Compassionate Companion Animal Care Backed by Progressive Veterinary Medicine
From energetic puppies and kittens to senior pets who have spent a lifetime by your side, we provide comprehensive care focused on long-term health, comfort, and quality of life. Our team combines modern diagnostics, preventative medicine, dentistry, surgery, orthopedic procedures, urgent care, and individualized treatment plans with the kind of personal attention and honest communication you expect from a community-centered practice. Whether it’s routine wellness care, advanced surgical needs, or navigating complex medical concerns, we’re here to support both pets and the people who love them.
Companion Animal Services
Our veterinarians provide comprehensive medical care for pets throughout every stage of life.
Companion Animal Services Include
- Wellness Exams & Preventative Care Vaccinations
- Diagnostic Testing
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Full In-House Lab
- Comprehensive Dental Care
- Senior Pet Care
- Routine Surgical Procedures
- Spay and Neuter Procedures
- Mass Removals
- Soft Tissue Surgery
- Wound Repair
Routine surgeries include pre-anesthetic blood work, surgical monitoring, heated surgical tables, pain management, and attentive post-operative care with trained veterinary technicians.
Specialty Surgeries & Procedures
Our experienced surgical team provides advanced soft tissue and orthopedic procedures using modern surgical techniques to help restore function, relieve pain, and improve quality of life.
Soft Tissue Surgery
Soft tissue surgery encompasses procedures involving the body’s organs, skin, muscles, and other non-bony structures. From routine abdominal surgeries to advanced airway reconstruction and emergency procedures, our surgical team is equipped to manage a wide range of conditions using modern techniques and comprehensive perioperative care. Our goal is to provide safe, effective treatment that restores function, relieves discomfort, and helps your pet recover as quickly as possible.
Airway & Upper Respiratory Procedures
- Laryngeal paralysis surgery
- Brachycephalic airway reconstruction, including:
- Stenotic nares correction
- Staphylectomy
- Tonsillectomy
- Everted laryngeal saccule removal
Abdominal & General Soft Tissue Surgery
- Anal sacculectomy
- Splenectomy
- Cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal)
- Cystotomy (bladder surgery)
- Enterotomy
- Gastrotomy
- Prophylactic gastropexy
- Gastropexy for gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV)
- Hernia repair (diaphragmatic, umbilical, and inguinal)
- Perineal urethrostomy
Orthopedic Surgery
Uinta Veterinary Hospital provides specialized orthopedic surgical services for dogs and cats with bone, joint, and ligament injuries. These procedures are often referred to large specialty hospitals, but our team is able to perform them locally. Because of this capability, animals are referred to Uinta Veterinary Hospital from across Wyoming and neighboring states.
Joint & Ligament Procedures
- Patellar luxation repair
- Arthrodesis
- Corrective osteotomy
- OCD flap removal
- Femoral Head and Neck Excision (FHO/FHNE)
- Hip luxation reduction and stabilization
- Extracapsular suture stabilization for cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) rupture
- Meniscal surgery
- Modified cranial closing wedge osteotomy (MCCWO) for CCL injuries
- Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) for CCL injuries
Fracture Repair
- Forelimb and hindlimb amputations
- Fracture repairs