White Rose Mobile Vets
Providing compassionate in-home veterinary care to dogs and cats in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently accepting new patients.
Services
We offer select in-home veterinary services for dogs and cats.At this time, our primary services include the following:
- Annual physicals
- Vaccinations
- Puppy and kitten appointments
- Sick appointments (non-emergencies)
- Blood work
- Urinalysis
- Microscopic fecal analysis
- Cytology and Biopsy
- Mass Removal (restrictions apply)
- Hospice Care
- End-of-Life Services
- In-Home Euthanasia
- Options for CremationIf you have questions about whether or not we offer a particular service or can meet the needs of your pet, feel free to contact us.Please note: We are a mobile, in-home veterinary service, and as such we cannot perform xrays, hospitalize patients, or perform surgeries. However, we have relationships with hospitals that can; and if we determine that your pet requires this kind of medical care we will be able to refer you to a nearby facility that meets your needs.
Pricing
- In-Home Veterinary Appointment Fee (includes travel expenses, professional fees, COVID fee, and physical examination of the pet): $135 for new patients; $85 for current patients; $75 each if we are seeing multiple new patients in a single appointment; and $58 each if we are seeing multiple established patients in a single appointment..
- Rabies Vaccine including Tag and Certificate: $45
- All other vaccines: $35 each
- The cost of specific diagnostics, procedures, medications, and preventive products (such as flea/tick prevention) vary depending on many factors, including the weight of the pet. We would be happy to provide you with an estimate prior to your appointment.
- There is a $50 travel fee for appointments out of our radius.PLEASE NOTE: We are NOT able to accept new clients located outside our area of service.If you are already an existing client and you live outside our area of service, we are happy to continue providing medical care to your pets. However, the above travel fee of $50 will apply to each appointment.Our area of service is composed of the following zip codes:16066 - Cranberry Twp
16046 - Mars
15096, 15095, 15086 - Warrendale
15015 - Bradford Woods
15090 - Wexford
15044 - Gibsonia
15091 - Wildwood
15007 - Bakerstown
15006 - Bairdford
15143 - Sewickley
15237 - Pittsburgh
15101 - Allison Park
15229 - West View/Ross Twp
15116 - Glenshaw
15238 - Fox Chapel/Blawnox
15240 - Pittsburgh
15215 - Fox Chapel
15051 - Indianola
15223 - Etna
15209 - Millvale/Ross Twp
15214 - Ross Twp
15202 - Bellevue.
The Team
Dr. Julianne Sangimino, VMD
VeterinarianDr. Sangimino (aka Dr. Sange, aka Dr. S) was raised in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She earned her veterinary doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia. Prior to that she earned a BS in Mathematics from the College of William & Mary. Dr. Sangimino practices small animal medicine with a special interest in tickborne disease, internal medicine, and anatomic pathology.In addition to being a member of White Rose Mobile Vets, Dr. Sangimino is pursuing a Masters degree in Public Health with a concentration in Infectious Disease through the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health. She also has a special interest in large African mammals, and during her veterinary training completed 2 internships in conservation medicine and wildlife anesthesia in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Dr. Sange has a pit bull and 2 cats.
Amma Berman, CVT
Certified Veterinary NurseAmma is a certified veterinary nurse. She was born and raised in the suburbs of Pittsburgh and graduated from the Vet Tech Institute of Pittsburgh. Amma has experience in emergency, general practice and exotics. Her professional interests include emergency/urgent care, integrative medicine, and client education. In her free time she enjoys outdoor adventures, sewing, cooking, and live music events. She has a cat named PepperJack and a beagle named Willow.
Courtney Spears, BS
ReceptionistCourtney Spears was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. She graduated from the University of Findlay with a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science. She has always had a love and passion for animals which has led her to work in veterinary medicine for over a decade. She has worked in various positions, from receptionist to vet assistant to surgery assistant. Courtney’s professional interests include client education, nutrition, and patient care.Courtney currently lives in Youngstown, Ohio with her husband and 3 children. She has 2 Australian Shepherds, Tess and Jersey. In her spare time she loves spending time outdoors with her family and friends.
Gillian M. Jacob, CVT
Certified Veterinary NurseGillian was a much-loved member of the White Rose team until she moved back to Florida (her home state) in the spring of 2021. She is deeply missed but still keeps in touch with the team, and offers her "consulting" skills on a regular basis :)
Contact Us
Hours:
8am - 7pm Mon - Fri (ET)
10am - 4pm Sat (ET)
Phone:
(888) 788-1165Email:
support@bettervet.comVisit us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/bettervetusaFollow us on Instagram:
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Feel free to contact us if there are special circumstances regarding you or your pet, if you have pricing concerns, or ANY other questions!
Now Hiring
White Rose Mobile Vets is NOW HIRING for the position of Veterinary Assistant! See the job description below.Position: Veterinary Assistant Full or part-time negotiable. Hours negotiable (looking for 9am-5pm minimum, 3 days/week minimum). Hourly wage $14-19 depending on candidate’s experience level and qualifications.To apply, email admin@whiterosevets.com with a resume and personal statement that answers the following questions:
- Why are you interested in this position?
- What makes you a good fit to join our team?Job description: We are a small business run by a small team of passionate professionals. We provide mobile, in-home medical services to dogs and cats (mostly) throughout Wexford and adjacent areas. We are looking for an energetic, hard-working individual who is organized, detail-oriented, and ideally has experience working as a veterinary technician. Responsibilities will be mixed, from technical to organizational; including (but not limited) to the following:Technical duties - performing blood draws in cats and dogs, monitoring and recording vital signs for patients under injectable anesthesia, administering SQ, IM, and IV injections, correctly placing EKG leads and obtaining BP readings, typing medical notes while Dr. S is obtaining a patient history, filling prescriptions during appointments, going over medication instructions with clients, obtaining signatures from clients (I.e. consent for sedation, euthanasia, or other procedure), basic lab work, such as spinning down blood in a centrifuge at the end of the day and packaging all biological samples for pickup (we send everything out through Idexx at the end of the day), making phone calls about normal blood work and other routine test results, cleaning out infected ears, trimming nails, safely restraining anxious/aggressive animals for medical procedures; etc.Assistant duties - going over invoices with clients, accepting payment at the end of appointments, showing clients our online store, cleaning and restocking the supply bags every morning (they can get pretty messy after a long day!), making sure all equipment is properly charged overnight, making sure the portable pharmacy is fully stocked, keeping track of which supplies/medications need to be ordered, loading all equipment into/out of the car in the morning/evening, keeping “the office“ workspace clean, neat and organized (regularly sweeping the floor, tidying up, taking out the trash);etc.Candidate must be able to go up and down stairs comfortably, and to carry a large nursing bag in and out of appointments. Being tech-savvy is a bonus. Neat handwriting is a bonus. Having a CVT license is a bonus.Must have a valid PA Drivers License.The next steps of the hiring process include a phone interview and then working interview. Contact us with any questions! We look forward to receiving your application.Katie Vincent - Practice Manager
Dr. Julianne Sangimino - VeterinarianPhone (calls only please, no texts):
412-720-1258Email:
support@bettervet.com
Frequently Asked Questions
How far will you travel?We are based in Wexford and travel locally through the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh: as far west as Sewickley; as far north as Cranberry/Mars; and as far east as Fox Chapel/Penn Hills.PLEASE NOTE: At this time we are NOT able to accept new clients located outside our area of service.If you are already an existing client and you live outside our area of service, we are happy to continue providing medical care to your pets. However, a travel fee of $50 will apply to each appointment.Our area of service is composed of the following zip codes:16066 - Cranberry Twp
16046 - Mars
15096, 15095, 15086 - Warrendale
15015 - Bradford Woods
15090 - Wexford
15044 - Gibsonia
15091 - Wildwood
15007 - Bakerstown
15006 - Bairdford
15143 - Sewickley
15237 - Pittsburgh
15101 - Allison Park
15229 - West View/Ross Twp
15116 - Glenshaw
15238 - Fox Chapel/Blawnox
15240 - Pittsburgh
15215 - Fox Chapel
15051 - Indianola
15223 - Etna
15209 - Millvale/Ross Twp
15214 - Ross Twp
15202 - BellevueDo you have a giant mobile veterinary van?No, we drive a normal car and carry all our equipment with us.We prefer to perform our services wherever your pet is most comfortable. Most of the time, this means inside the home; but we have also done many appointments in front or backyards, garages, etc.As a rule of thumb, if a pet is in a familiar environment, then he or she will have less baseline anxiety and therefore be more cooperative for whatever procedures or services are required. Bringing a pet inside a mobile veterinary van means that he or she will be going into a foreign place with unfamiliar smells, noises, etc; and this is exactly what we are trying to avoid.Why should my pet get "routine blood work" when he or she doesn't have any symptoms and seems perfectly healthy?This is a very common (and justified) question! There are 2 simple but very important reasons for performing these 2 tests every year, even if your pet is seemingly healthy. First, let's clarify what routine blood work actually is."Routine blood work" includes a Complete Blood Count (also known as a CBC), which evaluates your pet's red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. It also includes a Chemistry Screen, which measures a variety of different biomarkers and enzymes in your pet's blood in order to assess how their abdominal organs are functioning (namely their kidneys and liver). It also measures their glucose level, among other things. So why do we care what these values are?1) Firstly, annual blood work checks your pet for the presence of diseases that are "subclinical" - meaning that the disease is present, but not severe enough to cause symptoms in your pet (yet). Looking at your pet and observing their daily behavior cannot tell you whether or not subclinical disease is brewing beneath the surface.Here's a common example: One of the main disease that we see and treat in dogs and (especially) cats is CKD, or chronic kidney disease. Dogs and cats will not develop any outward symptoms of kidney disease until 75% of kidney function is lost. HOWEVER, we are able to detect kidney disease on a Chemistry Screen as early as when 25% of kidney function is lost. Chronic kidney disease cannot be reversed, but if it's caught early, there are a number of simple interventions we can use to slow its course, prolong your pet's life, and improve the quality of their life, as well as yours.Routine blood work has saved and prolonged thousands of pets' lives, and all it takes is a 5-second blood draw.2) Reason #2 for the importance of routine blood work:Even if the blood work comes back as completely normal, it gives us baseline values for your pet. These are valuable when pets get sick, because we can compare his or her "healthy" blood work to his or her "sick" blood work and see where the big differences are.For example: If your pet has never had any blood work performed, and he suddenly has a seizure, we might perform blood work to try and figure out why he had the seizure. (FYI: Liver disease can sometimes cause seizures.) If your pet's blood work shows abnormal liver values, it's possible that these values have been elevated for years, and nothing has changed in the liver; and these elevated values are completely unrelated to the seizure. OR it could be that his liver was perfectly healthy his entire life until now, and he recently suffered an acute injury to the liver, causing the elevations in his blood work and the seizure.Having access to baseline values for your pet is incredibly valuable when trying to figure out what is wrong with your pet. We never know what the future holds, and it's always best to be prepared.What forms of payment do you accept?We accept checks (made out to "White Rose Mobile Vets"), cash, or credit card. Please note: there is a 3% convenience fee when paying with a credit card.Payment must be made in full at the time of the appointment.Which vaccines do you carry?We carry canine (dog) vaccinations for:
- Rabies: Pennsylvania law mandates that all dogs and cats must be up to date on their rabies vaccine at all times.
- DAPP: a combination vaccine, sometimes called "distemper".
- Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi).
- Leptospirosis (Leptospira interrogans).
- Kennel cough, specifically Bordetella bronchiseptica, though this is not the only microorganism that can cause the respiratory syndrome known as "kennel cough".We carry feline (cat) vaccinations for:
- Rabies: Pennsylvania law mandates that all cats and dogs must be up to date on their rabies vaccine at all times, even if they stay indoors 24/7.
- FVRCP-C: a combination vaccine, sometimes called "feline distemper."
- FeLV: "Feline Leukemia Virus", a contagious cancer of cats.
Emergencies
WE DO NOT PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES.If your pet is in distress and requires immediate attention, please do NOT contact us and wait for a response!There are many specialty and emergency hospitals around Pittsburgh that are open 24/7/365 and can help your pet immediately (we've listed them below). If you aren't sure whether your pet is having a true medical emergency, you can always call one of these hospitals and ask to speak to a vet, nurse, or technician about your situation.Signs that your pet might be experiencing a life-threatening emergency include, but are not limited to:- straining to urinate, which could indicate an obstruction (very common in male cats!)
- appearing painful or crying in pain
- struggling to breathe (in cats, this can look like panting)
- severe lethargy or lack of energy
- being unable to keep down food or water
- blood in vomit and/or blood in diarrhea
- gums that are not pink (definitely an emergency if they are white, blue, purple, yellow, or cherry red!)
- a bloated abdomen, especially if sudden
- seeing your cat swallow a piece of string
- finding foreign material (like a piece of a toy) in your pet's vomit Emergency pet hospitals in Pittsburgh open 24/7/365:
(If you can, call ahead before arriving with your pet!)Avets in Monroeville
Website
Phone: 412-373-4200
Address: 4224 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA 15146PVSEC in the North Hills/Pittsburgh
Website
Phone: 412-366-3400
Address: 807 Camp Horne Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237PVSEC in the South Hills/Washington
Website
Phone: 724-809-2000
Address: 1535 Washington Rd, Washington, PA 15301MedVet in McMurray
Website
Phone: 724-717-2273
Address: 2810 Washington Rd, McMurray, PA 15317Rainbow Veterinary Hospital
Website
Phone: 724-843-5443
Address: 129 State Route 168, Darlington, PA 16115Pet hospitals in Pittsburgh that have weekend hours:
(If you can, call ahead before arriving with your pet!)Banfield Pet Hospital - Wexford
Website
Hours: Mon-Sat 7am-6pm
Phone: 724-934-6801
Address: 10650 Perry Hwy, Wexford. PA 15090Banfield Pet Hospital - Ross Township
Website
Hours: Mon-Sat 8am-6pm / Sun 10am-5pm
Phone: 412-364-5669
Address: 6210 Northway Mall Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15237Banfield Pet Hospital - Cranberry
Website
Hours: Mon-Sat 7am-6pm / Sun 9am-5pm
Phone: 724-779-1070
Address: 1717 Route 228, Cranberry Township, PA 16066Banfield Pet Hospital - Pittsburgh/Crafton/Ingram
Website
Hours: Mon-Sat 7am-6pm
Phone: 412-922-5782
Address: 224 Raton
Ingram Shopping Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15205Banfield Pet Hospital - North Fayette Township
Website
Hours: Mon-Sat 8am-6pm / Sun 9am-5pm
Phone: 412-490-0199
Address: 420 Home Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275Banfield Pet Hospital - Pittsburgh Village
Website
Hours: Mon-Sat 8am-6pm
Phone: 412-362-0534
Address: 6401 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206Banfield Pet Hospital - Pittsburgh Mills
Website
Hours: Mon-Sat 8am-6pm / Sun 10am-5pm
Phone: 724-274-3259
Address: 1015 Village Center Drive, Tarentum, PA 15084Banfield Pet Hospital - Pleasant Hills
Website
Hours: Mon-Sat 8am-6pm / Sun 9am-5pm
Phone: 412-650-8115
Address: 523 Clairton Blvd, Pleasant Hills, PA 15236Ebensburg Animal Hospital
Website
Hours: Mon-Thur 7:30am-8pm / Fri 7:30am-5pm / Sat 7:30am-1pm
Phone: 814-472-6263
Address: 922 Rowena Drive, Ebensburg, PA 15931VCA Northview Animal Hospital Specialty Referral Center
Website
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-7pm / Sat 8am-4pm
Phone: 412-837-3439
Address: 223 Siebert Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (phone service)
Website
Phone: 888-426-4435
Staffed with vets and toxicologists 24/7.We update this list regularly but we cannot guarantee that this information is current or accurate, please contact the hospitals to confirm their hours
NO CURRENT PROMOTIONS
COVID-19 BIOSECURITY PROTOCOLWe take the ongoing coronavirus pandemic extremely seriously. We are following all biosecurity recommendations from the CDC, WHO, AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association), and PVMA (Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association). We are staying current on global coronavirus trends and statistics for the state of Pennsylvania.Our current biosecurity protocol is the following:All team members will check their temperatures prior to starting a shift. Any team member with a temperature greater than or equal to 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (and/or having any symptoms potentially consistent with COVID-19) will quarantine and not be permitted to work.Each team member will wear a clean mask, face shield, pair of disposable gloves, and pair of clean scrubs to every appointment. Scrubs will be changed between appointments.Hands will be washed and/or sanitized as frequently as possible; especially before, during and after every appointment.When possible, we will keep a 6-foot distance from all owners and household members.If any of our team members (or clients) test positive for COVID-19, we will immediately alert all clients to whom this information may be relevant.IF ANY MEMBERS OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD ARE COUGHING, SNEEZING, HAVE A FEVER, HAVE A SORE THROAT, HAVE BEEN TO A COVID HOT SPOT WITHIN THE PAST 14 DAYS, HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO A KNOWN COVID-POSITIVE INDIVIDUAL, HAVE TESTED POSITIVE THEMSELVES FOR COVID-19 (AT ANY TIME), OR HAVE HAD A DOCTOR TELL THEM THAT THEY HIGHLY SUSPECT THEY HAVE COVID (DESPITE A NEGATIVE TEST OR LACK OF TEST), WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE INFORM US OF THIS INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS APPLIES UP TO 14 DAYS AFTER YOUR PET'S APPOINTMENT.
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