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About us

Your local independent and trusted vet

Our practice was founded by Rip Kirby in 1992 with the ethos of being a friendly and approachable place to bring your pet. We are still committed to this, whilst providing the best possible care and treatment for all your pets. The practice remains independently owned by the vets who work in it, the only one in the area now. Being independent ensures the practice employees are motivated only by making pets better, not by keeping shareholders happy.

We have highly trained and experienced staff who will work with you to keep your pet in the best of health. We offer a full range of veterinary services, preventative health care, consultations, in-house diagnostic testing, imaging, and surgery. We have also partnered with Virtual Veterinary Specialists to ensure almost every problem imaginable can be dealt with right here at Castle Vets. We also offer a monthly budgeting plan and provide our own out of hours care to all our registered patients.

Many clients have been with us years and we consider them old friends, but we are always happy to welcome new faces, paws, tails and whiskers! Please do not hesitate to contact us about any matter big or small.

Reviews

Meet just a few of our happy owners and their pets!

Couldn't praise Jeremy enough for how he handled trimming my macaws nails today. Absolutely chuffed to bits! Was very nervous about the whole thing because he can be quite temperamental when it comes to people he doesn't know but left there happy and content. Will definitely see him from now on if I ever need to.
Did lots of homework about vets before relocating to Weymouth and Castle Vets came out top for us. We made the right choice because the vets here have been superb when needing to visit with the feline member of our family.
Great vets.
Wonderful! Fitted us in fast when I was concerned about my dog. The reception staff were friendly and welcoming and the vets were gentle, caring and knowledgeable. They also didn't charge a Kings ransom which was a pleasant change from my previous vets who were not independents.
I've got a puppy who needed his vaccination, they responded very quickly
Best local vets imo brilliant with my nervous mastiff x
These vets are the best I have used. All of the vets and staff are so friendly, caring and compassionate. We recently had to have our handsome boy put to sleep our dog and ourselves could not have been in better hands.A big thank you to all of you for everything.
Very good, kind service both to me and my pets over the years.
Highly recommend Castle Vets . Had to call them out sadly to put my 13 yr old dog to sleep, it was done with the most loving care & respect for Bracken . They never fail in there treatment of my animals ,
We couldn't have asked for a more professional and caring service from castle vets staff over the last 6 years, looking after our beloved paddy until the very end x thankyou x
I am so happy to have registered my little dog with Castle vets, they have been fantastic with Flo. They really go above and
We are new to the area and have had nothing but kindness and professionalism from the vets
Always friendly and try to ensure you and your pet are looked after.
A very caring vet with very helpful staff. I've always managed to get an appointment quickly. Would highly recommend.
Very pleased with treatment our cat received very kind would recommend this practice to anybody
Always pleasant. No trouble getting an appointment.
Amazing vets always been there for my animals especially Gill always try to have her for my fury friends she was excellent when i had to say good bye to my Joe Joe dog and now she takes care of my two I have now. All the vets i have seen have been brilliant keep up the good work team
Brilliant quick service
Honest friendly great service and no pressuring sales techniques like some chains locally 👌
Totally professional and compassionate vets made a very hard time easier with their support with our tess
Would not take my pets anywhere else. They really care for the animals and are extremely knowledgeable.
Our vet for 17 years and we’ve always had great service from them. Recommended
Fast and efficient service, friendly.
Really caring and honest vets. Feel really confident taking our animals there.
Lovely, Caring and Realistically priced.