Bendigo

Bendigo Animal

Bendigo’s animal community offers plenty of practical ways to enjoy life with animals, whether you are teaching a young dog, improving your riding, keeping horses and farm animals supplied, or making time for cats, birds and smaller pets. Everyday veterinary care sits alongside training, grooming, boarding, welfare support and specialist feed merchants. There are also opportunities to join a pony club, volunteer in animal welfare or help injured wildlife through the appropriate rescue pathway.

🐾 Veterinary care and animal health

Bendigo Veterinary Clinic

Bendigo Veterinary Clinic is a companion-animal practice providing wellness and preventative care, medicine and surgery. It is suited to routine health needs for pets and gives owners a local point of contact for ongoing veterinary care.

Bendigo, VIC — 496 Hargreaves St, Bendigo VIC 3550. ☎ (03) 4416 3500

Bendigo Animal Hospital

Bendigo Animal Hospital provides small-animal health checks, vaccinations, microchipping, routine surgery, dentistry, diagnostic services and hospital care across Bendigo and Central Victoria. Its published 24-hour line is specifically for animal emergencies, making the contact distinction important when urgent care is needed.

Bendigo, VIC — 294 Napier Street, Bendigo VIC 3550. ☎ (03) 5443 3322 — 24-hour line.

Victorian Equine Group

Victorian Equine Group is a network of equine veterinary practices with a Bendigo location and surgical facilities. The Bendigo contact is published for equine veterinary care and 24/7 emergencies, giving horse owners a specialist pathway distinct from companion-animal clinics.

Bendigo, VIC. ☎ (03) 5448 5331 — Bendigo equine veterinary and 24/7 emergency contact.

🛍️ Pet, stockfeed and animal supplies

Petstock Country Bendigo

Petstock Country Bendigo combines pet supplies with practical in-store services. The branch lists puppy school, grooming, a DIY dog wash, pet ID tags and aquarium water testing, so it can support several parts of routine pet care as well as aquarium keeping.

Bendigo, VIC — 106 Hattam Street, Bendigo VIC 3555. ☎ 03 5442 9200.

Premium Stockfeeds

Premium Stockfeeds is a drive-through stock and pet feed store serving a broad mix of animals. Its range includes lucerne and hay, grains, horse and pony feed, farm-animal feed, dog and cat products, and bird and small-pet supplies. Delivery services are also listed for customers managing regular feed needs.

East Bendigo, VIC — 78 Victa Road, East Bendigo VIC 3550. ☎ 0409 333 200.

CEPA Farm Supplies

CEPA Farm Supplies serves Bendigo and Regional Victoria with stockfeed, supplements, animal-health products, pet supplies and general farm merchandise. The mix suits people caring for companion animals as well as livestock, with animal-health and husbandry products alongside everyday feed and pet lines.

Bendigo, VIC — 4-10 Stanley Street, Bendigo VIC 3550. ☎ (03) 5443 6072.

Sandhurst Stockfeeds

Sandhurst Stockfeeds is a stockfeed and pet-food shop with a dual-lane drive-through, an equine-feed range and listed delivery areas. It is a useful local choice for horse owners and households buying pet food, particularly when collecting larger or regular feed orders.

East Bendigo, VIC — 102 Strickland Road, East Bendigo VIC 3550. ☎ (03) 5443 6677.

Saddleworld Shepparton & Bendigo

The Bendigo branch of Saddleworld Shepparton & Bendigo focuses on equestrian and country equipment, with horse equipment, rugs, helmets and riding apparel listed alongside saddle-fitting services. That combination brings clothing, safety equipment and fit-related help together for riders and horse owners.

Bendigo, VIC — 48-50 McIvor Hwy, Bendigo VIC. ☎ 03 5444 5555.

🐕 Training and dog activities

Bendigo Obedience Dog Club

Bendigo Obedience Dog Club is a volunteer club based at Finn Street Recreation Reserve, with a focus on obedience and dog sports. Its approach is described as modern and positive-based, giving owners a community setting in which to practise skills with their dogs and take part in structured activities.

Finn Street Recreation Reserve, Bendigo VIC 3550.

Canine Companions

Canine Companions offers tailored private training and all-day sessions for dogs and their owners. Its published future class programme includes puppy school, obedience training and walking groups, providing different formats for early learning, ongoing manners and supported activity.

Bendigo, VIC. ☎ 0417 721 916.

Bendigo Dog Training

Bendigo Dog Training is a mobile dog-training and behaviour service where Tully Williams works directly with owners and dogs. The service covers basic to advanced training and problem solving, allowing the work to focus on the particular skills or behaviour concerns brought by each owner.

Bendigo, VIC.

Bendigo Dog Grooming

Bendigo Dog Grooming operates as a mobile grooming service from a fitted salon vehicle. Its equipment includes a hydrobath and hydraulic grooming tables, bringing the grooming setup to dog owners in the Bendigo area rather than relying on a fixed customer-facing salon.

Bendigo, VIC. ☎ 0400 867 318 — bookings.

🐈 Cat boarding and dog accommodation

Purrs On Pinjarra

Purrs On Pinjarra is a cat-only boarding cattery serving Bendigo and Central Victoria. The custom-built facility has enclosed suites, climate control and multi-level play areas. Bookings are required, and tours can be arranged, so cat owners can discuss the setting before arranging a stay.

Lockwood South, VIC — 236 Pinjarra Drive, Lockwood South VIC 3551. ☎ 0488 276 394 — bookings and enquiries.

Bendigo Animal Welfare & Community Services

Bendigo Animal Welfare & Community Services operates dog boarding kennels as part of its animal-welfare work. Boarding bookings are made by email, kennel visits are by appointment, and dogs must arrive and remain on lead while on the property. These arrangements help owners plan a visit and prepare for intake.

Huntly North, VIC — 488 Millwood Road, Huntly North VIC. ☎ 0417 382 741 — kennel viewing appointments and enquiries.

🐎 Riding and equestrian connections

Bendigo Pony Club

Bendigo Pony Club offers instruction and activities including showing, eventing and games, together with a Saddle Club for riders from age three. Come-and-try participation requires advance registration, and riders need their own horse and gear. It is a practical way to develop riding skills within a club programme.

Bendigo, VIC.

🤝 Rescue, welfare and wildlife support

Bendigo Animal Relief Centre

Bendigo Animal Relief Centre is the city-operated pound and shelter supporting lost-pet reunions, adoption, rehoming, fostering, volunteering and microchip assistance. Adoptions are by appointment and require pre-adoption information, so people interested in providing a home should follow the centre’s published process before attending.

East Bendigo, VIC — 20 Piper Ln, East Bendigo VIC 3550. ☎ (03) 5441 2209 — animal and adoption enquiries.

Wildlife Rescue and Emergency Service

Wildlife Rescue and Emergency Service supports injured or orphaned wildlife across Bendigo and surrounding districts. Its work includes rescue, rehabilitation and release, with volunteer roles for people who want to contribute to wildlife care. For an injured or orphaned animal, use the organisation’s emergency contact rather than attempting an informal handover.

Bendigo and surrounding districts. ☎ 0427 301 401 — wildlife emergency contact.

From building a dog’s skills and keeping a cat comfortable while you travel to choosing horse feed, joining a pony club or responding appropriately to wildlife in trouble, Bendigo’s animal connections are practical and varied. The local mix also makes room for people who enjoy birds, aquariums, small pets and farm animals alongside more familiar companion-animal services.

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