Kinross Veterinary Center

09/02/2025

Our phone lines are down. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you have questions about your pet please email [email protected] if you have an emergency please call 906-630-2287.

11/03/2024

The internet and phone system has been very spotty this weekend. Our computer people have been working for several days to try and rectify the situation. If your pet has a medical emergency this weekend please call Mackinaw Straits veterinary hospital in St Ignace. Their phone number is 906.643.9750.

10/19/2024

Choices We Make

Everyday we are faced with choices, and we try to make the best ones for ourselves, our family and our pets. You're two-legged, four-legged or non-legged friend is a part of your family. Their continued care is important 24/7. What veterinarian or veterinary clinic is right for you? Here are some considerations:

Location: How far do I have to travel in good and bad weather?
Office hours: Are they compatible with my schedule?
Pricing: Can I afford the expense of the visit and what methods of payment do they offer?
Professional staff: Do I feel comfortable with the staff and doctors?
Services: What range of services are offered, as well as types of pets seen?
New pets: Are they accepting new clients or additional pets with my family?

A very important consideration is what happens if my pet is experiencing an emergency. Where do I go? Is my veterinarian going to be there for me, or do I have to travel hours to find someone?

Several veterinary hospitals in the Eastern UP do not provide after hours emergency care for their clients, either referring you to Traverse City or much farther away in a crisis. Since opening 7 years ago, we were initially on call 24/7 until we began sharing emergency responsibility with Chippewa Animal Clinic and Mackinaw Straits Veterinary Hospital.

We will be the first to admit we are not perfect and have missed a few calls over the years. Steps were taken to try and rectify the problem since not being there for our clients is very disheartening. We never want our client's pets to suffer for lack of care.

Kinross Veterinary Center has assisted clients from other facilities that lack emergency services, but the continued influx from other clinics is draining to our employees. Many of us are short-staffed, but our clinic is still responsible for those late night or early morning emergency situations. With continuing to grow our clientele and pet family, unfortunately we cannot continue to see other hospitals clients after hours for emergencies unless they are part of our emergency veterinary rotation.

Please talk to your veterinarian and ask what they do or do not offer for after hours emergency care. This includes weeknights, weekends and holidays. You never know when your friend may be in trouble during non-business hours. Hit by cars, dog or cat fights, seizures, breathing trouble, C-sections and bloat are just a few scary situations that you never plan for, but you need to know what to do and where to go. Being prepared allows time saving steps in that crisis!

06/23/2024

Our clinic phone is currently down due to the internet outage with Charter. If your pet has a medical emergency please call 906.630.2287. We are covering emergencies for our own clinic, Chippewa Animal Clinic, and Mackinaw Straits Veterinary Hospital. Once internet service is back up the clinic phones will be on if you need to leave a message regarding setting up a regular appointment or medication refills.

01/28/2022

Kinross Veterinary Center After Hours Emergency Availability

Our clinic would like to address our availability of seeing pets on emergency after hours,which includes weeknights and weekends. KVC will continue to see emergencies during the week as we have always done for the past 4.5 years. If your pet has an emergency you will be directed to the appropriate phone number when you call the clinic.

Since opening in November 2017 we have been on call 24/7 , 365 days per year. This has not altered or changed until now. KVC is teaming up with Chippewa Animal Clinic and Mackinac Straits Veterinary Clinic to share weekend emergency responsibility. This will be a rotation schedule with KVC being on call 2 weekends per month.

When you call KVC after hours, the voice message will provide information to which clinic is on call and give a phone number. Please note you will most likely be directed to another phone number for that clinic. This may be frustrating, but each doctor carries their own emergency phone.

Our office hours remain the same, which means we are open 6 days a week for appointments and surgeries. If you have questions or concerns you are always welcome to call.

01/07/2022

Our phones are now working.

01/07/2022

Our phone lines are down we apologize for the inconvenience !

12/07/2021

Thank you everyone for all the donations to the salvation army angel tree program.
Donations will be distributed to very grateful animals this next week. Again thank you !

12/01/2021

Thank you to our secret Santa !! They are delicious 😃

11/10/2021

Please let's not forget the animals this Christmas season. Your donations are greatly appreciated.

08/10/2021

07/05/2021

Our power is restored.