Vets for Pets Harrogate

- Owners repeatedly describe the team as friendly, kind and caring, with several saying they have stayed with the practice for years. - Communication during difficult cases stands out, including phone updates, picture updates during recovery, and follow-up contact after treatment. - Recent reviews include positive experiences of diagnostic work and surgery, including blood tests, scanning and spleen surgery carried out quickly after a serious finding.

Vets for Pets Harrogate is part of the Vets4Pets group. The practice presents itself as a modern clinic with operating theatres, hospital wards and an in-house lab, offering routine care alongside surgery and diagnostic imaging including x-rays. Recent feedback continues to highlight clear communication, compassionate handling of difficult visits, and supportive follow-up during stressful cases.

Services

•Routine and preventive care: routine check-ups and annual vaccinations remain part of the core service offering.
•Surgery and inpatient care: the clinic offers surgery, with hospital wards for pets needing monitoring or recovery. Recent reviews mention both urgent splenic surgery after tests and scanning identified a large growth, and careful management of a serious complication during a routine spay.
•Diagnostics: website information includes x-rays and in-house laboratory testing. Recent owners also describe blood tests and scanning being used to investigate unwell pets.
•Urgent and emergency support: extended opening hours and emergency veterinary services are listed. Reviews describe same-day specialist referral after a complication and regular phone updates during treatment and recovery.
•End-of-life care: recent feedback also points to compassionate support during euthanasia, including sensitive help from the reception team.

Pricing

Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Review comments on cost are limited, though one owner noted that major surgery was not cheap while still feeling very positive about the care.

People

•Leigh-Anne: praised for calmly explaining a spay complication, keeping the owner updated, helping arrange next steps, and calling the following morning to check on recovery.
•Lucy: named by one owner as a vet who helped them feel confident their cat would be well looked after.
•Reception team (unnamed): singled out for compassion and helpfulness, particularly during an end-of-life visit.

Reviews

4.6 stars from 277 Google reviews.

•Owners repeatedly describe the team as friendly, kind and caring, with several saying they have stayed with the practice for years.
•Communication during difficult cases stands out, including phone updates, picture updates during recovery, and follow-up contact after treatment.
•Recent reviews include positive experiences of diagnostic work and surgery, including blood tests, scanning and spleen surgery carried out quickly after a serious finding.
•Multi-pet households are a recurring theme, and several reviewers say their pets seem comfortable and happy attending appointments.

Reviews for Vets for Pets Harrogate

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 277 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

Stephen Passmore

2 months ago

Ben Mais

I brought my dog here when she seemed out of sorts. After a battery of blood tests, they found some anomalies and gave her a scan. A big growth was found on her spleen and it was recommended she had surgery to remove her spleen before it ruptured! Within 24 hours, I was picking her up after her surgery and taking her home to a very happy family! It wasn't cheap but can you put a price on your pets welfare. Very impressed! Thank you vets for pets.

Graham Smith

5 months ago

Recently had to take a ferrel cat into them to sadly have her put to sleep. Poor girl was well over 20 and had lived in our shed in the garden for years. Unfortunately she was deteriorating badly, Vets for Pets at Hookstone were so helpful, and compassionate especially the young lady on reception. The vets were so much better and helpful than all the other well known charities I had attempted to get any help … without success, gave me a complete different view on these “ caring” charities. Thank you Vets for Pets for all you did.

Tony Habishaw

8 months ago

Nice staff and excellent service 🐕‍🦺

Sheila Smith

As always perfect attention to my dog who goes in very happily every time. I wouldn't go any where else .

Cassandra Nelson

Great vets practice, have my three cats registered here. The staff are Helpful, kind, friendly & very caring. They genuinely care about the pets. They Always go the extra mile and make sure that my pets are well cared for.

Charlie Lovatt

10 months ago

Always really brilliant, we have 3 pets registered and they get such wonderful care

Samantha Hyder

1 year ago

I cannot rate or recommend this practice enough. Their care, attention & support to not only the pets, but their owners is second to none. After my 1yr old pup took a turn for the worst during a routine spaying, they could not have done more to save her and make sure she was ok. After suspecting the complication was due to an unknown issue with her heart, they ensured she was seen by the specialist that day. I received a call from Leigh-Anne who calmly talked me through what had happened, and the action taken, while taking the time to ensure I was also ok. I received a picture update while my pup came round to ease my anxiety and had a further call from the Cardiologist once she had completed her exam. Leigh-Anne greeted me when I arrived to collect her, provided a further update and again checked myself & my daughter were ok. This all happened just yesterday and early this morning I received a further phone call to see how my pup had managed through the night. We have a further appointment booked in to see the specialist next week, but I could not feel more supported if I needed anything in the meantime. Thanks to their additional safety measures when operating, I have my beautiful girl home with me. I am incredibly grateful to the whole team and although we ended on a high, the stress of yesterday was not just mine, but theirs too and I am forever in their debt. You do amazing work and thank you again from the bottom of me heart!