Community Solutions

Our Community Medicine program provides essential care for pets throughout Southwest Washington. By offering affordable and accessible veterinary services, we will support our veterinary community in ensuring all pets remain healthy, preventing unnecessary surrenders or suffering, and keeping people and pets together where they belong.

The Nierenberg Community Veterinary Clinic

Our Community Veterinary Clinic is a more than 5,000 square foot facility offering veterinary and behavior care options for pets. This state-of-the-art Clinic is thoughtfully designed to prioritize wellness care and high-volume, high-quality spay/neuter services. These services are available exclusively for income-qualified families in Southwest Washington.

The Community Veterinary Clinic features:

• 4,300 square feet of treatment and recovery spaces
• Four private exam rooms for consultations and preventative care services like microchips, vaccinations, wellness exams, and other treatments
• Three recovery rooms with kennel space for up to 70 animals
• Fully-equipped dental suite
• Integrated radiology, laboratory, and pharmacy spaces, ensuring access to comprehensive diagnostic and treatment solutions

To learn more and make an appointment, click here.

The Sandra Richardson Miller Mobile Veterinary Clinic

This innovative program, the first of its kind in Southwest Washington, helps us reach pets and people where they live and provide the essential wellness care animals need. Our Mobile Veterinary Clinic is an essential component of our community medicine program, providing subsidized, high-quality veterinary care to the pets of income-qualifying families in our community.

Equipped with kennels, exam space, and two surgery tables, the Mobile Veterinary Clinic offers full medical and surgical functionality and is supported by a dedicated medical team. In partnership with our Community Veterinary Clinic, the Mobile Clinic expands access to veterinary services in our community, delivering the essential care pets need.

Public Wellness Clinics

Our Wellness Clinics bring essential veterinary care directly to the pets of our unhoused neighbors — meeting them where they are, when they need it most. We host clinics at locations throughout the region, often alongside partner service organizations or aboard our Mini-Mobile Veterinary Clinic (Mini-MVC).

The Mini-MVC is a compact, purpose-built vehicle equipped to deliver vaccinations, wellness exams, preventative care, and treatment - all in one efficient visit. Small but mighty, it navigates the communities where our clients live and allows our team to provide the same high-quality care that every pet deserves, regardless of their owner's circumstances.

These partnerships are central to our mission. By working alongside trusted community organizations, we extend our reach further than we ever could alone, connecting with more pets, in more places, and making a deeper impact across our region.

By providing training, education, and behavior support to pets and families in our community, we help make our community safer, happier, and healthier for pets and the people they love.

The Swigert Family Behavior and Training Center

Adjacent to the Community Veterinary Clinic is the Swigert Family Behavior and Training Center. This 1,100 square-foot space offers ample room for group training classes, private behavior and training consultations, and community education. 

Our professional team of trainers utilize positive reinforcement training methods to shape and modify behavior and build a strong foundation of respect between you and your dog.

To learn more about our available classes and register, click here.