Veterinary Emergency + Referral Center of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI Videos

Labor Day Pet Safety
With #LaborDay approaching, we want to remind you to keep your pets happy, healthy, and safe this holiday weekend with these tips: ☀️ Beat the heat: Dogs are susceptible to heat stroke. Make sure there is plenty of water and shade for your furry friends to keep cool. 🍽️ Protect your plate: Many foods we enjoy on Labor Day Weekend such as onions, corn cobs, chocolate, grapes, alcohol, and more can be toxic to pets or pose a choking hazard. 🍔 Guard the grill: Keep pets away from the grill, grill tools, lighter fluid, and matches in order to avoid burns and hazardous chemical ingestion. 🔥 Bonfire time: Don’t allow pets to get too close even after the fire is out - embers can remain below the soot and burn your pet. Avoid feeding them near the fire and never throw trash or food scraps into the fire that could entice them to get too close. If your pet needs care over the holiday weekend, remember that VERC is here for you and your pet 24/7, even on holidays! Call us at: (808) 735-7735

International Dog Day
Happy International Dog Day! 🎉🐶 Today, we celebrate the loyal companions who bring endless joy, love, and wagging tails into our lives. Share a photo of your pup and tell us why they're your best friend! 🐾❤️ #InternationalDogDay #DogLovers #verchawaii

VERC + Going to the Dogs SURFUR Competition
An incredible day of sun, surf, and four-legged talent at Duke's OceanFest 2024! 😎 We couldn't be happier to have sponsored the Going to the Dogs SURFUR Competition. Exceptional competitors and their equally amazing owners definitely know how to ride the wave! 🌊🐾 Congratulations to every participant! 📍 Location: Baby Queens Surf, Waikiki #DukesOceanFest #DogSurfing #SurfDogsHawaii #verchawaii 📸 Big Thanks to Joseph Esser, Anthony Consilio, and Corinna TheKiwi for capturing these pawsome moments!

Pug patient sleeping on door of kennel
Is it Friday yet?! 🥱💤 This sleepy Pug, Lexi, presented to our hospital for an allergic reaction after being stung by a bee. As she was in our care, she took a little nap on the door of her kennel. This little potato stole everyone's hearts, and we were glad to be there for her!

VERC team members during RECOVER training classes
RECOVER training continues! ▶️🎵Our team is killing it with their RECOVER training sessions! Our certified instructors have set up these educational yet fun workshop classes for our team members, using the beat of music to help in the training. It’s okay to have a little fun during all seriousness (bloopers at the end). 🤗

VERC team members during RECOVER training
It’s RECOVER time! 🐾🩺 We have officially started the 3-day training, and we’re so proud of everyone involved! RECOVER (Reassessment Campaign on Veterinary Resuscitation) is the first and only evidence-based veterinary CPR guideline in the industry. Our hospital is lucky to have RECOVER certified instructors a part of our team who are able to certify members of the veterinary staff, including DVMs, technicians, and assistants. You can read more on this initiative & why it's important with our blog: https://www.ethosvet.com/blog-post/bringing-the-recover-initiative-to-the-state-of-hawaii/

POV: you are our team member Maile's pup enjoying the last few days of August and the summer! ☀️🌊🐾

This is CT 3D imaging! This patient experienced a traumatic brain injury due to his open fontanel, which are soft spots in the skull, or gaps between the skull's growth plates. They can be normal in young puppies, especially small breeds. Though they typically close or harden by 9-12 weeks of age, various smaller breeds of dogs continue to have these holes past puppyhood. Looking at the video of this imaging, you can clearly notice the gap in the patient’s skull. We are happy to report that this patient is now doing well and is home safe with their family!

Just a bit of kitten content for you to bring a smile to your day! 🐈‍⬛ Thank you to our technician Abby for capturing this adorable, silly video of one of our patients enjoying themselves while recovering in our care. You could say this little one was starting to feel better!

Your living room can be your pet's waiting room! We recently launched the ability to "get in line" on our website. Non-critical emergency patients can get in line and wait in the comfort of their own home until you are alerted to come into the hospital. Remember that this is not an appointment, and some critical patients may come into the ER with life-threatening ailments that will take priority.

Remember our post 2 weeks ago about the team's thumb war battle with the tiny hands? Well, here's how it went... 🤣 It's always important to have a laugh and bring a smile to each other's face when there's a slow period, especially after weeks of being unfortunately slammed with emergency cases. We're so thankful to have a talented team who sees one another as family!

After two weeks of (unfortunately) being slammed with emergencies cases, our team had a less stressful few days and enjoyed that slow time with one another. As you see here, these fake tiny hands were our entertainment! Surprisingly enough we do use them to pet felines while in our care, but two of our technicians decided to go to war with them- a thumb war to be exact! 👍 This sure brought a smile to everyone’s faces, sometimes you just need a laugh during all the craziness. 💚

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