Phillip Island

Phillip Island Animal

Phillip Island offers plenty of practical ways to enjoy life with animals, whether you are building better everyday manners with a dog, arranging dependable boarding, learning to ride or taking part in local wildlife care. Cowes and Newhaven provide companion-animal veterinary services, while local facilities cover grooming, aquarium support, training and holidays for dogs and cats. Riders can develop skills through a Ventnor club, and wildlife reporting pathways help residents respond carefully when native animals need assistance.

🐾 Veterinary care and everyday pet support

Cowes Veterinary Surgery

This independent companion-animal clinic serves Phillip Island and the wider Bass Coast. Published services include health checks, vaccinations, microchipping, clinical pathology, desexing, dentistry, soft-tissue surgery, radiography and ultrasonography. The surgery also states that it cares for local wildlife.

Cowes, Phillip Island. ☎ 03 5952 2936

Newhaven Veterinary Clinic

This Gippsland Veterinary Group clinic provides companion-animal consultations, preventive care, surgery, dentistry, in-house blood testing, digital X-ray and ultrasound. Its four-week puppy school is for vaccinated puppies. The clinic also works with Phillip Island Nature Parks and Wildlife Victoria on native-wildlife veterinary care. Consultations are by appointment; the published number supports the wider GVG after-hours network.

42 Phillip Island Road, Newhaven, VIC 3925. ☎ 03 5956 7262 — clinic and after-hours network.

Petstock Cowes

For everyday supplies and practical pet care, this Cowes store has in-store grooming, a DIY wash, pet identification tags and aquarium-water testing. These branch-specific services make it useful for owners looking after companion animals as well as people setting up or maintaining an aquarium.

149 Thompson Ave, Cowes, VIC 3922, Australia. ☎ 03 5952 2114

🏠 Boarding, grooming and dog activities

Phillip Island Kennels & Cattery

This Cowes facility offers dog and cat boarding, doggy day care and day passes. Dogs can also take part in farm walks, and dog hydrobaths are available. The operator publishes check-in and check-out arrangements, so owners can plan stays around the facility’s stated intake process.

100 Cowes-Rhyll Rd, Cowes, VIC 3922, Australia. ☎ 0455 376 092

Phillip Island Dog Training with Sean

This service provides one-to-one, in-person dog training for issues including lead pulling, reactivity, anxiety, aggression and house manners. Sessions are held in public settings, with online training also listed. The trainer travels across Victoria, making this a mobile option for people seeking focused support beyond a standard group class.

Phillip Island; mobile across Victoria.

🐎 Riding and equestrian skills

Phillip Island Adult Riding Club

Based at Ventnor Recreation Reserve, this HRCAV club offers members access to a show-jumping arena, menage and open area for riding and training. Monthly rallies include instruction, while listed activities cover dressage or flatwork, jumping, poles, equitation and trail rides. It is a practical local connection for adults developing varied riding skills.

Ventnor, Phillip Island.

🐨 Wildlife response and conservation

Phillip Island Nature Parks Wildlife Response

Phillip Island Nature Parks conducts wildlife-rescue operations across the island and runs a clinic for sick and injured animals. Its conservation reporting pathways include eastern barred bandicoot sightings, beach-washed penguins and seal sightings. Use the published reporting information for the relevant animal or situation rather than approaching wildlife unnecessarily.

Phillip Island. ☎ 03 5951 2800

Wildlife Victoria

Wildlife Victoria operates a Victoria-wide 24/7 Emergency Response Service for reports of sick, injured and orphaned native animals. Phillip Island Nature Parks identifies it as the lead agency for wildlife rescue and response on the island. This is the appropriate emergency reporting pathway for native wildlife when urgent assistance is needed.

Phillip Island and Victoria-wide. ☎ 03 8400 7300 — 24/7 wildlife emergency reporting.

There is room on Phillip Island for many kinds of animal connection: a puppy learning new habits, a well-planned boarding stay, an aquarium project, regular riding practice or a careful wildlife report. These services and organisations give owners, carers and enthusiasts practical ways to keep learning and participate locally.

Local animal businesses, clubs, educators and welfare groups are warmly invited to add or update their listing, helping more Phillip Island residents discover the services, activities and community knowledge available to them.

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