Applewood Veterinary Clinic

- Recent reviewers often describe a warm, attentive manner, including positive experiences with puppy vaccinations, routine checks and emergency help when another vet was closed. - Surgical care is a recurring strength in written feedback, especially for spay and neuter procedures, with owners mentioning clear explanations, neat healing and follow-up calls the next day. - Compassion around end-of-life care stands out strongly, including support during a dog’s final days, an out-of-hours euthanasia for a cat, and a sympathy card sent afterwards.

Applewood Veterinary Clinic in Swords treats dogs, cats and a range of small pets and exotics, with routine care, surgery, diagnostics, urgent appointments and end-of-life care all mentioned. Recent feedback often highlights kind communication, post-operative follow-up and compassionate support during difficult visits, though there is also a serious negative account relating to an urgent-care case.

Services

•Care for multiple species: dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters, birds and chelonians are all mentioned.
•Routine and preventive care: first vaccines and health checks are mentioned in recent reviews, and the clinic website references both a Pet Health Club and Pet Health Plans. One owner also mentions ongoing monthly top-up care for a cat.
•Surgery and aftercare: spaying and neutering are specifically mentioned, with reviews describing smooth recoveries, next-day check-in calls, included follow-up appointments, stitch removal, and pain relief after surgery.
•Diagnostics and urgent care: reviews mention X-rays, blood work and injections during an urgent revisit, as well as emergency-style appointments when another vet was closed.
•End-of-life care: euthanasia is specifically mentioned, including an out-of-hours euthanasia for one cat, and several owners describe compassionate support during pets’ final days.
•Pet advice and education: the website lists guidance on topics including dental problems in rabbits, Giardia, pre-anaesthetic bloods, household poisons, puppy feeding, rabbit haemorrhagic viral disease 2, travelling with your pet, lungworm and feline leukaemia.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

•Dr. John is named repeatedly in reviews and is described as thorough, patient and compassionate, particularly in ongoing care and during a dog’s final days.
•Dr. Radu is also named positively, with one owner saying he was warm and helpful.
•The wider team is often described as kind, professional and caring.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.5/5 from 488 reviews.

•Recent reviewers often describe a warm, attentive manner, including positive experiences with puppy vaccinations, routine checks and emergency help when another vet was closed.
•Surgical care is a recurring strength in written feedback, especially for spay and neuter procedures, with owners mentioning clear explanations, neat healing and follow-up calls the next day.
•Compassion around end-of-life care stands out strongly, including support during a dog’s final days, an out-of-hours euthanasia for a cat, and a sympathy card sent afterwards.
•One detailed 1-star review reports a disputed urgent-care case involving delayed diagnostics and a poor outcome, which contrasts with several other positive comments about urgent and emergency treatment.

Reviews for Applewood Veterinary Clinic

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 488 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

David Forsyth

1 month ago

Showed up here one Saturday afternoon about 2 years ago with a friend and her golden and the dog only had hours to live. These people were so kind and considerate, the took care of the lady and her beloved pet. You people were amazing and I highly recommend Applewood Veterinary clinic.

Nicole Pârvu

2 months ago

Great experience with the little pup, first vaccines and checks went very well, would definitely recommend 😊

Monika Brozek

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Edyta Nowak

3 months ago

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Jane Miller

4 months ago

Hi please make sure to read edits at the bottom of this post. Thanks I brought my dog Polly to The vets in applewood village yesterday because her breathing was so bad. When I brought her there the vet said it’s most likely an infection in her trachea or worst case a collapsed trachea. He said her heart and lungs were healthy and she had no heart murmur. He prescribed her antibiotics steroids and codant because he “didn’t have time for blood work or X-rays”. He said to come back in 3 days if it doesn’t get better. Today at 12 we had to bring her back because she had gotten worse and was struggling even more to breathe. She also hadn’t slept in 2 days and developed diarrhoea and a swollen belly and wouldn’t eat or drink so that resulted in her not being able to take her meds. The same vet then done X-rays and blood work. He also administered 4 injections. He said there was too much fluid around her heart to see her heart but also said there was fluid in her lungs. He diagnosed her with chronic heart failure but still sent her home with more meds, knowing she’s not eating. I tried for 20 mins to get her to take the tablet with some ham, chicken and cheese. She wouldn’t take it. So I had to dissolve it in a small bit of water and syringe it into her mouth. By 4 o’clock she had gotten worse. We brought her into clonsilla village vet (who were amazing, the vet who saw us was called Andrea) they couldn’t understand why a vet would send a dog home with chronic heart failure and with her lungs and belly full of fluid. She said she should have been admitted the first time the vet in applewood had seen her. She said she could feel the heart murmur with her fingers it was so obvious. We had to take Polly to the animal hospital in UCD to be admitted and to be closely monitored. This could all have been avoided if the vet in applewood had done all essential testing when she first brought in but apparently he “didn’t have the time”. My advice is not to bring Your pets to applewood vets as they clearly don’t care about the animals who come in and your poor pet deserves the best care they can get. All we hope now is Polly can get the care she deserves and can live her out the rest of days happy and healthy. I’ve attached pictures below you can see how sick she even looks EDIT 1: at 8pm tonight Polly passed away. My heart is completely shattered Who knows what the outcome would’ve been if Polly was given the correct care and testing from the start. I’ll miss u forever Polly💔 EDIT 2: responding to the reply below. You said the vet done everything he could when he literally said to my face “I don’t have time for X-rays or bloodwork” that’s fair enough since you were fully booked but he could have recommended I go somewhere else for further testing, which he didn’t do and sent her home. That’s lie number 1. Lie number 2 is you said in your reply (below) Pollys condition was so serious that nothing could be done for her. This information was not given to us on either visit to your clinic and you sent her home again with more meds which we told you she couldn’t take as she wasn’t eating or drinking and no attempt was made to drain the fluid from her swollen body. And again no recommendations to take her elsewhere to be monitored as she so desperately needed. So no you did not do everything you could. This clinic is an absolute disgrace. Still lying and can’t take accountability for your actions. Please don’t take your pets here!!

Ciara Halligan

5 months ago

Prada .Malik

I have brought three of my pets here and they’ve been great with all them. From explaining issues with my dog in ways I can understand, to an out of hours euthanasia of one of my cats, to the monthly top-up care of my other cat, they’ve been fantastic with all of it. Cannot recommend their services enough.