At Stonebridge Veterinary Wellness, our veterinary clinic near Marysville, CA provides compassionate, comprehensive care for one of Northern California’s oldest and most established communities — including many pets who are aging right alongside the families who’ve raised them.
Marysville is one of Northern California’s oldest cities, founded in 1850 at the confluence of the Yuba and Feather Rivers during the Gold Rush. Its historic downtown, preserved commercial district, and older housing stock reflect a level of permanence that’s rare in a region full of newer subdivisions — Marysville families tend to stay put for decades, and so do their pets.
That kind of longevity changes what local pet care looks like. Marysville has more long-term, multi-pet, multi-generation households than its faster-growing neighbors, and a larger share of pets living well into their senior years.
A city built on old bones tends to have older pets. Longtime Marysville homeowners are more likely to have raised a dog or cat through a full lifespan, and many are now caring for pets well into their senior years, when arthritis, dental disease, vision changes, and slowing mobility become the norm rather than the exception.
Catching these changes early, through senior pet care screening and consistent wellness exams, is what keeps quality of life high for longer. It’s a different conversation than a routine puppy visit, and it’s one our team has regularly with Marysville families.
Marysville is fortunate to have its own long-standing general practice veterinary clinics. What the area doesn’t have close by is deeper specialty care — board-certified surgery, PennHIP-level orthopedic screening, and a dedicated integrative medicine and pain management program.
Dr. Erin Paster is a board-certified surgeon and PennHIP postdoctoral fellow who ran the PennHIP clinic at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Arlene McKinstry practices integrative medicine, and Dr. Christina Venable focuses specifically on pain management. For Marysville pet owners whose pets are reaching a stage where general wellness care isn’t quite enough, that combination is often the missing piece — worth the roughly 40-minute drive down Highway 70 to our Roseville clinic.
Longtime Marysville households often come to us for:
Cats age quietly, and our team watches for the subtler signs of feline aging at every visit, too.
Marysville’s history is tied directly to its rivers and its levees. The city sits at the meeting point of the Yuba and Feather Rivers, and its 7.6-mile ring levee gives the historic core one of the highest levels of flood protection of any city in California. That stability has kept Marysville’s population and housing stock remarkably steady for generations, even as nearby communities have grown outward with new subdivisions.
It’s part of what gives Marysville its close-knit, historic character — and it also means a lot of local pets are growing old in the same home, with the same family, that raised them.
Our veterinary team has spent more than 20 years building relationships with pet families throughout the region, and we understand what a long-established community like Marysville means for the pets in it — more senior patients, more complex medical histories, and families who want a veterinary team they can stick with for the long haul.
If you’re looking for a veterinary clinic near Marysville that can grow with your pet through every life stage, we encourage you to contact our office and speak with one of our doctors. The Stonebridge Veterinary Wellness team is ready to meet your pet.
Marysville has a couple of local general practice veterinary clinics. For pet owners looking for board-certified surgical care, PennHIP orthopedic screening, integrative medicine, or dedicated pain management, Stonebridge Veterinary Wellness in nearby Roseville offers specialty depth that isn’t available locally.
Stonebridge Veterinary Wellness is about 35–40 minutes from Marysville via Highway 70, making it a manageable drive for pet owners seeking specialty or surgical care.
Yes. Dr. Christina Venable focuses on pain management, and our senior pet care program includes in-house bloodwork, imaging, and mobility support for aging dogs and cats.
Yes. Stonebridge Veterinary Wellness is accepting new patients from Marysville. Call (916) 773-8578 to schedule an appointment.
Marysville is one of the oldest, most established cities in the region, protected by a historic ring levee that has kept its neighborhoods and housing stock stable for generations. Long-term homeownership means many local pets live their entire lives in the same household, and a larger share of Marysville’s pet population is in the senior life stage compared to newer, fast-growing communities nearby.
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Located at 254 Gibson Drive in Roseville, our family-owned veterinary clinic provides compassionate, five-star care to pets throughout Roseville and the surrounding areas. Led by board-certified surgeon Dr. Erin Paster with over 20 years of experience, our team treats every pet with the same love and respect we would our own.
The information provided on this website has been reviewed by our veterinarians but is for educational purposes only. It should not replace professional veterinary advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If your pet is experiencing a medical concern, please contact our clinic at (916) 773-8578 or seek immediate veterinary care.
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