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Hobart Animal

Hobart and southern Tasmania offer plenty of ways to enjoy life with animals, whether you are building everyday skills with a dog, learning to ride, caring for birds and poultry, setting up an aquarium or supporting wildlife recovery. Practical veterinary care, grooming, boarding, feed suppliers and welfare organisations sit alongside clubs and activity providers, making it easier to find help for companion animals while staying connected with local animal interests.

The directory below brings together services across Hobart and nearby southern Tasmanian localities. It includes routine care, specialist support, supplies, training, equine activities and welfare pathways, with access conditions noted where they matter.

🩺 Veterinary care and urgent help

Hobart Animal Hospital

This small-animal veterinary hospital provides health checks, vaccinations, desexing, surgery, medicine and diagnostics. Its clinical services also include dentistry, laboratory testing, X-ray, ultrasound, palliative care and euthanasia. The hospital’s service information directs after-hours emergency cases to Animal Emergency Service in Moonah.

198 Murray Street, Hobart TAS 7000. ☎ (03) 6236 9787 for general appointments and enquiries. After-hours emergency care via Animal Emergency Service: ☎ 1300 302 912.

Hobart Community Veterinary Hospital

This not-for-profit veterinary hospital is open to the public and treats dogs, cats, birds, wildlife, rabbits, guinea pigs and mice. Services include consultations, surgery, vaccinations, pathology, radiology, ultrasound and dentistry, alongside low-cost desexing and microchipping. Critical-care facilities are also available for patients needing closer clinical support.

8–10 Colebrook Street, Lenah Valley TAS 7008. ☎ (03) 6228 0205 for appointments and enquiries.

Animal Emergency Service Hobart

This Moonah hospital provides 24-hour emergency veterinary care for pets. Its urgent presentations include snake bites, heat stress, dog attacks, poisonings and tick paralysis, with laboratory diagnostics, X-ray, ultrasound and surgery available. Treatment history is sent to the pet’s regular daytime veterinarian to support ongoing care.

Moonah. The supplied official location page does not provide a public street address or phone number in this directory record.

Vet in the Valley

Vet in the Valley combines mobile and clinic-based veterinary care for dogs, cats, small pets, horses, sheep, cattle, goats and other livestock. Small-animal consultations, surgery, diagnostics and hospital care are based in New Norfolk. Large-animal visits are mobile or available at Plenty by arrangement; horses should not be brought to the New Norfolk clinic.

Hobart and surrounds, with large-animal service available by arrangement. The supplied official website does not provide a public phone number or street address in this directory record.

Hobart Equine Practice

Equine veterinary surgeons from this practice cover Southern Tasmania. Published work includes comprehensive horse care, athletic and reproductive services, routine and advanced dentistry, chiropractic and acupuncture. Outside routine weekday business hours, the listed service is emergency-only, so the distinction between ordinary enquiries and urgent care is important when making contact.

Southern Tasmania. ☎ 0438 761 156 for routine equine veterinary enquiries; emergency service only outside business hours.

🐕 Dog training, grooming and activities

Hobart Dog Training Club

Hobart Dog Training Club offers classes and membership pathways centred on teaching handlers how to train their own dogs. Its programme provides a structured way to practise training with a dog, while the club publishes class times separately from its Sunday office hours. Prospective members can use the club’s current programme information to find the relevant participation pathway.

Hobart. The supplied official website does not provide a public phone number or street address in this directory record.

Hobark

Hobark provides dog behaviour and training support across Hobart, South Arm, Kingston, Brighton and other parts of Southern Tasmania. Alongside training, its small equipment range includes harnesses, leads, treat pouches and snuffle mats. This makes the service relevant to owners seeking practical behaviour support as well as simple training equipment.

Southern Tasmania. ☎ 0418 366 471 for training and product enquiries.

Brighter Dog Training

Brighter Dog Training serves Hobart, Glenorchy, Kingborough, Clarence and surrounding suburbs. Options include puppy training, private training, group classes and walk-and-train support. Training topics range from recall and lead walking to reactivity, barking, fearfulness and anxiety, giving owners several formats for working on everyday skills or more challenging behaviour.

Greater Hobart. ☎ 0432 076 167 for training enquiries.

The Dog Dynamic

The Dog Dynamic offers fear-free behaviour consulting and general dog training. Its reward-based support covers reactivity, aggression, anxiety, guarding and separation distress, as well as loose-lead walking, recall, settling, puppy foundations and polite greetings. The mix of behaviour consulting and everyday skills suits owners looking for a training plan that addresses both practical routines and more complex concerns.

Hobart. The supplied official website does not provide a public phone number or street address in this directory record.

Sweet Pet Studio

This Sandy Bay grooming salon works with dogs and cats of all breeds and sizes. Services include wash and dry, wash and tidy, full grooming and style cuts. Depending on the selected service, published inclusions include nail clipping, ear cleaning and hygiene clipping, allowing owners to choose between a simpler tidy-up and a fuller grooming appointment.

Shop 3, 630 Sandy Bay Road, Sandy Bay TAS 7005. ☎ 0479 000 981 for grooming enquiries.

Oh My Dawg Grooming

Oh My Dawg Grooming is a dog-grooming salon serving Greater Hobart from a purpose-built Sandy Bay location. The business states that all breeds are welcome and publishes current salon contact details for arranging grooming. It offers a dedicated alternative for owners seeking a salon appointment in the Sandy Bay area.

7 Magnet Court, Sandy Bay TAS 7005. ☎ 0458 865 355 for grooming enquiries.

Best Friends Pet Resort

Based in Acton Park, Best Friends Pet Resort provides boarding for dogs and cats as well as professional dog grooming. Inspections are welcomed during the published daily inspection window, except on nominated public holidays, giving prospective clients a way to view the boarding setting before making arrangements. The service combines accommodation and grooming in one pet-focused facility.

96 Acton Road, Acton Park TAS. ☎ (03) 6248 6323 for boarding and grooming enquiries.

🐎 Horses, riding and equine interests

Hobart Horseplay

Hobart Horseplay operates at Tea Tree between Richmond and Brighton, with riding and pony activities for different ages and experience levels. Offerings include Saddle Club lessons for ages 5–18, adult lessons, Tiny Tots sessions for ages 2–6, short led trail rides and NDIS participation sessions. Adult rider lessons have a published 90 kg weight limit.

712 Middle Tea Tree Road, Tea Tree TAS. ☎ 0433 806 708 or 0437 304 410 for general enquiries.

🛍️ Pet, bird and animal supplies

Petbarn Rosny Park

This general pet shop carries food and supplies for cats, dogs, fish and small animals. The Rosny Park branch has tropical and cold-water fish, live hermit crabs, aquarium displays and water testing. Its rabbit, guinea pig, rat and mouse range includes food, bedding, hay, toys and housing. The store also hosts Rescue Cats Safe Haven Tasmania cat adoptions.

25 Bligh Street, Rosny Park TAS 7018. ☎ (03) 9908 5173 for store enquiries.

Petstock Hobart City

Petstock Hobart City provides a central Hobart pet-shop option with in-store puppy school, pet ID tags and aquarium water testing. These services connect everyday pet shopping with practical activities such as early dog training and aquarium maintenance, while the branch page provides current store contact details for local enquiries.

170 Murray Street, Hobart TAS 7000. ☎ (03) 6231 3440 for store enquiries.

Essential Animal Supplies

Essential Animal Supplies is an animal-feed and supply merchant with delivery to Hobart and a warehouse at Campania. Its range covers dogs, cats, horses, livestock, birds and poultry, rabbits and guinea pigs. Horse keepers can find feed, chaff, grain, hay and straw, while the wider husbandry range includes fencing and farrier supplies.

119 Reeve Street, Campania TAS 7026. The supplied official website does not provide a public phone number in this directory record.

Tassie Bird and Poultry Supplies

This Margate specialist serves aviary-bird keepers, parrot owners, poultry breeders and fanciers. The retail range includes bird products, with parrot and poultry-care brochures available for practical reference. Click-and-collect lockers support local collection, while Australia-wide delivery extends the shop’s supply pathway beyond the southern Hobart area.

38 Miandetta Drive, Margate TAS. ☎ (03) 6267 1554 for store enquiries.

Tasman Feed & Forage

Tasman Feed & Forage supplies feed and forage for horses, livestock, poultry, companion birds, goats and pets. The Koonya business offers click and collect and an extended delivery option for Sorell and Hobart, making it relevant to keepers who need animal supplies from the Tasman Peninsula. Its broad animal range suits mixed rural and companion-animal needs.

479 Nubeena Back Road, Koonya TAS 7187. The supplied official website does not provide a public phone number in this directory record.

🐈 Welfare, adoption and community animal care

Ten Lives Cat Centre

Ten Lives Cat Centre in New Town provides a cat welfare and adoption pathway. Its official contact information identifies the centre’s public adoptions and shop pathway, along with a separate main-reception contact. People interested in adopting or supporting cat welfare can use the centre’s published contact details to plan their enquiry.

12 Selfs Point Road, New Town TAS 7008. ☎ (03) 6278 2111 for Ten Lives Cat Centre reception, adoptions and shop enquiries.

Dogs' Homes of Tasmania

Dogs' Homes of Tasmania offers adoption, foster-care and volunteering pathways, as well as reunification support for lost dogs and responsible-dog-ownership education. Hobart adoptions are by appointment only, helping regulate visitor numbers in the adoption area. The organisation’s work gives dog owners and prospective carers several ways to take part in welfare beyond adoption alone.

101 Scotts Road, Risdon Vale TAS 7016. ☎ (03) 6243 5177 for Hobart Dogs' Home enquiries and appointments.

Bonorong Wildlife Rescue

Bonorong Wildlife Rescue provides statewide wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release services from Brighton, coordinating volunteers across Tasmania. Its rescue service operates around the clock. For injured or orphaned wildlife, use the rescue pathway rather than treating the sanctuary as an unarranged drop-off point; the organisation’s published contact information helps direct urgent wildlife assistance appropriately.

593 Briggs Road, Brighton TAS 7030. ☎ (03) 6268 1184 for Bonorong general enquiries.

Wild Island Rescue & Rehabilitation

Wild Island Rescue & Rehabilitation responds to injured and orphaned native wildlife across Tasmania. Its published work covers rescue, rehabilitation and release, alongside wildlife advocacy. The organisation’s help information directs urgent wildlife assistance to Bonorong’s 24-hour rescue line, keeping immediate rescue matters connected with the appropriate statewide response.

Tasmania-wide service. ☎ 0447 264 625 for the 24-hour wildlife rescue line via Bonorong.

City of Hobart Animal Management

City of Hobart Animal Management handles animal matters within the Hobart municipality for dogs, horses, goats, cows, sheep, pigs and injured wildlife. Its work includes lost and stray animals, while the after-hours service covers roaming registered dogs, dog attacks and injured animals. Contact roles are separated between business-hours and after-hours response.

Hobart municipality. Business hours: ☎ (03) 6238 2182. After hours: ☎ (03) 6292 4205.

RSPCA Tasmania Salamanca Puppy Parking

This Saturday doggy day-care service operates at Parliament Lawns in conjunction with the City of Hobart for dogs brought by their owners to Salamanca Market. It has a dedicated collection deadline during the published session, so owners should retain the service’s current timing information when making arrangements for their dog.

Parliament Lawns, Salamanca, Hobart TAS. ☎ 0419 408 069 for Salamanca Puppy Parking.

From everyday veterinary care and grooming to riding lessons, aquarium support, poultry supplies and wildlife rescue, Hobart’s animal community offers practical ways to care, learn and participate. Clubs, trainers, retailers and welfare organisations each bring a different pathway for animal people to stay involved.

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