Morven Veterinary Practice Ltd

Morven Veterinary Practice Ltd is an independent practice in Alford, Aberdeenshire, caring for pets, farm animals, and horses. The practice offers its own out-of-hours emergency service, and its website also describes it as a registered nurse training practice. Reviews consistently highlight clear, straightforward advice, caring handling, and confidence in urgent or complex cases.

Services

•Companion animal care: routine consultations and treatment for pets, with recent reviews mentioning thorough examinations, injections, prebiotic treatment, and gentle handling of nervous or difficult patients such as a “feisty” cat.
•Emergency and out-of-hours care: the practice runs its own out-of-hours emergency service. Review examples include urgent attendance at Christmas, a traumatic emergency handled alongside routine appointments, and a dog treated after ingesting potpourri with an IV drip and a two-night stay.
•Surgery and case management: owners describe practical, problem-solving support in more complex situations, including tumour surgery using local anaesthetic and sedation, with pre-operative blood tests to assess suitability in an older dog.
•End-of-life care: reviewers mention being given time and space to say goodbye at their own pace.
•Preventative care: the website lists a pet care plan for preventative healthcare.
•Farm and equine work: the practice website describes routine, emergency and health-planning care for farm animals, plus routine and emergency visits for horses.
•Wider species seen: reviews also mention help with a peahen and a roe deer, suggesting the team is used to a broad mix of local animal cases.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

•Sarah and Erica are thanked by name in a review for giving clear, factual advice and helping with a successful treatment plan for an older dog.
•The wider team is regularly described as kind, caring, professional, and gentle, with reviewers mentioning supportive end-of-life care, calm handling, and making owners feel their pets are safe.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.8 stars from 106 reviews.

•Recent reviews are strongly positive, with several long-standing clients describing decades of use and a high level of trust in the practice.
•A recurring theme is straight-talking, practical advice, with owners saying the vets explain options clearly and help them make the right decision for their animals.
•Reviewers also highlight emergency and complex care, including out-of-hours help, a traumatic emergency, and surgery for an older dog after another vet had declined to operate.
•The team is frequently praised for being kind and gentle, particularly around stressful visits and euthanasia, and some reviewers also describe costs as reasonable.

Reviews for Morven Veterinary Practice Ltd

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 106 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

Jenni Morrison

2 months ago

Lovely vet and staff always feel safe with my pets there.

William Ross

Took our dog to Morven vets today and im very impressed. Explained our dogs symptoms and the vet gave her a good examination. Dog ended up with a steroid injection and a prebiotic treatment. I was expecting a charge of around £150 - £200 but was delighted that it was well under £100. Good to see that theres vets out there looking after our pets wellbeing first, rather than lining their pockets with expensive costs. Thank you so much.

David Mohacsi

Sue Peatfield

6 months ago

We have been with Morven Vets for nearly 40 years. At this time when Vets are receiving such a bad name, I have the opposite experience. We are on our 9th Border Collie dog, each has had it's issues, all have been looked after in a professional and caring manor by Morven Vets. Straight talking so that we make the right choice for our pets, the cost has always been reasonable. Put simply they actually care about the service they provide, and they do it very well. 20 years ago we had a nine week old pup who ate potpourri. He was rushed in, had a drip inserted & stayed 2 nights. 12 years later he had lost the use of his back legs & enjoyed a further few years racing around on wheels. We received sound advice throughout his life & we chose when to say goodbye. We even went into the surgery out of hours at Christmas one year, they are always open for emergencies. They have even taken care of a peahen with a sore eyeball & a sweet roe deer that lost a leg when she was side swiped by the car in front of us. She lived in our field for many years. I don't even remember being charged for that one. Keep doing what you are doing, it's very reassuring that you are there when one of my dafties does something stupid... again!

Richard Brough

8 months ago

Pala (Pala)

1 year ago

Glenfinnan 1518

Very caring staff allowed me to say goodbye to Kaya at my pace. Thank you

Barry Lynch

No nonsence factual advice. I wish all vets were like this. Reasonably priced. Really can't praise them highly enough. My vet kept telling me my dog's tumours were nothing to worry about, until one ruptured and then they said he was too old for general anaesthetic which would mean only a few weeks left. Was on holiday in Alford and they said they could operate with local and drugs to calm him and would do bloods to make sure his heart etc. were strong enough. It went like a dream and I now get to spend another year of so with my lovely boy. Thank you Sarah, Erica, and the whole team