A plain accounting, for a Little Falls family deciding where to take their pet.
When a practice answers to a corporate parent, the people caring for your pet and the people setting the rules are different people. When a practice is owned by the doctor working in it, those are the same person. Dr. Paul Sova owns Blue Cross and carries on the Paterson hospital his family opened in 1942, three generations of veterinarians in one practice. What gets recommended for your dog or cat comes from the exam room, with no quota behind it.
We will be straight with you about what that does and does not mean. It means a steady team, one record that holds your pet's whole history, and a doctor whose own name is on every outcome. It does not make us the biggest building or the flashiest option in the area, and we are fine with that. Families who have been through a few practices tend to know exactly which trade they want.
From Little Falls, the drive comes up through Woodland Park and Totowa to Paterson's east side.
Each one links to a full page on what the visit covers.
Most of what Little Falls families book is routine. The yearly exam and vaccine schedule are kept in one record at one practice, so changes get caught against what is normal for your animal, and the details are on the wellness exams and vaccinations page. Dental care covers cleanings and extractions for dogs and cats, with the doctor walking you through what your pet's mouth actually needs before anything is done.
The drive up through Woodland Park and Totowa also covers the days that are not routine. Digital X-ray is done at the practice, so a limp or a swallowed object gets answers the same visit instead of a referral across town, and it all lands in the same record, with a doctor whose own name is on the outcome.
The Sova family has cared for pets at this Paterson practice across three generations, since 1942.
New clients from Little Falls are welcome. Request a time and we will call you back to schedule.