Joint Base Lewis-McChord Veterinary Center

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Veterinary Center care off base* Joint Base Lewis-McChord Veterinary Treatment Facility is the DOD's main treatment center servicing the western region.

We do our best to serve our service members however, the priorities of this facility are as follows:
Military Working Dogs
Health Certificates
Wellness
Sick Calls (Limited and Seasonal)
Surgery/Dentals (Limited)
*We highly recommend est. Our primary mission is to provide world class veterinary care to maintain the health of our military working dogs. We also recognize the value of the human animal

bond in the health and well being of our soldiers and their families and are proud to extend our services to active duty and retired military family pets. Secondarily, we provide:
-Health certificate examinations and paperwork for PCSing families
-Wellness and preventative medicine (Vaccines, Heartworm test, Microchips, flea/tick prevention, etc)
-Surgery (basic spays, neuters, possibly mass removals and other MINOR procedures based on availability of
CPT DVM's, but NO ORTHOPEDIC procedures)
-Dentals (limited to dental prophylaxis, minor extractions, but extensive dental work is referred off base)
-Sick Call Appts (ear infections, skin infections, etc). Our sick call availability is extremely limited and
SEASONAL. We typically decrease our sick call availability from June through October every year. The appearance of external links or the use of third-party applications on this site does not constitute official endorsement on behalf of the U.S. Army or Department of Defense.

This cutie came in as a stray. *We are not looking for a home, but we are looking for the owner. We also do not cross p...
02/19/2026

This cutie came in as a stray. *We are not looking for a home, but we are looking for the owner. We also do not cross post but feel free to share if needed*

01/29/2026

Just a heads up, our phones and internet are currently down at the clinic so we are unable to answer phone calls or emails

01/29/2026
Good evening JBLMThis sweet boy came to us today as a stray. Unfortunately no microchip, was running over unity bridge a...
01/06/2026

Good evening JBLM
This sweet boy came to us today as a stray. Unfortunately no microchip, was running over unity bridge and someone caught him.
If you think he might be yours let us know, you will have to provide proof such as pictures.

12/31/2025

Quick reminder 🙂

We are closed on the 31st for end of year inventory, a staff meeting, and training.

We are also closed on the 1st for a federal holiday.

We will be back open on Friday, 2 Jan 2026! At 0800 until 1500.

Strays need to be directly sent to the humane society in Tacoma or Thurston County.

Have a great new year and we’ll see you in 2026!!!!

Hello JBLM. Just a heads up, We will be closed Decemeber 24th-28th for the holiday. We will reopen December 29th. We hop...
12/22/2025

Hello JBLM.
Just a heads up, We will be closed Decemeber 24th-28th for the holiday.
We will reopen December 29th.
We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday!!!
JBLM STAFF

UPDATE: This sweet girl is with joint animal services now. Good Evening JBLM! We have another stray cat. She is cute, bu...
12/02/2025

UPDATE: This sweet girl is with joint animal services now.

Good Evening JBLM!
We have another stray cat. She is cute, but no microchip. If they think she might be yours let us know!!

UPDATE: pup unfortunately went to joint animal services!!! Hopefully someone great adopts him, he is a good boy. Good af...
11/26/2025

UPDATE: pup unfortunately went to joint animal services!!! Hopefully someone great adopts him, he is a good boy.

Good afternoon JBLM!
We had a stray come around closing time today.
He is a very sweet boy, has a microchip but sadly not updated. If you think he might be yours send us a message on here so we can reunite him with his owners for the holiday!!!l ed

Good Morning JBLM We will be closed today on 11/26/2025 at 12pm.Also, we will be closed 11/27/2025 and ...
11/26/2025

Good Morning JBLM
We will be closed today on 11/26/2025 at 12pm.
Also, we will be closed 11/27/2025 and 11/28/2025 for the Holiday!
We will reopen Monday 12/01/2025 at 8am
Have a safe and great Holiday Weekend!
JBLM STAFF

Hello again everyone!!! We have one more stray today, this boy came from fort Lewis side. No chip unfortunately. If you ...
11/20/2025

Hello again everyone!!!
We have one more stray today, this boy came from fort Lewis side. No chip unfortunately.
If you think he might be yours let us know!!

UPDATE: pup is back with her owners!! Good afternoon JBLM! This little girl came to us today, no microchip!! If you thin...
11/20/2025

UPDATE: pup is back with her owners!!

Good afternoon JBLM!
This little girl came to us today, no microchip!!
If you think she might be yours let us know!!!!

Good morning JBLM! We have another adorable stray that came in! Unfortunately no microchip, was found on fort Lewis Side...
11/14/2025

Good morning JBLM!
We have another adorable stray that came in!
Unfortunately no microchip, was found on fort Lewis Side at Cowan stadium. If you think she might be yours let us know! er

Address

Bldg 768 Warehouse Rd
Lakewood, WA
98438

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 3pm

Telephone

+12539823954

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Joint Base Lewis-McChord Veterinary Center is the DOD's main treatment center servicing the western Washington region. Our goal is to provide world class veterinary care to maintain the health of our military working dogs. We also recognize the value of the human animal bond in the health and well being of our soldiers and their families and are proud to extend our services to active duty and retired military family pets. The appearance of external links or the use of third-party applications on this site does not constitute official endorsement on behalf of the U.S. Army or Department of Defense.