Health checks for pets are vital to ensure their continued well being. Health checks are important, especially when considering one year of a dog's life is equivalent to seven years of a human lifes - how often would you visit your doctor in a seven year period?

• Regular six-month health checks
• Annual health checks
• Adolescent health checks
• Repeat prescription health checks

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Regular six-month health checks

Regular checks are very important because your pets cannot tell you when they have aches and pains or are feeling under the weather - often they simply appear quieter than usual.

This is why we encourage clients to have regular health checks for their pet, at least every six months. The other types of health checks we perform are listed below.

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This is carried out at your pets annual booster and includes a thorough examination along with answering any questions you may have.

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Your new pup will receive a card in the post indicating that it’s six month adolescent health check is due. This is a consultation with a veterinary surgeon and is important due to many changes going on in your pet’s dynamic life at this stage. It gives the vet an excellent opportunity to assess the animal's progress and condition in various areas e.g teething, behaviour, diet, growth rate etc.

It is an ideal opportunity for the pet owner to discuss any queries they may have. The timing is important since a lot of potential problems, if picked up early enough, can be avoided if the correct action is taken. It is aslo a good time to discuss neutering of your pet.

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Apart from the many clinics and health checks run by our team of qualified veterinary nurses, another routine health check performed on your pet will be a repeat prescription check up for those animals on continuous medication.

This consists of a consultation with a veterinary surgeon and is required if your pet requires a repeat prescription but has not been seen by us within the previous 3-6 months.

Animals on continous medication that have been seen at the practice within 3-6 months can have their medication collected over the counter without the need for an appointment. Owners are requested to phone in the represcription order at least 24 hours in advance if possible since each individual prescription must be checked and authorised by a veterinary surgeon.

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