The Animal Medical Center of Traverse City was established in 1982 by Doctors Tom and Karen Mertaugh. The practice was initially a mixed animal practice, but evolved into the modern, full service companion animal practice of today. We have endeavored to maintain high standards of practice and to provide a full range of medical services for your companion animals. From routine check-ups to radiological and diagnostic procedures, your pet's needs are met. We constantly strive to give each patient, through continuing education and advancement in instrumentations, the same consideration we would expect for members of our own family.

After having operated a satellite clinic in Suttons Bay for ten years, we made the important decision that bigger wasn't always better. We don't offer coupons and free visits just to increase our numbers. We prefer to emphasize quality care over quantity care. We sold the clinic in order to focus completely on our clients in Traverse City. We believe that in keeping our practice smaller, we can give better personal attention and more consistency in care to our client's cherished animal companions. We are proud to have offered compassionate, affordable, and personalized care to our patients, for over 30 years!

We are also very proud of our over one-hundred year old, "Big Blue Farmhouse". Drs. Tom and Karen have chosen to live above the clinic in order to provide complete night time care to hospitalized patients. We want our clients and their pets to feel at home while they are with us. As an example, we have a carpeted waiting room so that our patients feel more at ease while waiting to be seen. Even though this increases maintenance duties for us, we want to decrease the anxiety of our friends. We realize that a visit to the doctor can be a stressful time.

While visiting our facility we hope you will enjoy seeing our resident Llama, goats, sheep and roosters.

We care a great deal about you and your animal friends and we welcome any comments or suggestions that you may have. Thank you for considering us for the care of your pet.