AVC Compassionate Care Award Recipient, Dr. Kristin Olafson 

The Viva Vet Story

Because the human/animal bond happens in a completely local fashion, we wanted a locally owned hospital.

Also, our founder and head-vet is a recipient of the AVC’s Compassionate Care Award for “outstanding clinical competence and extraordinary compassion.”

Owning her own independent hospital allows her full freedom over how she practices.

To honour the human/animal bond, we wanted a nice space with all our focus on care under one roof.

For the good of pets, pet-parents, and pet-care staff, we wanted to go at a nice pace with an appointment schedule spaced with time for due care and celebration of people and their pets.

Thank you for your interest in Viva Vet. The above qualities are why we opened. You can discover more about what we feel they mean for you and your pet on our homepage.

We hope to see you and your wonderful pet on a visit.

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.