Better Lives Animal Hospital

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Better Lives Animal Hospital Better Lives Animal Hospital provides an environment where all clients feel comfortable, relaxed, unhurried and, most of all,... heard.

Dr. Edward Decort & his wife, Kathleen (Practice Manager), our wonderful technicians (Danielle Jordan, Michaela Bandy), recovery/kennel staff (Brianna Berry) and receptionist (Zarianna Lento) will be the friendly, familiar faces you can trust and lean on to provide "Better Lives" not only for your pets, but the human family members who love them. Better Lives Animal Hospital offers a full range of services including internal medicine, soft tissue surgery, chemotherapy, dentistry and routine wellness care. . “We do our best to treat everybody the same, just how we would want to be treated. We plan to spend enough time with clients to educate them and explain why we do what we do. Clients deserve to understand why their pet is getting a certain treatment, medication or vaccine." - Edward Decort DVM

Dr. Ed graduated from Ross University in 2005. Our hospital motto is “Our patients are our pets and our clients are our family”. We value the relationships, trust, and goodwill we build with our clients. Providing quality, compassionate care in a timely manner is our top priority. We must convey to each and every client that we are there when you need us.
• We take a lifespan approach to each of our patients and are dedicated to being there from puppy/kitten shots, through the illnesses and traumas, and eventually the geriatric years until the end of the pet’s life.
• We are dedicated to client education and providing our clients with enough information to make appropriate decisions for their animal companions.

🐾 Happy Veterinary Technician Week to the ladies who keep Better Lives Animal Hospital running! 🐾❤️Behind every great ve...
10/23/2026

🐾 Happy Veterinary Technician Week to the ladies who keep Better Lives Animal Hospital running! 🐾❤️

Behind every great veterinarian is an incredible team of people who somehow manage to juggle chaos, compassion, bodily fluids, and the occasional flying furball—all while keeping their sense of humor! 😂

🐾 Danielle – Our walking encyclopedia of veterinary knowledge, with a quick wit, an even quicker comeback, and a delightfully inappropriate sense of humor that keeps us laughing (and occasionally questioning whether HR needs to get involved). 🤣

🐾 Michaela – Bringing style, personality, and a welcoming smile to everything she does! She has a way of making both our two-legged and four-legged visitors feel right at home, all while making the rest of us look underdressed. 💁‍♀️🐶

🐾 Brianna – Officially our kennel assistant, but unofficially our jack-of-all-trades! With her fabulous, fun scrubs and an impressive willingness to tackle the jobs that make the rest of us gag, Bri is always ready to jump in, get her hands dirty (sometimes literally 🤢), and help wherever she’s needed!

These three bring so much more than their skills to our hospital. They bring heart, laughter, personality, dedication, and the ability to handle just about anything thrown their way (sometimes literally).

We truly could not function without them—and we wouldn’t want to! ❤️

Please join us in giving Danielle, Michaela, and Brianna some well-deserved love and appreciation! 🐾👏

Happy Vet Tech Week from all of us at Better Lives Animal Hospital!

“Trapper” is in need of a new home. His owner can no longer care for him. Approximately 12 years old, neutered male. Up-...
10/06/2026

“Trapper” is in need of a new home. His owner can no longer care for him. Approximately 12 years old, neutered male. Up-to-date on his rabies vaccine until April of 2028. Needs a home without other animals. Email: [email protected] or call 845-835-8348 if interested. ❤️

10/06/2026
👻We may have gotten a little too “wrapped up” in Halloween this year…Just another case of excessive bandaging at Better ...
10/03/2026

👻We may have gotten a little too “wrapped up” in Halloween this year…Just another case of excessive bandaging at Better Lives Animal Hospital. Diagnosis: Mummification. Prognosis: Looking pretty good. 🎃

07/24/2026

🚧 Heads Up, Better Lives Family! 🚧

We wanted to let everyone know that Better Lives Animal Hospital will be CLOSED Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of next week while we complete some exciting renovations and construction in our surgical room and treatment area to make our hospital even better for you and your pets! 🐾

We’ll be open our normal business hours on Monday 7/27 and Tuesday 7/28, so now is the perfect time to:

💊 Count your pet’s medications.
🐶 Check your prescription supplies.
📞 Call us if you need refills or would like to pick up medications before we close.

We appreciate your patience while we make these improvements and apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support—we’ll see you on Monday and Tuesday!
❤️🐾 The Better Lives Animal Hospital Team

🇺🇸🎆 Happy Fourth of July! 🎆🇺🇸Better Lives Animal Hospital will be closed on July 4th so our team can celebrate with fami...
07/03/2026

🇺🇸🎆 Happy Fourth of July! 🎆🇺🇸

Better Lives Animal Hospital will be closed on July 4th so our team can celebrate with family, friends, and (let’s be honest) probably a few cold ones after the week we had!.

While you’re enjoying the holiday, don’t forget:

🐾 Keep everyone cool in the summer heat.
💧 Make sure there’s plenty of fresh water.
🏡 Bring pets inside before the fireworks begin—those booming skies are much more fun for people than they are for dogs and cats!

We hope your holiday is filled with great food, happy memories, wagging tails, and all fingers still attached after lighting the sparklers. 😉🎇

Have a safe, happy, and tail-wagging Fourth of July!

RESULTS ARE IN!! Thank you, THANK YOU, for all your help, support, and of course…your VOTES! ❤️
07/02/2026

RESULTS ARE IN!!

Thank you, THANK YOU, for all your help, support, and of course…your VOTES!

❤️

***UPDATE***Lobo made it home!! Wonderful Red Hook community joined forces and found him! Missing dog alert!! This is Lo...
06/16/2026

***UPDATE***
Lobo made it home!! Wonderful Red Hook community joined forces and found him!

Missing dog alert!!

This is Lobo and he's missing from 32 Colonial. If you see him or have managed to wrangle him, his family can be contacted at (845) 522-9106.

We promised ourselves we’d stay dignified. That ended 5 posts ago. 😆Dr. Ed said ‘one tasteful reminder to our Better Liv...
05/15/2026

We promised ourselves we’d stay dignified. That ended 5 posts ago. 😆
Dr. Ed said ‘one tasteful reminder to our Better Lives family.’ We ignored him. If you can survive 47 reminder posts from us, you can survive clicking VOTE one more time.

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7302 S. Broadway
Red Hook, NY
12571

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

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(845) 835-8348

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