You Love Your Pet. It’s After Hours. You Need Answers.
Call us if it’s urgent. Call us if it’s not.
- PeTS AFTeR DARK™
Expert, Local After-Hours Veterinary Care
PETS AFTER DARK™ is the after-hours veterinary tele-health service that immediately connects you to your regular veterinarian or a local vet who knows your regular vet… and guarantees an in-person follow-up appointment with your regular vet the next office day.
If you have an issue you believe requires immediate attention, call us. And if you have a less important issue or question you want an answer to now, call us.
Currently serving Greater Pittsburgh. Coming soon to a city near you!
Hours of Operations
How Does It work?
Subscribers
$100 per month, minimum 12-month commitment, $1100 if paid upfront. For maximum peace-of-mind, value for the money and continuity of care.
Just call.
Call 855-AFTRDRK (855-238-7375) and describe your pet’s issue. Our on-call vet – who will be your regular vet or a local vet who knows them – will pull up your pet’s medical summary
Consultation.
They will then conduct a thorough audio or video consultation and make an expert care recommendation. If a trip to a local emergency clinic is required (most often it is not) they will call ahead for you.
Follow Up Appointment.
They’ll also arrange an in-person appointment with your regular vet the next office day, and provide a report that documents your Pets After Dark tele-health consultation the night before.
Registration & Payment
CLICK HERE to register with Pets After Dark and submit your credit card information. WAIT for our confirmation email. It confirms that your info is in our system and your payment has been received.
Call & Consultation
CALL 855-AFTRDRK (855-238-7375). Our on-call vet – who will be your regular vet or a local vet who knows them – will conduct a thorough audio or video consultation and make an expert care recommendation.
Consider Subscribing.
It’s a better long-term value, guarantees a next day appointment with your regular vet and ensures continuity of care. What’s more, we’ll apply your $99.95 single consultation fee to the yearly subscription fee for PAD Lite or PAD Premium if you subscribe within 30 days of your consultation.
Dr. Caroline Simard-Swimmer, DVM, Medical Director, Pets After Dark
Time for a Change...
Dear friends and fellow pet parents,
I am so pleased to announce Pets After Dark is here. I have been practicing veterinary medicine for thirty years. Over twenty have been at one of the preeminent private practices in Pittsburgh. Before that I had my own practice in Montreal, where I am from. I also spent three years in Emergency Medicine. So much has changed since I started practicing. Most recently, during the last few years, COVID changed everything. There are more pets than ever, more people working from home and fewer veterinarians actually practicing medicine. Which brings us to now. I am so excited to tell you that Pets After Dark is here. After almost 9 months of development, discussion and meetings we’ve officially launched.
About Us.
YOU LOVE YOUR PET.
IT’S AFTER HOURS.
YOU NEED ANSWERS.
Co-founders Caroline Simard-Swimmer, DVM, her husband Howard Swimmer, CEO, and their beloved pets Dixie Ray and Mabel Z.
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