Dart Vale Veterinary Group – Vets in Paignton
Clinic Overview
- Many positive comments focus on kind, compassionate care, especially during end-of-life appointments and bereavement support. Several owners mention signed sympathy cards and forget-me-not seeds afterwards. - Specific staff receive warm praise, including Kevin, Sophia and Katie, with owners highlighting follow-up calls, clear support during emergencies and attentive help with long-term illness.
Services
- •Routine and preventive care: consultations, six-month health checks, vaccinations, parasite control, microchipping and neutering.
- •Surgery, dentistry and referral work: dentistry is available, with one owner specifically mentioning a tooth extraction; the practice also lists surgery and referral access for orthopaedic, soft tissue, keyhole (laparoscopic), internal medicine and ophthalmology cases.
- •Diagnostics and monitoring: the clinic lists an in-house lab, ultrasound, X-ray and a mobile ECG machine, alongside nurse clinics including blood pressure checks.
- •Everyday support services: grooming and nail clipping, anal sac expression, home visits, and GB pet travel documentation. Reviews include examples of emergency appointments, longer-term condition management and travel-related vaccinations, testing and paperwork.
- •Emergency and species coverage: the practice says it is open 24 hours for emergencies, with MiNightVet providing out-of-hours support. Species listed include dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, gerbils, hamsters and ferrets.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Some reviews still describe medication and prescription-related charges as expensive, with examples including £50 for a consultation, £80 for tablets and £25 for a prescription copy.
People
Named vets mentioned by owners include Kevin, Sophia and Katie. Kevin is thanked in a recent review, Sophia is praised for a careful emergency assessment and follow-up call, and Katie is highlighted for ongoing support during a dog’s Cushing’s disease treatment, including calls and emails to check progress. Reviews also mention caring nurses, helpful reception staff and thoughtful gestures such as hand-signed condolence cards.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.7/5 from 198 reviews.
- •Many positive comments focus on kind, compassionate care, especially during end-of-life appointments and bereavement support. Several owners mention signed sympathy cards and forget-me-not seeds afterwards.
- •Specific staff receive warm praise, including Kevin, Sophia and Katie, with owners highlighting follow-up calls, clear support during emergencies and attentive help with long-term illness.
- •Positive service examples include an emergency appointment that led to a diagnosis after previous uncertainty, and supportive handling for a dog’s tooth extraction.
- •More critical reviews mention long waits, snippy or brusque interactions, expensive medication or prescription charges, and some serious administrative mistakes, including travel paperwork issues, incorrect microchip details, a reported wrong injection requiring a repeat visit, and misdirected email results.

