Care that grows gentler as your pet grows older.
Market Hill Animal Hospital runs a dedicated senior wellness and pain-management program for aging dogs and cats — because the golden years deserve their own plan, not just a slower version of the old one.
Signs it may be time for senior-focused care
Aging changes are gradual, which makes them easy to miss day to day. If two or more of these sound familiar, a geriatric wellness visit is a good next step.
Slower to rise or hesitant on stairs and slick floors
Less interest in walks, play, or greeting you at the door
Restless nights or pacing, panting, or vocalizing after dark
Weight change in either direction, or a duller coat
Confusion, staring at walls, or forgetting familiar routines
Stiffness after rest that eases once they get moving
Pain and wellness management, built around your pet
Every senior plan starts with a real conversation about how your pet is living at home, then draws from the services below as needed — never more than what helps.
Arthritis & Pain Management
Mobility exams, joint injections, laser therapy, and medication plans that ease chronic pain without clouding your pet's personality.
Senior Wellness Screening
Twice-yearly bloodwork, blood pressure, and organ-function panels that catch kidney, thyroid, and heart changes early.
Nutrition & Weight Care
Body-condition scoring and diet plans that protect joints and organs, since extra weight is the single biggest driver of senior pain.
Cognitive & Behavioral Support
Support for pacing, night-waking, and disorientation linked to canine and feline cognitive decline, with home-routine coaching.
Dental Care for Seniors
Anesthesia-risk screening and gentle periodontal care, because dental pain is a common and overlooked source of senior discomfort.
Palliative & Hospice Comfort Care
Honest guidance and comfort-first support for pets with a serious diagnosis, centered on appetite, pain, and quality time together.
Slower visits. Fewer surprises. A plan you understand.
Senior pets do better with unhurried handling and consistent faces. Our geriatric appointments run longer than a standard exam on purpose, so nothing feels rushed for your pet — or for you.
Unhurried senior wellness visits, not a rushed 10-minute checkup
Recommended bloodwork cadence once a pet reaches senior age
Availability for new pain-management and mobility concerns
Serving senior pets and families across Market Hill and Dutchess County
Your first senior wellness visit
A real sequence, so you know what's coming before you walk in.
Home-life conversation
We start by asking how your pet is moving, eating, and sleeping at home — the details you notice matter more than any single exam finding.
Full physical & mobility exam
A gentle, joint-by-joint mobility check alongside a standard physical exam, done at your pet's pace on a non-slip surface.
Bloodwork & screening
In-house labs check kidney, liver, and thyroid function, blood pressure, and urinalysis, with most results available same-visit.
A plan you leave with
We build a written pain, nutrition, and monitoring plan together before you go, with clear next steps and follow-up timing.
What pet parents say about senior care here
They caught our old lab's arthritis before we'd even noticed it ourselves. The pain plan gave him another two easy years.
Nobody rushed us. The team explained every bloodwork number and what it actually meant for our cat's daily life.
The hospice support during our dog's last months was honest and kind, never pushy, always focused on her comfort.
Senior & geriatric care, answered
Still have a question? Call the care team — we're glad to talk it through.
Let's build your pet's senior care plan.
Same-week openings for new pain and mobility concerns. Call now or send a request and we'll follow up within one business day.
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Market Hill Animal Hospital
- Address: 665C Market Hill, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4B5
- Phone: 604-569-1993
- Hours: Mon 10am–5pm,Tue–Fri 8.30am–6pm, Sat 10am–6pm
- Serving: Vancouver & Surrounding Areas