We opened a London-Port Stanley
house call service in 1997. We originally had planned to practice veterinary medicine on the beach of Port Stanley, but we soon became too busy in London. Very quickly the
number of our clients grew too big to attend to all the patients in a timely fashion.
Although the house call practice "idea" is wonderful, it is impossible to help my patients without a "home base" within which to treat them. I still enjoy the change of pace, and I know my house call clients appreciate the convenience.
House calls are available when time permits. However, a few hours are reserved on Friday afternoons for this purpose. In order to be productive, we strongly recommend healthy animals be seen routinely, as we cannot predict what is required when attending to a sick animal
in your home.
An exception to this rule is in the case of euthanasia. If a beloved pet needs to be euthanized, we must consider the best interests of the pet and it's family. Because of this, we perform many
euthanasia's in the home. This is a sad part of our job, however it may make that final time a little easier on the pet and their family.