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 highlight life-saving emergency surgery after referral from another practice, as well as calm, practical handling for nervous dogs. The clinic is also listed as a veterinary nurse training facility.
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 highlight life-saving emergency surgery after referral from another practice, as well as calm, practical handling for nervous dogs. The clinic is also listed as a veterinary nurse training facility. Recent feedback is mostly positive, though a small number of reviews raise concerns about out-of-hours value and handling.
Services
- •Emergency and urgent care: The clinic is listed as providing emergency veterinary services, and reviews mention out-of-hours attendance and emergency surgery for a Labrador that had eaten stones after referral from another practice.
- •Routine appointments: Reviews also refer to standard visits such as vaccinations and same-day appointments for a dog in distress.
- •Support for anxious or difficult-to-handle dogs: Owners describe thoughtful handling for nervous dogs, including giving sedative medication at the car, settling the dog in a dark room, and keeping the owner updated during the visit.
- •Training role: The practice is listed as a veterinary nurse training facility.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. One review mentions a £150 out-of-hours fee, and that reviewer felt the emergency visit was expensive for the examination received.
People
Recent reviews do not consistently name individual clinicians, but they do mention two young nurses who were praised for calm, practical handling of a nervous large dog. A review also mentions Felicity, described by that reviewer as a vet who worked with the practice on and off, and a practice manager is referenced in a complaint about follow-up communication.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.4/5 from 25 reviews.
- •Several recent reviews describe the team as friendly, helpful and caring, with short but strongly positive feedback about overall service.
- •Emergency care stands out in the feedback, including one owner who says the clinic saved their dog’s life with emergency surgery after referral from another surgery.
- •Owners also praise the practice’s approach to nervous dogs, with specific examples of car-side sedation, using a quiet dark room, and giving progress updates.
- •A smaller number of reviews raise concerns about out-of-hours pricing and perceived thoroughness of examination, and one complaint mentions handling during a vaccination.
