Ark Vetcare Dun Laoghaire – Vets in Dun Laoghaire
Clinic Overview
- Recent feedback is overwhelmingly positive about a caring, helpful team, with several long-term clients saying they have used the practice for years for routine, emergency, and senior care. - Owners frequently mention a smooth, reassuring experience from reception through to the vets, with prompt service and a clear focus on keeping pets comfortable during visits. - Treatment results remain a standout theme, especially BOAS surgery for a French Bulldog, where the owner reported much easier breathing, better exercise tolerance, and no snoring afterwards.
Services
- •Consultations and preventive care: routine check-ups, annual health checks, vaccinations, senior care, and kitten support. Reviews also mention gland checks, nail clipping, and parasite tablets as part of routine visits.
- •Surgery and procedures: soft-tissue surgery including BOAS airway surgery for brachycephalic dogs, splenectomy, abdominal hernia repair, and surgery to remove ingested foreign material.
- •Diagnostics and ongoing treatment: blood tests, urine dip testing, and longer-term management of conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and arthritis, including medication and pain relief.
- •End-of-life care: euthanasia, including house visits arranged through reception.
- •Other support and facilities: medication and food ordering are offered, and reviewers note separate areas for cats and dogs.
Pricing
No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.
People
- •Paul McCarthy is specifically thanked for a successful BOAS surgery, with one owner describing a marked improvement in their French Bulldog's breathing, exercise tolerance, and sleep.
- •Leah is praised for a gentle, professional house-visit euthanasia, with Julie on reception also singled out for arranging and accompanying the visit with empathy.
- •Lisa is commended for calm, confident handling of a very nervous dog, while Lisa Henley is named by a long-term client as their dog's primary vet.
- •Shauna is credited with expert care around a splenectomy and hernia repair. Bri is thanked for prompt help with insurance claims, and Carol is also mentioned positively by name.
Reviews
Google reviews show 4.8 stars from 488 reviews.
- •Recent feedback is overwhelmingly positive about a caring, helpful team, with several long-term clients saying they have used the practice for years for routine, emergency, and senior care.
- •Owners frequently mention a smooth, reassuring experience from reception through to the vets, with prompt service and a clear focus on keeping pets comfortable during visits.
- •Treatment results remain a standout theme, especially BOAS surgery for a French Bulldog, where the owner reported much easier breathing, better exercise tolerance, and no snoring afterwards.
- •A small amount of criticism focuses on cost and changing vets, but most recent reviews are strongly favourable and describe the team as friendly, thorough, and compassionate.

