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.

Update: This sweet boy Is back with his family! Good evening JBLM! This sweet boy came in as a stray today. No chip unf...
10/31/2025

Update: This sweet boy Is back with his family!

Good evening JBLM!
This sweet boy came in as a stray today. No chip unfortunately. He was found near campground on McChord side! If you think he might be your let us know! You will also have to provide proof such as a picture.

Good afternoon JBLM,This sweet boy came to us as a stray. He does have a microchip however we have no contact number for...
10/27/2025

Good afternoon JBLM,
This sweet boy came to us as a stray. He does have a microchip however we have no contact number for it unfortunately. If you think this boy might be yours please let us know!

10/10/2025

Good afternoon JBLM!
Just a quick reminder, we will be closed Monday October 13th for the holiday!
Hope everyone enjoys the weekend.
JBLM STAFF

09/09/2025

PSA - Please remember that our facility doesn't take walk in appts or urgent care (same day) needs.

We will eventually have some 45 min Diagnostic/ Sick Call appts starting in October when our new Military Veterinarians start working in the clinic. They are going to be EXTREMELY limited (3-5 a day is all for now) with the possibility of adding more later.

The suggestion has been and always will be to call or come into the clinic (2 phone lines, 2 acting-receptionist, no voicemail system in place, and thousands of clients... so it's tough to get through on the phone some times - it's unfortunately normal for the phone to continually ring rather than give a busy signal..I promise if we're open...we're answering as many phone calls as we physically can) to check availability for an appt.

HOWEVER if we don't have any availability please undertand that it is not the person on the phone's fault and be polite. We have everyone sign policy paperwork initialling that they understand we don't do same day appts, urgent care, or emergencies for personally owned animals. We're just not set up that way.

The recommendation is to have an off-base clinic established in case of same day issues or sick call issues if we can't get you in for an appt. We understand how frustrating this can be but unfortunately with our client load, clinic size, and DVM availability, we're at capacity of what we can handle.

Please message anytime with any questions or concerns.

08/28/2025

Good evening JBLM!
Tomorrow, August 28th, we will be closing at 12pm due to end-of-month inventory.
Additionally, we will be closed on Friday, August 29, and Monday, September 1, in observance of the holiday.

Thank you for your understanding.
JBLM VETCEN Staff

Good evening JBLM!! This handsome boy was found by the Lewis commissary! No chip unfortunately. If you think he might be...
07/29/2025

Good evening JBLM!!
This handsome boy was found by the Lewis commissary! No chip unfortunately.
If you think he might be yours please either call us or message us!

07/23/2025

23 July - We are closed today for a power outage.

We will be back open in the morning 24 July at 0800 - 1600 - closed for a lunch break from 1200 - 1300.

Good evening JBLM! This sweet boy was brought into the clinic today! Found on fort Lewis side, no chip! If you think he ...
07/10/2025

Good evening JBLM!
This sweet boy was brought into the clinic today!
Found on fort Lewis side, no chip!
If you think he might be your please reach out to us.

Good afternoon JBLM!Just a quick update, we will be closing today at 3pm. We will also be closed Friday the 4th and Mond...
07/03/2025

Good afternoon JBLM!
Just a quick update, we will be closing today at 3pm. We will also be closed Friday the 4th and Monday the 7th due to the holiday. Keep your pets safe out there this weekend.
We hope everyone has a great 4th!
The JBLM Staff.

07/03/2025

Good Morning JBLM,
Our phone lines are having some communcation issues right now. If you can not get ahold of us you can email us at [email protected]. Also due to holiday, we are closing at 3pm today.
Thank you so much
JBLM VETCEN Staff

06/30/2025

Just a friendly reminder, we are closed today (30Jun) for our end of quarter inventory, staff meeting, and training. We will be open tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday from 8-12 and 1-4.

We will be closed Friday the 4th of July and the 7th for the holiday weekend.

Hello JBLM! We have two strays that just came into us!No microchips on either one of them. If they maybe yours let us kn...
05/28/2025

Hello JBLM!
We have two strays that just came into us!
No microchips on either one of them.
If they maybe yours let us know, otherwise animal control does get called to pick them up.

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Bldg 768 Warehouse Road
Lakewood, WA
98438

Opening Hours

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

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+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.