North County Dublin S.P.C.A. Voluntary Veterinary Clinic

- Positive feedback often centres on a caring, supportive atmosphere, with recent reviewers saying staff are accommodating and clearly care about animals. - Several owners describe the team as reassuring, professional and generous, including one account of a dog being seen promptly for a swollen face. - Negative comments focus on waiting times and process, including complaints about pets being taken in and returned without owners present.

Services

•General veterinary care for pets through a voluntary clinic affiliated with the ISPCA.
•Cat care, including assessment and treatment for skin or fungal problems; reviews specifically mention ringworm treatment and medication being dispensed, as well as support for owners bringing in sick cats.
•Dog care for urgent problems, with one owner describing prompt help for a dog with a swollen face after struggling to get assistance elsewhere.
•Financial support in some cases, with one reviewer mentioning help toward the cost of an operation for their dog.

Pricing

Available published prices indicate the clinic sits below average relative to similar practices. Review comments on cost are mixed: one owner described €55 for an appointment and another €55 for a further visit, while another review mentioned help with operation costs; one reviewer also felt the clinic was not cheap.

People

No individual clinicians are named in the information available. Reviews refer to the wider team, with positive mentions of supportive, accommodating and professional staff, alongside some complaints about phone manner and front-desk communication.

Reviews

Google reviews show a 4.5/5 rating from 119 reviews.

•Positive feedback often centres on a caring, supportive atmosphere, with recent reviewers saying staff are accommodating and clearly care about animals.
•Several owners describe the team as reassuring, professional and generous, including one account of a dog being seen promptly for a swollen face.
•Negative comments focus on waiting times and process, including complaints about pets being taken in and returned without owners present.
•A small number of critical reviews mention communication problems, including a disputed ringworm treatment plan for a cat and frustration over how a rescue-related cat case was handled.

Reviews for North County Dublin S.P.C.A. Voluntary Veterinary Clinic

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 119 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

rebecca mccabe

3 months ago

I can’t recommend this clinic more - the staff are incredible, so supportive, accommodating and you can tell they truly care for the animals. I brought my cat here when she was sick and the comfort they gave me was indescribable. Forever grateful.

Mini Minahan

5 months ago

A breath of fresh air that this place exists for our pets

anthony gelston

10 months ago

Scanrach

1 year ago

Sara Ryan

1 year ago

Love you

Fabian MacGinty O'Neill

1 year ago

Reassuring, professional and generous, could not ask for better service.

Alexandra

1 year ago

Can’t recommend this clinic, you wait forever while they take your pets in and give them out afterwards. No recommendations helped, it rather ended up in abusing our cats by putting them cream on their paws which were inflamed due the fungus infection they had. It’s said on their doors there are working volunteers, I doubt that these are proper veterinarians at all.

Alexandra

1 year ago

Carol

1 year ago

They are hoping my beloved cat Ami for no reason. He is a therapy cat as I have cancer and he wanders to the Coombe hospital almost every day. The manager rang this rescue society and even though I only live less than 5 mins. From the hospital they took him rather than phone me to collect him or bring him home to me. I love Ami I can’t live without him.

Rita

2 years ago

I brought my cat here 2 weeks ago with ringworm. The vet in the clinic said it wasn’t a normal case of ringworm and only gave me 5 days worth of medicine. I gave the medicine as instructed for the 5 days and waited for him to get better. He didn’t. I rang up today to tell them this and the woman on the phone was so blatantly rude, I’m beyond speechless. First she told me that ringworm medication was for 3 weeks not 5 days, I told her to speak to the vet as I only received 5 days worth. She then proceed to tell me that the vet would’ve told me to come back for a follow up appointment, which the vet did not. I was told that should’ve been the end of it by the vet. Also, I have never heard of a cat getting a follow up appointment for a case of ringworm?? He had ringworm as a baby, he was diagnosed correctly and treated accordingly with no follow up. If I went to the doctor and had a cold, would the doctor call me in for a follow up appointment after prescribing the correct medication? I don’t think so. The woman on the phone then proceeded to argue with me, clearly having zero communication with the veterinarian as what she said ‘should have’ happened, did not. She then rudely told me I was to bring him in for another appointment, which I told her plainly, I could not afford. She then said this was ‘rubbish’ ???! She stated my financial constraints are rubbish and that I should be bringing him in for another appointment. Excuse me?? Times are tough for everyone right now, who are you to tell me what I can and can’t afford? If I could afford a regular vet, I would have brought him to one closer to my house and not travel 40 minutes to your clinic in the first place. I do not recall asking for an opinion on my finances by a staff clerk? Where does this woman even get the audacity? I will not be spoken to like that, especially by a stranger. So bizarre. You have given me the wrong course of medication and misdiagnosed him, then I should be paying for another appointment for a fault of your own? The vet isn’t cheap, if it was, as I said, I would’ve chosen to go to a vet closer to home. Please do not come here. Please pay for proper treatment at a regular vet because my god, €55 down the drain, my cat is still sick and there’s an old woman shouting down the phone at me because I couldn’t fork out another €55 saying it’s ‘rubbish’. Times are hard for everyone at the moment and they do not care. The worst clinic I have ever been to. Avoid at all costs. **Update** They tried to flag this review as spam to get rid of it, the maturity level is astounding.