/04/2024

Today was all about the cats! Inquisitive cats.. confident and bold cats… cats enjoying cat nip during their exam, or finding a smell they couldn’t pass up. Whether it was on our mobile unit or in the comfort of their home they just wanted to explore and engage with us. We love to let them walk around the mobile unit at times when we are chatting with their humans so they can investigate, climb or jump onto a counter to look out a window. A comfortable cat is a happier cat and we try to let them feel at ease during their time with us

08/04/2024

Are you ready like ‘Riley’ for the Eclipse? Please note that we will have adapted hours on Monday April 8th and will close early at 1PM for appointments. We will have team members available again in the late afternoon and evening to answer any urgent calls, arrange medication refills and schedule appointments . Stay safe and enjoy the Solar Eclipse!

Here are some helpful tips for keeping your furry family members safe tomorrow:

🐾 Don't bring pets to large gatherings
🐾 Keep pets inside
🐾 Try and ensure your pets don't stare at the
sun
🐾 If you leave home with your dog, be
prepared for long travel
🐾 If you're in public, keep your pet on a
leash
🐾 Watch out for and respond to stress
signs
🐾 If needed, provide distractions

28/02/2024

13/02/2024

‘Misty’ couldn’t wait to be the one to announce that we are now offering Class IV Laser Therapy within our mobile practice! We have been working away behind the scenes to train our Fetch The Vet Mobile Veterinary Practice and East Aurora Veterinary Hospital veterinary teams on use of this brand new therapeutic modality we now have available for your furry family members.

Laser Therapy (Photobiomodulation therapy) is fast-acting and versatile. It uses light energy to reach target tissue and results in decreased inflammation, decreased pain, and accelerated healing. It can effectively treat a wide variety of conditions including pre-surgical, post-surgical, acute and chronic disease states.

Some of the most common chronic disease states that we will be able to provide supplemental care for include:

- Degenerative Joint Disease
- Lick Granulomas
- Intervertebral Disc Disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Idiopathic Cystitis in Cats
- Degenerative myelopathy/neuropathy

If you are interested in incorporating this form of therapy into your pets health care then reach out to us and one of our team members will be able to help guide you further. We are thrilled to be able to bring Laser Therapy into the homes of our clients who’s pets cannot travel and who would benefit greatly from its use.

‘Misty’ is a patient at our sister hospital and has been struggling with this very chronic Lick Granuloma on her leg for many many months and it has failed to respond to all other medical routes we have taken. Her mum is very eager to see how Laser Therapy can help. She has received two treatments so far and we are already seeing forward progress.

Doesn’t ‘Misty’ rock her safety Doggles well!

18/01/2024

We will be OPEN today and seeing patients. Arrival times may see some delay as our staff navigate the roads. We ask that you make sure driveways and walkways are plowed, shoveled, salted etc to help them reach your front doors safely 🚐

17/01/2024

With multiple travel bans either already in effect or going into effect we will be CLOSED today for the safety and well-being of our staff and vehicles. We WILL have staff working remotely and able to return phone calls, address medication refill requests, schedule appts etc

If you have an appointment scheduled for today we will be reaching out to you to reschedule. We have kept appointments open in the coming days to anticipate this and so we should be able to get everyone taken care of in a timely manner.

Please be patient with our staff as we try to rework everyone (it’s not an easy task), particularly when storms and bans continue to evolve.

05/01/2024

Ready for a change in the New Year? Wanting to return to work in the veterinary field but not in a Full Time Position? We are seeking a Part Time LVT to join our teams at both Fetch the Vet Mobile Veterinary Practice and East Aurora Veterinary Hospital and look forward to seeing if this might be you!

We are seeking an experienced Licensed Veterinary Technician for a Part Time position to join our growing and thriving mobile practice and sister hospital East Aurora Veterinary Hospital. Our mobile practice is built upon an honest, friendly and respectful approach with our clients, and we aim to always practice high quality medicine. We are proudly developing a mutually respectful team who's goals are to expand their skill set and go above and beyond for our patients and clients.

Experience or an interest to work with exotics and/or hobby farms preferred but not essential. Successful applicant will need to be able to show self initiative, an ability to adapt and think outside the box and have a good sense of direction! Given the nature of the position and working closely throughout the day as a Dr-Vet Tech team we are seeking someone with at least 5-7 years of experience in the profession.

We also have a designated vehicle for in home technician visits for patients to receive such services as blood pressure assessment, blood draws, medication administration, nail trims, post operative exams etc. When performing in home technician visits an assistant always accompanies our technicians.

We are also seeking a licensed veterinary technician for our veterinary hospital and this position will have you split your time between both our brick and mortar hospital and mobile practice. Most of our technicians spend time at both practices and enjoy the different styles of practice.

Duties to include but not limited to:

- Maintaining accurate medical records (inventory, drug logs, charting in our practice medical software)

- Registering clients, conversing with clients via the phone, email and text and scheduling appointments.

- Practicing restraint using fear-free techniques

- Engaging in client education

- Having an understanding of small animal diseases.

- Being able to fill prescription medications and answer client questions relating to those medications.

- Having excellent technical skills including but not limited to phlebotomy and IV catheter placement

- Collection and preparation of laboratory samples- f***ls, tick-borne/heartworm tests, cytology, tissue samples, blood, urine samples, etc.

- Assisting in surgical and dental procedures.

- Preparing patients for surgery, administering anesthesia, having knowledge of surgical drugs, charting, monitoring, and recovery.

- Performing monitoring techniques (ECG, heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, etc)

- Performing emergency procedures such as control bleeding, resuscitation with oxygen

We offer:

Competitive pay (Pay based on experience and skill level)

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Life Insurance

Employee Discount

Continuing education opportunities - in and out of the practice Employee pet benefits

Uniform

A comprehensive benefits package is available for full time employees.

Please visit our websites: www.fetchthevetmobile.com and www.eastauroravet.com to learn more about us!

Email a resume and cover letter for the attention of Dr Jenni Tudini to [email protected]

28/11/2023

With the snow that fell overnight we had a couple of cancellations. We have openings this afternoon in the Lackawanna, Depew, Cheektowaga, West Seneca area if you are in need of an appt - call us at 716-463-7296 🚐

28/11/2023

We have been getting asked by clients about the emerging respiratory illness being seen in dogs. The information below is the most up to date and accurate and also has links where you can read further trusted information from experts. To date there have been no reported cases in New York State but as a practice we remain vigilant to any illness' that seem a little out of the ordinary.

The Cornell Animal Health Diagnostics Center is available for consultation about suspected cases and can support specimen collection and transfer. Learn more about the tests performed. Latest Information on mystery canine respiratory illness 11.22.23 What is this illness? A highly contagious upper r...

27/11/2023

Well that was a not so pleasant end to the day… we left the Snyder area at 4PM and 2 1/2 hrs later have just arrived home safe and sound with ‘Ena’ back safe in her garage bay and both Dr Jenni and Vet Tech Kelsey back home and warm. Transitioned from Fall to a complete white out and 6 inches of Lake Effect Snow rather quickly! 🍁🚐❄️

23/11/2023

We love seeing your pets enjoying the holidays with you - we just don’t like seeing them sick in the days that follow. Please be careful with what they have access to today and in the coming days! We predictably see an influx of patients suffering with gastroenteritis and pancreatitis around the holiday season - let’s work to keep them healthy

15/11/2023

SOUTHTOWNS - We’ve had a few last minute appts open up for today! If your pet needs examining why not get it done before the holiday chaos hits. Call us if you want to grab one of these rare last minute openings for your pet to be seen 🚐

19/10/2023

Today the ladies were asked to prep some ‘special’ f***l samples over at the hospital that were brought in by Dr Jenni. Some staff were a little more distrusting (Paula) than others (Kelsey) who were a little too comfortable rooting around in a cat litter tray!

Checking the samples came with rewards however and amongst the finds were hookworm, roundworm and whipworm eggs, giardia, a piece of sweet corn, a Barbie shoe and even a diamond ring (yes dogs really will eat anything!) - Each find came with an Amazon Gift Card and the Diamond ring came with the top prize!

No humans were harmed in the enjoyment of this game and tootsie rolls and chutney make great f***l samples 💩

18/10/2023

This week in the veterinary profession it is Vet Tech Week - we love however to show all of our support staff team how much we appreciate each and every one of them, so we change it up a little and for us it is staff appreciation week!

Each day of the week they are surprised with a little something to brighten their day. Today sure did provide some colour!

To our Veterinary Technicians Leigh, Kelli, Jaime, Kelsey and Caitlyn, and our veterinary assistants Nikki and Kali we are thankful for each day that you choose to be a part of our team, develop your professional skills and provide outstanding care and service to all of our patients and clients. We could not do this without you and are sincerely grateful for all that you do each day - Drs Jenni and Jim

These ladies work so hard day in and day out and we’d love to hear from you with any comments about our team and their hard work so they can see how our local community also appreciates them all!

14/10/2023

It never gets old….how could it when we get to enjoy these views between taking care of your pets 🍁🍂🍁

26/08/2023

Due to unforeseen circumstances the practice will be closed today. We apologize for any inconvenience - emergency information can be found on our website