Animal Hospital

- Recent feedback is largely very positive, with owners describing the staff as friendly, careful, and professional. - Several reviews highlight gentle handling and good communication, especially with anxious dogs and owners who want to be involved in decisions. - Specific praise appears for both end-of-life care and urgent/emergency treatment, with reviewers describing these visits as kind and competent.

Animal Hospital appears to be an independent veterinary practice in Castlebar, as no group ownership is stated. It offers general companion-animal care, with reviews highlighting routine consultations, urgent help, senior-pet assessments, and end-of-life support. Owners often describe vets who take time to explain options, involve them in decisions, and handle pets gently.

Services

•General consultations and routine vet care: Reviews describe thorough, unrushed appointments where vets explain findings, answer concerns, and involve owners in decisions.
•Senior pet care and quality-of-life checks: One owner specifically mentions a detailed check-up for a 15-year-old dog, including discussion of comfort, happiness, and keeping pain under control in later life.
•Urgent and emergency care: Reviews mention access to urgent help, including an out-of-hours emergency visit while travelling, with the treatment described as competent and the welcome as friendly.
•End-of-life support: A recent review specifically praises the practice for a kind and helpful euthanasia visit for a cat.
•On-site practicalities noted by clients: Reviews mention pet products for sale in reception, a clean and well laid-out clinic, and plenty of accessible parking.

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People

•Dr Shioban (vet): Praised for being kind and helpful during an end-of-life visit for a cat.
•Niall (vet) and Ronan (vet): Mentioned by a long-standing client of more than 30 years, who describes them as very gentle with dogs.
•Veterinary team: Reviews often describe the vets as professional, reassuring, and careful with nervous dogs.
•Reception team: One review reports a poor and dismissive interaction when trying to arrange an urgent appointment, although the same reviewer said this did not reflect their previous experience with the veterinarians.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.8 stars from 41 reviews.

•Recent feedback is largely very positive, with owners describing the staff as friendly, careful, and professional.
•Several reviews highlight gentle handling and good communication, especially with anxious dogs and owners who want to be involved in decisions.
•Specific praise appears for both end-of-life care and urgent/emergency treatment, with reviewers describing these visits as kind and competent.
•A negative note appears in one review about a receptionist interaction during an urgent enquiry for a geriatric dog in pain, but this sits alongside otherwise strong feedback about the veterinary care itself.

Reviews for Animal Hospital

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 41 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

Eliandra Alves

7 months ago

Friendly, careful and professional. We went yesterday to say goodbye to our cat Lolo. Dr Shioban was very kind and helpful. Our very thanks for your service.

Stephanie Greksa

Animal Hospital is an excellent practice with lovely staff and very professional vets. They always make sure to get my opinion and never fail to reassure my worries. My dog always hated the vets and never wanted to go through the door but since I’ve been going to them she’s walking through the door with more confidence each time. Very trustworthy and they handle my dog with so much care.

Ralf Ting

8 months ago

Wir waren im Urlaub auf der Durchreise und mussten den Notdienst in Anspruch nehmen. Wir wurden außerordentlich freundlich empfangen, die Behandlung war sehr kompetent. Sehr zu empfehlen!

Geraldine Mcdonnell

1 year ago

More than 30 years attending Niall & Ronan the best vet's. So gentle with the dogs

H M

Very disappointing interaction with a receptionist here today. My elderly mother rang enquiring into getting an urgent appointment for our geriatric dog who has several large terminal tumors and was in a considerable amount of pain. It was a difficult call to make and was made much harder when met with the cold dismissive attitude of your receptionist. It's not reflective of the treatment we've received before from the veterinarians themselves however I feel such poor customer service needs to be highlighted especially in a business such as this one.

blondecards_n_crafts

It was my first time visiting with my dog Buster. He's an old dog in for a check up to ensure he's having a good quality of life. I was very pleased with the lovely vet who checked Buster over. As an older dog of 15, I brought him in to ensure that he's doing well. I was delighted with thorough checks he got and the chat on how best to keep Buster happy with life and pain free in his elder years. I thought the consult fee was reasonable and would recommend them if your looking for vet surgery in the Castlebar area. Friendly staff and the consult wasn't rushed, clean and well laid out. There's lots of pet products to buy in the reception area and plenty of parking there too which was easily accessible.

Animal Hospital – Vets in Castlebar

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