Bend Animal Emergency and Specialty Center

Bend Animal Emergency and Specialty Center Bringing the pets of Central Oregon the emergency care they deserve.

Bend Animal Emergency and Specialty Center, LLC was founded in August 2021 by Dr. Naomi Kitagaki and Dr. Adam Stone with one clear mission: to provide the highest quality emergency and specialty care to the pets and families of Central Oregon and beyond.
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Emergency medicine is our passion, and we are committed to treating every client, patient, and team member with compassion, empathy, and respec

t. Our hospital was built on the belief that exceptional medicine goes hand in hand with kindness, and we strive each day to be an invaluable resource for our community.

‍‍Emergency is our specialty.

09/02/2026

☕🐾 Coffee + dogs + giving back? Say less.

We are SO excited to partner with Bentley’s Coffee through their Dollars for Dogs program! 🧡

While Bentley’s locations are currently found primarily on the west side of the state, they’re making their way over the mountains and will be opening soon in Redmond! 🎉☕

So, Central Oregon friends, this is where we need your help spreading the word! Share this with your friends and family on the other side of the mountains and encourage them to stop by Bentley’s, grab a drink, and support Dollars for Dogs.

And before long, we’ll be able to show them some Central Oregon love right here in Redmond. 🧡

Supporting a great local business AND helping pets in need? That’s a pretty easy reason to grab another coffee. 😉

Tag your west-side coffee people below and help us spread the word! 🐾☕

🚨 **SCAM ALERT: PLEASE READ & SHARE** 🚨We want to make our community aware of a very convincing scam currently targeting...
08/14/2026

🚨 **SCAM ALERT: PLEASE READ & SHARE** 🚨

We want to make our community aware of a very convincing scam currently targeting pet owners and yesterday, it involved someone impersonating Bend Animal Emergency & Specialty Center.

A pet owner came to our hospital after receiving a phone call that appeared to come from our clinic’s phone number. The caller told him that his missing cat had suffered a traumatic event, had been brought to our hospital, and was currently undergoing emergency surgery.

The scammers then transferred him to another person and demanded immediate payment through Zelle in order to continue treatment.

What made this even more convincing and frightening was that they sent him an AI-generated image of his cat “in surgery.” The image looked remarkably like his missing cat, including his markings.

Thankfully, he became suspicious when they requested payment through Zelle. He hung up and came directly to our hospital, where we were able to confirm that his cat was not at our facility and the call had not come from our team.

His cat had previously been posted online as missing, which may be how the scammers obtained a photo and information to make their story so convincing.

⚠️ **PLEASE KNOW:**
Bend Animal Emergency & Specialty Center will NEVER request payment through Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, or similar peer-to-peer payment services.

We also have established protocols for stray or lost animals brought to us in critical condition by Good Samaritans. We will never pressure someone into immediately sending money through a third-party payment app in order for us to provide emergency care.

If you ever receive a call claiming to be from our hospital and something does not feel right, hang up and call us directly using our publicly listed phone number. Even if the incoming call appears to show our number, caller ID can be spoofed.

Please share this with other pet owners , particularly anyone who currently has a missing pet posted online. These scammers are using an incredibly vulnerable and frightening situation to target people, and AI-generated images can make the story feel very real.

If you have a missing pet, please also be cautious about how much personal information you share publicly.

The image attached to this post is the AI-generated image the scammer sent to the pet owner. It is NOT an actual patient or procedure at our hospital.

08/07/2026

Join Our Caring Team at Bend Animal ER!
We're excited to welcome new Certified Veterinary Technicians and Experienced Veterinary Assistants to our Emergency and Critical Care Department.
Are you a day, swing or night shift superstar?
We'd love to meet you!
At BAE, we've built a supportive clinic culture centered on:
Accountability
Honest Communication
Teamwork
Mutual Respect
We know ER work is fast-paced, which is why we actively promote self-care and a healthy work-life balance. We take care of our team with majority paid healthcare, IRA matching, and more, because when you feel supported, you can give your best to our patients.
Our team is proud to foster a community that celebrates diversity and inclusion.
We are proud allies of the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities.
Ready to join us?
Send your resume and cover letter to [email protected].
We can't wait to hear from you!

08/06/2026

🚨 We Need Your Help! ❤️🐾
Our shelves are looking a little emptier than we'd like, and we're reaching out to our incredible community for a little extra support.

As an emergency and specialty hospital, we care for pets who often stay with us for hours, or even days, as they recover, heal, or receive critical care. Keeping them warm, clean, and comfortable is one of the many ways we help them through what can be a confusing time.

Right now, we're running very low on (new or used):
🛏️ Pet beds
🛏️ Blankets
🧺 Towels (bath and hand towels)
💙 Reusable underpads ("chux" pads)

If you have any clean, used items you'd be willing to donate, we would be so grateful.
Every towel, blanket, and bed helps provide comfort to a patient who needs it.

Donations can be dropped off anytime at our front desk please specify it is for BAE when dropping off:

📍Bend Animal Emergency & Specialty Center
📍1245 SE 3rd St. Suite C3, Bend, OR

Thank you for helping us give our patients the comfort they deserve while they heal. We truly couldn't do it without this amazing community. ❤️🐕🐈

07/30/2026

Last Thursday, Dr. Naomi Kitagaki, Hannah, and Kayla had the privilege of volunteering at CAMP’s first medical clinic in La Pine.

Thank you to CompanionAnimalMedicalProject for making this incredible event possible. We’re honored to have been a part of it and look forward to supporting future clinics.

❤️ Want to help? Donations help make clinics like this possible. You can support CAMP, donate to Marie’s Angel Fund, or drop off pet food and supplies at our hospital to help local families and pets in need.

🚨 We're Hiring: Veterinary Emergency Operators (VEO) 🚨The front lines of emergency medicine start at the front desk, and...
05/21/2026

🚨 We're Hiring: Veterinary Emergency Operators (VEO) 🚨
The front lines of emergency medicine start at the front desk, and we're looking for someone who can handle the fast pace, support our team, and be there for pet owners when they need it most.

If you have customer service or veterinary reception experience (or just thrive in organized chaos 👀), we'd love to meet you.

✨ Generous full-time benefit package
✨ 3% IRA matching
✨ Training provided

Send your resume + cover letter to [email protected]
Come be part of a team delivering skilled, compassionate care when it matters most 🐾

🦩✨ MIGRATION UPDATE ✨🦩The flock has officially been BUSY, Bend 👀So far we've placed 14 flocks and raised $608 for the BA...
05/13/2026

🦩✨ MIGRATION UPDATE ✨🦩
The flock has officially been BUSY, Bend 👀
So far we've placed 14 flocks and raised $608 for the BAE Angel Fund 💖🐾
Every yard flocked helps support pets needing emergency, life-saving care when families are out of options. What started as a silly pink flamingo idea is already helping local pets receive the care they need 🥹
But we're not done yet…

💕 Don't want to flock your friends but still want to help?
Swipe through the carousel for our direct donation QR code to support the Angel Fund without sending flamingos. Every dollar truly helps.
Let's keep these flamingos moving across Bend 💖🦩

🚨 NOW is the time to nominate a home 🚨
Want to surprise a friend?
Start a neighborhood flamingo war?
Protect your own lawn from invasion? 😏
🦩 Head to our Linktree
🦩 FIRST LINK to submit your nomination
🦩 Flocks stay for 72 hours before migrating again

05/09/2026

We’re proud to be the main supporting donor for this year’s Think Wild gathering 🐾💛

Join us from 3–6 PM at Oregon Spirit Distillers for an afternoon celebrating wildlife, community, and the work that brings it all together.

At Bend Animal Emergency & Specialty Center, caring for our community goes beyond our hospital walls and this is one of our favorite ways to show up.

Come hang out, support an incredible cause, and be part of something meaningful 🌿

We’ll see you there.

🚨 THE FLOCK IS ON THE MOVE 🚨Our migration map is LIVE… and that means it's officially your turn, Bend 👀🦩We've kicked thi...
04/29/2026

🚨 THE FLOCK IS ON THE MOVE 🚨
Our migration map is LIVE… and that means it's officially your turn, Bend 👀🦩
We've kicked things off, but now we need YOUR help deciding where the flamingos land next.
🏡 Nominate a home
🦩 Send the flock
⏳ 72 hours of fabulous chaos
Every flocking helps support our Angel Fund providing life-saving care for pets who need it most 💖
✨ Ready to send the flock?
Head to our Linktree → FIRST LINK to nominate your target
Tag your friends… or your enemies (we don't judge 😏)
Let's keep these flamingos migrating 🦩✨

04/20/2026

Bend… we trust you with this.
The flamingos are out, the nominations are open, and things are about to get a little chaotic (for a good cause).
Send a flock. Save a life.
Link in bio 🦩

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1245 SE 3rd Street, Suite C3
Bend, OR
97702

Telephone

+15413859110

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