About Veterinary Care in Waterford
This guide helps pet owners compare vets in Waterford based on services, animal coverage, and availability across the county. It summarises what is available locally and highlights practical differences that matter when choosing a clinic. County Waterford is in Ireland.
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There are 13 veterinary clinics in Waterford, with an average Google rating of 4.7★. 10 clinics treat dogs and cats. 9 clinics offer farm or large-animal services. 0 clinics offer emergency or out-of-hours care. The current listings do not confirm any 24-hour veterinary cover anywhere in the county.
The county includes 8 towns, including Dungarvan, Kilmacthomas, Waterford, Kilbarry, Tallow, Tramore, Lismore, and Kilcohan. Availability and the service mix can vary by town within the county, so it is worth checking the nearest clinic’s animal focus and whether it publishes service details online.
Across the county, the published service mix supports general practice for companion animals plus substantial farm coverage, with some equine provision (5 equine clinics listed) and no specialist/exotic clinics listed. Review coverage is strong overall (1995 total Google reviews across the county), but the depth of written feedback varies by clinic—for example, Deise Vets has many very brief recent comments, while City Vets has reviews that reference specific visit types such as vaccinations and diagnostic testing. Online access also varies: 9 clinics are listed as having websites, which can affect how easily pet owners can confirm opening hours, appointment options, and species covered.
No clinics are listed as offering emergency or out-of-hours care, so there is no in-county option identified in these listings for urgent care outside standard hours. Practically, this means pet owners should ask their chosen clinic what happens if an urgent problem occurs overnight or on weekends, and whether they refer to a particular provider. It also means that for time-critical situations, planning ahead (knowing the nearest alternative and travel time) is especially important.
No clinics are listed as offering veterinary nurse (VN) training. For pet owners, the immediate day-to-day impact may be limited, but it does mean the directory does not identify any local training centres where student nurses are routinely placed. If you have a pet with complex nursing needs (for example, repeated bandage changes or longer-term monitoring), you may want to ask directly about nursing staffing levels and continuity of follow-up at the clinic you choose.
Mid-ranked and routine-focused clinics play a central role in county coverage by providing accessible day-to-day veterinary care close to where owners live. In Waterford, this includes practices such as Viking Veterinary Clinic (Kilcohan), The Pet Hospital (Waterford), Ani-Pets Veterinary Clinic (Tramore), and Lismore Vets (Lismore), which help maintain local access when travel to larger towns is not practical. These clinics are typically the first point of contact for non-urgent issues and ongoing preventative care, and they help spread capacity across the county’s towns.
Overall, the county has solid general and mixed-practice depth across multiple towns, but key services like emergency/out-of-hours and specialist/exotic care are absent from the current listings.
Based on the distribution (10 dog-and-cat clinics, 9 farm-animal clinics, and 5 equine clinics), Waterford is primarily a mixed-practice county with strong companion-animal coverage alongside substantial farm provision.
Waterford has broad access to general and mixed-practice veterinary care across its towns but no listed emergency/out-of-hours, 24-hour, or specialist/exotic provision—use the ranked clinic list above to select the best fit for your pet and location.
Freshness: January 2026, based on publicly available review and service data.
Top Vets in Waterford
Highly rated veterinary clinics across Waterford, ranked by service quality and reviews
Deise Vets presents itself as a general veterinary clinic aiming to provide “professional, high quality healthcare for all animals,” and it explicitly welcomes new clients. Recent reviewers mostly comment on how straightforward the clinic is to deal with—describing the team as “helpful and reasonable”—and mention friendly staff and vets they consider skilled. Several reviews are very brief (including two that mention “rosé” without any clinical detail), so the written feedback available to us is limited on specific treatments or outcomes.
Deise Vets presents itself as a general veterinary clinic aiming to provide “professional, high quality healthcare for all animals,” and it explicitly welcomes new clients. Recent reviewers mostly comment on how straightforward the clinic is to deal with—describing the team as “helpful and reasonable”—and mention friendly staff and vets they consider skilled. Several reviews are very brief (including two that mention “rosé” without any clinical detail), so the written feedback available to us is limited on specific treatments or outcomes.
Despite being provided in a “clinic” format, the available website text and customer reviews describe Curran Home Co, a home interiors/home-improvement retailer rather than a veterinary practice. Based on the site navigation and reviews, it appears set up for supplying and helping customers choose items like paint and bathroom fixtures/tiles, with some customers describing end-to-end support (e.g., help from design through delivery, and recommendations for tradespeople like plumbers/tilers).
Despite being provided in a “clinic” format, the available website text and customer reviews describe Curran Home Co, a home interiors/home-improvement retailer rather than a veterinary practice. Based on the site navigation and reviews, it appears set up for supplying and helping customers choose items like paint and bathroom fixtures/tiles, with some customers describing end-to-end support (e.g., help from design through delivery, and recommendations for tradespeople like plumbers/tilers).
City Vets presents itself as a veterinary hospital with an experienced vet and nursing team and “up to date skills and facilities” (from its website text). In the latest reviews available to us, owners describe both strong clinical experiences (including vaccinations and thorough checks) and significant concerns about internal communication and continuity of care (e.g., seeing different vets at follow-ups). After-hours care is specifically praised by one reviewer, while several 1-star reviews describe problems such as inconsistent diagnoses, missing test results, and dissatisfaction with pricing.
Concrete specifics mentioned by reviewers include
- •Vaccinations delivered alongside a “thorough check” with time taken to settle a cat (review mentions a vet taking time to get to know the pet).
- •After-hours service described as “top of the range” with a “seamless process.”
- •Repeated complaints about poor follow-up and staff-to-staff handover (owners reporting they had to re-explain prior conversations).
- •Allegations of errors/handling issues (e.g., expired medication given, “lost” blood results, a stool sample not stored in a fridge) and sharply differing assessments of the same problem across multiple visits.
City Vets presents itself as a veterinary hospital with an experienced vet and nursing team and “up to date skills and facilities” (from its website text). In the latest reviews available to us, owners describe both strong clinical experiences (including vaccinations and thorough checks) and significant concerns about internal communication and continuity of care (e.g., seeing different vets at follow-ups). After-hours care is specifically praised by one reviewer, while several 1-star reviews describe problems such as inconsistent diagnoses, missing test results, and dissatisfaction with pricing.
Concrete specifics mentioned by reviewers include
- •Vaccinations delivered alongside a “thorough check” with time taken to settle a cat (review mentions a vet taking time to get to know the pet).
- •After-hours service described as “top of the range” with a “seamless process.”
- •Repeated complaints about poor follow-up and staff-to-staff handover (owners reporting they had to re-explain prior conversations).
- •Allegations of errors/handling issues (e.g., expired medication given, “lost” blood results, a stool sample not stored in a fridge) and sharply differing assessments of the same problem across multiple visits.
Riverside Veterinary Hospital is a small-animal practice that reviewers describe using for urgent, out-of-hours help as well as routine visits. Recent reviews include multiple examples of fast response after hours (one owner credits the team with acting quickly and their dog “healthy and happy” afterwards) and straightforward minor procedures (a vet named Ciara finding and removing a tiny splinter from a dog’s foot). There are also two serious negative accounts: one alleges a poor examination and an attempted cancer “cure” when the owner believed the issue was anal gland inflammation, and another describes a distressing euthanasia experience where payment was required in advance, leaving the owner feeling the process lacked sensitivity.
Riverside Veterinary Hospital is a small-animal practice that reviewers describe using for urgent, out-of-hours help as well as routine visits. Recent reviews include multiple examples of fast response after hours (one owner credits the team with acting quickly and their dog “healthy and happy” afterwards) and straightforward minor procedures (a vet named Ciara finding and removing a tiny splinter from a dog’s foot). There are also two serious negative accounts: one alleges a poor examination and an attempted cancer “cure” when the owner believed the issue was anal gland inflammation, and another describes a distressing euthanasia experience where payment was required in advance, leaving the owner feeling the process lacked sensitivity.
Tír na Bhó Vets is a small-animal veterinary practice (ownership/group not stated in the information provided) that, based on recent client accounts, regularly handles both routine care (new puppy registrations and general health queries) and urgent problems (same-day assessments, post-op wound concerns, and pain issues). Reviews repeatedly describe practical communication and responsiveness—for example, fitting in urgent cases even when surgery lists are running, phoning owners with updates after drop-off, and talking callers through whether a situation sounds like an emergency.
Concrete details mentioned by owners include
- •Surgery days are scheduled (one reviewer was told Thursdays are for surgeries), but the clinic still squeezed in an urgent case via a drop-off and later call-back with treatment and medication.
- •Post-operative aftercare support, including stitch removal, wound checks, an anti-inflammatory injection, and sending home topical ointment.
- •Time spent on questions at new-puppy appointments, with owners noting their puppy left relaxed/happy.
- •Reassurance and triage advice by phone for a coughing dog with a known heart murmur, with clear guidance on next steps.
Tír na Bhó Vets is a small-animal veterinary practice (ownership/group not stated in the information provided) that, based on recent client accounts, regularly handles both routine care (new puppy registrations and general health queries) and urgent problems (same-day assessments, post-op wound concerns, and pain issues). Reviews repeatedly describe practical communication and responsiveness—for example, fitting in urgent cases even when surgery lists are running, phoning owners with updates after drop-off, and talking callers through whether a situation sounds like an emergency.
Concrete details mentioned by owners include
- •Surgery days are scheduled (one reviewer was told Thursdays are for surgeries), but the clinic still squeezed in an urgent case via a drop-off and later call-back with treatment and medication.
- •Post-operative aftercare support, including stitch removal, wound checks, an anti-inflammatory injection, and sending home topical ointment.
- •Time spent on questions at new-puppy appointments, with owners noting their puppy left relaxed/happy.
- •Reassurance and triage advice by phone for a coughing dog with a known heart murmur, with clear guidance on next steps.
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