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Dr. Kristin Olafson, Owner &

Head-Veterinarian

Your Assurance of Award-Winning Care

Viva Vet provides award-winning care to help pets say healthy and happy, enjoying life with their pet-parents! 

Dr. Olafson, owner and head-vet of Viva, is an AVC Award Recipient for “Outstanding Clinical Competence and Extraordinary Compassion.”

Locally owned, we provide HFX pet-parents and their pets with “friendly-neighbourhood” care.

Below you can see your six assurances of excellent care at Viva Vet.

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“The care my dog received was nothing short of amazing. I have never dealt with a doctor who was so thorough and kind in explaining all the options and treatments available.” – Charlotte

 You and Your Pet’s Six Assurances of Excellent CARE

Assurance of Excellent Care

For both you and your pet.

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Assurance of Practical Care

Efficient use of resources.

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Assurance of Clarity

Your command over your pet’s care.

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Assurance of Time

 Your appointment goes at the right speed for care.

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Assurance of Space

People and pets thrive in a space that nurtures.

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Assurance of Appreciation

Few things in life are so pure of purpose as your pet.

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– “Super friendly staff!! They have so much patience for your pet and will take the time to thoroughly explain whatever it is you are there for. I think it’s the most comfortable my pet has ever been at the vet. Highly recommend…!!” – Shae

– Dr. Olafson was amazing with our dog. She was gentle, explained tests, assessments and procedures very thoroughly. She was amazing with our dog’s vaccines… – Mitch Chen

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Above is the original stress-free sketch of Viva Vet. You can learn more about our special people and per friendly design HERE

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We bring decades of experience finding the right cures to the right problems. You can read more about our diagnostic processes HERE.

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Viva Vet helps pet-parents maintain their pet’s best care. We provide solutions, preventions, options, education, answers, recommendations, surgery, dentistry, internal medicine, laboratory diagnostics, x-ray and more. The Atlantic Veterinary College has presented Dr. Olafson with its award for “outstanding clinical competence and extraordinary compassion.” She has been helping pet-parents keep their pets happy and healthy for twenty years. You can see Viva Vet’s full suite of services HERE.

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Your human/animal bond is friendship for the sake of friendship, warranting words like “special” and “precious,” which we honour with celebration and appreciation – hugs, kisses, pats on the head, friendly voices and glances of adoration!

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Pets get a feeling of familiarity from natural light. To allow pets that sense of their bearings, we ensured views of the outdoors throughout our hospital, front to back.  Pets, pet-parents and staff enjoy a unique calm because of our bright, simple, open-concept design provided by a world-renowned veterinary architect who specializes in small spaces like ours. You can see more about our space HERE…

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To give time for your questions, for your pet to gain familiarity, and for our vets and staff to keep a healthy and engaging spirit of excellence everyday, everywhere in our hospital, you can rely on us to go a friendly-neighbuorhood, locally owned pace. For your pet’s best care, we move at the right speed.

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We see three opportunities to help pet-parents stay frugal without sacrificing best care. For one, we pass on any and all simple but effective preventions that deter problems from starting. Two, if your pet happens to suffer a problem, we bring decades of success determining the most focused, efficient diagnostic paths to cures. Third, so you and your pet enjoy life, worry-free, we don’t aim for band-aid solutions that might bring you back. We target the long-term fixes.

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Despite your pet’s more powerful nose, it relies on you to sniff out vet care. You advocate and confirm. You perform the “sniff-test,” for which you need clarity. Viva Vet’s owner and head-veterinarian has been delighting pet parents with her communication skills for two decades. So that you enjoy command over your pet’s care, Viva Vet includes abundant clarity with all our services. 

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