Welcome to our practice
Riverdale Integrative Veterinary Care brings the best of conventional medicine and holistic therapies together to provide optimal care for your dogs, cats, and exotic animals.
Our unique approach to veterinary care emphasizes on achieving optimal wellness through preventative care, fear-free veterinary visits, conventional and holistic options, and
nutritional consultations.
Bundle Up:
Pet Care Winter Tips
5 Tips to Keep Your Pet Warm this Winter
1. Layers: Provide your pet with a winter jacket and boots to protect them from frigid and inclement weather.
2. Extra Bedding: Provide your pet with extra blankets and bedding to keep warm throughout the night.
3. Monitor heaters: Prevent pets from sitting too close to space heaters or lying on heating blankets for extended time as it can burn their skin.
4. Limited Walks: Take your pet for walks no more than 10 minutes. Allow them to do their business and come back inside.
5. Grooming: Cut the hair from under paw pads to reduce hair collecting ice salt and freezing to the paw pads.
Clinic Updates
We are so proud to announce our recently new addition
of ultrasound and dental x-ray machine to provide full services.
Please call at front desk at (973) 283-5576 to schedule an exam, pick up medications, or drop off samples for testing.
All new patients are required to leave a deposit of $100 for all
first exams and NAD appointments.
Ultrasound, anesthetic dental cleanings, and surgery appointments
are required to place a deposit of $375
If you need to reschedule, call or text the clinic number at least
24 hours before your appointment.
We will charge a no-show fee, same day reschedule and same day cancellation fee of $60 for any appointments for existing patients.
For other appointments, the deposit will not be refunded if it is cancelled within 48 hours of the appointment time or
rescheduled on the same day.
What is Holistic medicine?
Western/Modern medicine likes to operate with the “deal with symptoms” approach, holistic medicine aims to find the root cause of a problem and finding solutions to ensure the issue is resolved forever.
Holistic medicine takes the whole body into account regarding treatment and achieving optimal care for the patient. Every cell, organ, and internal system affects the others, and a weakness in one area can affect the others.
We help treat patients by addressing the root cause, but also looking at the pet's diet, lifestyle, activity level, age requirements, specific breed requirements, and more to maximize their chances of living their best life.
Another key principle of holistic medicine is being open to all forms of treatment. We are open to all forms of medicine so clients have the most amount of options for their pet. This may include discussions on vaccinations, titer testing, surgery, diet change, acupuncture, physical therapy, and more.
Benefits of Acupuncture
Acupuncture can be effective with many medical conditions including:
Musculoskeletal problems: arthritis, muscle soreness, back problems and degenerative joint disease
Gastrointestinal disorders: diarrhea, vomiting and constipation
Neurological disorders: seizures and weakness of limbs
Chronic conditions: asthma, kidney disease, liver disease, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, diabetes, skin disease, allergies and heart disease
Cancers and immune-mediated diseases: Benefits include improvement in the immune system, decreased symptoms of cancer (loss of appetite, pain, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness), alleviation of side effects of chemotherapy, and primary therapy for the cancer itself.
Following surgery: Surgery is considered an “acute trauma” and acupuncture is wonderful at treating associated pain and inflammation.
If you believe your pet may benefit from an acupuncture session,
schedule an appointment with our acupuncture certified doctors.