Washoe County
Klaich Animal Hospital in Reno proudly serves patients in Washoe County and the surrounding neighborhood — close enough to be convenient, established enough to be the practice your neighbors already recommend.
Visiting from Washoe County
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A full-service animal hospital is your pet's primary doctor, dentist, surgeon, and pharmacy in one place — wellness exams and vaccines, dental cleanings, spay and neuter, surgery, diagnostics, and care for the day something goes wrong. Keeping it under one roof means one team knows your pet's history, which matters enormously when minutes count.
Outside the area? We'd still love to meet your pet. Plenty of clients make the trip and tell us it's worth it.
What sets the Washoe County visit apart
Wellness Exams
Nose-to-tail checkups that catch problems early. The single most valuable thing you can do for your pet.
Vaccinations
Core and lifestyle vaccines tailored to your pet's risk — not a one-size-fits-all bundle.
Spay & Neuter
Routine surgery with full pain control and monitoring. Best done at the right age for your pet's breed.
Dental Cleaning
Scaling, polishing, and a full oral exam with X-rays under safe anesthesia. Protects more than the teeth.
Directions from Washoe County
Start in the heart of Washoe County and head toward 1990 S Virginia St.
Follow the main avenue into Reno — we're just a few minutes from Washoe County.
Look for Klaich Animal Hospital in Reno at 1990 S Virginia St; the entrance is easy to spot from the street.
Street parking and nearby garages are available, and we're a short walk from the closest transit stops.
What Washoe County clients say
I have been taking my dog here for years, she sees Dr.(s) Bertucci and they’re fantastic. But today, while bringing her in for her annual lab work, I witnessed something I found to be marvelous and profoundly impressive. An entire family rushed in their injured dog who was clearly in distress, family members and children in tears, and the staff reacted so quickly, calmly and efficiently. Immediately got the dog and family back for care. The waiting room was packed, they’re handling emergencies, and still managed to squeeze my dog in for an additional vaccine she was due for despite it not being scheduled. Over the years I have particularly admired Janelle (pardon if the name is incorrect, she has dark hair and a warm smile). Everyone there is patient, kind and attentive. Highly recommend to anyone in the Reno area. Every single one of you is amazing! What you all do matters SO much.
We really like this veterinarian clinic, they have seen several of our pets over the years. We had to put down an old friend and they are the most professional, understanding, kind, patient and giving people. This one was hard for both of us and the staff did an excellent job handling our specific situation 👏 👍 thank you.
Love this vet. Never have an issue about getting my dog right in.
More about local business care in Washoe County
Washoe County covers more than the Reno core, and pet care for Sun Valley, Stead, Verdi, Cold Springs, Washoe Valley, and Palomino Valley still has to answer the same owner question: what on this estimate is urgent, and what is elective. Klaich Animal Hospital in Reno is the county hospital many of those towns use for wellness exams, vaccinations, and in-house orthopedic and soft-tissue surgery with a plan in hand before consent. Preventative medicine is the default posture so a chronic condition does not become an overnight crisis without anyone having watched the trend.
The building holds the diagnostics that county clients otherwise collect in pieces: in-house laboratory, digital radiography, ultrasonography, endoscopy, and laser therapy. Beyond routine care there is urgent care, pain management, dental surgery, and orthopedic work, including cruciate ligament injuries, hip dysplasia correction, neurosurgery, and complex fracture repair. Online pharmacy access keeps prescription diets and medications from turning every refill into another trip from the north valleys.
Incline Village, Sparks, Carson City, Storey County, and Truckee sit on the edges of the same service map, with Crystal Bay, Virginia City, and Lockwood in reach when the case belongs in a full hospital rather than a vaccine-only stop. Appointments are required. The entrance, parking, and restroom are wheelchair accessible. (775) 826-1212 is the number for scheduling, estimates, and the harder senior-pet conversations.
Wellness Exams & Vaccinations
Wellness exams and vaccinations for Washoe County pets are the visit that should define a baseline, not a mystery invoice. Preventative lab work is discussed in terms of what it would change for that dog or cat. Multi-pet households can ask how the same visit is structured when more than one animal is due.
Orthopedic Surgery
County dogs that tear a cruciate on open ground still need orthopedic surgery explained before anyone books a date. Cruciate repair, hip dysplasia surgery, and fracture repair are done in the Reno hospital. Recovery expectations and the option to stage non-emergency pieces are part of consent.
Veterinary Dentistry
Dental surgery for Washoe County pets includes the extraction risk that turns a cleaning into a longer anesthetic event. Set the budget and the call-back rule before drop-off. If skipping a full cleaning is being considered, the medical downside and any shorter-term management should be named plainly.
Urgent Care
Urgent care from Washoe County towns is appointment-based, with same-hospital diagnostics for ear infections, foxtails, and pets that crashed after looking normal at home. It is not an ER marketing line, and it is not a substitute for a specialist overnight facility the hospital does not claim to be. If the pet can wait, you will be told.
Spay & Neuter
Spay and neuter for Washoe County clients is scheduled with an itemized estimate, aimed at owners comparing hospital quotes with low-cost clinic flyers. The consent form should match the invoice. A healthy pet can wait while you read both.
Soft Tissue Surgery
Soft tissue surgery for a Washoe County pet is planned from the exam and imaging, with informed consent that separates the lesion that should come out from the finding that can be watched. Households already carrying a loan from a prior emergency can ask for medical versus surgical pathways. Procedures are not stacked by default.
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery is available in this hospital for Washoe County cases that earn it on exam and films. Advanced does not mean automatic. If the honest limit is transfer, records and imaging go with the pet.
Veterinary Diagnostics
Veterinary diagnostics for the county use the in-house laboratory and imaging tools so Stead or Verdi owners are not sent on a second drive for the first ultrasound. Repeat chronic-disease labs are justified by whether the number changes treatment. Screening that can wait is labeled as waiting.
Pain Management & Laser Therapy
Pain management and laser therapy help Washoe County seniors and post-surgical pets when another operation is not the next kind step. The plan states the goal in terms of comfort and mobility. If laser is not going to alter the disease, that is said before a series is booked.
Senior Pet Care
Senior pet care across Washoe County includes preventative lab work and cancer-diagnosis conversations that start from evidence. Euthanasia, when it is the responsible option, is presented without pressure and without skipping the basics. Clients have noted compassionate, caring vets on that kind of day.
Parasite Prevention
Parasite prevention for Washoe County pets is preventative care, including heartworm and fecal testing when those results would change the product you take home. County geography is not used as a scare line. Recommendations stay tied to the animal and the last tests on file.
Veterinary Pharmacy
The veterinary pharmacy and online pharmacy keep Washoe County households in pharmaceuticals, prescription diets, and supplements without a special trip for every bottle. Chronic care such as epilepsy or diabetes monitoring follows the cadence already set. Refill day is not a new workup unless the pet has changed.
Frequently Asked Questions — Washoe County
Does Klaich Animal Hospital see pets from Sun Valley, Stead, Verdi, and the rest of Washoe County?
Yes. Sun Valley, Stead, Verdi, Cold Springs, Washoe Valley, and Palomino Valley are in the service territory, and the hospital itself is in Reno. Visits are by appointment. Call (775) 826-1212 to schedule.
How do you handle chronic conditions for Washoe County pets without surprise labs every visit?
Monitoring cadence is explained, including which repeat labs would change the plan and when watchful waiting is medically reasonable. Chronic care is not treated as a new emergency at every refill. You can ask that question in the visit and get a direct answer.
What if I cannot afford another Washoe County surgery after already financing an emergency?
The hospital walks through medical versus surgical pathways and honest prognosis before stacking procedures. Staging is discussed when it is safe. Financing products are not promised here; the medical options and the estimate lines are.
How should a Washoe County owner question a recommended test without a fight?
Informed owners are expected to ask why a test stands. The useful question is what decision the result changes, and whether the finding came from the exam or from an optional bundle. A non-emergency test can wait while you think.
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