Highlands Veterinary Hospital

03/07/2025

This has some great information on Avian Flu which we recommend our community take a look over. Unfortunately there was a confirmed case in Gallatin County so it is closer than we would like so make sure to keep these things in mind!

Avian influenza doesn’t just impact birds—it can impact pets too. Share these tips with pet owners and help keep their furry and feathered friends safe from bird flu: https://mrkmnls.co/4i9PIcJ.

02/14/2025

Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at HVH to our beautiful Butte community! Enjoy your weekend keeping warm! 🤎🤍🩶

02/10/2025

Highlands has exciting news! We are happy to announce that Dr. Bob "Doc" Cornelius will be joining our team on a regular basis. Doc has been in practice for over 50 years and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Highlands. We are so grateful to get the chance to work with this legend!

02/04/2025

Long time no talk Facebook! What better way to pop back in than with a breed guessing contest?!?

Our girl here has caused a massive debate on her breed origins here at Highlands. The shelter she came from thought she was a German Shepherd and Husky Cross, But...all of our employees have other ideas. Thankfully her owners were also bit by the curiosity bug so they decided to get her DNA tested!

These tests can take multiple weeks to come back, so (with the owner's permission) we want to know what you think! The doctor estimates she will be about 40-45 pounds at her adult weight and comes up to about knee height at 6 months old. Truly a medium sized dog.

Comment your best guesses and the person closest will win a prize in the form of a coffee card! Must comment on original posting here to qualify.

Depending on the amount of answers and accuracy, we will judge on both breeds and percentage. If only one person correctly guesses breeds they will win, but if we have a tie the percentages will be our decider! Cannot wait to see everyone's guesses!

12/31/2024

Due to unforeseen circumstances we will be closing today at 11am. We are also closed tomorrow in observation of New Year's Day. We will reopen Thursday January 2nd at 8:00am. Thank you for you understanding and we wish you all a Happy New Year.

11/06/2024

Happy Snow Day! Hope everyone enjoyed their two weeks of autumn haha!

We have a fabulous opportunity for pets in our community!

Dr. Melissa Guillory from Montana Pet Dentistry and Oral Surgery in Bozeman is coming to Butte on 11/20 for a limited number of pet dental consultations. She will be utilizing an exam room here at Highlands Veterinary Hospital for these appointments.

The consultation fee will be $110, this is paid to Montana Pet Dentistry and Oral Surgery.

These examinations are open to all pets in Butte and surrounding areas. If you would like to schedule or have any questions, please call Highlands Veterinary Hospital at 406-299-3700.

10/22/2024

Hey Butte America! Is anyone else loving the fall weather and wishing it would stay longer? Ughhhhh!

We wanted to let our community know we are going to be closed tomorrow 10/23/24. Please try to make it in or call before the end of the day today (5:30 pm) to ensure we can do all in our power to help before not being available.

Feel free to give us a call at (406)299-3700. Have a great day!

10/09/2024

October is Pet Wellness Awareness Month! What a great time to call your veterinarian and schedule a check up visit for your cat or dog!

Here at Highlands Veterinary Hospital we pride ourselves on the many educational resources we offer to our clients. There is so much information flying around in this time of social media so having the opportunity to teach owners who want the best for their furry friends how to do so is an honor we get to have every day! Our amazing team is incredibly helpful and kind which we hope just ensures our clients to come back and ask us more questions!

Feel free to call and ask about our policies to schedule if you have not been in before and would like to experience pet wellness the HVH way!

08/26/2024

Good morning! We wanted to let our clients and community know that due to short doctor staffing we will be closed on 8/28/24 this coming Wednesday.

If you have any medication refills or questions please try to reach out by tomorrow afternoon for us to ensure no one goes without while we are closed.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding!

07/27/2024

Something very important to keep on the mind during these months is possible heat stroke or exhaustion in pets. There are going to be times that it may be too hot to leave your dogs outside all day or even take them for a walk!

These handouts are helpful ways to know if your dog is more at risk or what conditions are truly not recommended for your pets to be in. If heat stroke does happen it is a true emergency that your regular veterinarians may not be able to accommodate depending on their own availability so it could only prolong how long your pet is in the life threatening situation. Almost all dogs who are treated as soon as possible survive, but time is of the essence in this situation.

Feel free to call your regular veterinarian to ask what they might recommend to help during these hot times or even to ask their procedure for such a situation!

Keep yourselves and your pets safe!

07/26/2024

Happy Friday Butte! Hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend planned.

With the heat and camping well upon us we wanted to remind everyone of the importance keeping pets up to date on their preventatives for intestinal parasites. These include heartworms, hookworms, tapeworms, fleas, ticks, etc. Most worms are transferred through pets eating some type of dead carcass whether it be a deer, mouse, bird, etc. so definitely local wildlife!

Ticks and fleas hide usually in warm clustered/crowded areas like tall grass, trees, shrubs that many of our animals walk right through without realizing what could have infected them in mere seconds. One of our staff members had her dog out in our field to go to the bathroom and he had ran through some tall grass only to come out with a tick on his FOREHEAD! Therefore we can say with 100% certainty prevention is needed!

Here at Highlands Veterinary Hospital we primarily carry Interceptor Plus and Credelio as a combination to cover heartworms, tapeworms, hookworms, roundworms, whipworms, fleas, and ticks alike. Attached to this post are some informational slides on the two products and what they are protecting against.

Reach out to your regular veterinarian to ask what steps are needed to get your pets started on prevention. Better late than never!

07/15/2024

Just letting our friends on here know this set of kittens have now all been placed, but we still have many kittens available through fosters if anyone is interested!

06/28/2024

Summer brings in more that just heat, it's the season of kittens! We at HVH are no strangers to this cuteness and have multiple staff members helping foster kittens looking for good responsible homes.

Here is just one group of kittens which 4 are still available for adoption. The ones with the hearts above their heads are looking for families to call their own. Feel you are in the position to take care of a precious little kitten? Email us at [email protected] or call on Monday and we can connect you to the amazing volunteers fostering them! 🐱

06/27/2024

Good afternoon! We wanted to let our community know that we will be closed tomorrow 6/28. If you have an emergency please call Bridger Vet Specialty in Bozeman (406) 548-4226 or Sentinel in Missoula (406) 218-2800.

We will be open regular business hours on Monday, but if you have a request or question feel free to email [email protected] for one of our staff members to address on Monday. Thank you and have a great and safe weekend!

06/15/2024

While we may be closed today we wanted to wish a very Happy Birthday to a special patient of ours Zoey! This beauty is turning 21 years young! We are honored to be able to care for Zoey and are thankful she has such a wonderful family who have enriched her life and kept her healthy to be this age. They were kind enough to send us these beautiful pictures for this post since Zoey has had more than enough of her fill of us. Make sure to wish her a Happy Birthday everyone!!!! 🥳🎈

05/21/2024

Long time no post!! Hope everyone is having a safe start to Butte's 'Spring'.

We wanted to let our community know that we will be closed Friday 5/24 and Monday 5/27 in observance of Memorial Day. Please call for any medication refills, medical concerns, questions, or anything else by Thursday this week to hopefully ensure our ability to assist!

Thank you for your understanding and continued support during this time. We appreciate you all!

03/19/2024

Good afternoon! We will be closing at 4:30 today due to our doctor leaving the office. We will resume regular hours tomorrow at 8 am, but if you have any medical concerns call between 7:45 am to 8:00 am tomorrow morning for one of our same day appointments. Thank you!

02/09/2024

BEST FRIDAY EVER! We got to snuggle this cute litter of puppies today. If you are looking to add a new member to your family check out Labrador Retrievers of Standby Creek.