Little River Veterinary Hospital

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Little River Veterinary Hospital Located in Northport, Little River has been offering excellent small animal pet care for over 40 years Please call the hospital for more information.

Little River offers all aspects of your pet's care from wellness and preventative medicine, to diagnostics and treatment of health concerns. Emergency care is offered after hours to established clients only. All others should call the Eastern Maine Veterinary Emergency Clinic at 989-6267. There is also a new house call service associated with Little River Veterinary Hospital which may be more convenient for some pet owners.

YupWe know Phones are sort of down. One line magically works.I was told everything would be great by now. HarumphPlease ...
08/24/2026

Yup
We know
Phones are sort of down. One line magically works.
I was told everything would be great by now. Harumph

Please email:

[email protected]

Things people say.1. “I just bought some organic free range hamburger. She can have it (her dog needs to take pills). I ...
08/22/2026

Things people say.

1. “I just bought some organic free range hamburger. She can have it (her dog needs to take pills). I got it for my husband but she’s more important”

2. “This is my first cat. I got her when I got divorced. If I knew I liked cats so much I would have got rid of my ex sooner”

~ “Grant”

“New” Law of Nature postulated and proven!“If a couch has any portion unprotected be it by towels or blankets and as suc...
08/15/2026

“New” Law of Nature postulated and proven!

“If a couch has any portion unprotected be it by towels or blankets and as such becomes exposed to any Labrador variant over 10 years of age AND who struggles with maintaining proper a**l tone due to age related neuropathies there is 100% certainty the said Labrador will lay their posterior on the unprotected surface.”

Further ongoing study is researching when an unwanted deposit is released onto the couch if the first observer is a boy of teenage years it will fail to be reported.

~ Tomalty et al
Unpublished data 2002-2026

~ “Daisy”
705 year old lab back in 2024 when her t**h worked better

In case you didn’t figure it out, we are part of the large phone line disruption affecting the area. Someone cut where t...
08/11/2026

In case you didn’t figure it out, we are part of the large phone line disruption affecting the area. Someone cut where they shouldn’t have.

One of our 4 lines is working-ish.

Please email
[email protected]

Do not message facebook

No estimates on when service will be restored.
I love how we can fly a tiny helicopter on Mars and beam back pictures but can’t call a town over.

Picture for education: cat door as seen from the inside of the Roman coliseum. Cats are welcome and free to come in go in the eternal city.

BREAKING NEWSThanks to the MAHA movement, legislators were able to fast track the use of the obesity medicine Ozempic® (...
04/01/2026

BREAKING NEWS

Thanks to the MAHA movement, legislators were able to fast track the use of the obesity medicine Ozempic® (aka “fat shot”) for our pets!
Forget walking and limiting treats. The future is now.
Schedule a shot today!

Only know side effect of overdosing is the potential for Maralago face. A minor problem for some, desirable to others.

01/26/2026

Closing up shop at 3
It’s quiet
Get people home before dark
See you tomorrow

Meta a**lysis reveals there are two types of dog owners.1. Those who pick up p**p before a huge winter storm 2. Those wh...
01/25/2026

Meta a**lysis reveals there are two types of dog owners.

1. Those who pick up p**p before a huge winter storm
2. Those who wait until spring to see what weird things their dog p**ped out

We will try to open the shop tomorrow. Let’s see what daybreak brings and how safe the conditions are.
Updates as needed.
Go Pats! 🏈

BREAKING: NEW HEALTH ALERT Reports coming in globally of Canine Vacant Stare Syndrome CDC reporting a perfect storm.With...
12/20/2025

BREAKING: NEW HEALTH ALERT

Reports coming in globally of Canine Vacant Stare Syndrome

CDC reporting a perfect storm.

With Amazon and Spotify bots controlling Christmas music playlists and humans playing for 28 hours a day, the tiny simple canine brain cannot evolve fast enough to tune out Mariah Carey and lord help them, Michael Bublé.

Only known treatment is yelling, twice - because the bots are stubborn, “ALEXA STOP PLAYING THIS SONG”.

Moderna is working on a vaccine . Should be available in 2026.

Post any pics of suspected cases.
Good luck.

What did we learn this week?1. Gulping, lip smacking, drooling. No. I’m not talking about people excitedly choosing heal...
12/20/2025

What did we learn this week?

1. Gulping, lip smacking, drooling. No. I’m not talking about people excitedly choosing health insurance for 2026. But a rash of calls recently.
It’s a common reaction to being nauseous (maybe I am talking about insurance?). Usually people put the old dog out and they eat snow. Try to eat grass.
If they vomit people usually put two and two together.
At that point…DO NOT OFFER MORE FOOD.
8 hrs minimum
Trust me. I’ve seen that state of our pets. They aren’t going to waste away in a day.
The stomach needs to rest.
Some pets continue to drool. On off. Frustrating.
At this point we usually get involved. Unless there is a clear indication that a toy or blanket was eaten (good time to take X-rays) to actually get data on the stomach can be tough. Even for human docs. They’ll send you to imaging - for someone to run a camera down to take a look. Some vets have a scope but many will treat with cheap meds and see if we can resolve the problem.
We are probably missing a fair number of pets with GERD. Reflux disease. Heartburn. Ulcers.
Side note: Christmas tree water. Every year we get calls from cat owners who tell us Mittens is vomiting all over the place after drinking spruce water. Try some creative ways to keep them out of it.

2. New med approved. The makers of Solensia and Librela, Zoetis (a division of Pfizer) have been granted approval in Europe for a 3 month version of the arthritis medicine. It’s another monoclonal antibody. My dog has been on Librela for 18 months. Game changer for her.
Who knows if and when we can expect it in this part of the world.

3. Old med new again. Back in the dark ages of vet med when I started, we used an injection that lasted 6 months for heart worm prevention. Proheart. It was pulled off the market due to allergic reactions and further study. It’s been back on the market for a few years.
We will be offering it at LRVH in 2026. It doesn’t deworm like the monthly options so we have been reluctant to use it. We brought it back on board more for treatment of existing heart worm infections. (We see about 4-5 dogs every year rescued from the south that have it…it’s a nasty surprise 8 months after adoption)
For those dogs who refuse all oral versions this is something that their people may be interested in.

4. “Pet food killing dogs”. I get wild claims weekly. It’s “dead food” yada yada yada
This week I heard one of the wildest stories ever. “They just reported some pet foods have euthanasia solution in it.”
Ok. It’s a billion dollar industry. Two companies control 60 percent of the market. I don’t like that either but I’m pretty sure it’s a poor business model to sell something that kills your customer.
What a time to be alive.

5. Holiday schedule. Open Christmas Eve until noon, off Thursday and back on Friday.

All for now. Hope you’ve got some power this windy Saturday.

~ "Penny"
22 weeks old, Fluffball

PSAEveryone in Waldo county has “a GI bug”…Skeleton crew workingLOL good times
12/19/2025

PSA
Everyone in Waldo county has “a GI bug”…
Skeleton crew working
LOL good times

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1447 Atlantic Highway
Northport, ME
04849

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2073382909

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