Johnston & Farrell – Vets in Tain
Clinic Overview
Johnston & Farrell is a modern, well-equipped veterinary practice in Tain offering 24-hour emergency care and home visits. Recent feedback highlights prompt out-of-hours help, including same-day assessment and in-clinic monitoring with blood tests, scans and a saline drip when needed. Reviewers also describe the team as friendly, accommodating and compassionate, including support during end-of-life care.
Johnston & Farrell is a modern, well-equipped veterinary practice in Tain offering 24-hour emergency care and home visits. Recent feedback highlights prompt out-of-hours help, including same-day assessment and in-clinic monitoring with blood tests, scans and a saline drip when needed. Reviewers also describe the team as friendly, accommodating and compassionate, including support during end-of-life care.
Services
- •24-hour emergency care: Reviews mention out-of-hours telephone support, early attendance when needed, and follow-through into in-clinic assessment and treatment.
- •In-clinic monitoring and treatment: One recent case describes a dog being kept in for the day for monitoring, with blood tests, a scan and a saline drip.
- •Home visits: Listed by the practice.
- •General pet care: Recent reviews describe helpful day-to-day support, treatment for a dog with a minor accident while the owner was on holiday, and caring support when an elderly cat was put to sleep.
- •Veterinary nurse training facility: Listed by the practice.
Pricing
No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.
People
- •Kate: Praised for answering the out-of-hours phone, arranging prompt attendance, and helping coordinate care for an unwell dog.
- •Catrina: Mentioned for explaining things clearly and compassionately during an elderly cat’s final appointment.
- •Unnamed vet: One reviewer describes a “lady doctor” as supportive and very honest.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.8 stars from 138 reviews. Recent written feedback is very positive overall.
- •Reviewers repeatedly describe the team as friendly, helpful and genuinely caring.
- •Out-of-hours care stands out, with one owner detailing an overnight call, early-morning assessment, then bloods, a scan, a saline drip and day-long monitoring for their dog.
- •There is praise for compassionate communication, including a reviewer who thanked Catrina and the wider team after saying goodbye to an elderly cat.
- •The practice also appears to be valued by both local owners and visitors, with one holidaymaker describing the team as especially accommodating after their dog had a minor accident.

