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SAVE - Southern Alberta Veterinary Emergency Permanently Closed 24 hour small animal emergency hospital with diagnostic, laboratory, surgical, and reproductive services.

❤️🐾 OUR LAST DAY PROVIDING EMERGENCY CARE AT SAVE 🐾❤️Today is a heavy day for our entire team.Today is SAVE’s final day ...
08/29/2026

❤️🐾 OUR LAST DAY PROVIDING EMERGENCY CARE AT SAVE 🐾❤️

Today is a heavy day for our entire team.

Today is SAVE’s final day of emergency operations before our permanent closure.

To every person who walked through our doors and trusted us with a beloved member of your family — thank you. It has truly been an honour and a privilege to care for your pets.

We love what we do, we love this community, and saying goodbye is incredibly hard. Thank you to our clients, rescue partners and everyone who supported us along the way. We will never forget the kindness you’ve shown our team. ❤️

But before we say goodbye, we want one last happy day together.

🎉 JOIN US TOMORROW!
📅 Sunday, August 30th
⏰ 10AM–2PM
📍 SAVE

Bring your pets — we would LOVE to see them happy and healthy instead of needing emergency care! 🥹🐾

We’ll have 10+ rescue partners with adoptable cats & dogs, local vendors, food trucks, ice cream and more!

❤️ Covet Sips & Sweets, Big Dipper Ice Cream, Grooming with Tamara and Civilized K9 will also be helping raise funds for the Alberta SPCA throughout the day.

Come celebrate with us, meet some incredible adoptable animals, bring your pets and give our team one last chance to say thank you. ❤️

From all of us at SAVE — thank you for trusting us with the animals you love. It has meant more to us than we can ever say.

Thank you, Southern Alberta. It has been an absolute privilege. ❤️🐾

08/26/2026

🐾🎉 HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DOG DAY! 🎉🐾

From the staff at SAVE and our extremely hardworking, wildly underpaid canine management team. 😂

Today we celebrate the dogs who:
🐶 Eat things that absolutely were not food
🐶 Keep emergency vets employed with their questionable life choices
🐶 Bark at absolutely nothing
🐶 Require a full investigation before pooping
🐶 Shed enough hair to build several additional dogs
🐶 And somehow convince us that they deserve a treat after causing the problem.

Meanwhile, some of our staff pets will be celebrating International Dog Day the only way they know how:

✨ Being spoiled absolutely rotten
✨ Receiving snacks for existing
✨ Going for approximately 47 walks
✨ Stealing someone’s spot on the couch
✨ And contributing nothing financially to the household

Honestly… what a life. 😂

Happy International Dog Day from all of us at SAVE! 💙🐾

Please give your dogs an extra treat from us today — even though they’ve done absolutely nothing to earn it.

DROP A PHOTO OF YOUR SPOILED LITTLE FREE LOADER BELOW. 👇😂🐶

🚨🐾 OKOTOKS… SAVE IS HAVING ONE LAST PARTY AND WE HAVE COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL OF THE GUEST LIST. 😂SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH • ...
08/24/2026

🚨🐾 OKOTOKS… SAVE IS HAVING ONE LAST PARTY AND WE HAVE COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL OF THE GUEST LIST. 😂

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH • 10AM–2PM

We’re taking over the parking lot for a giant FAREWELL PARTY + MULTI-RESCUE ADOPTION EVENT!

For once, please bring us your pets happy, healthy and NOT requiring emergency surgery. 😂🙏

We’ve got:

🐶🐱 Adoptable dogs & cats EVERYWHERE
📻 EAGLE 100.9 LIVE ON LOCATION
☕🐶 COVET SIPS & SWEETS making ridiculously fancy pup cups, with proceeds benefiting the Alberta SPCA
🛍️ Local vendors
🍔 Food trucks
💦 Doggy pools — because sure, why not
🎯 Fun for the tiny humans
❤️ SAVE staff trying very hard to keep their mascara intact

Bring the kids. Bring the dog. Eat things. Buy things. Snuggle adoptable animals.

Accidentally adopt a dog.

Explain yourself to your spouse later.

THIS IS A JUDGEMENT-FREE ZONE. 🤷‍♀️😂

👀 Oh… and we're making a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT that day.

Nope. Not telling you. 🤐

📅 SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH
⏰ 10AM–2PM
📍 SAVE – OKOTOKS
🎉 FREE • FAMILY FRIENDLY • PET FRIENDLY

Come give SAVE the send-off it deserves. 💙🐾

SHARE THIS LIKE YOUR FRIEND WHO “DOESN’T NEED ANOTHER DOG” NEEDS TO SEE IT. 😂

🚨🐱 FOUND A LOVING FUREVER HOME 🐱🚨Well, this is awkward. 😂A lovely Good Samaritan brought this sweet female DSH into SAVE...
08/20/2026

🚨🐱 FOUND A LOVING FUREVER HOME 🐱🚨

Well, this is awkward. 😂

A lovely Good Samaritan brought this sweet female DSH into SAVE today after finding her on Crystal Green Drive.

The plot twist? She looks suspiciously like the Good Samaritan’s OWN CAT… who is currently missing. 😭

For one brief, glorious moment: “OMG I FOUND MY CAT!”
Cat: “Ma’am, I have literally never seen you before in my life.”

We checked. No microchip. No tattoo. No ID. Just a very sweet little lady with absolutely zero interest in explaining herself.

She is friendly, adorable and quite pleasant… until you attempt to place her in a cat carrier.

Then she becomes an ungovernable woodland creature who has rejected domestication and chosen violence. 😂

Thankfully, her finder was kind enough to take her home and keep her safe while we search for her family. ❤️

📍 Found: Crystal Green Drive, Okotoks
🐱 Female DSH
🪪 No chip or tattoo
❤️ Very sweet
🚫 Has formally declared war on cat carriers

IS THIS YOUR CAT?! Please contact SAVE if you recognize her!

And please SHARE — because somewhere out there, someone is probably wondering why their house is suspiciously quiet. 😂🐾

08/20/2026

2 TEENY FLOOFS ADOPTED!! 3 FLOOFS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION THROUGH 🐱🚨
🐱🚨

These 5 ridiculously adorable little kittens were surrendered to SAVE a few days ago, and we're looking for a foster home or rescue placement for them. 🥹❤️

They’re from 2 different litters, estimated to be about 6–10 weeks old, and are currently VERY busy with important kitten business:

🐾 Eating
🐾 Playing
🐾 Climbing things they probably shouldn't
🐾 Falling asleep approximately 4 seconds later
🐾 Being unbearably cute 😂

They do have a very mild upper respiratory infection — just a few little sniffles — but otherwise they’re doing great! They're eating, drinking, active and happy, and no medication is needed at this time. They just need to be monitored in case anything changes.

Because URIs can be contagious between cats, they’ll need a foster home with no other cats while they get over their little sniffles.

Basically, we need someone willing to temporarily turn their home into a tiny kitten daycare. 😂❤️

If you can foster or you're a rescue able to help, please contact SAVE at 403-995-3270.

PLEASE SHARE! These five little fluff nuggets are ready to trade clinic life for couches, toys and some serious snuggle time. 🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱💕

LOVING FUREVER FAMILY FOUND 💖🚨 SIR. PLEASE EXPLAIN YOURSELF. 🚨🐱This handsome neutered male DSH wandered into a Good Sama...
08/19/2026

LOVING FUREVER FAMILY FOUND 💖

🚨 SIR. PLEASE EXPLAIN YOURSELF. 🚨🐱

This handsome neutered male DSH wandered into a Good Samaritan’s yard on Ranch Road in Okotoks and basically announced:

"Good news. You have a cat now." 😂

His finders kindly posted him online, although they accidentally called him a girl.

SAVE can officially confirm:

🍒 THE BERRIES HAVE BEEN CHECKED.
😂 HE IS A BOY.

BUT WAIT. IT GETS BETTER.

🎉 HE HAS A MICROCHIP!!!

We thought, FINALLY. An easy one.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

No.

📞 Called Owner #1: “Oh, I rehomed him.”
📞 Called Owner #2: “Oh, I rehomed him too.”
📞 Us: “Great! Who has him now?”
📞 Owner #2: “……I don't know.”

SIR.

This cat has changed ownership more times than a used Honda Civic. 😭😂

Meanwhile, he is completely unconcerned with our investigation. He is ridiculously friendly, loves ALL the attention, and has discovered tube treats, which he now believes are constitutionally protected.

So somewhere in Okotoks, Owner #3 is presumably missing a cat who has apparently been running his own witness protection program.

He's safe at SAVE for now. ❤️ If nobody claims this tiny international man of mystery, he will likely be transferred to Calgary Humane Society to help him find his next chapter.

PLEASE SHARE. 🙏

We have a microchip, two former owners, absolutely no current owner and one tabby who refuses to cooperate with the investigation unless payment is made in Churu. 😂🐱

🚨🐾 OKOTOKS… SAVE IS HAVING ONE LAST PARTY AND WE HAVE COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL OF THE GUEST LIST. 😂SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH • ...
08/18/2026

🚨🐾 OKOTOKS… SAVE IS HAVING ONE LAST PARTY AND WE HAVE COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL OF THE GUEST LIST. 😂

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH • 10AM–2PM

We’re taking over the parking lot for a giant FAREWELL PARTY + MULTI-RESCUE ADOPTION EVENT!

For once, please bring us your pets happy, healthy and NOT requiring emergency surgery. 😂🙏

We’ve got:

🐶🐱 Adoptable dogs & cats EVERYWHERE
📻 EAGLE 100.9 LIVE ON LOCATION
☕🐶 COVET SIPS & SWEETS making ridiculously fancy pup cups, with proceeds benefiting the Alberta SPCA
🛍️ Local vendors
🍔 Food trucks
💦 Doggy pools — because sure, why not
🎯 Fun for the tiny humans
❤️ SAVE staff trying very hard to keep their mascara intact

ALSO… HELP. 😂

We’re still looking for a few more vendors, food trucks and someone with a BOUNCY HOUSE or fun kids’ activities.

Giant Jenga? Connect Four? Lawn games? Something inflatable that children can throw themselves at safely?

WE’RE INTERESTED. 😂

Bring the kids. Bring the dog. Eat things. Buy things. Snuggle adoptable animals.

Accidentally adopt a dog.

Explain yourself to your spouse later.

THIS IS A JUDGEMENT-FREE ZONE. 🤷‍♀️😂

👀 Oh… and we're making a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT that day.

Nope. Not telling you. 🤐

📅 SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH
⏰ 10AM–2PM
📍 SAVE – OKOTOKS
🎉 FREE • FAMILY FRIENDLY • PET FRIENDLY

Come give SAVE the send-off it deserves. 💙🐾

SHARE THIS LIKE YOUR FRIEND WHO “DOESN’T NEED ANOTHER DOG” NEEDS TO SEE IT. 😂

💙 ADOPTED 🎊🎊🎊Our sweet Staffie boy Hippo is officially OVER kennel life. ⭐ Zero stars. Would not recommend. ⭐With our up...
08/18/2026

💙 ADOPTED 🎊🎊🎊

Our sweet Staffie boy Hippo is officially OVER kennel life. ⭐ Zero stars. Would not recommend. ⭐

With our upcoming closure only 2 weeks away, we are DESPERATELY searching for a foster home — but preferably a FUR-EVER HOME for this handsome little meatball. 🦛🐾❤️

🐾 ABOUT HIPPO:

• Estimated 4–5 years old
• Neutered & up to date on vaccines
• GIVES HUGS. Yes, actual Hippo hugs. 🥹
• LOVES people. Like… would crawl directly inside your hoodie if physics allowed it. 😂
• Plays nicely with cats AND dogs! 🐱🐶
• Gets along with most dogs, but definitely seems to prefer the ladies. Apparently Hippo is a bit of a ladies' man. 💅
• Happy, affectionate and ridiculously enthusiastic about life
• Strong boy who pulls on leash when excited — nobody has informed him he's not a sled dog 😂
• He does jump up when excited, so very small kiddos may not appreciate an unexpected Hippo hug
• A home with a big fenced yard or acreage would be AMAZING for this guy! 🌳🐾

Hippo doesn't need perfection. He just needs someone willing to give him a chance. ❤️

We would absolutely consider a foster home to get him out of the kennel, but what we REALLY want is to find this boy his person. His couch. His HOME. 🥹❤️

And if you've got an acreage? Hippo would like to formally apply for the position of Chief Acreage Supervisor. 😂🌾

🙏 PLEASE SHARE THE HECK OUT OF HIPPO.

🏡 FOSTER OR ADOPT HIPPO — ADOPTION PREFERRED!
📱 Contact SAVE if you're interested in meeting him or applying.

COME ON, INTERNET. THE HIPPO NEEDS A HABITAT. 🦛🏡😂

And by habitat, we mean your couch… preferably with a big backyard attached. ❤️🐾

🚨 EARLY CLOSURE TODAY – SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 🚨We sincerely apologize, but due to several staff members being off sick com...
08/15/2026

🚨 EARLY CLOSURE TODAY – SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 🚨

We sincerely apologize, but due to several staff members being off sick combined with an already significant staffing shortage, SAVE will be closing early today at 4:00 PM.

We know how important it is to have emergency veterinary care available locally, and we are very sorry for any inconvenience or added stress this may cause.

💙 We will reopen tomorrow, Sunday, August 16, at 9:00 AM for regular business.

If your pet requires urgent or emergency care while we are closed, please contact one of the following hospitals:

🏥 Petzoic Vet Hospital
📍 101-11501 Buffalo Run Blvd, Tsuut’ina, AB T3T 0E4
📞 403-453-9111
Petzoic Vet Hospital

🏥 Fish Creek Pet Hospital
📍 15311 Bannister Rd SE, Calgary, AB T2X 1Z3
📞 403-873-1700
Fish Creek Pet Hospital

We are incredibly sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate everyone's patience and understanding. Our team is doing everything we can with the staff we have available. 💙🐾

We will see you again tomorrow at 9:00 AM.
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Address

322233 15 Street East
Okotoks, AB
T1S3L7

Telephone

+14039953270

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