Mayerthorpe Veterinary Services

06/23/2026

Core vaccines are those that provide protection from highly infectious, commonly circulating or "endemic" diseases in Canadian beef cow-calf herds.

As you work with your veterinarian to develop vaccination protocols tailored for your herd, consider these core vaccines:
https://www.beefresearch.ca/content/uploads/2023/05/Core-Vaccine-List.pdf

06/17/2026

Starting June 29th!

06/13/2026

What an incredible day today! While ensuring all our clients received care for their pets and livestock, we also had the opportunity to give back to the community with sweet freeze for track and field day at EEE. It’s a venture spearheaded by my niece Emily, and her mom Ali, who are two of the most compassionate individuals you will ever meet.

I feel truly blessed to have them in my life! They brought frozen treats for all the EEE kids today. They also delivered some to our vet clinic staff.

Thanks Emily and Ali for coming out! So fun!❤️

Lots of love Em from Auntie Claire and the Mayerthorpe Vet Clinic.

06/05/2026

Mayerthorpe Vet Services is seeking a RVT to join our busy mixed-animal practice. We have a great team that values honesty, motivation, and exceptional care.

If you like dogs, cats, cows, horses, and yes even sheep and goats, we have something for you. We are looking for someone who enjoys a fast-paced environment, brings a positive attitude, and isn't afraid to jump in wherever needed. Some days you'll wrangle kittens. Some days you'll help calve a cow. Some days you'll do both before lunch and you’ll smell like it.

And don’t worry, our town has it all…a legendary golf course, 24 hour gym, world class dining to satisfy your poutine cravings, and the true Canadian wonder that is Tim Hortons. If this sounds like your kind of veterinary medicine and think Mayerthorpe could be your next destination, we should talk. Resumes can be emailed to [email protected].

06/03/2026

04/24/2026

It’s Veterinary Receptionist Appreciation Week… and honestly, where would we be without them?
Probably lost on some gravel road. Definitely triple-booked. Likely answering our own phones… badly.

Our receptionists are the heart of the clinic — juggling ringing phones, wrangling appointment schedules, calming worried pet owners, and somehow understanding messages like:
“Yeah, my dog’s acting weird… you know… just weird.”

They can switch from booking a routine nail trim to helping with a calving emergency in about 30 seconds flat — all while being greeted by muddy boots, shedding dogs, and the occasional escapee cat in the waiting room.

In a rural clinic, they’re not just receptionists — they’re multitaskers, problem-solvers, translators, and sometimes even traffic control for trucks and trailers.

So this week, we just want to say thank you for everything you do — the patience, the humor, the organization, and the calm you bring to even the busiest (and messiest) days.

We appreciate you more than coffee on a Monday morning… and that’s saying something.

💙 Drop a comment or give a shoutout to our amazing reception team!

04/18/2026

Our thoughts and hearts go out to the family and clinic that have recently experienced the loss of a valued member of our Veterinary community from Airdrie 💔

Below is a copied/pasted comment from a fellow veterinary professional (NOMV)

It’s an important reminder of what goes on behind the scenes in every vet clinic. Kindness and grace for each other go a long way💜

Veterinary medicine is a rewarding, demanding, emotional, and heartbreaking career.

We get to care for those who cannot speak for themselves. But we also see what happens when they aren’t cared for the way they deserve—and sometimes, we can’t fix it.

That stays with us.

This profession has one of the highest su***de rates.And this week, we lost someone close to home.A good one.

I don’t usually post things like this, but we have been crying for help for a long time—and it feels like no one is listening. Something needs to change.

Costs are rising beyond what people can afford. Care is being delayed or declined. And the people in this field are the ones carrying the weight of those decisions every single day.

Receptionists are yelled at, blamed, and undervalued—while being the emotional front line for every client and every case.

Technicians are exhausted. Understaffed. Overextended. They are doing the jobs of multiple roles at once, trying to hold everything together, while watching patients go without the care they need.

Veterinarians are drowning in caseloads, making impossible decisions, and being told they’re only in it for money.

And through all of it—we care. We care so much it hurts.

We remember the ones we couldn’t save. We think about the ones who left without treatment. We carry those cases home with us.

So when someone says, “I couldn’t do that—I love animals too much,” what they don’t understand is… that’s exactly why we do this.

This week, we lost a veterinarian—a wife and a mother.

If this industry contributed to that loss in any way, that is something we cannot keep ignoring. Not One More Vet (NOMV) means something. It means we need awareness. It means we need support.

And it means we need change—before we lose more people who have given everything to this profession.