West Frederick Veterinary Hospital

Willow is ready for the weekend!

Keep those paws safe in the summer sun! 🌞🐾

As temperatures soar, it's crucial to keep pets cool and comfortable. From staying hydrated to avoiding hot pavement, we've compiled 5 essential summer safety tips to ensure your pets stay happy and healthy. Check them out and share this post to spread awareness!

Tomorrow is Father’s Day! We hope all of our pet parent fathers paws & relax - you deserve it!

Give a shoutout to an amazing dad in the comments below!

Sydney and Argyle want to wish you a wonderful Friday and have a PSA for you… If your furry friends get nervous during fireworks like these two, please reach out now to ensure we have ample time to get your medication. Thank you. 

Is your pet coughing, wheezing, sneezing, and scratching? They may be dealing with seasonal allergies.

Reducing your pet’s exposure to allergens may help to reduce symptoms and provide relief. Check out some of our tips. If your pet is exhibiting symptoms, please contact us to discuss our treatment options!

WFVH will be closed from 12-2pm today for our monthly staff meeting.

Happy National Best Friends Day!

Today, we celebrate the unbreakable bond between pets and parents. We cherish every wag, purr, and cuddle shared. 🐾❤️

Share a photo of your BFF in the comments below!

Life is better with a loyal, furry friend by your side. Like if you agree! 🐾❤️

Happy Pet Appreciation Week! Join us in celebrating by sharing a photo of your pet in the comments!

Kicking off the new month celebrating the best way possible – hugging our fluffy feline friends. 🐾❤️

It’s and we want to thank all of our lovely pet parents that have made their home a forever home to their cats.

Do you have an adoption story? We’d love to hear it in the comments below!

🐾Happy Friday from our beautiful Glowey girl🩵

With summer festivities kicking off, we want to remind you about the symptoms of heatstroke and prevention tips:

-Never leave your pet unattended in a car
-When hot/humid, keep your pet’s time outdoors limited ​
-Keep your pet hydrated​
-Ensure your pet has ventilation and a cool environment​
-Dogs with short noses are at higher risk due to their condensed facial anatomy and restricted ability to cool themselves​
-If any signs of heat stroke appear, contact our team immediately. ​

Please help us spread awareness by tagging your pet parent friends in the comments and share this post!

As we kick off Memorial Day weekend, we wanted to share some pet safety tips to remember! Please share this post to spread awareness.

-Keep alcohol and table scraps away from your pet​
-Never leave your pet unsupervised around bodies of water
-Keep your pet hydrated​
-Limit time in the sun and heat ​
-Keep your pet away from fireworks​
-Make sure your pet has an ID tag or is microchipped​

Did you know that less than 10% of the pets that are unchipped will return home each year?

A microchip is a secure, reliable, permanent identification for your pet and the process is simple and affordable. Microchipping your pet can help ensure that if your pet goes missing, they can be identified and find their way back to you.

If your pet is chipped, make sure their information is up to date. To help keep pets close to their loved ones, share this post and remind your friends to !

Maybe you and your pet will soon be kicking your paws up poolside, or maybe you’re relaxing with your toes in the sand. 😎 In honor of , we wanted to share some of our top water safety tips.

To help promote water safety, please share this post!

🎀Fiona Friday🎀
We hope everyone has a great weekend!

🤧 Uh oh, you might not be the only one in your house dealing with allergies!

Pets may be susceptible to seasonal and environmental allergies. Thankfully, there are several treatment options available.

Common symptoms our patients exhibit include excessive itching, red/inflamed skin, as well as recurring ear infections.

If you think your pet may be dealing with allergies, give us a call!

Dog moms, cat moms, human moms, and more –thank you for all that you do. Where would we be without you?!

Join us in celebrating Mother’s Day this weekend by giving some special moms a shoutout in the comments below! 💛

✨Meet Ducky🦆✨
16lbs at 8 weeks ⏭️ 64lbs at 9 months
Talk about a glow up!

Is your pet scooting or licking their rear? It could be their a**l glands.

A**l glands are located on the rear of dogs and cats. The glands produce an oily, fishy-smelling fluid that helps with scent marking. Sometimes these glands can get impacted or infected.

Soft, consistent stool, as well as allergies, are common causes of irritation. If your pet is scooting, licking excessively, or showing signs of discomfort around their rear end, contact us! We will help to identify the cause and determine the best course of treatment.

A friendly FYI that WFVH will be closed from 12 - 2 pm today for a training staff meeting. Thank you for your understanding!

We’re experiencing phone issues at the moment, please email our office or text
301-304-6185 to reach us! Thank you!

“Strike me down and I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi

Happy May the Fourth! Is your pet a Jedi or a Sith?

Today marks a very special day fur our very special patients. 💙​

Specially-abled Pets Day sheds light on the exceptional companions with unique needs. If you have a specially-abled pet, or know someone who does, tell us about them in the comments below!

WFVH is proud to announce that we passed our AAHA recertification yesterday and are celebrating our 40th year as an AAHA accredited hospital!

West Frederick Veterinary Hospital will be closing at 4 PM today to conduct inventory. We will reopen at 7 AM tomorrow. Thank you and have a wonderful day! 

Puppies always make Mondays easier to handle! Baby Luca does just that!!! 💙

Today is World Veterinary Day! 🩺🐾​

Veterinarians are an integral part of a pet’s well-being – and we can’t thank our team enough for their commitment and dedication to our community’s animals.

Join us in thanking our vets in the comments below!​

As we wrap up National Veterinary Receptionist’s week, please join me and thanking our CSR’s for all they do. They truly are the directors of first impressions at our hospital!

With tomorrow being Hairball Awareness Day, we wanted to remind our cat parents about the importance of preventing hairballs.

Accumulated from excessive grooming, hairballs can build in your cat’s digestive system and either get coughed up or in some cases, need surgical removal.
If your cat is excessively vomiting, lethargic, loses their appetite, or has diarrhea or constipation, these may be signs of a blockage and you should contact our team immediately.

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