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.

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We're a gold standard Cat Friendly Clinic

We make an extra special effort with all our feline patients, as we know how upsetting a trip to the vets can be for them. We're proud to have attained the Gold Standard Cat Friendly Clinic award, which means your cat is in safe hands.

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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!

I can safely say this is the best vets ive taken my dog too, and ive tried them all. Fantastic staff, the vet doesn't make you feel rushed and explains things in detail to make sure you know what choices of treatment your pet has. 100% recommend this vets for your fur babies.

Sharon Young

Brilliant quick service

kim critchell

Amazing care of my guinea pigs can't fault them Giles the vet was fab two weeks ago and explained everything in minute detail regarding my very small Piggie put me at ease

Natalie Dicks

Had to say goodbye to our friend and the service we received from all staff , from reception to Giles was amazing.Thank you

Tony Porter

We have had 2 late night accidents resulting in an off duty call and requiring subsequent surgical procedures each time. All of the staff were so reassuring and looked after our dogs with such care. One of our dogs, Izzy had to return for dressing changes once every few days. The care she received was in my opinion better than in any human hospital, using a mixture of modern and natural techniques. The bill was amazingly reasonable too. Thank you all so much

Tina Lancaster

Nice friendly staff and good service, but cost of drugs high

Heretwo ThereCars

Took my cat in as an emergency as she had suspected eaten a poisoned mouse and seemed really unwell. The vet gave me two options but advised me on the cheaper one being that it was pretty obvious what she had done. He gave her an injection and a few days later she was back to normal. Prices are very reasonable and the desk staff were very pleasant and helpful.

Kate Knight

My Nelly has had a few issues and had to have an emergency op due to eating a fish hook! She was referred by Castle to a vet hospital and it was arranged very quickly. I can't fault the team at both Dorchester Road and Poundbury at all. Reasonably priced in vet terms I think and I would highly recommend.

Grainne

Very friendly, kept everything safe with distancing but still had that personal touch.

Terry Llewellyn

Very friendly and helpful.

Justin Obeirne

Absolutely outstanding service. All staff wonderful and the vets are incredible. Highly recommend

vanessa turner

Very professional vets have looked after our dog for years always great advice and they talk u through the costs which is helpful. Would recommend these vets to anyone.

Will Smith

Always friendly and try to ensure you and your pet are looked after.

Ian Barrow

Did a good job with looking after our dog she is back to her old self...

Heretwo ThereCars

They saved my boys life when he broke his leg the other day. And now I can hold onto my purring best friend for hopefully much longer. Amazing team. Thank you so much.

Freyja O'rourke

Lovely kind staff. Great facilities.

Louise Kirby

Very professional vets. Treated my dog with great kindness and compassion on his final visit. Thank you

Clare rutland

A good professional service

David McCauley

As usual, excellent service. Little waiting around and dog untraumatised. Best vet I've ever had.

Mandie Fletcher

They are really good vets! They look after my dog and he even likes going to see them

steven dickens

Kind friendly staff. Clean and well equipped. Good vets who care for their patients!

Jenny Webster

Lovely, Caring and Realistically priced.

Mike Marston

Fantastic vets who really do care for your pets.They've always been more than happy to help and give advice; and the prices for visits are very good too.

Dave Humphries

Our vet for 17 years and we’ve always had great service from them. Recommended

Steve West

My dog mojo had to have some teeth taken out yesterday. The staff and vets are an incredible caring dedicated animal lovingteam .. with all animals whole health being the whole heart of all their work and passion . Thankyou for making mojo pain free and happy again . And putting his worried mums mind at rest when I had to leave him . He is doing incredibly well the morning after . Thankyou so much .

Wendy Mills

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