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Melbourne Animal

Melbourne’s animal community offers plenty of practical ways to enjoy life with animals, from building puppy skills and arranging thoughtful boarding to developing riding technique, setting up an aquarium or learning how to respond when native wildlife needs help. The organisations and businesses below cover everyday pet care, specialist supplies, horse services, farm-animal feed and wildlife rescue across metropolitan Melbourne and nearby service areas.

Some providers are city-based while others serve Melbourne from the surrounding suburbs or offer mobile and regional coverage. Their individual arrangements matter: veterinary appointments, boarding intake conditions, riding-school participation and wildlife rescue contacts are noted with the relevant listing.

🐾 Veterinary care, welfare and adoption

Lort Smith

Lort Smith is a not-for-profit animal hospital with an emergency hospital and clinic in North Melbourne. Emergency cases do not require a booking, although callers are asked to phone ahead where possible. The organisation also operates an adoption centre at Campbellfield, making this a useful contact for veterinary care and animal welfare support.

24 Villiers Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051. ☎ 03 9328 3021 — appointments and emergency care.

RSPCA Burwood East

RSPCA Burwood East combines an appointment-only veterinary clinic with dog, cat and small-animal adoptions, animal reclaim and surrender services by appointment. The adoption areas welcome walk-ins, while veterinary visits require an appointment. Retail and animal-care education are also part of the site’s services.

3 Burwood Highway, Burwood East VIC 3151.

The Lost Dogs’ Home

The Lost Dogs’ Home is an animal-welfare organisation with a North Melbourne location and shelter services that also extend to Cranbourne West. Its published adoption information covers dogs and cats, alongside veterinary and behaviour services. The North Melbourne site is a contact point for shelter and welfare matters.

2 Gracie Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051. ☎ 03 9329 2755 — North Melbourne general contact.

🐕 Boarding, grooming and home-based care

Green Meadows Pet Resort

Green Meadows Pet Resort in Melbourne’s south-east boards cats and dogs and also offers dog grooming and doggy day care. Its published admission and departure windows apply to boarding, so bookings need to allow for the set arrival and collection times. The Devon Meadows site suits owners looking for several care services in one place.

1525 North Road, Devon Meadows VIC 3977. ☎ 03 5991 9222 — boarding and grooming enquiries.

Kip Melbourne West

Kip Melbourne West provides dog and cat boarding at Balliang East, with pet transport available across Melbourne and dog grooming listed at the location. Dogs in heat are not accepted, and an emergency contact must collect a dog that comes into heat during a stay. These intake conditions are important to discuss when arranging a booking.

3332 Geelong-Bacchus Marsh Road, Balliang East VIC 3340. ☎ 03 5369 5236 — Melbourne West boarding enquiries.

Sam Penny Kennels & Cattery

Sam Penny Kennels & Cattery in Bulla offers dog kennels, a cattery, dog grooming, doggy day care and valet services across Melbourne. Grooming is by appointment, so it can suit owners arranging a planned grooming visit alongside boarding or day care. The operation caters for both canine and feline stays.

Bulla. ☎ 0488 688 602 — bookings and enquiries.

Cottage Kennels & Cattery

Cottage Kennels & Cattery provides dog and cat boarding with a broad set of optional services. These include grooming, individual activity sessions, pet photography, summer pool sessions, medication administration, hydrobath and blow-dry add-ons, plus home pick-up and delivery. The mix allows owners to discuss care details suited to an individual stay.

Melbourne.

Woof and Walk Dog Services

Woof and Walk is a mobile dog-care service covering Knox and Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs. Its services include solo and group walks, home-based day care, grooming, overnight home boarding and in-home visits for feeding, walks and company. The range is suited to owners seeking care in or around the dog’s usual home routine.

Knox and Melbourne’s south-east. ☎ 0414 742 155 — dog-care enquiries.

🦮 Dog training and everyday skills

Command Dog Training School

Command Dog Training School runs puppy classes, obedience courses, private programs and home-training support in Abbotsford, Albert Park and Burwood East. Indoor and outdoor course formats are available, with training support covering puppy skills, recall, lead walking, reactivity and home manners. Private and home-based programs provide a different format from group classes.

Abbotsford, Albert Park and Burwood East. ☎ 03 9877 6522 — training and home-training enquiries.

🛍️ Pet, bird, aquarium and reptile supplies

Pet Universe

Pet Universe is an independent western-suburbs pet shop in Hoppers Crossing. Its range includes birds, rabbits and supplies for small pets, dogs and cats, as well as reptile enclosures, aquarium tanks and water-care products. Reptiles, aquarium fish and axolotls are marked as forthcoming on the current site, so the available range should be confirmed before planning a purchase.

35 Dunlop Road, Hoppers Crossing VIC 3029. ☎ 03 9369 7007 — store enquiries.

Amazing Amazon

Amazing Amazon in Glen Waverley specialises in reptiles, aquariums and birds rather than dogs or cats. Its published range includes lizards, snakes, turtles, frogs and other amphibians, fish and aquatic supplies, hand-reared birds, tanks, enclosures, food and supplements. It is a focused destination for people developing specialist animal-keeping interests.

365 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley VIC. ☎ 03 9545 0000 — store enquiries.

Aquariums, Reptiles & Birds at Cranbourne

Aquariums, Reptiles & Birds at Cranbourne is a specialist retailer centred on aquariums, reptiles and birds. Its offering places particular emphasis on aquatic products and product knowledge, giving aquarium keepers a dedicated local source for equipment and related supplies.

14 Cooper Court, Cranbourne VIC 3977. ☎ 03 5995 5066 — store enquiries.

🐓 Feed, hay and farm-animal supplies

Pet Horse & Farm

Pet Horse & Farm, formerly known as Essendon Produce, is an animal-feed retailer serving Keilor and offering delivery across much of Melbourne and Geelong, subject to postcode-based delivery days. Its categories cover birds, chooks, dogs, cats, horses, farm animals, fish, rabbits and other small pets. It is a useful option when one order needs supplies for several animal types.

Keilor and Melbourne delivery area. ☎ 1300 362 326 — sales and advice.

Tarameade Stockfeed and Farm Supplies

Tarameade Stockfeed and Farm Supplies serves Toolern Vale and broader Greater Melbourne with animal feed and farm equipment. Listed ranges cover poultry, sheep, cattle, horses, birds, rabbits and guinea pigs, goats, alpacas, dogs and cats, together with chaffs, hay, pens and fencing. The breadth is suited to properties managing both livestock and companion animals.

1227 Holden Road, Toolern Vale VIC 3337. ☎ 0484 340 551 — stockfeed and poultry-auction enquiries.

🐎 Horse care, riding and agistment

Melbourne Equine Veterinary Group

Melbourne Equine Veterinary Group is a horse-only veterinary practice serving pleasure, performance and racing horses across south-east Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. It provides routine and out-of-hours emergency care, uses portable diagnostic equipment and attends Cranbourne, Pakenham and Mornington racetracks daily. The practice also publishes a separate out-of-hours emergency contact.

South-east Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. ☎ 03 9572 0666 — practice. ☎ 0438 877 629 — out-of-hours equine emergencies.

Broadhangar Equestrian

Broadhangar Equestrian at Kalkallo offers agistment, riding-school programs and private lessons for different rider levels. Facilities include an indoor arena, all-weather outdoor arena, show-jumping equipment, cross-country fences, stables and day yards. Instruction covers dressage and jumping on a rider’s own horse or school ponies, with school horses also available.

Kalkallo.

Jolong Park

Jolong Park, near Melbourne, combines a riding school with horse agistment. Its facilities include indoor and outdoor arenas, stables with walk-out yards, horse walkers, a riding track, trails and post-and-rail paddocks. The mix supports both riding lessons and longer-term horse keeping, with the facilities offering several ways to work horses and develop riding practice.

Near Melbourne. ☎ 0426 086 088 — riding school and agistment enquiries.

🐨 Wildlife rescue and practical help

Wildlife Victoria

Wildlife Victoria provides a free 24/7 Emergency Response Service for reporting sick, injured and orphaned native animals across Victoria, including Melbourne. It also offers a travelling veterinary service for native wildlife, as well as volunteering pathways and training opportunities. This is a practical first contact when native-animal assistance or rescue education is needed.

Victoria-wide, including Melbourne.

The Wildlife Rescuers Inc

The Wildlife Rescuers Inc is a volunteer organisation specialising in the rescue and rehabilitation of native Australian wildlife in and around Melbourne. It links with other Victorian groups and promotes rescuer training. Its rescue number must be called directly; callers are asked not to leave voice or text messages.

Melbourne. ☎ 0417 506 941 — wildlife rescue line; do not leave voice or text messages.

AWARE Wildlife Rescue

AWARE Wildlife Rescue is a volunteer wildlife rescue and rehabilitation organisation operating in Frankston and surrounding Victorian suburbs. Its public guidance covers situations involving injured or orphaned wildlife, helping people understand appropriate next steps when a native animal is found needing assistance.

Frankston and surrounding suburbs.

Whether your interest is a well-trained companion dog, a carefully prepared aquarium, backyard poultry, farm animals, horses or native wildlife, Melbourne has practical ways to keep learning and connect with people who work in these fields. The entries above offer starting points for care, supplies, activities and welfare support across the city and its wider catchment.

Local animal businesses, clubs, educators and welfare groups are warmly invited to add or update their listing, so more Melbourne residents can discover the services, skills and community connections available to them and their animals.

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