A BORDERS veterinary practice is launching a new home visit service to ensure pets have access to the best possible healthcare.
Galedin Vets in Duns is launching Galedin on the Go – a mobile veterinary service for people who are unable to travel to their new practice at Putton Mill, such as the elderly and housebound.
It will also help to ensure that pets that are anxious about travelling in a car or that become overly stressed visiting a practice still have access to healthcare as they will be seen in their own home by a vet accompanied by a veterinary nurse.
Galedin on the Go will offer appointments for routine and preventative healthcare such as vaccinations, taking blood samples, injections for pets on long-term medication, nail clips and health checks.
Galedin Vets, which is part of VetPartners, a larger veterinary group led by vets, has been caring for the small animals, horses and livestock of the Scottish Borders and Northumberland for almost 200 years, and has branches in Berwick, Duns, Galashiels and Kelso.
The new home service, which is being launched by vets Alice Jenkins and Alison Rodger, will initially cover Duns, as well as the villages of Gavinton and Preston.
Alice said: “We’re committed to providing the best possible care for our patients and the home visit service will enhance the great service we already provide for clients at our new practice at Putton Mill, as well as reduce stress for pets, be more convenient for owners and provide compassionate, personalised care.
“While the modern, new practice has helped us to enhance the service we could provide, with much better facilities like separate dog and cat kennels, the latest high-tech equipment and much more space, we recognise it is further away, so we wanted to ensure everyone has access to great healthcare.
“If dogs or cats get really anxious travelling in a car or coming into the practice, or elderly pets have mobility issues, the home service will ease the worry for owners because it’s important pets maintain their vaccinations and have health checks so we can easily spot anything before it becomes an issue.”
Galedin Vets has also launched a campaign to increase the number of cats and dogs being protected against outbreaks of serious diseases.
The Vaccination Re-Engagement Campaign is aimed at dog and cat owners with unvaccinated pets, whether their core vaccinations have lapsed beyond three months or they have adult pets that have never had core vaccinations.
These pets can receive a vaccination programme for the price of a booster.
