Independent Vet helps you find veterinary practices that are locally owned and independent, not part of a corporate or private equity chain. It's the independentvet.com map on your phone, with tools for looking after your pets.
FIND AN INDEPENDENT VET
• Browse a map of practices across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, each marked as verified independent, claimed by its owners, academic or nonprofit, or listed and not yet verified.
• Search by practice name, city, ZIP code, Canadian postal area or UK postcode.
• Filter by services such as emergency, 24/7, urgent care, specialty and exotics. Corporate-owned practices can be shown too.
• See who owns each practice and, for verified practices, the evidence behind it.
• Call, get directions or open a practice's website. Report an issue or suggest a missing practice right from the app.
• Take a guided tour of an area's independent vets: choose Tour this area in the map's + menu for a few cards on who owns the practices nearby, and where to go in an emergency.
MY VETS AND EMERGENCY
• Save your primary vet, up to three emergency vets and other practices you trust, with private notes.
• Get an alert if a saved practice is acquired or its ownership changes, with nearby independent alternatives.
• Share your list as a PDF with a pet sitter or family member.
• Open Emergency for the nearest 24/7 independent hospitals, your own emergency vets and animal poison control, even without signal.
PETS AND RECORDS
• Keep a profile for each pet: breed, birthday, weight, allergies, conditions and microchip number.
• Scan vaccination certificates and other records with your camera. The text is read on your phone and the details are filled in for you to check.
• See which vaccines are due, search your records, and share them as one PDF with a new vet, a sitter or a kennel.
MEDICATIONS AND REMINDERS
• Scan a label or start typing a name to add a medication.
• Flexible schedules, from twice a day to every three months, with start and end dates.
• Dose reminders you can mark as given from the notification, refill reminders and quiet hours.
SHARE WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD
• Share pets with family or a pet sitter, so everyone sees the same records and medications and knows when a dose has been given.
• Invite someone in person with a QR code, or send a link that you approve.
VET JOBS
• Browse jobs at independent practices and send an expression of interest straight to the practice.
NEWS FROM INDEPENDENT VET
• Open the Inbox in Profile for news and short surveys from Independent Vet.
FOR PRACTICE OWNERS AND STAFF
• Practice owners and staff can sign in to manage their practice: edit the practice's message and post jobs.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No ads, no analytics and no tracking.
• Pet records, scans and medications are stored on your phone, and scanning happens on the phone.
• An account is optional. With one, My Vets and your settings follow you to a new phone, and your pet records are backed up end-to-end encrypted, unlocked with Face ID or your recovery key. We can't read them.
• You can delete your account and its data from the app at any time.
Verification describes who owns a practice, not the quality of its care. Independent Vet doesn't diagnose or give medical advice; always ask your vet about your pet's health.
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