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our approach

What it Means to be
User-Friendly

As a founder-led business, we truly understand how important it is that when the time comes to step away from ownership, the business you worked so hard to build not only continues to see growth and opportunity but your culture and legacy are honored and preserved.

Our user-friendly approach is based on collaboration and respect. We work alongside practice owners to build a custom acquisition path that’s based on their personal goals and the individual needs of the practice. Extending beyond the sale, our user-friendly approach means each practice within our network is free to continue to be themselves and do all the great things that make them unique, but with the business support, they need to continue to grow and to provide the best client and patient care possible.

While many of our team members have years of clinical veterinary experience, we believe strongly that patient care protocols and medical decisions should be left to the professionals. For this reason, each of the veterinarians and clinical teams across the Blue River family are encouraged to care for their patients as they see fit, retaining full medical autonomy following a sale.

We provide a custom acquisition path that’s friendly, respectful, and collaborative for practice owners seeking a secure partnership to expand their legacy.

Our practices maintain clinical autonomy with respect to the practice of medicine, including protocols, drug choices and vendors. 

We provide a long-term home for practices seeking to maintain their community relationships and clinic culture while gaining the tools they need to expand their legacy.

We provide unparalleled back-of-house support that lets teams focus on delivering excellent care, and facilitate ongoing learning that builds careers.

Behind-the-Scenes Business Support

Delivering excellent care is easier when you have the support of dedicated operational and business resources. Blue River PetCare’s team of business and industry professionals provide back-end office support so hospital teams can focus on what’s important – caring for their clients and patients.

Accounting

Behind-the-scenes financial management support from a team of accounting professionals.

Operations

Operational support from an experienced team focused on helping your clinic grow and thrive.

Human Resources

Human resources systems and partners that support both the practice and the staff

Marketing

Dedicated Marketing support — from custom marketing plans to graphic design and everything in between.

Recruiting

Full-time recruiting support that partners with your local team to help your practice attract top-tier veterinarians and support staff.

Payroll

Payroll systems and dedicated support team to alleviate payroll processing and management tasks.

investing in our team

Clinical Development Programs

At Blue River PetCare, we believe strongly in fostering the development of our veterinarians and clinical team members by offering a wide variety of RACE-approved clinical and professional skill development programs throughout the year. Our Clinical Development team is comprised of experienced veterinarians and technicians who are dedicated to ensuring clinical team members within the BRP family have the courses and tools they need to continue to further their education and expand their careers.

In addition to frequent continuing education events, our Clinical Development team offers in-depth professional development programs for Practice Managers, Medical Directors, Veterinarians, and Veterinary Technicians across the Blue River PetCare family.

EXPLORE PROGRAMS

SUPPORT & CARE FOR EACH PRACTICE

”The sale process with the Blue River team was as smooth as anyone could ask for. Blue River has impressed me with their support and care for each practice. This is evident at their annual meetings which include a fun learning environment for medical directors and practice managers. They have a hands off attitude allowing practices to continue being successful. Blue River's team of intelligent, innovative, and caring professionals has been a pleasure to work with.

Kim Crawford, DVM - Former Practice OwnerChatfield Veterinary Hospital, Littleton, CO

PATIENT CARE FIRST

”Having the support of Blue River allows us to enhance patient and client care, because it allows me to focus on what's most important, and that is the patients, and the clients, and the medicine. They're behind the scenes. They're handling the HR, they're handling the finance, they're helping with operations, but they're really allowing me to focus on my job, which is being the best doctor that I can be.

Zachary Joseph, DVM - Medical DirectorScott Lake Veterinary Center, Prior Lake, MN

GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

”When I joined the Blue River family, I honestly didn't really know what to expect, but I have been pleasantly surprised by all the positive things I was told about them are true. And my career has gone further than I thought possible because of them. Blue river absolutely understands the importance of continuing education and really pushes for not only the doctors to allow the time to give them for that, but practice managers, team members, if, as long as we're learning, we're growing.

Lindsay Nettles, LVT - Practice ManagerHeights Veterinary Clinic, Houston, TX
Krystal Burrell Headshot - Blue River PetCare Portrait Shoot. Chicago IL. June 19, 2023. © 2023 Andrew Collings Photography.

CAREER GROWTH

”My career has grown substantially since I joined Blue River PetCare. I started in 2015 as Practice Manager of two locations in the Houston area. And in 2019, I was offered a position as a Regional Manager overseeing all of Texas. And then afterwards more states. That was always a dream of mine. And I had voiced that early on and Blue River PetCare immediately started to invest in me and support me and my goals. And I'm so grateful.

Krystal Burrell, LVT, CVPMBusiness Development Specialist

PRACTICING MEDICINE MY WAY

”What I appreciate and enjoy with Blue River is that I can be the doctor. I can see my patients, focus on them and their care and their needs while I have a strong management team that helps the facility and the practice run smoothly. For most veterinary professionals looking to join a practice, when they hear the notion of a corporately-owned practice, they think that you're going to be thrown into a certain system of how you practice veterinary medicine. Blue River just does not operate that way.

Lisa Pina, DVM - Medical DirectorHeights Veterinary Clinic, Houston, TX

MEDICAL AUTONOMY

”When you're a solo practitioner, you have a lot of independence, which I thought I would lose some of it working at the setting of a corporate practice. But it actually was not the case. One of the things that I enjoy about working with Blue River is the fact that we have autonomy in the things we do, the decisions we make at the local level. In other words, yes, we are a corporate practice, but the decisions we may make on a daily basis are not mandated by corporate. I’m able to focus on medicine and the things that I enjoyed the most, the ones that I'm most passionate about, which is what keeps me going despite being in the business for 26 years.

Heriberto Martinez, DVM - Medical DirectorHeights Hospital for Animals, Houston, TX

Join the Blue River PetCare Family

If you’re looking for options to secure the future of your practice or opportunities to further your career in veterinary medicine, we’d love to hear from you.

SELL YOUR PRACTICEEXPLORE CAREERS

Join the Blue River PetCare Family

If you’re looking for options to secure the future of your practice or opportunities to further your career in veterinary medicine, we’d love to hear from you.

SELL YOUR PRACTICEEXPLORE CAREERS