Effective Date: September 9, 2026
These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the Western Slope Animal Hospital website located at www.wsah1.com and certain communications offered by Western Slope Equine Hospital, LLC, doing business as Western Slope Animal Hospital (“Western Slope Animal Hospital,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the website.
1. Website Information
The information provided on this website is intended for general informational purposes regarding Western Slope Animal Hospital, our locations, veterinary services, client resources, and related topics.
Information on this website is not intended to replace professional veterinary examination, diagnosis, treatment, or advice. Veterinary recommendations depend on the individual animal and its specific circumstances.
If you have questions or concerns regarding your animal’s health, please contact Western Slope Animal Hospital or another qualified veterinary professional directly.
2. Veterinary Emergencies
This website, email, and text messaging services should not be relied upon for urgent or emergency veterinary care.
If you believe your animal is experiencing an emergency, please contact the appropriate Western Slope Animal Hospital location directly or seek appropriate emergency veterinary care.
Electronic communications, including email and text messages, may not be reviewed immediately.
3. Appointments and Veterinary Services
Information appearing on this website regarding services, hours, availability, or other practice information is provided for convenience and may change from time to time.
Nothing submitted or communicated through the website, email, text message, or another electronic method guarantees an appointment or establishes that a particular veterinary service or treatment will be provided.
Appointments and veterinary services are subject to availability, professional evaluation, and the policies of Western Slope Animal Hospital.
4. Client Forms and Information Submitted to Us
Western Slope Animal Hospital may make client forms and other documents available through this website for download or completion.
Clients may provide completed forms or other information to Western Slope Animal Hospital in person, by email, or through other methods made available by the Hospital.
You are responsible for providing information that is accurate and current.
Our collection, use, and handling of personal information is further described in our Privacy Policy.
5. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to websites, services, online pharmacies, software platforms, or other resources operated by third parties, including services associated with Covetrus and other veterinary-service providers.
These third-party websites and services are operated independently from Western Slope Animal Hospital and may have their own terms, privacy policies, security practices, and data-handling procedures.
Western Slope Animal Hospital does not control and is not responsible for the content, availability, privacy practices, security, products, or services of third-party websites or platforms.
Your use of a third-party website or service is subject to the terms and policies applicable to that third party.
6. SMS/Text Messaging Terms
Western Slope Animal Hospital may offer text messaging as a way to communicate with clients regarding veterinary services and their relationship with the Hospital.
Types of Messages
Text messages from Western Slope Animal Hospital may include:
- Appointment reminders and confirmations
- Scheduling communications
- Follow-up communications
- Prescription or medication notifications
- Veterinary service-related notifications
- Responses to client questions or requests
- Other communications related to your animals, appointments, services, or relationship with Western Slope Animal Hospital
Western Slope Animal Hospital does not currently use its SMS program primarily for promotional marketing.
If promotional or marketing text messages are offered in the future, Western Slope Animal Hospital will obtain any additional consent required by applicable law and messaging-provider requirements before sending those messages.
Consent to Receive Text Messages
Clients may provide permission to receive text messages from Western Slope Animal Hospital, including verbally to our staff.
When permission is provided, the client’s SMS preference may be recorded in our veterinary practice-management and communications systems, including Covetrus Pulse.
By providing a mobile telephone number and consenting to receive text messages, you authorize Western Slope Animal Hospital and service providers acting on our behalf to send text messages to that number for the purposes described above.
Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of purchasing veterinary services, products, or other goods or services from Western Slope Animal Hospital.
Message Frequency
Message frequency varies based on your appointments, services, prescriptions, communications with the Hospital, and other activity associated with your account.
Message and Data Rates
Message and data rates may apply depending on your wireless carrier and mobile service plan.
Western Slope Animal Hospital does not charge a separate fee for receiving its text messages, but your wireless carrier’s normal messaging or data charges may apply.
Opting Out
You may opt out of Western Slope Animal Hospital text messages at any time by replying STOP to a message.
After an opt-out request, you may receive a final confirmation message indicating that you have been unsubscribed. After that confirmation, you will no longer receive messages through that SMS program unless you subsequently provide consent to resume them.
You may also contact Western Slope Animal Hospital directly to request that your SMS preference be changed.
Opting out of SMS messages does not prevent Western Slope Animal Hospital from communicating with you through other available methods when appropriate, such as telephone calls or email.
Getting Help
For assistance with text messaging, you may reply HELP to a message or contact Western Slope Animal Hospital directly:
Message Delivery
Text-message delivery is subject to wireless-network and carrier availability. Messages may be delayed, blocked, or undelivered for reasons outside the control of Western Slope Animal Hospital.
Wireless carriers are not responsible for delayed or undelivered messages.
SMS Privacy
Information regarding how Western Slope Animal Hospital collects, uses, and protects mobile telephone numbers and SMS consent information is provided in our Privacy Policy.
Western Slope Animal Hospital does not sell, rent, or share mobile telephone numbers or SMS opt-in or consent information with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
Mobile information and SMS consent information may be provided to service providers when necessary for those providers to perform services on behalf of Western Slope Animal Hospital, such as operating practice-management systems or delivering text messages. Such information is provided only as necessary for those services and is not provided for the service provider’s own marketing purposes.
7. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, the website and its original content, text, graphics, logos, photographs, design elements, and other materials are owned by or licensed to Western Slope Animal Hospital and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
You may view, download, or print website materials for your personal, noncommercial use.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, republish, sell, or commercially exploit website content without permission from the applicable rights holder.
8. Acceptable Use
You agree not to use this website in a manner that:
- Violates applicable law
- Attempts to gain unauthorized access to the website, server, accounts, or related systems
- Interferes with the operation or security of the website
- Introduces malicious software, automated attacks, or harmful code
- Uses website content for unlawful, fraudulent, or abusive purposes
We reserve the right to restrict access to the website where reasonably necessary to protect the website, our systems, or others.
9. Website Availability and Accuracy
Western Slope Animal Hospital makes reasonable efforts to provide useful and accurate information on this website, but website content may occasionally contain errors, omissions, or outdated information.
We may update, modify, suspend, or remove website content or functionality at any time without notice.
The website is provided on an “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Western Slope Animal Hospital does not warrant that the website will always be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free from harmful components.
10. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Western Slope Animal Hospital will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or similar damages arising solely from your access to, inability to access, or use of this website or third-party websites linked from it.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit any responsibility or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
11. Privacy
Your use of this website and our handling of personal information are also governed by our Privacy Policy, available at:
12. Changes to These Terms
Western Slope Animal Hospital may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes to the website, our services, communications practices, third-party services, or other operational or legal requirements.
When these Terms are updated, the revised version will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
Your continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
13. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
14. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.
15. Contact Us
If you have questions regarding these Terms & Conditions, please contact: