Cats & dogs · Tea, South Dakota

The clinic your dog is happy to see.

Veterinary care for cats and dogs on Figzel Court in Tea, serving Sioux Falls and southeast South Dakota.

(605) 368-2088

4.6

stars across 466 reviews

90%

recommend on Facebook (55 reviews)

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Mon–Fri7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Sat9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
SunClosed

The board out front never takes a day off.

CareCredit accepted, and cost gets talked through in plain words before treatment starts.

What brings you in today?

Six kinds of care, one address in Tea.

A staff member sits on the exam room floor with a happy pit-mix on her lap

Wellness Exams

Nose-to-tail checkups that catch problems while they're still small.

Also here: Parasite Prevention and Control · Nutritional Counseling · Behavioral Medicine · Puppy and Kitten Care

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A staff member holds a buff tabby cat in the exam room

Vaccinations

Core and lifestyle vaccines matched to how your pet actually lives.

Also here: Microchipping

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Straight off our letter board

Dental Care

Professional cleanings and oral health checks that add comfortable years.

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Two boxer puppies on Tea Veterinary Clinic leashes in the hallway

Surgery

From routine spays and neuters to the procedures that need a steadier hand.

Also here: Specialized Surgery · Pain Management · Lasers · Hospice and Euthanasia Services

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Diagnostics

Digital X-rays, ultrasound, and blood work, read on-site the same visit.

Also here: Complete In-House Blood Work · Laboratory · Radiology (X-Rays) · Ultrasound · Internal Medicine

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Grooming

Anlee has done all the clinic's grooming since 2004.

Also here: Day Care

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Where pets are family.

Dr. Tom Rentschler took over Tea Veterinary Clinic in February 2004 and has led it ever since. Twenty-two years of cats, dogs, and the people who love them, at the same brick building on Figzel Court.

The dog on our road sign points the way in.

The waiting room wall

Fourteen frames from our Facebook feed.

The reception wall at 710 E Figzel Ct hangs framed portraits above the script painted on the plaster. This is our version. Hover or tap a frame; every label says only what the photo shows.

Fluffy black and white husky-cross puppy lying on the exam table — Husky-cross pup, exam-table debut

Pug in a Wonder Woman harness standing on the scale — Wonder Woman, in for her weigh-in

Tri-color basset hound puppy held against a navy shirt — Basset puppy, all ears

Pomeranian wearing a little face mask — Masked up, 2020 style

Speckled cattle-dog mix in the arms of a Tea Vet staff member — Cattle-dog mix, riding staff-arm class

Shiba inu puppy held by a staff member in Halloween scrubs — Shiba pup vs. Halloween scrubs

Beagle-mix puppy hugged close by a smiling staff member — Beagle pup, professionally hugged

Tiny grey kitten cupped in two hands — Grey kitten, two-hand transport

Long-haired black and white cat sitting on the clinic floor — Tuxedo cat, patrolling the floor

Chocolate brown dog mid-lick, nose first — Chocolate lab, mid-lick

Golden retriever with four tennis balls in its mouth — Four tennis balls, zero regrets

Cream doodle looking up from the fall leaves — Head tilt in the fall leaves

Ginger kitten mid-lick, eyes closed — Mid-lick, eyes closed

Two white fluffy dogs napping together in a sunbeam — Nap buddies in the sunbeam

A Tea Vet doctor with a bouquet of tulips under the reception wall lettering — The real thing, photographed in our reception: framed portraits above the painted script, “Where … family.”

Out of the tub, into a bandana.

Anlee has done all the clinic's grooming since 2004. The chip under each dog is sampled from its own bandana.

Golden retriever fresh off the grooming table in a red gingham bandana — Golden, red gingham

West Highland terrier in a striped bandana after a trim — Westie, pastel stripes

Border collie in a tie-dye bandana on the grooming table — Border collie, tie-dye

Small cream dog grinning in a fresh yellow bandana — Big grin, fresh yellow

See the grooming room

Dr. Tom Rentschler in his DVM coat, holding a calico-tabby cat — Dr. Tom Rentschler · Veterinarian, DVM

Four doctors, two techs, one groomer.

Dr. Rentschler is an Iowa State DVM with special interests in surgery, internal medicine, and dermatology. Between the doctors' own households: two Teddy Bear dogs, cats named Lilo and Stitch, a cocker spaniel who makes regular appearances at the clinic, a German shorthaired pointer, and three leopard geckos.

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