Bay Vet Group – Vets in Dawlish
Clinic Overview
- Owners often describe the team as friendly, welcoming, caring, and professional, with several reviews praising how at ease both pets and owners were made to feel. - Fast access for urgent problems is a repeated theme, including appointments arranged within hours for injuries or sudden illness, and quick onward treatment when surgery was needed. - Reviews also highlight patient handling of nervous animals and thorough consultations, with one owner specifically praising a long discussion about the best plan for their dog’s health.
Services
- •General small-animal care including consultations, vaccinations, health checks, and neutering.
- •Medical and surgical care, including advanced surgery and advanced referrals.
- •Specialist interest areas listed include cardiology, dermatology, orthopaedics, dentistry, surgery, and ophthalmology.
- •Advanced dentistry, supported by the clinic’s dedicated dental suite.
- •Diagnostic imaging and facilities listed on site include CT scanner, digital x-ray, ultrasound, theatre, and separate kennels and cattery.
- •Urgent appointments and emergency care are part of the service offering. Recent examples include a dog with a leg injury seen within two hours, a holidaymaker’s dog given a lunchtime appointment after falling ill, and an injured eye assessed the same day with surgery carried out the following day.
- •Reviews also mention support for nervous pets, thorough consultations, and care in high-stress situations, including a dog treated after heavy bleeding.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits above average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Review comments on cost are mixed: most recent feedback focuses on the quality of care and quick access, but one owner described the clinic as very expensive, specifically in relation to cat euthanasia.
People
- •Rod McGregor (Dr Rod) — praised for a long, thorough consultation at the Dawlish branch; earlier reviews also credit him with ophthalmology-related care.
- •Sal — named by one owner as a kind vet.
- •Nicky — mentioned positively for admin support and kindness.
- •Fergus — credited in an earlier detailed review with quickly recognising severe illness and neurological signs in a cat.
- •Terri — previously identified as the manager and a qualified veterinary nurse.
- •Natasha — thanked by name in an earlier detailed review.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.4/5 from 56 reviews.
- •Owners often describe the team as friendly, welcoming, caring, and professional, with several reviews praising how at ease both pets and owners were made to feel.
- •Fast access for urgent problems is a repeated theme, including appointments arranged within hours for injuries or sudden illness, and quick onward treatment when surgery was needed.
- •Reviews also highlight patient handling of nervous animals and thorough consultations, with one owner specifically praising a long discussion about the best plan for their dog’s health.
- •Negative comments are limited but include one complaint about high cost and one minor gripe about parking.
