Riverforest Veterinary Centre

Riverforest Veterinary Centre is a veterinary practice in Leixlip, Kildare, with out-of-hours emergency cover stated on its website. The clinic offers care for cats, dogs, and rabbits, with review evidence highlighting diagnostic work-ups, surgery when needed, and calm handling for nervous pets. Recent feedback continues to describe a friendly, caring team and positive outcomes in both routine and more involved cases.

Services

• •General consultations and routine veterinary care for cats, dogs, and rabbits.
• •Out-of-hours emergencies, as stated on the clinic website.
• •Diagnostic testing and investigation of unclear illnesses, including cases described by owners as “puzzling” or requiring extra checks before deciding on treatment.
• •Surgical treatment where needed, with reviews mentioning a successful foreign-body operation after attempts to avoid major surgery, and surgery to remove painful corns from a dog’s front paws.
• •Support for nervous or anxious pets, with owners describing gentle, reassuring handling and clear treatment plans.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

• •Sean: named in recent reviews for kindness and patience, and for recommending surgery that reportedly resolved a dog’s long-standing painful paw corns.
• •Steve (Steve Hallahan) (vet, per reviews): repeatedly praised for taking time to listen, checking pets thoroughly, being gentle with nervous animals, and trying additional tests before moving to surgery when possible.
• •Fiona (vet, per review): mentioned positively for caring for dogs and a rabbit through testing and difficult-to-diagnose illnesses.
• •Eimeir (reception, per review): described as helpful and understanding.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.8/5 from 160 reviews. Recent feedback is very positive, with owners often highlighting the team’s friendliness, patience, and caring manner.

• •Warm, friendly atmosphere: several reviewers describe the clinic as kind, thoughtful, and easy to deal with, with praise for the whole team.
• •Strong individual praise for Sean and Steve: Sean is credited with a successful surgical outcome for a dog struggling to walk because of paw corns, while Steve is repeatedly praised for listening carefully and checking pets thoroughly.
• •Good handling of anxious animals: one owner says Steve was especially gentle and reassuring with a very nervous dog, who came out with a treatment plan in place.
• •Confidence in more involved cases: reviews mention extra testing for puzzling illnesses and a careful approach in a foreign-body case, where surgery was carried out successfully after less invasive options were tried first.