Services

We are dedicated to providing exceptional vet care in the Scottish Borders and surrounding areas.
 Keep you and your pet stress free at home.
Never have to sit in a waiting room with barking dogs again! 
Disabled!
Working!
No transport!
We offer flexible appointment hours that work with your schedule, including after hours and weekend appointments.
NEW- Recruitment and placement Vet surgeons/Vet Nurses 
 

Preventive  & Wellness Care

We have the same goal as you! Keeping your pets healthy and happy!
Preventative care starts at home. We are here to help you choose the right diet for your pet.
Educate you on what vaccinations are important, worming schedules to keep your pet parasite free. 
We recommend annual examinations for dogs, cats and other pets.
During an annual exam, our vet will check your companion from nose to tail.
Palpating lymph nodes, checking their eyes, ears, teeth, heart, lungs, abdomen, joints and overall health.
Once the exam is complete, we will make a plan to insure your friend stays in the best of health. 

Mobile Services

If your pet gets anxious coming to the veterinary clinic, we will come to you! 
Many dogs and cats are much more comfortable in their own environment.
Making vet visits to your home is stress free for  you pet (and you!).
Mobile visits are ideal for:
Annual wellness exams
Vaccinations
Worming
Fleas & Ticks prevention
Ill patient examinations
Dental checks
Nail trims
Blood work collection
Lameness examinations

AND MUCH MORE!

NON-Emergency House Calls

We provide convenient Non-Emergency Veterinary care,
such as
Vaccinations,
Micro-chipping,
Heart worm testing,
Preventatives.
Flea & Tick control

Emergency / Non-Emergency

Is it an emergency?
This is a commonly asked question and is impossible to answer completely.
If your pet needs emergency attention phone the Vet immediately! However, unnecessary call-outs are often distressing to pets and expensive for their owners.

Common presentations that require immediate veterinary attention would include -

  • Increased breathing rate or difficulty breathing
  • Abdominal distension (swelling) with vomiting and/or collapse
  • Animals with fractured limbs
  • Collapse or paralysis
  • Intractable pain - continuous crying even at rest/atypical aggression/unwillingness to be touched
  • Animals with significant ongoing blood loss -
    • If spontaneous i.e. not following trauma contact vet ASAP
    • If a continuous flow of blood apply firm pressure and contact vet ASAP
    • Blood dripping from a laceration is always alarming. However, firm pressure applied with a clean pad will stop bleeding in 95% of such cases within 2 minutes or so. Such wounds can then safely be dressed overnight. If blood loss continues phone vet.
  • Animals having difficulty giving birth -
    • Once strong abdominal contractions start, the first puppy should arrive within 60 minutes, the first kitten within 30 minutes.
    • Subsequent puppies or kittens should arrive every 15-30 minutes
    • If these times are exceeded or if a pup/kitten is obviously stuck in the birth canal contact vet.
    • 40% of pups/kitten come out back feet first so don't worry unless it becomes stuck.
  • Severe dehydration.
  • Always difficult to asses at home. Dehydrated animals are very depressed, unwilling to move, not eating and often show other signs such as vomiting and diarrhea. In most cases dehydration takes some time to develop and we would always hope to see an animal at a much earlier stage. But if your pet is unable to stand and walk short distances when encouraged and has skin that stays 'tented' when pinched you should contact the Vet. Bear in mind that pets with straightforward stomach or gut upsets will be off colour but will go for short walks if encouraged and have normal skin when pinched.

  • .Conditions not usually requiring emergency attention
  • (If in doubt ask the Vet)
    An animal off its food, vomiting infrequently or passing diarrhoea, unless associated with abdominal distension or dehydration as described above.
  • Most pets with straightforward stomach or gut upsets will be off colour but will go for short walks if encouraged and have normal skin when pinched.
  • Lameness.  If there are no obvious fractures then rest the animal overnight.
  • Minor trauma, if breathing is normal and there are no fractures or blood loss.
  • Isolated convulsions (fits). Although distressing to witness the majority of fits are one-off isolated episodes and emergency presentation to the vet usually results in examination of an apparently normal animal. Tests are normally required on a non-emergency basis. However the Vet should be contacted if -
    • The animal is or has been otherwise unwell
    • The fit lasts more than a minute or so
    • Repeated fits occur