Glasslyn Vets – Vets in Bandon
Clinic Overview
- Many positive reviews focus on kind, thoughtful support at difficult moments, especially euthanasia and sudden loss, including help with arrangements and keepsakes. - Owners also highlight gentle handling and reassurance, including follow-up advice for a young dog and supportive care for an anxious rescue dog undergoing amputation surgery. - A smaller number of negative reviews raise concerns about out-of-hours response times and emergency fees, with one detailed complaint about a delayed callback and a quoted emergency charge.
Glasslyn Vets in Bandon offers both routine and more advanced veterinary care, including diagnostics, surgery, dental work and hospitalisation, with emergency care available via a dedicated phone line. Recent feedback is mixed overall: many owners praise the clinic’s compassion, especially around end-of-life care and nervous pets, while a smaller number raise concerns about out-of-hours responsiveness, fees and some complex-case outcomes.
Services
- •Routine care: consultations, puppy and kitten checks, vaccinations, and microchipping.
- •Diagnostics and monitoring: blood testing, an in-house laboratory, X-rays, and ultrasound.
- •Treatment and procedures: surgery, dental care, hospitalisation, acupuncture, and cardiology.
- •Emergency and case examples: emergency contact arrangements are listed, and recent reviews mention support with a young dog’s first heat, amputation surgery for a referred rescue dog, and compassionate treatment of a wild bird.
Pricing
A very limited amount of published pricing suggests the clinic may sit below average on price, but this is based on very few comparable services. One owner reports being quoted a €340 out-of-hours fee for non-members, before examination, treatment and medication, and emergency pricing is one of the clearer negative themes in recent feedback.
People
- •Christine: praised for support during euthanasia and also mentioned positively in a rescue dog’s surgical case.
- •Gráinne (nurse): thanked for kind, considerate end-of-life support and praised again for helping with an anxious dog’s surgery and clinic stay.
- •Katie (nurse): commended for compassionate treatment of a wild bird.
- •Kate: thanked for reassurance, advice and follow-up when an owner was worried about a young dog’s first heat.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.7/5 from 180 reviews.
- •Many positive reviews focus on kind, thoughtful support at difficult moments, especially euthanasia and sudden loss, including help with arrangements and keepsakes.
- •Owners also highlight gentle handling and reassurance, including follow-up advice for a young dog and supportive care for an anxious rescue dog undergoing amputation surgery.
- •A smaller number of negative reviews raise concerns about out-of-hours response times and emergency fees, with one detailed complaint about a delayed callback and a quoted emergency charge.
- •There are also isolated complaints about unfriendly service and dissatisfaction with the handling of a more complicated case, which sits alongside a larger number of warm, appreciative reviews.
