Friars Moor Livestock Health Ltd – Vets in Sturminster Newton
Clinic Overview
Friars Moor Livestock Health Ltd in Sturminster Newton handles both routine appointments and more urgent cases, including emergency veterinary care and out-of-hours attendance. Reviews describe prompt overnight help, emergency surgery after referral from another practice, and calm, practical handling for nervous dogs. The clinic is also listed as a veterinary nurse training facility.
Services
- •Emergency and urgent care: The clinic provides emergency veterinary services, with reviews mentioning out-of-hours attendance, overnight help for an injured cat, and emergency surgery for a Labrador that had eaten stones after referral from another surgery.
- •Routine appointments: Feedback also refers to standard visits such as vaccinations and same-day help when a dog was in distress.
- •Support for nervous or difficult-to-handle dogs: Owners describe thoughtful handling for anxious dogs, including giving sedative medication at the car, settling the dog in a dark room, and keeping the owner updated during the visit.
- •Pet passports: One recent reviewer specifically mentions the clinic providing pet passports.
- •Training role: The practice is listed as a veterinary nurse training facility.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits below average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Review comments on cost are mixed: one owner specifically mentions a £150 out-of-hours fee and felt the emergency visit was expensive for the examination received.
People
Recent reviews do not consistently name individual clinicians. Older review feedback mentions two young nurses who were praised for calm, practical handling of a nervous large dog, while Felicity is mentioned in one review as a vet who worked with the practice on and off. A practice manager is also referenced in a complaint about follow-up communication.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.6/5 from 31 reviews.
- •Recent feedback is mostly positive, with owners describing the team as friendly, helpful and caring.
- •Emergency care is a recurring strength in reviews, including quick middle-of-the-night help for a cat after a road accident and life-saving emergency surgery for a dog referred from another practice.
- •Owners also praise the practice’s handling of nervous dogs, with one detailed review highlighting calm nursing support, car-side sedation, use of a quiet dark room, and regular updates.
- •A smaller number of reviews raise concerns about out-of-hours value and handling during a vaccination.
