West Shore Vet Clinic

West Shore Vet Clinic Est.

Sept. 2018
Owned by Dr. Heidi Heckler, a 1996 graduate of Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Associate Veterinarian, Dr. Kellie Purucker, a 2021 graduate of Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine

🚨 Emergency Pet Care Information 🚨Our clinic is now closed for the Christmas holiday. If your pet needs urgent or emerge...
12/24/2025

🚨 Emergency Pet Care Information 🚨
Our clinic is now closed for the Christmas holiday. If your pet needs urgent or emergency care during this time, please contact one of the following emergency or urgent care veterinary hospitals:

EVCC – Emergency Veterinary Care Clinic
369 136th Ave, Holland, MI 49424
📞 (616) 344-5600

BluePearl Pet Hospital
2500 East Paris Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
📞 (616) 284-5300

AESH – Animal Emergency & Specialty Hospital
3260 Plainfield Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525
📞 (616) 361-9911

AESH – Animal Emergency & Specialty Hospital
6820 Edgeview Ave SW, Byron Center, MI 49315
📞 (616) 537-1406

Pomona Park Animal Urgent Care
14 N 3rd Ave, Fruitport, MI 49415
📞 (231) 331-1227
Please note: This clinic will be closed on 12/24 and 12/25.

Holiday hours may vary — we recommend calling ahead before traveling.

West Shore Veterinary Clinic will resume normal business hours on Monday, December 29, 2025. We look forward to caring for your pets again.

Wishing you and your pets a safe and peaceful holiday. 💛🐾

12/22/2025

As we celebrate the holiday season, our clinic hours will be:

🗓 Wednesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)
🕣 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

🚫 Thursday, December 25 (Christmas Day) — Closed
🚫 Friday, December 26 — Closed

We’re thankful for the understanding our clients show our team as we take this time to celebrate with family, rest, and return ready to care for your pets. 💛🐾

Wishing you a peaceful and joyful Christmas.

12/22/2025

This holiday season, our WSVC team gathered with spouses for a Christmas party filled with laughter, connection, and a little sugar 🍪💛

Some of us are new, some have been part of WSVC since the very beginning — and this gathering showcased what our clinic is truly about: coming together as one team. It was the perfect way to celebrate the holidays, reflect on memories from 2025, and step into 2026 feeling more connected.

We’re so grateful for the people who make WSVC such a special place — and for moments like these that remind us why community matters. 💛

From our WSVC family to yours, we wish you a joyful holiday season filled with warmth, connection, and sweet moments. ✨

12/13/2025

📸 Our Tree Is Filling Up! 🎄🐾
We are absolutely loving all the canine and feline kids that have been sent in so far — seeing your furry family members on our holiday tree has brought huge smiles to our faces! 💛

If you haven’t sent a photo yet, there’s still time!
Email us your favorite picture of your pet and we’ll add them as an ornament to our window tree for everyone to enjoy.

📧 [email protected]

Thank you for helping us create such a special holiday display filled with the pets we’re grateful to care for.

Sending big hugs and butt scratches ✨🐾

12/10/2025

552,000 Michigan children live in food-insecure households — but together, we can help.

Kids’ Food Basket () delivers thousands of healthy Sack Suppers® to local kids every school day. Your donation of fruit cups, crackers, pudding cups, or lunch bags makes a real difference for families in West Michigan.

✨ Every item matters.
✨Every child deserves healthy food.

📍 Drop off donations at WSVC during regular business hours.
Thank you for helping us nourish our community this holiday season. 💛🎄

12/07/2025

Your pets belong on our holiday tree!
Email us your favorite photo:
📧 [email protected]

12/06/2025

We wanted to bring some Christmas cheer to the clinic — without the risk of tinsel, cords, or pine needles around our patients — so our team painted this big, bright holiday tree on our front window!

Now we want to fill it with YOUR pets.
Send us your favorite photo, and we’ll turn it into a custom ornament to hang on our faux tree for everyone to enjoy. 🎄🐾

📸 How to send your pet’s photo:
• Comment below with your pet's picture
• OR email it to us at: [email protected]

Let’s make this a tree full of the furry families we’re grateful for. 💛

12/03/2025

🎁 Our Holiday Wish: To Help Feed Local Kids This Season 🎁
Every school day, Kids’ Food Basket delivers thousands of healthy “Sack Suppers” to children right here in West Michigan — kids who might otherwise go without an evening meal.

This December, West Shore Veterinary Clinic is collecting items from the Kids’ Food Basket Wish List to help fill those bags with love, nourishment, and holiday kindness. 💛

Most-needed items include:
✔️ Fruit cups or pouches
✔️ Pudding cups
✔️ Meat sticks
✔️ Cheerios, pretzels, and cheese crackers (bulk size preferred)
✔️ 8 lb / XL brown lunch bags

💡 Off-brands are welcome!
🚫 Please no peanuts or tree nuts.

📍 Drop off donations anytime during business hours:
West Shore Veterinary Clinic
17683 174th Ave
Spring Lake, MI 49456
🗓️ December 1–31

Thank you for helping us make this a brighter, kinder holiday season for our local kids.

Small gifts make a big difference. 💛🎄✨

11/30/2025

🎄 This holiday season, West Shore Veterinary Clinic is partnering with Kids’ Food Basket to help nourish local children right here in West Michigan.

Every school day, Kids’ Food Basket delivers thousands of healthy “Sack Suppers” to kids who might otherwise go without an evening meal — and we’re honored to support their mission.

✨ From December 1–31, we’re collecting items from the official Kids’ Food Basket Wish List.

Your donation of fruit cups, pudding cups, meat sticks, trail-mix ingredients, XL lunch bags, Cheerios, pretzels, or cheese crackers helps fill these Sack Suppers with nutritious, kid-friendly food.

❤️ Everything you give stays local and supports children in West Michigan.
Small gifts make a big impact — thank you for helping us spread kindness this holiday season.

📍 Drop off donations anytime during business hours:
West Shore Veterinary Clinic
17683 174th Ave
Spring Lake, MI 49456

🎄 Together, we can make this a brighter season for our local kids. 💛🎁

11/28/2025

Good Morning! ☀️ After a wonderful holiday with our families, we're back in the office and ready to start the day.
We hope you enjoyed your time off as much as we did? 🍁
Let us know how we can support you and your pets today! 🐾

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17681 174th Avenue
Spring Lake, MI
49456

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm

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As a clinic we are passionate about making every visit the best visit. We use a combo of treats, pheromones, and low stress handling techniques to help make your pet as comfortable as possible.

We are passionate and driven by the human-animal bond. All of us here at West Shore believe in animals makes human lives better and humans making animal lives better.

Our caring, compassionate Dr. Heidi has been working in the field for more than 20 years. Despite being a 1996 Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine graduate, she continues to learn new medical and behavior techniques to increase companion animal welfare and clinical treatment. She specifically designed this practice to be a low-stress environment for humans and animals alike. Our open floor plan and creative use for space provides our clients and their pets with the foundation for a successful, comfortable visit. For more info on our clinic, our incredible doctor, or our team, please stop by the office, give us a call at 616-296-2364, or send us an email at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you.