Western Carolina Veterinary Emergency Hospital

12/31/2025

🎉 New Year’s Hours & Emergency Care 🐾

As we welcome the New Year, our veterinary hospital will be open on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day for emergencies if needed.

If your pet needs urgent care during the holiday, we’re here to help. Your pets’ health and safety are always our priority.

We wish you, your families, and your furry friends a safe, healthy, and successful New Year! 🐶🐱✨

📞 Please call us if you have an emergency.

12/23/2025

🎄🐾 Holiday Hours Announcement 🐾🎄
The holidays can be unpredictable—but your pet’s care doesn’t have to be.
Our veterinary hospital is OPEN 24/7 throughout the holidays to provide emergency care whenever you need us.

From our team to yours, we wish you and your furry family members a happy, healthy holiday season! ❤️✨

11/24/2025

🚨 HIGH ALERT – ER Closed TUESDAY night 🚨

Our Emergency Room will be CLOSED starting at 6:00 PM on Tuesday and will RE-OPEN at 8:00 AM on Wednesday.
We will NOT have an emergency doctor available during these hours.

If your pet requires emergency care during this time, please contact one of the following 24/7 or after-hours emergency hospitals:

📍 MedVet – Asheville
📞 828-665-4399

📍 VEG – Asheville
📞 828-470-7802

📍 Upstate – Greenville, SC
📞 864-233-7650

📍 Creature Comforts Animal Emergency
📞 864-651-1477

⏰ These facilities will be available during our closure: Tuesday 6:00 PM – Wednesday 8:00 AM

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Please plan ahead and keep this information accessible should an emergency arise.

Send a message to learn more

11/14/2025

🎉 Employee of the Month – November 🎉
Please join us in celebrating Cindy, our amazing Animal Caretaker and well-deserving Employee of the Month!

Cindy works tirelessly to care for our hospital—inside and out. Her dedication to our staff, our patients, and every animal who comes through our doors is truly unmatched. She consistently goes above and beyond, bringing compassion, reliability, and heart to everything she does.

We are especially proud to recognize Cindy as a U.S. Veteran, and we are deeply grateful for her service to our country as well as to our hospital community.

Thank you, Cindy, for your hard work, commitment, and the kindness you show every single day. We appreciate you more than words can say! 💙🐾🇺🇸

11/03/2025

🎃🐸 Pumpkin Contest Winner Announcement! 🐸🎃

Congratulations to Dr. Theresa Sosby for creating this year’s Pumpkin Contest Champion – “The Frog”! 🏆🐸

Her creative design leaped ahead of the competition and captured everyone’s hearts (and votes)! 💚

Thank you to everyone who participated and shared their amazing pumpkin creations — we loved seeing all your talent and Halloween spirit! 👻✨

10/31/2025

🎃🐾 Happy Howl-o-ween 🐾🎃

Say “Howdy!” to Cowboy Oliver, our cutest little trick-or-treater this year 🤠🐶. He’s all saddled up and ready to ride into Halloween night — spreading smiles (and maybe wrangling a few treats along the way)! 🍬🐕

We hope your furry friends have a safe, spooky, and fun Halloween! Remember to keep all candy out of paw’s reach and give your pets extra cuddles instead of chocolate 💕.

📸 Share your pet’s Halloween costume photos in the comments — we’d love to see them! 👇

10/28/2025

🌟 A huge thank you to Boehringer Ingelheim for supporting our team today and treating us to this amazing food truck lunch! 🚚🥗

The wraps were absolutely delicious — our staff loved every bite. We truly appreciate your generosity and partnership! 🙌💙


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10/27/2025

🎃 It’s Pumpkin Voting Time! 🎃

Our talented staff have outdone themselves decorating these amazing painted pumpkins! 🧡

Now it’s YOUR turn to pick the winner — simply LIKE the photo of your favorite pumpkin below. 👍

Voting ends October 31st, so don’t wait too long to show your support!

Let’s see which pumpkin takes home the crown 👑🎨🍂

10/20/2025

We’ve spent the past week celebrating the true heroes behind the scenes — our incredible Veterinary Technicians — and we want to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to every single member of our team.

From early mornings to late nights (and everything in between), your dedication, compassion, and expertise are the heartbeat of our hospital. 💙

A special shoutout to our weekend warriors, day shift dynamos, and overnight legends — you keep things running 24/7 with unmatched care and resilience. Your hard work does not go unnoticed!

Whether you’re comforting a scared patient, assisting in surgery, or managing the chaos with calm and grace, you are the backbone of everything we do.

👏 Thank you for making this week so special, and for being the amazing humans (and superheroes) you are — every single day.

10/16/2025

Continued Vet Tech Week celebrations- Weekday overnight team!!

While the world sleeps, our overnight veterinary nurses are wide awake—watching over your pets with tireless dedication, compassion, and skill. 🐾💤

This , we give a special shoutout to our overnight team, who work through the quiet hours to ensure every patient is safe, comfortable, and cared for. Whether it's managing emergencies, administering treatments, or offering comfort to a scared animal, their commitment never fades—no matter the hour.

✨ Your strength, heart, and hustle don’t go unnoticed. Thank you for being the calm in the chaos and the steady hands in the dark. You are truly the unsung heroes of veterinary medicine. 💪🐶🐱

Help us thank our overnight vet techs in the comments! 👇💬

10/13/2025

🎉🐾 Happy National Veterinary Technician Week! 🐾🎉
October 13–19, 2025

Here is our Monday Crew!!!

This week, we proudly celebrate our amazing Veterinary Technicians — the heart of our clinic and the heroes behind the scenes. 💙

Join us in saying THANK YOU to the incredible techs who work tirelessly to care for your furry family members every single day.

Feel free to drop a photo or message below to show your appreciation for our team — they deserve all the love this week (and every week)!

10/01/2025

🌟 Employee of the Month 🌟

Please join us in celebrating Abi, our outstanding Veterinary Assistant and an essential member of our overnight ICU team! Voted on by staff!!!

Abi goes above and beyond every single shift—monitoring our most critical patients, providing exceptional overnight care, and ensuring that each pet is as comfortable, safe, and loved as possible while they recover. Her calm presence, clinical skill, and deep compassion make her a true rock for our ICU and overnight staff.

Abi, thank you for your dedication, your tireless work ethic, and the love you give to every furry patient who comes through our doors. We’re so lucky to have you on our team! 🐾💙

Drop a comment below to help us congratulate her! 👏🎉