Dog & Cat Vets in Canterbury

Canterbury Veterinary Surgery is independently owned by DNA Vetcare and operates as a general veterinary clinic in Canterbury. The practice offers surgery and medicine, preventative care, health checks and clinics, hospitalisation, and pet...

Canterbury Veterinary Surgery is independently owned by DNA Vetcare and operates as a general veterinary clinic in Canterbury. The practice offers surgery and medicine, preventative care, health checks and clinics, hospitalisation, and pet travel advice, and it is also listed as a veterinary nurse training facility. Recent feedback continues to point to a kind, reassuring team, clear communication, and owners feeling their pets are in safe hands.

- Fast access in urgent cases: Owners describe being offered emergency appointments quickly and pets being seen straight away or within minutes, even when the clinic was busy. - Compassionate care at difficult moments: End-of-life support...

- Fast access in urgent cases: Owners describe being offered emergency appointments quickly and pets being seen straight away or within minutes, even when the clinic was busy. - Compassionate care at difficult moments: End-of-life support stands out strongly, with families saying they felt cared for, informed, and not rushed when saying goodbye to a pet. - Friendly, knowledgeable handling: Reviewers praise the team’s manner with both pets and owners, including support for anxious dogs, serious feline cases, and one report of help for an injured wild bird.

- Recent reviews are consistently positive about the team’s manner, with owners describing staff as kind, caring, welcoming and knowledgeable. - Owners often mention good organisation, including proactive appointment booking and visits...

- Recent reviews are consistently positive about the team’s manner, with owners describing staff as kind, caring, welcoming and knowledgeable. - Owners often mention good organisation, including proactive appointment booking and visits that usually run on time. - Handling of anxious pets stands out, with examples including separate cat facilities and special arrangements for a nervous dog to have an injection outside.

- Recent feedback is strongly positive about the team’s kindness, friendliness and professionalism, with several owners saying they have felt well looked after over multiple visits or years. - Communication stands out as a consistent...

- Recent feedback is strongly positive about the team’s kindness, friendliness and professionalism, with several owners saying they have felt well looked after over multiple visits or years. - Communication stands out as a consistent strength, with reviewers saying vets explain examinations and next steps clearly and do not make them feel rushed. - Compassion around difficult cases is a major theme, including thoughtful support during illness and euthanasia, plus flowers, cards and other small gestures that owners found meaningful.

- Recent feedback is largely very positive, with owners regularly describing the team as professional, knowledgeable, kind and reassuring. - A strong recurring theme is thorough examination and clear communication, with owners appreciating...

- Recent feedback is largely very positive, with owners regularly describing the team as professional, knowledgeable, kind and reassuring. - A strong recurring theme is thorough examination and clear communication, with owners appreciating being talked through findings and treatment options in a calm, understandable way. - Reviews give recent examples of care for eye ulcers, surgery, follow-up rechecks, same-day procedures and more serious cases including eye removal, with several owners saying their pets were handled gently and recovered well.