We are closed overnight and there is nobody at the clinic. For an emergency outside opening hours, ring the regional emergency service on (406) 555-0199 and go where they send you.
What to doMissoula and the Bitterroot Valley
Small animals in town. Large animals on the road.
One practice doing both, which in this valley is rarer than it should be. Dogs and cats come to South Avenue. Horses, cattle, sheep, and goats get seen on a route that runs the same four days every week — so you can find out which day we are already near you before you ring.
- Monday
- Surgery. Clinic 8–5, fewer appointments
- Tuesday – Friday
- Clinic 8–5:30, truck out 8–4
- Saturday
- Clinic 8–12
- Sunday
- Closed
Opening hours
Urgent cases are kept back every day. Ring first thing rather than arriving — it is usually quicker.
The truck is somewhere specific every day.
4 route days and two clinic days. Booking onto your own section’s day is the cheapest way to see us, and we will tell you what your day is if you ring on the wrong one.
Monday
No truckClinic only
No truck out. Surgery day, so the clinic runs short on appointments too.
Tuesday
On the roadNorth valley
- Lolo
- Florence
- Carlton
Out from about eight, back by four. The busiest of the four route days.
Wednesday
On the roadMissoula and the bench
- Missoula
- Orchard Homes
- Target Range
- East Missoula
Short runs, so same-day additions are usually possible until about ten.
Thursday
On the roadMid valley
- Stevensville
- Victor
- Corvallis
Herd health work tends to land here because the day is longest.
Friday
On the roadSouth valley
- Hamilton
- Grantsdale
- Darby
Furthest run. Book by Wednesday if you want us on the Friday.
Saturday
No truckClinic only, morning
Eight to noon at the clinic. No farm calls except an existing case.
At the clinic
Dogs, cats, rabbits, and the small ones.
- Wellness exams and vaccination
- The annual visit. Twenty minutes, and we would rather use them on the two things you are actually worried about than on a checklist.
- Dentistry
- Scale, polish, extractions where needed, under anaesthetic with monitoring. Most dogs over five need this sooner than their owners expect.
- Soft tissue surgery
- Spays, neuters, mass removals, and wound repair. Mondays, so a dog that needs surgery on a Thursday waits the weekend unless it cannot.
- In-house laboratory and imaging
- Bloods, urine, cytology, and radiographs on site, so most answers arrive during the appointment rather than three days later.
On the road
Horses, cattle, sheep, and goats.
- Routine herd work
- Pregnancy checking, vaccination, castration, and the paperwork that goes with moving animals. Booked on your section's day.
- Equine dentistry and lameness
- Floating, sedation where needed, and a starting workup for a horse that is off. Complex lameness gets referred and we will say so early.
- Calving and lambing problems
- During opening hours. Ring the clinic first — a description on the phone often changes what we bring in the truck.
- Pre-purchase examination
- For horses. Booked as a farm call to wherever the animal is, with the report written the same day.
New to the valley and choosing a clinic?
Ring and ask us anything, including the awkward ones — what we do not do, what we refer on, and what happens at night. We would rather have that conversation before you are in it than during.