At Upper Charles Animal Hospital, we are delighted to be growing rapidly and welcoming new clients!
Support Your Local Vet-Get Your Prescriptions From Us!
Do you find yourself buying prescriptions for your pet online? While it is certainly convenient, did you know that doing this drives money away from our local business, and into the hands of large corporations? We see absolutely no profit from orders placed on online pharmacies such as Chewy.com and 1800PetMeds. In fact, filling these prescriptions actually loses us money because of the time it takes to not only fill the prescription, but review the patient records to make sure that the prescription is appropriate. In addition, we do not know where these medications were sourced from, so cannot vouch for their effectiveness since we don’t know how they were stored and handled.
We try to keep our prescription prices comparable to those online. We do understand that in some cases, such as those where we don’t carry a certain medication or it’s not convenient to pick the medication up at our office, it is preferable to our clients to fill medications online. We would never want to withhold medication from a patient for this reason. Our clinic does have an online pharmacy which you are welcome to explore. It can be found at https://uppercharlesah.covetruspharmacy.com/.
Please continue to support us, your privately-owned veterinarian, and shop local
Upper Charles Animal Hospital
Your pet’s health and well-being are a top priority. We provide exceptional veterinary care and compassionate services for all your beloved pets.
Complete Veterinary Care in Bellingham, MA
At Upper Charles Animal Hospital, we offer various veterinary services to meet the diverse needs of our client’s beloved pets. Our services range from routine preventative medical care to advanced specialty services, including surgery, diagnostic imaging, and pet wellness care.
Pet Appointment
Pet Surgery
Pet Dentistry
Pet ultrasound
About Upper Charles Animal Hospital
Upper Charles Animal Hospital was founded by long-time friends and associate veterinarians Brooke Crosier and Lyra Read. They took the reins from Dr. Karen Wilson, who retired from ownership of Homeward Bound Veterinary Service in 2023. It is Dr. Crosier and Dr. Read’s wish to take Dr. Wilson’s excellent reputation and dedicated client base and expand on the services offered while still maintaining the feeling of being a hometown vet there to serve the community.
Dr. Crosier and Dr. Read are proud to deliver high-quality medicine at an affordable price in a family-focused atmosphere. They enjoy interacting with their clients and their pets and promote preventative medicine and the human-animal bond as a means to keep their patients healthy and happy.
Meet Our Veterinary Team
Our skilled veterinary team at Upper Charles Animal Hospital is dedicated to providing comprehensive, compassionate, and quality care in a relaxed and friendly environment. With a deep love for animals and years of experience, our team is dedicated to providing exceptional care for your beloved pets.
Bella’s Story
While we make a habit of recognizing and appreciating our new puppy and kitten patients, we also want to acknowledge our senior patients by highlighting a story about one of our very favorites, Bella Daniels.
Bella is a 12 year old pitty who came in to see us a few weeks ago because she was showing signs of acute distress at home. On presentation, we were concerned that Bella was showing signs of internal bleeding, and after some diagnostics we found the source – a large bleeding mass on her spleen. We talked to Bella’s mom about the severity of her situation, and the treatment of choice being surgical removal of her spleen. This would stop the source of bleeding, and by sending the spleen to a pathologist we would know whether the tumor was benign or malignant. The odds on this are usually about 50-50. We knew that there was risk associated with taking Bella to surgery, but because she was otherwise a very healthy senior lady, our team and her family decided together to proceed with our plan. After some stabilization efforts, we planned for her to come back for surgery the next day.
Bella’s surgery went well, but she did have an arrhythmia under anesthesia, a common occurrence during removal of the spleen. Out of an abundance of caution Bella’s mom came to pick her up right after surgery and took her to a local emergency hospital for 24 hour monitoring. She did great and went home the next day.
About one week later, we received Bella’s biopsy results – the tumor on her spleen was benign! This was the best possible news and outcome for Bella and her family. By the time she came in for her post-op recheck, she was back to herself, and as you can see in the video, she is quite the goofy girl.
We are so happy for Bella and her family, and want to highlight this case to remind everyone that just because a pet is “old” it does not mean they can’t undergo a procedure like this. There are certain screening tools and protocols we take to make anesthesia for our senior pets go as smoothly as possible. Because of these efforts we have bought Bella more time with a good quality of life. We love you, Bella!