After-Hours Veterinary Care

You Love Your Pet. It’s After Hours. You Need Answers.

Call us if it’s urgent. Call us if it’s not.

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!

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.

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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

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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.

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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.

How Does It work?

Single Consultation

Not ready to subscribe? Try a single consultation for $150

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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.

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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.

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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 $150 single consultation fee to your yearly subscription 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.

“WE’RE A FAMILY who loves our pets and has a passion to make expert, local after-hours veterinary care easily accessible and affordable for fellow pet parents just like you. We believe that with Pets After Dark we’ve developed a breakthrough after-hours care solution that will save you time, money and give you new confidence and peace of mind.”

Latest News.

Check out the latest Pets After Dark news, events, updates and blog posts.

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Love and Loss

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