100% Veterinarian & Locally Owned, Award-Winning Care

The human/animal bond ranks among things that keep fun and friendship alive and well.

Good veterinary medicine minimizes any stress. It provides friendly dialogue, clarity, options, best preventions and solutions.

Viva Vet brings decades of experience and care awarded by the AVC for “outstanding clinical competence and extraordinary compassion.”

Welcoming new clients and pets!

Viva Vet Values:

Locally Owned

Opening a running a veterinary practice, requires big and small decisions. We made and make every one of those with a local mindset centered on what’s the absolute best for pet-parents and their pets here, on-the-ground, everyday in our great, animal enthused seaside city. 

Frugality/Practicality

For example, in a case that needs tests, experience can indicate which one stand the best chance of results. Very often there’s no harm in starting with just that test. If it comes back positive, you’ve avoided any that were unneeded. Sometimes too, there’s no harm trying to diagnose with a potential solution. If it works, you’ve already begun the cure.

Medical Excellence

Keeping animals happy and healthy is sometimes easy, and sometimes not. Both scenarios depend on excellent veterinary medicine. Viva Vet’s founder and head-vet has been awarded by the AVC for “outstanding clinical competence and extraordinary compassion.”

Clarity

For your pet’s health, you’re the ultimate advocate. That’s why we consider clarity a deliverable. At Viva Vet, you get all your questions thoroughly answered, and you always hear all your options. You get total command over your pet’s care.

Empowered Staff

Great pet-care happens in the hands of great pet-care staff. So they need to be healthy too. We capitalize on our independence to press the envelope on staff empowerment, inspiration and appreciation. The people looking after your pet feel good here.

Space & Pace

Pet’s have a lot of sensibilities. They size up a vibe, and it means a lot to them. So we set our schedule at a friendly-neighborhood pace. Everyone gets time for a calm, caring vibe.  And we also have a friendly-neighborhood space – tons of natural light, and great flow. Pets feel good here.

– “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. Kristin Olafson & Abby

– 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

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

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

We love helping you keep your pet healthy and happy with the profession’s most effective and efficient solutions and preventions. We come to you with decades of veterinary success fulfilling that mission. You can read more about our full-suite of services HERE.

You don’t need anyone to tell you your pet is special. You already know full well. We do nonetheless however make a point of appreciating, honouring and celebrating your human/animal bond. You’re taking us your special friend, which deserves our most sincere appreciation! 

Our nurturing space helps keep your pet calm and relaxed. We’ve created tons of natural light everywhere, in a simple, open design, provided by an awarding-winning veterinary architect. You can see more about our space HERE.

At Viva Vet, you get time to let us know about you and your pet. Locally owned, we set our own schedule. We go at a “friendly neighbourhood” speed for best care.

We get great delight when Pet-Parents benefit from our long history of successful cases such that we provide ultra-focused solutions and preventions. Our decades of experience helps us avoid diagnostics unlikely to yield results. It also helps us know what treatments stand the best chance of working and making problems go away. 

Clarity gives you total command over your pet’s care. As much as we focus on medicine, we also center on communication. We provide you with abundant clarity, support, options, recommendations and answers to all your question.