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Healthcare · Veterinary clinics

AI Receptionist for Veterinary Clinics

Wirepilot AI answers the phone for veterinary clinics. It books wellness exams and vaccines, takes refill and food orders, answers questions about hours and services, and gets pet emergencies to your team or the nearest emergency hospital fast.

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Your veterinary clinic

New puppy vaccines

Answered
  1. Caller: Just got a puppy and wants to book first shots.

  2. Receptionist: Congratulations! I can book a new puppy exam and vaccines. We have Tuesday at 11 or Thursday at 3:30. What's your puppy's name?

Illustration of a call to a veterinary clinic, answered by Wirepilot AI.

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Try it: ask to book puppy vaccines, or say your dog just ate chocolate and ask what to do.

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Why vet clinics miss calls

Veterinary front desks are hectic. A dog is barking in the waiting room, a client is paying for a surgery, a technician needs help restraining a cat, and three lines are ringing. Pet owners are also anxious callers: they want reassurance and a clear next step, and they call back or go elsewhere if they don't get one.

Many calls are routine: booking vaccines, refilling a prescription diet, asking about spay and neuter prices. Others are urgent. The front desk has to tell them apart quickly, often while doing three other things.

What missed calls cost a vet clinic

A pet owner who joins your clinic may bring their animal for wellness visits, vaccines, dental care and treatment over its whole life, and often more than one pet. That makes a new-client call valuable. Missed refill calls send owners to online retailers, and missed emergency calls can send them to another clinic entirely.

Unanswered calls also create callbacks, which take staff time at the busiest part of the day. Handling routine calls automatically and routing emergencies correctly lets your team focus on the animals in front of them.

Estimate your numbers with the missed-call calculator.

Calls your receptionist handles for a veterinary clinic

Real situations, and exactly what Wirepilot AI says and does in each one. Names, prices and times are examples; yours come from your setup.

New puppy vaccines

The caller: Just got a puppy and wants to book first shots.

The receptionist says: “Congratulations! I can book a new puppy exam and vaccines. We have Tuesday at 11 or Thursday at 3:30. What's your puppy's name?”

What it does: Books the exam, records the owner and pet details, and explains what to bring (previous records, a stool sample if your clinic asks for one).

Possible toxin ingestion after hours

The caller: Their dog just ate a bar of dark chocolate.

The receptionist says: “Please don't wait. I'm going to give you the number and address of the nearest 24-hour emergency animal hospital now.”

What it does: Follows your after-hours emergency rules: gives the emergency hospital's details, or transfers to your on-call vet if you offer one. It doesn't give treatment advice.

Prescription food refill

The caller: Needs another bag of their cat's prescription kidney diet.

The receptionist says: “I'll send your refill request to the team. Can I confirm your name, your cat's name and the food you usually get?”

What it does: Takes a structured refill order and tells the owner when the clinic usually has orders ready.

Spay price question

The caller: Asks what it costs to spay a six-month-old cat.

The receptionist says: “A spay for a cat that age is usually between $400 and $550, depending on weight and pre-surgical bloodwork. Would you like to book a pre-surgical exam?”

What it does: Gives your approved price guidance and books the next step.

Euthanasia enquiry

The caller: A tearful owner asks about putting their elderly dog down.

The receptionist says: “I'm so sorry. I'll ask one of our team members to call you back personally as soon as possible.”

What it does: Sends a priority message or transfers to staff, following the sensitive-call process you set. The receptionist is gentle and brief.

What matters most for veterinary clinics

Emergency routing rules

Your list of emergencies goes to your team or the nearest 24-hour hospital, with the address given to the owner on the call.

Refill and food orders

Structured orders your team can prepare in batches.

Pet-aware booking

Records the pet's name, species and visit type with every booking. See appointment booking.

After-hours coverage

Owners get a clear next step at night. See after-hours answering.

Setting it up for a vet clinic

Setup covers the calls that make vet phones busy:

  • Appointment types: wellness exams, vaccines, sick visits, surgery drop-offs, dental procedures and follow-ups.
  • Emergency list: what goes to your team during hours and what goes to the nearest 24-hour emergency hospital after hours, with its address and number.
  • Refills and food orders: what to collect and how long orders usually take.
  • New-client information: records to bring, and whether you're accepting new patients.
  • Sensitive calls: how to handle euthanasia enquiries and end-of-life care with care.

Clinics often ask the receptionist to read the emergency hospital's address slowly after hours, and to repeat it. Stressed owners rarely remember an address read over the phone once.

Works with the tools you use

Wirepilot AI books into Google or Outlook Calendar or a booking tool, and sends refill orders and messages to your team in a text and email summary. On Pro, we can build API connections to your own systems. Tell us which practice-management software you use and we'll confirm what's possible.

  • Google Calendar
  • Outlook Calendar
  • Calendly
  • Acuity Scheduling
  • Square Appointments

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Best fit

The Growth plan: $249 CAD/month

500 minutes included, then $0.40/min · 1 location

Every plan includes every feature. Plans differ by minutes, locations and hands-on help.

Most vet clinics choose Growth: 500 minutes covers busy phones and after-hours calls, and we set it up for you, build your emergency and routing rules with you and give you a dedicated account manager.

Free setup. 7-day free trial. No contract.

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Patient privacy and clinical boundaries

Your receptionist handles the front desk's phone work: bookings, hours, directions, billing questions and messages. It never gives medical advice, never diagnoses and never tells a caller what treatment they need.

  • Callers describing an emergency are told to call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.
  • Clinical questions become a message for your team, marked for a callback.
  • It asks only for what's needed to book, such as the type of appointment, not a description of symptoms.
  • Recordings, transcripts and summaries are only visible to your account's users.

Have specific privacy requirements for your practice? Ask us before you sign up and we'll answer them in writing. How call data is handled

Questions from veterinary clinics

Does it give veterinary advice?

No. It never gives medical advice for pets. Emergencies go to your team or an emergency hospital, and clinical questions become messages for a vet or technician.

What happens with after-hours emergencies?

You decide: transfer to your on-call vet, or give owners the nearest 24-hour emergency hospital's name, number and address.

Can it take prescription refill requests?

Yes. It takes structured refill requests for your team to review and prepare. Your vets approve every prescription.

Can it quote surgery prices?

It shares the price ranges you approve, and books an exam for an exact estimate.

How does it handle difficult calls, like euthanasia?

Gently. It keeps the call short and gets a team member to call back personally, or transfers the call.

Will callers get voicemail when we're busy?

No. It answers every call, day or night, on every plan.

Every call to your veterinary clinic, answered.

We set it up with you, free. Try it for 7 days, or book a 20-minute demo and hear it handle calls like yours.

Your plan starts after 7 days unless you cancel. Cancel anytime from your dashboard.

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