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| Monday | | 8:00AM - 7:00PM | | Tuesday | | 8:00AM - 5:00PM | | Wednesday | | 8:00AM - 7:00PM | | Thursday | | 8:00AM - 7:00PM | | Friday | | 8:00AM - 5:00PM | | Saturday | | 8:00AM - 3:00PM | | Sunday | | Closed | | For after hours emergency care Please call VCA in South Weymouth at 781-337-6622 |
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About UsLocated on the coast near the South River in Marshfield, Massachusetts, our veterinary hospital is housed in a yellow cape on Ocean Street. Surrounded by lovely gardens and accessible by a low ramp especially designed for easy access by older dogs, we strive to make the clinic seem as comfortable and hospitable as a home. We encourage you to drop by anytime and meet us, and, we always suggest that our clients stop by and visit with their pets so that our patients will feel comfortable and relaxed when they come for their visits. Combining an informal and welcoming environment with state of the art medical and surgical care, we pride ourselves on the close connection we make with each of our patients and their families, as well as on the high quality of medicine that we practice. In an age of ever bigger veterinary hospitals, we have made a decision to remain small so that we can provide consistency of care and retain personal knowledge of our patients and their particular needs. We have, therefore developed a friendly and family-oriented environment which we believe directly benefits the health and well-being of our patients.
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News
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Adoption: Loving cat needs a home.
A dear friend and long time client has had to move into an assisted living facility and will be unable to take along an important part of her life: her cat.
Tussie was found wandering on Tussock Brook Road and was adopted into a loving home. When that owner became severely disabled after a bad fall, Tussie found a place with our client. Although Tussie, a gorgeous fluffy tiger with a pure white belly, was wary of strangers, she took to Barbara right away, and found a special place at her side on the couch and bed as a loving and constant companion.
We are hoping that someone will be interested in adopting this beautiful and gentle cat. A home for Tussie would be a wonderful gift for both Barbara and her beloved Tussie.
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Flea, Tick and Heartworm Prevention.
To prevent fleas and ticks, we suggest that you apply either Advantix or Frontline to your dogs and Frontline to your cats (if they are allowed to go outside) on a monthly basis. Remember that Advantix is toxic to cats!
Although most of our heartworm positive dogs are dogs rescued from either the southern part of the U.S. or the Caribbean, heartworm remains a risk to dogs in New England. Because treatment for heartworm is costly, painful and carries some risk, we strongly suggest that you be vigilant in giving your dog monthly heartworm prevention year round in the form of either Heartgard or Interceptor.
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A CALL FOR STORIES
Over the years, we have heard touching and amazing stories of dogs and seals looking into each other’s eyes, animals holding paws as they fall asleep, a dog rescuing a lost pet rat, a cat who has been waiting every day at the door for a person who passed away years ago. We always intend to write these stories down, but we don’t, and unfortunately we have forgotten so many of them. We would love for you to share your stories with us. We will keep a little archive of them and hope to print them in future newsletters, on our website and on our Facebook page. If you would like to share your story publicly, please email your story to Sue at susan.quigley@southrivervet.com.
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ON BEHALF OF THE ANIMALS, WE THANK YOU
We care about the health and welfare of all animals, domestic, wild, owned and homeless. It is therefore with great sadness to learn of incidents like the one in Ohio where magnificent wild animals who should have never been kept in cages, were shot, due to no fault of their own. Listening to the news in the aftermath of this story, we were appalled to learn of wild animal auctions in the states where this is legal. One story, of a giraffe baby, terrified in the middle of a crowd of shouting bidders, particularly hit home. We are doing our part by speaking out for these animals who belong in freedom with their own kind.
We would also like to pay tribute to many of our clients who are doing their part to help. For several years Barbara Fiumedoro has used her vacation time to travel to Utah to volunteer for Best Friends Animal Society. Katherine Webers works tirelessly with Americans Against Horse Slaughter to prevent the slaughter of horses and their export for human consumption. Rachel Hope and Pam Johnson, as well as many of our other clients, rescue feral kittens, tame them and pay for their neuters, spays and vaccinations and place them in good homes. Many of our clients serve as volunteers for Standish Humane Society, Duxbury Animal Shelter and Scituate Animal Shelter. And we know there are many, many more of you who do your part to help four legged critters. This is a shout out to ALL of these people. You work for no monetary compensation, and are motivated by love. On behalf of the animals, we thank you.
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South River Veterinary Service is pleased to announce that we are now offering Care Credit. Qualified clients now have access to a no interest payment plan if paid within three months. To apply for Care Credit, go online to www.carecredit.com or call 800-365-8295 for an automated phone application and an immediate decision. We hope that this service will help your pets be able to receive needed health care. Please call us with any questions.
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