Dr. Richard J. White practiced small animal surgery and medicine from his home in Fruit Heights while doing large animal practice from farm to farm. Mrs. Joyce White took all the phone calls, and communicated with the veterinarian by means of a two-way radio. Dr. White made farm calls as far away as Wendover, Utah to Lone Tree Wyoming. In 1979 Dr. White decided to build a first class small animal hospital and hired Mr. Bill Copich, an architect from Youngstown Ohio, who specialized in designing veterinary hospitals. Gary Heath was selected as the general contractor and together they started construction of the RJ White Veterinary Hospital on Shepherd Lane in Farmington Utah. Farm calls quickly ended, but Dr. White continued to do some equine work out of the new hospital. In 1982 the practice had evolved to 90% small animal medicine and surgery. The excellent location of the hospital on the corner of Highway 89 and Shepherd Lane led to an increase of business volume at a rate of 20% each year. While Dr White had stopped doing farm calls he continued to attend to the zoo animals at Lagoon Resort. After five years he converted the large animal portion of the hospital to storage, isolation cages and a crematory unit. In 1994 Dr. Clayne White graduated with his DVM and joined his father in the small animal practice. In 1996 new boarding kennels were added to the hospital and Dr White's other son, Brad, took over the management of that facility.

Sometime in the year of 1998 UDOT announced that there would be some major highway improvements made at Shepherd Lane and Highway 89. UDOT estimated the project to be 8 to 10 years in the future. UDOT started construction of the Cherry Hill overpass project and things remained calm on Shepherd Lane. Late in the fall of 2001 the Legacy Highway project was halted due to litigation and Dr. White was informed that the highway department would need his property much sooner than anticipated. UDOT wanted the hospital property by November 18, 2002. Both Doctors had attended continuing education classes to learn about building materials and other crucial aspects of constructing a modern veterinary facility. Many of the top veterinary facilities in Davis and Salt Lake County were visited for additional input. By early summer of 2002, Mr. John Erickson was hired as architect and Mas Nakaya was selected to the the general contractor of the new veterinary hospital. Farmington City and Planning Board and City Government, being aware of the emergency situation, gave every consideration in expediting the work permits and inspection processes, and work was started in August of 2002. The project was completed in record time and on November 18, 2002, the keys of the old RJ White Animal Hospital were turned over to UDOT and the new Bayview Animal Hospital now located at 677 West Shepherd Lane (just one-half block east of the old hospital) was open and ready to serve the public.