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The house-call vet Broward boaters trust

Your Vet, Dockside
across Fort Lauderdale & Broward County

In the Venice of America, getting anywhere means a bridge, a causeway, or a wait — so we skip all three and come to you. Total Vet brings full veterinary care to canal-front homes on the Las Olas Isles, condo towers along A1A, and bungalows from Sailboat Bend to Imperial Point, everywhere pets live in Broward County.

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A Total Vet house-call veterinarian checking over a relaxed dog at home in a bright Fort Lauderdale living room near the water

Mobile vet services in Fort Lauderdale

From the New River to the Intracoastal, our vets carry everything aboard for exams, shots, labs, and gentle goodbyes — whether your crew lives on a canal, in a high-rise, or three blocks off the beach.

Wellness Exams

Complete annual checkups on your own dock or lanai, with extra attention to skin, ears, and joints — salt air and canal swims are hard on Fort Lauderdale coats.

Vaccinations

Rabies, distemper, leptospirosis, and the rest, matched to a Broward lifestyle of dog beaches, marinas, and iguana-filled backyards — no waiting room required.

Sick Visits

Limping after a seawall sprint, itchy from the humidity, or off their food? We come to Victoria Park or Croissant Park the same way a neighbor would — quickly and calmly.

Diagnostics & Labs

Bloodwork, fecal and urine testing, and heartworm screens run right from our visit — essential in a city where mosquitoes never really take a season off.

End-of-Life Care

When it's time, we help your pet cross the bar at home — on the boat deck, the balcony, or their favorite sunny spot — with unhurried, private compassion.

Telehealth

Recheck by video once you're an established patient, handy when the 17th Street Causeway bridge is up or a summer squall is sitting over Federal Highway.

Dockside care across Broward

A Total Vet veterinarian greeting a happy dog at the front door of a canal-front Las Olas Isles home in Fort Lauderdale

Dockside welcome

A veterinarian gently examining a relaxed dog on the couch during an in-home visit in Victoria Park

Salon-side exam

Total Vet's fully equipped mobile clinic van parked in a Coral Ridge driveway near the Intracoastal

Driveway clinic

In the Venice of America, where every errand means a bridge or a drawbridge wait, we come to your canal-front dock so your Broward pet skips the traffic and stays home.

0
drawbridge waits between you and your vet
100%
of the visit spent on your pet, dockside
45+
unhurried minutes on the deck or lanai

Why Fort Lauderdale pet owners choose us

Traditional Clinic

  • Waiting on the Las Olas drawbridges with a yowling cat aboard
  • Circling for beachside parking near A1A before your appointment
  • Lobby full of anxious dogs and ringing phones
  • Rushed exam after a long, hot car ride
  • Hauling multiple pets across town in one trip

Total Vet Mobile Care

  • The vet crosses the bridges — your pet never leaves the dock
  • Zero parking, zero traffic, zero carrier wrestling
  • Exams on the aft deck or the Victoria Park porch
  • A full hour that isn't racing the next drawbridge opening
  • Whole household seen in a single house call

Caring for pets in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale pets live on the water — trotting dock lines on the Isles, riding bow-first up the New River, napping on twentieth-floor balconies over the Atlantic. Caring for them well means knowing the canals, the critters, and the climate.

Canal Water Caution

Broward's canals can carry bacteria and, some summers, blue-green algae. Rinse dogs after every splash, and call us about vomiting or skin flare-ups after a swim.

Iguanas on the Seawall

Green iguanas sun on seawalls and docks all over Fort Lauderdale, and dogs love to give chase. Their droppings can carry Salmonella, so keep patrols leashed and paws clean.

Beach & Bark Park Days

Canine Beach off Sunrise and A1A opens to dogs on limited Friday-through-Sunday hours, while Bark Park at Snyder Park adds a fenced freshwater swim lagoon south of downtown.

Broward Tag, Handled

Broward County expects every dog and cat to be rabies-vaccinated and wearing a county registration tag once they reach four months. We give the shot and paperwork at your door.

Fort Lauderdale Service Area & Pricing

Transparent pricing, with no hidden travel fees within our primary service zones.

Florida map pinpointing Fort Lauderdale on the southeast Atlantic coast, Broward County coverage shaded from the beach to the Everglades edge

Neighborhoods Served

Las Olas Isles Victoria Park Rio Vista Coral Ridge Colee Hammock Sailboat Bend Tarpon River Flagler Village Harbor Beach Poinsettia Heights Imperial Point Croissant Park Wilton Manors Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

Don't see your neighborhood? Contact us to verify coverage.

Zip Codes Served

33301 33304 33305 33306 33308 33309 33311 33312 33315 33316 33334

Transparent Pricing

House Call & Wellness Exam
Travel fee + comprehensive nose-to-tail exam (1 pet)
$175
Additional Pet Exam
Exam fee for each additional pet during the same visit
$85
Sick Visit / Consultation
Travel fee + focused diagnostic exam
$195
Telehealth Follow-up
Video consultation for existing patients
$65

Rates above buy the trip out and the exam; anything else — vaccines, lab panels, dispensed meds — shows up as its own quoted line item, whether we're visiting a Rio Vista house or a boat at Bahia Mar.

Questions Fort Lauderdale pet owners ask us

Not much — pick a calm, well-lit spot like the kitchen, lanai, or salon if you live aboard, and keep cats inside for the hour before we dock. If you're on a gated isle or in a tower off Las Olas, add gate or front-desk instructions to your booking so we're not radioing for entry.

Procedures that need anesthesia or imaging equipment stay ashore at full facilities. We handle everything mobile medicine does well, then refer surgical and radiology cases to trusted Broward-area hospitals and specialists, and we quarterback the follow-up care back at your home.

Yes — insurers reimburse based on documentation, not on whether care happened in a clinic or on your dock. Every Fort Lauderdale visit ends with a fully itemized invoice you can submit straight to your carrier's claim portal.

Absolutely — one travel fee covers the trip out, and each additional animal that day is seen at a trimmed-down exam rate. Multi-dog households on the Isles and multi-cat condos on Galt Ocean Mile do this all the time.

Skip the phone tree and drive. VEG Fort Lauderdale on North Federal Highway takes walk-ins around the clock with a doctor you can talk to immediately, and BluePearl Pet Hospital near I-95 runs 24-hour emergency and specialty care — for anything life-threatening, they're your fastest wake.

We settle up dockside as the visit wraps — chip card or a phone tap, due at time of service, receipt emailed before we've cleared the Isles. Live-aboards and tower residents alike never see a mailed bill.

Give us 24 hours' notice and we'll rebook you, no charge. Our routes thread from Lauderdale-by-the-Sea down to Croissant Park with the bridge schedules in mind, so early word lets another Broward pet take your slot.

True after-hours emergencies can't wait for a drawbridge, so go straight to VEG Fort Lauderdale at 1620 N Federal Highway or BluePearl Pet Hospital on NW 10th Terrace near I-95 — both staff ER veterinarians 24/7, every day of the year.

"Booked a same-week house call to our Las Olas place for our puppy's shots. Easy, calm, and no waiting room full of barking dogs. Highly recommend."

Sofia & Andre L.

Las Olas, Fort Lauderdale, FL