Blue Cross has been part of Paterson for a long time. The Sova family has run the practice here across three generations since 1942, and over those years the hospital's work has reached beyond its own clients.
That has included rabies clinics for the community and work with the city over the years. It is the kind of thing a neighborhood animal hospital does when it has been in the same city long enough to feel responsible for it.
We keep this page modest on purpose. The record we care most about is the one your own pet builds here, visit after visit, year after year.
A practice that has served one city for generations is planted here. The doctors your pet meets this year plan to be here next year. The chart that gets started at the first visit stays in one place, held by a team that is part of the same neighborhood you are.
Community work and everyday care come from the same place. Here is what that stance looks like at a regular appointment.
Blue Cross is owner-run, with no corporate parent and no quota behind the treatment plan. What gets suggested is what your animal needs, and you talk it through before anything is done.
If your pet is sick, call 973-881-0430 during open hours and we will work to get them seen the same day. For after-hours emergencies, Delta Veterinary Hospital in Wayne is open 24 hours at 862-832-2710.
Over the decades the practice has run rabies clinics and worked with Paterson on the city's animals. Quiet work, done because the animals needed it.
Read our story →Dr. Paul Sova carries on the family practice, and a steady team cares for your pet alongside him. Put faces to the names before your first visit.
New clients are welcome. Request a time and we will call you back to schedule.