Fontanella Veterinary CareMobile · Saratoga Springs, NY
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Comfort-Focused Mobile Veterinary Care

Comfort-Focused Veterinary Care
in the Familiarity of Home

Dr. Eve Fontanella provides thoughtful in-home veterinary care for dogs and cats in Saratoga Springs and surrounding communities, with a special focus on hospice, quality of life, pain management, mobility support, senior care, and qualifying sick visits for established patients.

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Mobile, In-Home Care

Visits take place in the pet's familiar environment.

Saratoga-Area Service

Availability depends on address, scheduling, and the type of care needed.

By Appointment

Fontanella Veterinary Care does not operate as a walk-in or on-demand clinic.

Not Emergency Care

Potentially life-threatening symptoms require an emergency veterinary hospital.

Primary Care Pathways

Which Pathway Fits Your Pet?

Fontanella Veterinary Care specializes in comfort-focused, in-home veterinary care. These three pathways represent the heart of the practice.

End-of-Life, Hospice & Quality of Life

Compassionate support for pets living with serious, progressive, or life-limiting illness, including hospice planning, palliative care, symptom management, caregiver guidance, quality-of-life consultations, and end-of-life planning.

Pain, Mobility & Senior Comfort

In-home evaluation and care planning for pets experiencing arthritis, chronic pain, weakness, reduced mobility, age-related changes, or difficulty navigating daily life.

Sick Visits & In-Home Diagnostics

Evaluation of qualifying illnesses and changes in health, with selected diagnostics, sample collection, treatment planning, wound assessment, and supportive care when the pet's condition can be safely managed at home.

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End-of-Life, Hospice & Quality of Life

Compassionate Support Through Every Stage

Among the most meaningful work Dr. Eve does is supporting families through serious illness and the final chapter of a pet's life. She brings clinical expertise, deep compassion, and the highest standard of training — including her CHPV certification — to every end-of-life conversation. There is no pressure, no rush, and no one-size-fits-all answer.

This care may be helpful when:

  • Your pet has been diagnosed with a serious or life-limiting illness
  • You are unsure about your pet's comfort or quality of life
  • You want to understand what to expect and plan ahead
  • You are navigating difficult decisions and want honest, compassionate guidance

Hospice & Palliative Care

Comfort-focused care for pets living with life-limiting illness. Dr. Eve works with families to manage pain, maintain quality of life, and ensure pets feel safe and at ease in their home environment.

Quality-of-Life Consultation

Honest, compassionate conversations about prognosis, daily experience, and what good days look like for your pet. Using structured assessment tools, Dr. Eve helps families understand where their pet is and what options are available.

End-of-Life Planning

Guidance and support for families navigating the final stages of a pet's life — helping you understand what to expect, prepare emotionally, and make decisions that feel right for your family.

In-Home Euthanasia & End-of-Life Support

A peaceful, gentle farewell in the comfort of home — surrounded by the people and spaces your pet loves most. Dr. Eve handles every detail with quiet dignity, allowing your family to simply be present.

Grief Support & Family Guidance

As a trained Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional (CCFP), Dr. Eve offers resources, referrals, and a compassionate ear for the families she serves.

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Featured Service

Quality-of-Life Consultations

A structured and compassionate evaluation of comfort, mobility, appetite, breathing, hygiene, behavior, and daily enjoyment. The purpose is to provide clarity and guidance without pressuring families toward a particular decision.

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Pain, Mobility & Senior Comfort

Comfort and Mobility for Aging and Painful Pets

Pain in pets is often subtle and underrecognized. Dr. Eve takes a thorough, evidence-based approach to identifying and managing pain — using a combination of medical, physical, and supportive therapies to help pets feel their best at home.

This care may be helpful when:

  • Your senior pet is slowing down, stiff, or having trouble with stairs
  • Your pet has been diagnosed with arthritis or a chronic condition
  • You have noticed changes in mobility, energy, or comfort
  • You want a personalized pain-management plan tailored to your pet

Pain Assessment & Management Planning

Systematic evaluation of acute and chronic pain using validated scoring tools. Dr. Eve develops individualized multimodal pain management plans combining pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and physical approaches.

Class IV Laser Therapy

Therapeutic laser treatments to reduce inflammation, stimulate tissue healing, and relieve pain — particularly effective for arthritis, post-surgical recovery, wound healing, and chronic musculoskeletal conditions.

Medication Management & Adjustments

Careful initiation, monitoring, and adjustment of pain medications with regular follow-up to assess response and minimize side effects.

Mobility & Comfort Assessment

Evaluation of pain, joint health, and movement using validated assessment tools. Dr. Eve develops individualized comfort plans that may include medications, supplements, laser therapy, or environmental modifications.

Senior Wellness Examinations

Comprehensive nose-to-tail physical exams tailored to the unique needs of aging pets — evaluating mobility, cognition, organ function, weight, pain levels, and overall quality of life.

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Sick Visits & In-Home Diagnostics

Evaluation and Diagnostics in the Comfort of Home

For established patients, Dr. Eve can evaluate qualifying illnesses and changes in health — bringing selected diagnostics and treatment planning directly to your home when the pet's condition can be safely managed outside a clinic.

This care may be helpful when:

  • Your established pet has a new or worsening concern
  • Your pet needs bloodwork, urinalysis, or sample collection
  • Your pet has a skin, ear, or wound concern that can be assessed at home
  • Your pet is anxious at the clinic and would be calmer at home

Sick Visit Evaluation

Timely evaluation of new or worsening concerns for pets with an established VCPR with Dr. Eve — including vomiting, lethargy, appetite changes, limping, and more. Availability is limited and subject to scheduling.

Comprehensive Bloodwork

Complete blood counts, chemistry panels, and thyroid testing to evaluate organ function, screen for early disease, and monitor chronic conditions. Results are reviewed with you.

Urinalysis & Sample Collection

In-home urine collection and analysis to screen for infection, crystals, kidney markers, protein, and glucose.

Skin & Ear Cytology

Microscopic evaluation of skin and ear samples to identify bacterial or yeast infections, parasites, and inflammatory conditions — allowing targeted, effective treatment.

Wound Care & Bandage Changes

Assessment and management of wounds, skin lesions, and post-surgical sites in the comfort of home — reducing stress and unnecessary clinic visits for pets that heal better in familiar surroundings.

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Sick Visits and Selected Diagnostics Are for Established Patients

Dr. Eve must first establish a veterinarian-client-patient relationship and become familiar with the pet's medical history before providing qualifying sick visits, urgent assessments, selected diagnostics, or ongoing supportive treatments.

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Understanding In-Home Care

What Can Be Provided at Home

In-home veterinary care offers many possibilities, but not every service can be safely performed outside a full-service hospital. Here is an honest overview.

Care Is Individualized to Each Pet

The services and treatments described on this website are general examples of care that may be available in the home. Recommendations are made case by case after Dr. Eve reviews the pet's history, current condition, care goals, and examination findings. Some pets may need testing, treatment, referral, or monitoring in a clinic or hospital setting.

Care Commonly Provided at Home

  • Physical examination
  • Hospice and palliative-care planning
  • Quality-of-life assessment
  • Senior-pet assessment
  • Pain and mobility evaluation
  • Laser therapy
  • Medication planning
  • Nutrition guidance
  • Selected diagnostic sample collection
  • Wound and incision assessment
  • Supportive fluid therapy
  • Caregiver education
  • Comfort-focused follow-up care

When a Clinic or Hospital May Be Needed

  • Surgery
  • Hospitalization
  • Oxygen support
  • Continuous monitoring
  • Advanced emergency stabilization
  • Severe trauma
  • Certain imaging or invasive procedures
  • Conditions requiring specialized equipment or staffing

The Process

What to Expect During a Mobile Visit

Step 1

Submit a Request

The client shares the pet's concerns, service address, records, medications, and goals.

Step 2

Practice Review

The practice reviews location, service fit, records, urgency, and scheduling availability.

Step 3

In-Home Evaluation

Dr. Eve evaluates the pet in its normal environment and discusses findings and options.

Step 4

Plan and Follow-Up

The family receives recommendations, treatment instructions, monitoring guidance, prescriptions where appropriate, or referral recommendations.

Submitting a request does not guarantee an appointment. Dr. Eve personally reviews each request to determine whether an in-home visit is the appropriate next step.

Service Area & Travel

Does Dr. Eve Travel to My Address?

Dr. Eve primarily serves Saratoga Springs and nearby communities. Availability depends on your address, the type of care needed, and scheduling. An extended travel area may be available with an additional travel fee.

Saratoga Springs
Wilton
Malta
Greenfield
Ballston Spa

Travel fees are calculated based on drive time from Saratoga Springs. You will see an estimated travel fee before submitting your request.

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Additional Services

Supportive, Preventive & Comfort Services

These services complement the primary care pathways above. They are not the central focus of the practice, but may be incorporated into a visit when medically appropriate.

Nutrition & Preventive Support

Personalized nutrition guidance, weight-management support, prescription-diet recommendations, preventative planning, and selected routine care incorporated into an appropriate medical or senior-care plan.

Preventative services are normally incorporated into a medical or senior-care visit rather than booked as a stand-alone appointment.

Behavioral Consultation

Guidance for anxiety, fear, age-related cognitive changes, compulsive behavior, handling concerns, and environmental stress when those issues can be appropriately evaluated within Dr. Eve's scope of care.

Dr. Eve is not a board-certified veterinary behaviorist. Referral to a veterinary behavior specialist may be recommended when appropriate.

Supportive Treatments

Established Patients Only

Medically appropriate in-home support such as selected fluid therapy, medication-administration instruction, wound follow-up, incision checks, caregiver training, and other treatments that fit the pet's established care plan.

Comfort Add-Ons

Available as Add-Ons

Nail trims, ear cleaning, anal-gland care, medical grooming support, hot-spot follow-up, and other comfort-focused services that may be added to a scheduled medical visit when appropriate.

Comfort add-ons are not stand-alone primary appointments. They are added to an existing medical visit when appropriate.

Dr. Eve Fontanella, MS, DVM, CCFP, CHPV — mobile veterinarian providing in-home care

The Mobile Difference

Care Shaped Around Your Pet's Real Life

An in-home visit allows Dr. Eve to observe details that a clinic exam may miss — your pet in its own environment, moving through its daily routine, interacting with the people and spaces it knows best.

  • How the pet walks on its normal flooring
  • How it uses stairs
  • Preferred bedding and resting positions
  • Access to food and water
  • Litter-box access
  • Household stressors
  • Interaction with family members
  • Behavior that may be altered by clinic anxiety
  • Practical caregiving challenges

When to Go to an Emergency Hospital Instead

This website is not intended for emergency veterinary care. If your pet is experiencing a medical emergency, please contact your nearest emergency veterinary hospital immediately.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions About Mobile Veterinary Care

Dr. Eve provides in-home wellness exams, hospice and palliative care, quality-of-life consultations, pain and mobility evaluation, laser therapy, senior-pet assessments, selected diagnostic sample collection, wound and incision assessment, supportive fluid therapy, nutrition guidance, and comfort-focused follow-up care. Not every service can be performed in the home — some conditions require a clinic or hospital setting.

“Dr. Eve made a house call to help my cat. Getting this high-strung girl into the car and to the vet's office would have been stressful for her and it would have made everything so much worse! Having a thoroughly competent, compassionate, responsive doctor come to see her made such a difference! I can't recommend her highly enough!!!”

Dana K. & Grace

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Compassionate Care, Centered on Your Pet's Comfort

Tell us about your pet, your concerns, and your location. The practice will review your request and help determine whether an in-home visit is the appropriate next step.

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