Upper Peninsula Veterinary Service & ThunderPaws Boarding

11/09/2026

Your pets need year round protection--ticks don't have an off season... even when there's snow, they are still active.

2 dogs came in as urgent care appts today: 1 has Anaplasma the other has both Anaplasma & Lyme...

11/05/2026

A message to our clients:
Pls note, during the upcoming holidays, the Upper Peninsula Veterinary Service will be functioning in the capacity of EMERGENCY service ONLY. ☆This does NOT mean we are taking a vacation & are unavailable.

WED NOV 25-Sun NOV 29
FRI DEC 18-SUN JAN 3

If you have an urgent situation requiring care during the above times, please call & follow the voicemail prompts.
Please, please, please plan ahead. There will be no one in the office to handle scheduling, medication refills, etc.

10/30/2026

An order form will be at the office, if anyone would like to make a purchase to support Andrew's class.
Thx!!

10/20/2026

The next few weeks if you call in the early afternoon-- you might find the phone is turned over to our 'out of office message'...because we're trying to button things up before the weather changes & there are simply not enough hours in the day!

If you have an emergency either during or after hours, please follow the voicemail prompts & we will get back with you!

(One of the 'things needing done', sheep hooves...)

10/06/2026

I've seen a bunch of colleagues post about it, but last week it finally happened to us...
Potential client called--we could tell from the voicemail, he wanted what he wanted and wasn't going to be open to hearing what we had to say about preventative care, so unlikely to become a client.

He had called several other vet clinics--they were all just 'upselling'.
Dick called him back & asked what he meant exactly. His response, 'Well they want me to bring my dog in once a year, they require it be current on a Rabies vaccine & recommend my dog be on expensive prescription tick medication.'
(He got told we do too... but that doesn't mean all the other vets are upselling.)

I would bet the client who I talked with today & my 4 others who have lost their dogs to Lyme nephritis earlier this year would tell him, us recommending tick protection is not an 'upsell'.
Here in the UP ticks are a year-round risk-- the best things we can do to protect them: tick checking, using veterinary approved products & Lyme vaccinating.

Charlie says: please don't let you furred friend become another one of Upper Peninsula Veterinary Service 's statistics.

10/03/2026

A reminder:
Email is ONLY checked during business hours but NOT with regularity and should NOT be relied on as a means of correspondence.
Our office line does NOT receive incoming texts.
Facebook messenger is turned off.

If you're in need of assistance, please call: 906.399.2043. If you have an emergency, please follow the directions on the voicemail.

07/31/2026

2 weeks ago I came into this at the office...
Hard to see it but Maple is intently staring at a bat disguised by a knot in the wood.
The bat was caught and released. The office cats did not volunteer but all got their Rabies vaccine updated. They hated me the rest of the day--I assured them it was in their best interest. They did not agree.

This is the reason your vet recommends even your indoor cats be vaccinated for Rabies.
I have no idea how a bat got into the office, but it did...

06/06/2026

https://youtu.be/dwEg1RoULBw?si=BuorBqSszQp_nco1

Vet Locks Himself in Hot Car To Show What It's Like | This vet sat in a hot car for 30 minutes to show what it's like for a dog — and discovered it was "unbe...

04/22/2026

https://upvs.myvetstoreonline.pharmacy

Good WEDNESDAY morning!!
We most certainly have entered into our busiest time of the year--likely you have or will be too! And figuring out how to get to us during business hours, isn't aways easy--so we have a way for clients to eliminate a stop.
UPVS now has an online store--order your tick prevention, dog food, grooming supplies and have them delivered!
Click the link and it will take you there--questions, give a call & we can help walk you through it!

07/12/2025