Portarlington Veterinary Centre

Services

• •Routine pet care: consultations, vaccinations, flea and worm treatment, microchipping, and ongoing preventative care for cats and dogs. Recent reviews continue to mention everyday care for cats in particular, with several owners praising the clinic’s handling and follow-up.
• •Procedures and diagnostics: neutering/spaying, dentistry, surgery, and X-ray. Reviews include both dog and cat neutering, including help with a feral cat brought in the same day after being trapped.
• •Care for sick or injured pets: treatment for wounds, pain, illness, and other day-to-day medical problems. Review examples include a cat seen at very short notice by a first-time client and ongoing care for pets whose owners describe the clinic as dependable and trustworthy.
• •End-of-life care: euthanasia support has been praised by one owner for the time and space given to say goodbye.
• •Grooming and urgent cover: the website lists grooming with an in-house dog groomer and states a “24hrs a day 365 days a year” service. Experiences around urgent access are mixed, with some owners reporting prompt help and others describing refusal when not already registered.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic, though some reviewers describe it as affordable or very reasonable.

People

• •Anne Flanagan: founder of the clinic and referred to as Anne or Dr. Anne by clients. Reviews regularly praise her for routine care, treatment of illness and injuries, and her manner with cats and dogs.
• •Ciara and Chloe: named positively by a reviewer as friendly and helpful, especially during a feral cat neutering visit.
• •Mel: thanked by name in an earlier review about a very sick dog being taken in quickly and cared for promptly.
• •The website says the practice has grown from one vet and one nurse to include a receptionist, two nurses, one full-time vet, one part-time vet, and a full-time dog groomer.

Reviews

Portarlington Veterinary Centre has a 4.9-star Google rating from 182 reviews.

• •Many recent reviewers describe the team as kind, friendly, trustworthy, and professional, with several saying they would not bring their pets anywhere else.
• •Cats feature heavily in recent feedback, including routine care, short-notice appointments, and owners feeling their pets were well looked after.
• •Communication is a recurring positive theme, with praise for prompt replies and clear explanations. A few reviewers also call the clinic affordable or reasonable.
• •Negative feedback is less common but serious where it appears, including one complaint about an unwell cat being refused because the family were not clients, a repeated complaint about communication after a puppy neutering complication, and one brief report of being unhelpfully turned away by phone.