Livewell Animal Hospital "coming soon" to Bethesda

Livewell Animal Hospital is "coming soon" to downtown Bethesda, according to signage posted at its future home in the ground floor of The Camille apartments at 7000 Wisconsin Avenue. As I reported this past May, the space was leased by the Southern Veterinary Partners network of animal hospitals, and they have chosen to go with the Livewell brand at this location. The hospital is scheduled to open before the end of 2024. 

Walk-in appointments will be welcomed at the facility, which will be a full-service animal hospital, although it will not be open 24 hours a day. Operating hours will be 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Saturdays, and closed on Sundays.

Small Door Veterinary opens in Bethesda

Small Door Veterinary, a "tech-enabled" veterinary practice, has opened at 10253 Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda, at the Wildwood Shopping Center. This is Small Door's first clinic in Maryland, and the company says it will be the first of several to open in the future at other Federal Realty-owned properties. Leading the practice here will be Dr. Heidi Heller, and Senior Veterinarian Dr. Penny Coder. 

A Small Door membership costs $169 per pet, per year. That fee gives your pet one free exam, same or next-day appointments, 24/7 telemedicine, and state-of-the-art medical facilities equipped with the latest technology. “When our pets are healthy, comfortable and fit, they keep us healthy, active and fit too,” Dr. Heller said in a statement. “As a native of the DMV area, it’s personally gratifying to be helping foster a healthier community here in Bethesda.”

For more information, or to join or make an appointment, visit Small Door's website.

Small Door Veterinary opening clinic in Bethesda

Small Door Veterinary is opening a clinic in Bethesda. It will be at 10253 Old Georgetown Road, in the Wildwood Shopping Center. Small Door Veterinary touts convenient appointments and access to doctors, a stress-free physical environment in its facilities, transparency in fees, and ease of management of your pet's medical records. It is a Certified B corporation and a Public Benefit Corporation.

PetWellClinic opens at Pike & Rose

PetWellClinic has opened at 11802-D Rockville Pike, at the Pike & Rose development. Look for it in the one-level structure that also houses Chipotle and Kung Fu Tea, at the southeast corner of the Federal Realty-owned property. This is the first of an expected 25 locations for the veterinary clinic chain in the D.C. region. 

The chief veterinarian at the clinic is Dr. Margeaux Malone, and she is assisted by Dr. Leigh Pusateri. PetWellClinic is open Monday-Friday from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and on weekends from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

HAMPDEN LANE VET - AND BETHESDA NATIVE - MOVES TO BRADLEY HILLS ANIMAL HOSPITAL (PHOTOS)

If your pet is a patient of Bethesda veterinarian Dr. Robert M. Mueller, you're probably already aware that the Bethesda native has moved his practice to the Bradley Hills Animal Hospital, at 7210 Bradley Boulevard. The reason is that his own animal clinic, Hampden Lane Veterinary Office, had to close because the home housing it is being demolished for new development. Toll Brothers City Living is redeveloping the site as a luxury condo building called Hampden Row.

Former home of Hampden Lane Veterinary Office

Now it is the future home of the
Hampden Row luxury residential
building by Toll Brothers City Living

The home is expected to be demolished
in the near future

Dr. Mueller attended Burning Tree Elementary School, Pyle Middle School and Walt Whitman High School. He and his wife operated their Hampden Lane clinic for over 30 years. Mueller's new home has an even longer history of caring for animals in Bethesda: known previously as Bradley Boulevard Veterinary Clinic since 1975, the location was renovated in 2001 and relaunched as Bradley Hills Animal Hospital by Dr. Charles Weiss, who remains in practice there as well.