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 have been using Castle Vets for many years. I've always had excellent service from kind, thoughtful and highly trained staff. My dogs love trips to the vets.

Carol Osborne

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.

Big Bob

Really good vets, gave thorough examination of my vizsla and put us at ease, thank you

Dawn Pollard Dickinson

So caring and efficient, cannot praise the whole team enough for how well they looked after our cat, and us.

Christine Davis

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

steven dickens

Helped us recapture cat when basket broke open outside!

Jon Riley

Covid safe procedures in place and all clean and bright.

Chris Knight

Parker can certainly be a bit of a handful at times the staff are always brilliant with him no worries of leaving him there.Always so incredibly friendly and empathetic no matter how big or small a problem. I'm always confident in they're knowledge and wisdom.

Lollie Lou

Great service with very experienced staff. Always greeted with a friendly smile.

Andy Horne

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

Steve West

Excellent service. Vets obviously love the animals and deliver the best care.

Ian Springer

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

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

Best local vets imo brilliant with my nervous mastiff x

Adam Lapworth

Good vets, they were really caring when we had to put down my mums dog. Sad times

fiona s

Friendly and attentive staff! I know that they have my cat's best interest at heart as much as we do!

Noemi Melis

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.

Jacqui Phillips

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

Kind friendly caring staffAffordable and flexible with appointments.Took our cat willow there and they kept her so calm you can really tell all the staff really care about the animals there treating and caring for.Would definitely recommend them to anyone in weymouth or dorchester looking to register their pet for a vet.

Scott collins

The team have always been excellent with our late cat Sammy over the 18 years of his life, thank you for everything

Holly Mercer2

We've had multiple pets here over 17 years. They've always been amazing with the animals, even through covid. The way they handle animals and also customers is amazing. Reception team are always on it and the veterinarians have always made the animals feel comfortable.

Ceri Bury

Castle Vet's lovely. Welcoming! Organized! Knowledgable! And friendly!

Lainey Ross

Top quality vets with top-notch staff. They really care about running a good and ethical business. I trust them.

Henry Dodds

Great service

Rose Donnelly

Great service for our fur babies. Only charged for necessary treatments. Recommended

Martin Alway

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