Veterinary Clinic Moving on the First Coast

The boarding schedule is the first thing we ask about. Clinics usually close the boarding book ahead of the move and confirm every pickup, because a single dog left in the ward holds up the whole Saturday. Tell us the time the last animal leaves and we’ll start after it.

Many clinics see appointments on Saturday mornings, so a common plan is a noon close, drug transfer and vendor disconnects in the early afternoon, and our crew in the building from mid-afternoon through Sunday. Newer St. Johns County clinics often sit in retail pads or medical plazas where the landlord wants the rear lot kept clear for other tenants and an insurance certificate before move day. We ask for those rules early and plan the truck around them.

Kennel banks are the hardest piece to move well. They’re heavy, their doors swing, and their stainless edges gouge drywall and door frames. We wire doors shut, pad corners, and protect the frames on the route out. Resin and chain-link run panels are stacked flat and kept by run number.

Anything that has touched patients or drugs is sorted by your staff before we load: sharps, biohazard waste, medications, and specimen fridges stay with the practice. We ask that kennels and tables be cleaned and disinfected by your team the day before, so our pads don’t carry anything into the new building. The oxygen supply and any cylinders are handled by the gas vendor. At the new building, we set each kennel bank on the spot your ward plan marks and leave the leveling and any wall fastening to your contractor, so nothing we place ends up drilled into the wrong spot.