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Premier Vet Care in East Greenbush, NY
Caring for Greenbush’s Pets with Expertise and Heart
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Welcome To East Greenbush Animal Hospital
The staff at the East Greenbush Animal Hospital is proud to offer quality and compassionate veterinary health care to the people and pets of the Capital District. We are a full service animal hospital that offers preventative veterinary care, orthopedic and soft tissue surgery, dentistry with dental radiography, internal medicine, digital x-ray and ultrasound.
We also offer boarding, grooming, obedience training and daycare. Visiting specialists are available for cases that may need additional expertise. The open floor plan of our 7200 square foot, state of the art facility is designed to maximize comfort and minimize stress for both our patients and their owners.
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Our Veterinarians
Dr. Debbie Chew
Dr. Chris Rocchio
Dr. Alex Spock
Dr. Kristin St. Denis
Dr. Susanne Patashnick
Dr. Rebecca Barclay
Dr. Barbara Schmidt
Doggie Daycare
Our daycare facility operates under the same standard of care that you have come to expect at the East Greenbush Animal Hospital. Our facility offers several large play areas on rubber flooring for dogs to have supervised play in well matched groups. Each play area has solid structure play equipment to promote physical exercise, mental stimulation and social interaction. As you can imagine playing all day can be too much for most dogs, so we have a separate room where dogs can have “nap time” as well as lunch or snack time for younger dogs and puppies.
Because we want to provide a quality experience for all the puppies and dogs that attend daycare, we are requiring a temperament evaluation conducted by trained dog handlers prior to accepting their application. We will also have questionnaires for pet parents to fill out to provide information to help evaluate your dog’s social preference and likelihood of benefiting from a group play environment.
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Hear It Straight From the Pack
I have a GSD who isn't always her best self at the vet. She goes every 6 to 8 weeks for allergy shots so it is hard to create a positive association. My GSD has been going here since she was a puppy, and the staff are wonderful. At our last visit I learned that they actually put a note on my girl's file that she "does best receiving her treatments in the chair with mom holding her head." That made me happy to know that they wrote a note to ensure the visit doesn't create more stress for my dog.
Jennifer L.
Dr Spock and the team at East Greenbush Animal Hospital are absolutely fantastic!! Very caring, always willing to see my pet if there’s a problem or take my call when I have concerns. I can’t praise them enough. Dr Spock has seen 2 of my dogs through cancer, 2 of them for bilateral hind leg ACL tears, dental surgeries, emergent visits, etc. He knows their histories as he’s seen them all since they were 8 weeks old, and is always upfront and honest even when it’s a difficult situation.
Randi D.
HUGE. Thank you to Katie in grooming ! I called her and explained how my 15 year old cat has matted fur that she wouldn’t let me get. She was so kind and nice . Eased my worries and got her in sooner than I expected. She did such an amazing job . I’m able to pet my baby again and feel her soft fur knowing she’s not uncomfortable . I can’t thank her enough for giving US that. Thank you 💜
