Watkins & Tasker Vets

- Recent feedback is mostly very positive, with owners often describing the team as friendly, caring, empathetic, and professional. - Several reviews highlight gentle handling of nervous pets and staff taking time to remember individual animals and their quirks. - Owners also mention thoughtful clinical decision-making, including support with older pets and one case where a pet reportedly recovered after another practice had suggested euthanasia.

Watkins & Tasker Vets is a veterinary practice in North Somerset that also serves as a veterinary nurse training facility. Ownership or group affiliation isn’t stated. Reviews describe the practice being used for both routine care and more complex treatment decisions, with repeated praise for calm handling of nervous pets and thoughtful support for older animals.

Services

•General veterinary care for dogs and cats, including routine appointments such as checkups, with recent reviews mentioning both cat and dog consultations.
•Surgical procedures, with owners specifically referring to dog castration and a growth removal procedure.
•Care for anxious or nervous pets, including an extremely nervous rescue dog that owners say was handled gently and considerately.
•Senior pet care and quality-of-life discussions, with reviews mentioning support for older cats and conversations around pain, mobility, and treatment options.
•Alternative treatment planning and complex decision-making, including a case where an owner says the team helped their pet recover after another vet had suggested euthanasia.
•Veterinary nurse training, which is listed as a practice specialism.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

•Cristina: praised for compassionate, balanced advice during an appointment involving an older cat.
•Dr Neil: described by one long-term client as their usual vet, particularly in relation to treatment planning for an older cat with arthritis and incontinence.
•Ash: mentioned very positively after a cat checkup, with the owner highlighting a caring, professional manner.
•Mario and Amy: both named by a reviewer as familiar members of the team who had previously provided good care.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.7/5 from 155 reviews.

•Recent feedback is mostly very positive, with owners often describing the team as friendly, caring, empathetic, and professional.
•Several reviews highlight gentle handling of nervous pets and staff taking time to remember individual animals and their quirks.
•Owners also mention thoughtful clinical decision-making, including support with older pets and one case where a pet reportedly recovered after another practice had suggested euthanasia.
•There is also a recent negative surgical review describing dissatisfaction with communication, pre-operative assessment, and the outcome after a growth removal.

Reviews for Watkins & Tasker Vets

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 155 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

Phill Wheatley

4 weeks ago

I have previously awarded this practise 5*, and for that experience, the rating was well deserved. In this case, our experience was the opposite. It seems to depend on the vet. In this case, our dog had a growth removed from his lip, the wound post surgically opened up as the dissolvable stitch wasn't strong enough, alongside a boisterous young dog. I get the risks, and it's not that the surgery didnt come off as it should I found so disappointing. Had an appropriate pre-op assessment been carried out, the treatment pathway would have been different, that's what was so disappointing. Because of a lack of professionalism our dog has a deformed mouth. Had risks, options, treatment pathways been adequately explained, and our dog ended up in the same position, 5* no problem. On this occasion woefully inadequate.

David Derbyshire

1 month ago

Always a helpful and friendly team who offer the best of care to our dog.

Mike White

2 months ago

Took my cat, Smudge in today for a checkup and met Ash. This is the first time we’ve dealt with Ash! I normally see Mario or Amy who are both very good and lovely, but was also very impressed with Ash, you know when someone cares about the animas and she really does! Very polite, nice and professional and was fantastic with Smudge!

Jason Parker

4 months ago

Amazing caring vets! Helped us with our pet that another vet wanted to put down and he has made a full recovery. Thank you 🙏

David Benson

6 months ago

Excellent care and attention from all the staff

Lauren Cleave

Watkins & Tasker are priceless. All of the staff are so lovely, and they treat your pet how you'd want them to: with love, respect, and empathy. They are also incredibly knowledgable and I know that the practice will always operate with my dog's best interests at the heart of their care. We have a rescue who is so extremely nervous, but the staff are so gentle and considerate with her. The staff who work there always remember who we are, and the small quirks of your pet, which shows how much they care. I would genuinley hate to move away from the area as I've never experienced a vet practice as good as this one.

Davide Pina

7 months ago

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Ben Cullen

9 months ago

had my xl bully milo castrated here today and wouldn’t recommend any other place, they treated him with such respect and didn’t bully his breed and was so lovely and patient with him, took extreme care of his aswell and really had his best interest at heart, thank you so much :)