Vets in Dayton, TN
🚨 Emergency care3 vet clinics in Dayton. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
Animal Hospital Of Rhea County
9961 Rhea County Hwy, Dayton, TN 37321-7937
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2040 Hiwassee Highway, Dayton, TN 37321
Hours: Mo,Tu,Th,Fr 07:00-18:00, We 07:00-12:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
South Rhea Animal Hospital
865 Rhea County Hwy, Dayton, TN 37321
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Dayton
None of the 3 practices we list in Dayton advertise emergency services — at 2am you are driving, so know where before you need to. Why most towns have no emergency hospital.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside Dayton
- Animal Medical Center — Midtown, ~32 miles away, roughly a 42 min drive, open 24h
- Animal Emergency & Specialty Center of Chattanooga — Chattanooga, ~37 miles away, roughly a 49 min drive, open 24h
- Veterinary Care and Specialty Group — Chattanooga, ~41 miles away, roughly a 55 min drive, open 24h
- Animal Emergency & Specialty Center of Knoxville — Farragut, ~54 miles away, roughly a 1 hr 5 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Dayton; drive times are estimates, not live traffic.
For a suspected poisoning, ASPCA Animal Poison Control on (888) 426-4435 (24/7, consultation fee applies) can give you treatment advice immediately — often while you are still deciding whether to drive anywhere.
What vets in Dayton say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 1 of the 3 listed here. A practice missing from a row hasn't said so on its site; that is not the same as not offering it, so call to check.
- Boarding (1)
- Rhea Pet Medical Center
- Grooming (1)
- Rhea Pet Medical Center
- Ultrasound (1)
- Rhea Pet Medical Center
- Orthopedic surgery (1)
- Rhea Pet Medical Center
- Dermatology (1)
- Rhea Pet Medical Center
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (1)
- Rhea Pet Medical Center
About this list
Ordering is objective — 24/7 first, then emergency services, then alphabetical — and no clinic can pay for placement. Across United States, an emergency exam typically runs $100–$250 and an overnight emergency $800–$3,000 — full cost breakdown · if you cannot pay.