Friars Moor Veterinary Clinic Ltd

Friars Moor Veterinary Clinic Ltd in Blandford Forum offers emergency veterinary care, with clinic data stating 24/7 or extended-hours cover. Recent feedback points to a practice many owners use for ongoing care, particularly for older cats, with especially warm comments about reassurance and end-of-life support. No corporate group ownership is stated.

Services

•Emergency and urgent care: Emergency veterinary services are listed, with clinic data stating 24/7 or extended-hours cover.
•General consultations and check-ups: Reviews mention routine vet visits and assessment of a 7-month-old husky for discomfort and a suspected hormone-related issue.
•Ongoing care for older pets: Several owners describe longer-term treatment for elderly cats, with vets noted as reassuring during appointments.
•End-of-life care: Reviews highlight support around euthanasia, cremation arrangements, and memorial keepsakes such as paw prints and a clipping of fur.
•Diagnostic testing: Testing is referenced in one complaint, although the type of test is not specified.

Pricing

Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Review comments on cost are mixed: one owner felt care for an older cat was “worth every penny,” while another complained about an “expensive test” during a customer-service dispute.

People

Recent reviewers speak positively about the vets and nurses, often describing them as reassuring and helpful. Reception feedback is more mixed: several owners praise the front-desk team, while a small number report poor handling in stressful situations.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.7/5 from 123 reviews.

•Many recent reviewers describe the team as friendly, helpful and reassuring, with praise extending across vets, nurses and reception staff.
•Care for older cats is a repeated theme, including ongoing treatment and sensitive support when pets reach the end of life.
•End-of-life care stands out particularly strongly, with one owner highlighting cremation arrangements as well as thoughtful keepsakes including paw prints and fur clippings.
•Negative feedback is mainly about customer service rather than clinical care, including one complaint about being asked to wait outside with a distressed dog and another about a dispute over a policy change, an expensive test, and cancelled appointments.

Reviews for Friars Moor Veterinary Clinic Ltd

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 123 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

Matt Wilde

4 months ago

Lovely friendly staff and very helpful. Thankyou

jayne hawkins

7 months ago

So reassuring to know my dog & past pets have been given the very best treatments, the vets, nurses, reception staff are all so helpful, I can't fault this veterinary practice, thoroughly recommend.

david siwek

8 months ago

Emma Greening

1 year ago

Both Blandford and Sturminster Newton cared for my elderly cat. They were both fantastic, from all the treatment they gave her to the day we had to have her put to sleep. They handled her cremation too and the lovely little touches of her paw prints and a clipping of fur was just so lovely. I can’t recommend them enough.

Anne Allen

Took our old cat lovely vet so reassuring, worth every penny or pounds.

Zuzi Yeatman

Kayla Campbell

Came in yesterday to take my 7 month old husky checked up on and was stressed because of her hormone imbalance as well as some sort of discomfort, as soon as we walk in two people stood at reception with their male dog (got no issues with that) she got jumpy and started screaming and crying (wasnt normal behavior for her). Got told to go outside because she's being to loud. So we did go outside, i was so embarrassed if they cant stand my husky making noises but fine with barking makes no sense to me. vets herself was fine. I got no problems with our vet. Went back to reception and was told to put my dog into my car (I don't have a car) I was really offended with them asking me to do that. If they ever try to do this to me again, I'm just going to walk out. I shouldn't have been treated like that. All I wanted to do was to check in sit down and wait that was all wasnt even aloud to do that.

Dave Riley

Appalling customer service. They apparently emailed us to advise of a policy change, which we did not receive. We then received an aggressive phone call demanding we book our dog in for an expensive test - we asked for the Practice Manager to call us to discuss. Instead, we received notification that the accounts for both our dogs were closed and upcoming appointments cancelled. I guess they don’t need our business!