Fair Isle Animal Clinic

08/26/2024

Our clinic will be closed on Monday, 9/2 for Labor Day.

If you have an emergency during this time, please call us at 206-463-3607 to be connected with our triage service.

08/20/2024

Our team is participating in a continuing education course on 8/21 and 8/22. On both days, we will be seeing our scheduled afternoon appointments and will have a normal surgery schedule, but we will be unavailable for food and medication pickups until 2pm each day. Please plan accordingly!

If you have an emergency during this time, call the clinic to be connected to our triage service.

07/14/2024

A reminder to our clients that the clinic will be closed on Saturday, July 20th for Vashon Island's annual Strawberry Festival! 🍓

If you have an emergency with your pet during this time, call the clinic at 206-463-3607 and follow the prompts in our voicemail to be connected with our triage service.

06/17/2024

A reminder that our clinic will be closed on July 4th.

If you need to fill a medication for your pet, call us no later than Saturday, 6/29. Please note that we have a 72 hour turn around time for medication refills and will not be able to fill medications requested after Saturday, 6/29 in time for the 4th of July. This is very important as all medications, even refills, must be reviewed and approved by one of our doctors.

The American Veterinary Medical Association also has some great tips for keeping your pets safe during the July 4th holiday: https://www.avma.org/resources/pet-owners/petcare/july-4-safety

If you do have an emergency with your pet while we are closed, please call 206-463-3607 and follow the prompts in our voicemail to be connected with our triage service.

05/24/2024

Fawn season is upon us, so it's time for our annual reminder about deer and fawn safety! Please read below for a note from Dr. Dana about keeping your pets safe when deer are present and what you can do if you find a fawn.

Fawn season is upon us. This time of year mother deer are extremely protective of their fawns and can injure and even kill pets that interact with the fawns. Since coyotes have established themselves here, it seems as though the does are even more aggressively guarding their young than they did when we did not have coyotes.

Every year we get some pets (usually dogs) that have been injured by deer, sometimes fatally. The amount of damage a doe can do with her hooves is impressive. If you have any doubts about the lethal power of a protective doe, simply look up videos on YouTube. Warning: this search is not for the faint of heart.

Please do your best to keep your pets away from fawns and away from areas where deer are likely to congregate.

Also, if you find a fawn, leave it alone unless it is in a very dangerous location. If you MUST move the fawn, place it somewhere close by where you found it. Often young fawns appear to be extremely weak and floppy if you try to pick them up. This is normal. These fawns will jump right up when the doe (who is likely nearby) comes to check on them.

Remember that seemingly gentle deer are quite capable of defending themselves when they need to. Please keep your pets safe by limiting their deer interactions, especially during fawn season.

05/22/2024

A reminder that we will be closed on Monday, May 27th so that our team can spend time with their loved ones over the holiday weekend.

If you have an emergency with your pet during this time, please call the clinic at 206-463-3607 to be connected with our triage service.

03/29/2024

We will be closed on Saturday, April 6th due to a DVM staffing issue. Please plan accordingly if you need a medication refill or if you have medications waiting to be picked up.

If you have an emergency with your pet during this time, please call 206-463-3607 and follow the prompts to be connected with our triage service.

02/15/2024

"There is a push for lawmakers to approve funding for more in-state veterinary students.

In Washington, veterinarians are calling for urgent action to address what they say is a severe workforce shortage that is impacting urban and rural communities."

Veterinarians are urging lawmakers to approve funding for more in-state veterinary students to address a workforce shortage impacting urban and rural communities.

02/05/2024

We will be closed on Thursday, February 22nd to make some updates to our computer system. If you have an emergency with your pet during this time, please call 206-463-3607 and follow the prompts to be connected with our triage service.

12/05/2023

Fair Isle will be closed or will be reducing hours for the dates below this month so that our team can spend time with their loved ones. If you have an emergency with your pet during this time, call the clinic to be connected with our triage service.

12/23: Open 9:00am - 12:00pm
12/25: Closed
1/1: Closed

As always, thank you for all of your support this year! From the baked goods, bouquets of flowers, gift cards, and kind emails and cards - the acts of kindness you have shown us this year (and every year) mean so much to our team here. We truly believe we have the BEST clients and patients and we look forward to continuing to work with you and your pets in the new year!

11/20/2023

Fair Isle will be closed this Thursday, 11/23, so that our staff may spend the holiday with their families. If you have an emergency during this time, call the clinic to be connected with our triage service.

For more information on keeping your pets safe during the holiday season, please read this helpful article from the American Veterinary Medical Association: https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/pet-owners/petcare/thanksgiving-pet-safety

10/15/2023

09/29/2023

An update from Dr. Dana Ness on a change to our emergency hours:

Like many businesses in general and veterinary practices in particular, we are very short-staffed at this time. As a result, our employees, including our DVMs, are stretched very thin. Our DVMs in particular are routinely facing days of a full schedule of appointments plus work in emergencies, leading to workdays of at least 10 to 12 hours with little to no downtime.

Due to staffing issues, we will be reducing the number of after-business hours that a DVM is on call. Starting Monday October 2, 2023, Fair Isle will have a DVM scheduled on call each day, including Sundays and holidays, from 8 am to 8 pm.

This schedule can be affected by DVM illness or availability, so there may be some days where we do not have a DVM on call. If that is the case, our out-going after hours message will be changed to alert people to that fact.

Our telephone triage service will still be available at all times after hours. You will be able to talk to a licensed veterinary professional about any urgent or emergent concerns you have with your pet, and they can help you determine if emergency care is needed. If your pet needs emergency care outside of the hours an on-island DVM is available, the triage service can help you decide which local 24hr ER you can go to off island.

We realize this situation is less than ideal. Our intent is to support our DVMs in maintaining their mental health and decreasing burnout. We also want to support them in being able to do their best work during their day shifts by ensuring they are getting at least a bit of break overnight.

We greatly value our clients and patients. I cannot fully express my deep gratitude to you for being with us through changes and treating our staff so graciously. This is uncommon in the greater veterinary world. We are honored that you choose Fair Ilse for veterinary care.

The decision to change our on call hours was not made lightly and will enable us to keep providing veterinary care during these interesting times.

09/01/2023

A reminder that the clinic will be closed on Monday, September 4th in observance of the labor day holiday. If you have an emergency with your pet during this time, please call the clinic to be connected to our triage service.

08/30/2023

Do you want to pet dogs at work? Do you wish your office had cats? We are still hiring!

Please visit our employment page to view our open positions: https://www.fairislevet.com/current-job-openings-at-fair-isle

We are looking for a Licensed Veterinary Technician and a Veterinary Assistant to join our team! If you are interested, please send us your resume through the following job postings:

Veterinary Technician job posting:
https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/hea/d/vashon-veterinary-technician-veterinary/7625561157.html

Veterinary Assistant job posting:
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/hea/d/vashon-veterinary-assistant-vashon/7630262067.html

07/14/2023

A reminder that our clinic will be CLOSED on Saturday, July 15th for the annual Vashon Island Strawberry festival!

If you have an issue or emergency with your pet during this time, please call our clinic to be connected to our triage service.

07/13/2023

An update on leptospirosis from our practice owner, Dr. Dana Ness:

As you likely already know, 4 Paws had two suspect leptospirosis cases from the same household on June 2, 2023. In response to that we have worked to get our canine patients up to date on their leptospirosis vaccines in order head off or avoid a leptospirosis outbreak.

There have not been any further confirmed or strongly suspect leptospirosis cases since June 2nd.

I would like to commend everyone who made the effort to update their dog’s leptospirosis vaccine. I am thankful that the leptospirosis vaccine clinics we did went so well. The fact that we have wonderful clients and patients is a huge part of that success. I am also extremely thankful that we did not have a leptospirosis outbreak.

At this point, continue to take standard leptospirosis prevention precautions. If there is any uptick in lepto infections, we will send out another email. Please contact us if you have any specific questions or concerns.

We have an amazing community here and Fair Isle is very grateful to our clients and patients!

06/27/2023

Our clinic will be closed on July 4th in observance of the holiday.

If you need to fill a medication for your pet, please call us by Friday, 6/30/23. Please note that we have a 72 hour turn around time for medication refills and will not be able to fill medications requested after 6/30 in time for the 4th of July.

The American Veterinary Medical Association also has some great tips for keeping your pets safe during the 4th of July holiday: https://www.avma.org/resources/pet-owners/petcare/july-4-safety

If you have an emergency during the holiday, please call our clinic to be connected with our triage service.