| I don't know if Plaistow is too far for you, but I would recommend
the Plaistow Animal Medical Center, Dr. Wallace. I've been taking
my herd there for about 12 years and think they are the best in
the area. They are right off Rte. 125, 603-382-5819.
Denise
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| This is probably a bit far, but my parents (who live in Rollinsford
which is next to Dover) have been taking the famiely cats and dog
to the South Berwick Animal Hospital for years. The vet that runs
it is Dr. Owen Stevens and he is as good as they come (and charges
reasonable prices). There are two other vets on staff, one deals
does mostly house calls (calving, foaling and other farm veterinary
medicine) and the other one does office calls. In case of emergency,
there is always a vet on call that will come into the office.
For the life of me, I can't remember the name of street they are on, but
the office is about a mile off from Rt. 236.
Personally, I've got very high regards for Dr. Stevens. Back when
FUS was first being seen very commonly in male cats, and the procedure
to "replumb" the male cats (periourehteictomy (sp?) ) was first
developed (c. 1970), Dr. Stevens did one of the first of these procedures
done in a private practice on our cat Viper. At that time, the
success rate on this procedure wasn't too high, but Viper came out
of it very well. Anyhow, what I'm trying to say is that dispite
being a small town vet, their surgical skills are top-notch.
Deb
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| I agree about the importance of a good vet. I used a practice in
Ealing which had several members of staff. One time I went and
there was a stand-in who had an absolutely obnoxious attutude (about
which we let him know in no uncertain terms), the final straw was
when we went again and yet another stand-in (lady this time) who
when she took the cats temperature did so in such a way as to cause
him pain. After telling this person and the owner of the practice
exactly what we thought, we never again went back.
We are now blessed with a really excellent practice. Although there
seem to be a number of vets (it is an offshoot of a larger practice
in the main town) every one of them (without exception) has been
a caring individual. I would recommend anyone to use them (sorry
this is no good to anyone outside England).
I expect a high standard of care, and I want people who do not treat
the animals like a lump of meat.
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