The Local Vet

The Local Vet is a small veterinary practice in Kenmare offering general care and urgent treatment, with reviews describing helpful handling in both routine and emergency situations. Recent feedback is strongly positive, with particular praise for compassionate staff, out-of-hours help, and treatment that owners felt made a rapid difference. A newer review also mentions neutering feral kittens, which suggests the clinic does carry out at least some routine surgical work.

Services

• •General veterinary care: Reviews point to routine appointments and treatment for unwell pets, including a case where a dog was seen for acute illness after eating fish.
• •Urgent and out-of-hours care: One owner says their dog was seen out of hours as an emergency, with calm and gentle handling.
• •Neutering and preventive population work: A recent review specifically thanks the team for caring for six feral kittens brought in to be neutered.
• •Small-animal treatment: Dogs and cats are both clearly represented in owner feedback.
• •Scope may vary by case: An older negative review said the clinic could not help with surgical care for a giant dog, but that sits uneasily with newer feedback mentioning kitten neutering, so it is better read as a possible limitation in certain cases rather than a blanket absence of surgery.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

• •Dr. Jack: thanked by name for treating a very sick dog, with the owner reporting rapid improvement after his care.
• •Brendan: praised for patient, gentle handling during an out-of-hours emergency visit, and also named in a recent review about kitten neutering.
• •Olivia: mentioned positively in a recent review thanking the team for kind and efficient care during kitten neutering.

Reviews

The clinic has a 4.8/5 Google rating from 35 reviews. Recent written feedback is mostly very positive, with a small number of specific examples rather than a high volume of detailed reviews.

• •Compassionate, helpful staff is the clearest theme, with owners describing the team as kind, caring, efficient, patient, and gentle.
• •Urgent care stands out: one owner says their pet was seen out of hours in an emergency and appreciated the calm handling.
• •Clinical outcomes are praised in some cases: a reviewer says Dr. Jack’s treatment quickly resolved their dog’s acute illness after another vet had not helped.
• •Cat care also features in recent feedback: one owner highlighted a positive experience bringing in six feral kittens for neutering, thanking Brendan, Jack, and Olivia by name.