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.

Our Practices:

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!

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

Clare rutland

Just picking up flea treatment for our 7 month old kittens. But very friendly and willing to chat and show interest in what happened to our cat who died, which I appreciated.

Babs Kirby

Just started taking our kitten Nimbus to this vets recently, vet instantly told us hes actually a boy 😂 Extremely friendly vet and reception staff so thankful we chose such a friendly vet. Only thing to mention is theyve got his name on file wrong as Nimba we learnt when i got an email for the cat plan 😂!

Apollo M

Thank you Giles and staff for your compassion and care of my baby girl Rosie such a sad time with such a hard decision to make but Giles gave me time to say goodbye to my bestest girl for the last 15 years. Thank you so much

Caroline Way

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

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

steven dickens

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

Steve West

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

Holly Mercer2

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

Noemi Melis

Wouldn’t take my cat anywhere else. Caring and professional. Not sure Moo would agree!

lisa holmes

Special thanks to the vet and nurses for looking after Molly my beloved border collie in her final hours , being with her as she past on was so important , very caring and professional team .

Mike Bluck

Great Veterinary Practice. Staff all very welcoming. Would definitely recommend anyone to take their Loved Pets here 🐾💖🐾

Gracie-Lou Simmonds

5* service from reception to consultation room.Fern my springer had a tough time for about a week or so and she's now doing great, I cant thank them enough.They kept me reassured at all times and made the whole experience a whole lot easier.Vets arnt shy of a telephone call to help assist from home rather than calling you in to the practice just for the sake of the consultation fees, unlike other vets I've previously used.Reception are really friendly and helpful.Alice and Star are the two names that stood out the most for me, as these guys dealt with me the most but the rest of the team I spoke to are equally as professional and friendly.One happy fern and 8 even happier puppies

Ryan Ashworth

Lovely people friendly service

Ian Thorneway

They are amazing and really care about our pets!

Dana Sousa Machado

Fantastic vets, caring, welcoming, knowledgeable and friendly. Take both my cats here and would highly recommend.

Sian Williams

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

Ian Springer

Have always been brilliant with our girls even 3am in the morning when I'm panicking

Jane Warr

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

Terry Llewellyn

Lovely, Caring and Realistically priced.

Mike Marston

I cannot possibly explain with words how amazing this veterinary clinic is, it was our first time going there and its also the first time I've ever felt just purly listened too and not pushed to do anything I wouldnt be comfortable with for my dog. I feel they genuinely want the best your your animals, to the point where they want to make sure there is an infection before just giving antibiotics, which other vets I've been too would have just prescribed them regardless. I cant express how much this helped me relax, and my dog also enjoyed the experience and got lots of lovely hellos and treats.Truly I feel over the moon that this is our vets!I am feeling so indescribably happy with my experience and I couldnt recommend them enough.

GoodMorningSunrise with Mary-Louise

Honest friendly great service and no pressuring sales techniques like some chains locally 👌

Adam Lapworth

Very friendly team who always make sure that your furry bestie is happy and healthy

Steph Thommen

Always get good service and the pets are well cared for, not that they enjoy the visits mind you...

Paul Moore

Absolutely lovely people. So caring, update you. My Pup loves them all. Have complete confidence leaving my pets with them.

Lue Wellman

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About us

Your local independent and trusted vet

Our Practices:

We're a gold standard Cat Friendly Clinic

We're a gold standard Cat Friendly Clinic

Reviews

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Weymouth