The Point Veterinarian

The Point Veterinarian šŸ¾ Saving. Helping. Loving. Itā€™s our life. Voted GCā€™s top vet three years in a row ā¤ļø Enjoy a unique veterinary experience in a boutique style setting.
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Relax and enjoy whilst your animal is cared for by Dr John Rigley. Providing thorough, personal care for your animal.

FOR the first time ever in the history of The Point Vet, we will be closing over the Chrissie period. This means our sup...
09/12/2024

FOR the first time ever in the history of The Point Vet, we will be closing over the Chrissie period. This means our supa team of wonderkinds will be away learning how to make gravy with their famā€™s from 2pm on Christmas Eve and then back here first thing in the morning, December 30. If you need any medications, food or supplies for your fur friendies, make sure you get the order in now so we can have it ready in time. As always, in the case of any emergencies or if youā€™re worried about your petā€™s health, please head straight to AES, Carrara. šŸŽ„ā¤ļøšŸŽ„šŸ¾

THANKS eā€™ryone for your patience and support this week as we try to keep up with making room to fit all our friendies in...
06/12/2024

THANKS eā€™ryone for your patience and support this week as we try to keep up with making room to fit all our friendies in. Weā€™ve had Dr Ben away on hols and trying to keep up with a hospital full of dear sweet but poorly paw peeps who needed our love and our smarts. Phew, lucky weā€™ve got all our vets back next week and all our nurses are doing a fine job keeping up the Chrissie spirit as we count down for the big guy in redā€¦ā¤ļøšŸŽ„

OTIS. Thatā€™s me. Real cute but turns out baby bulldogs were not made for couch surfing. I almost busted my knee and coul...
04/12/2024

OTIS. Thatā€™s me. Real cute but turns out baby bulldogs were not made for couch surfing. I almost busted my knee and couldnā€™t walk properly. The guy in green who lets me give him many of the face licks before he do those x-ray things says, ā€˜you needa check yourself ā€˜fore you wreck yourself some more, lilā€™ buddyā€™. He mentioned something to my fam about growth plates still forming so now itā€™s best I take it easy bruz. No more leaping (or failing to) onto the couch. To that I say meh, my fan base be real strong here witā€™ all the ladiez, they be passing me round like candyā€¦so I be back.

CHEERING up all our paw friendies days, our nurses and Dr Brydee went full festive for the 1st of December in all their ...
02/12/2024

CHEERING up all our paw friendies days, our nurses and Dr Brydee went full festive for the 1st of December in all their Christmasy scrub glory. Kahlia, Mary, Teagan, Kaycee, Emme, Kera, Natalia and Holly are beautiful and bright with the best hearts to match. We do see that Doc John was noticeably absent from the festive spirit thoughā€¦might need to do something about that šŸ¤£šŸŽ„šŸ¾

WELL if it isnā€™t two of our face peeps, Dr Ben himself and our fave cat lady (among heaps of other things) Dr Carly P (C...
30/11/2024

WELL if it isnā€™t two of our face peeps, Dr Ben himself and our fave cat lady (among heaps of other things) Dr Carly P (Carla) with their arms full of the sweetest Chrissie treats we ever did seeā€¦. Just to brighten up a miserable rainy olā€™ day. ā¤ļøšŸ¾

FUTURE Dr Eā€¦? Oh how weā€™d love it if lilā€™ Evie would follow in her daddyā€™s footsteps.  She hasnā€™t quite mastered the art...
29/11/2024

FUTURE Dr Eā€¦? Oh how weā€™d love it if lilā€™ Evie would follow in her daddyā€™s footsteps. She hasnā€™t quite mastered the art of holding a steady scalpel blade just yet and she wants to take home pretty much every paw friendie she finds in here (oblivious to the fact they have perfectly fine homes already!). She has a soft spot for the sausage dogs and is good at delegating roles to others (we mean being a bossy girl) but sheā€™s still got a big long way to go to get to her daddyā€™s weekly wrap up. If she can handle 180 consults in a week, balancing that with around seven to eight routine surgeries a day plus some emergencies that must be seen and usually 6-8 hospital patients all needing the most attentive careā€¦then she might just make it. Letā€™s just hope she has the stomach (and the mind) for it so Daddy can get a breakā€¦one day.šŸ¤£ā¤ļøšŸ¾

GONNA need a biggerā€¦well, pretty much everything to fit this big lad in. Heā€™s 13 weeks and already beautiful Mastiff boy...
22/11/2024

GONNA need a biggerā€¦well, pretty much everything to fit this big lad in. Heā€™s 13 weeks and already beautiful Mastiff boy, Ziggy, is quite an armful for Dr Ben (thatā€™s his workout done for the day šŸ¤£). The car. The chair. The bed. Upsize it all. He a big gorgeous hulking brute of pupper thatā€™s got some big olā€™ pawsies to grow into. ā¤ļøšŸ’™

FROM a hulking 53kg big softy losing his manhood to a petite 8 kilo saussie whelping her wee babies. On top of that, a f...
19/11/2024

FROM a hulking 53kg big softy losing his manhood to a petite 8 kilo saussie whelping her wee babies. On top of that, a further nine (yes, actually) surgeries - as well as a pup who snacked on a dead cane toad (which can be even more dangerous than live ones due to concentrated toxicity) and some tricky orthopaedic surgery on a wee Pom. Yesterday, our clinic rather closely resembled the crazy ED department of a reality TV show, we had every vet and nurse on their toes lending a hand to our beautiful friendies to make sure everypaw recovered. Amen, they did. And all that before it was time to head back to all our waiting afternoon consults. Donā€™t never say itā€™s a quiet day up in here. šŸ„¹

WHEN it rains it poursā€¦well not literally yet (though we are in for some big storms) but the crazy days of summer sure a...
13/11/2024

WHEN it rains it poursā€¦well not literally yet (though we are in for some big storms) but the crazy days of summer sure are here. Which means broken puppers, sick puppers, blocked kitties, our x-ray room and ultrasound getting a thrashing, lumps bumps and a load of orthopaedic surgeries. Plus battling flu season taking some of our team down. All that and itā€™s only Wednesday. Crikey Marge. šŸ„¹

WANNA play hide nā€™ seek with me? One look at this cuddly bear and youā€™d bet nothing could melt your heart more. And sure...
12/11/2024

WANNA play hide nā€™ seek with me? One look at this cuddly bear and youā€™d bet nothing could melt your heart more. And sure, Biscuit, whoā€™s a six-month-old Retriever, is ever so cute. But this week, he took ā€˜walk myselfā€™ to a whole new level. His family had noticed something was missing (and heā€™d become quite sick) then oopsā€¦Dr Brydeeā€™s X-rays found it. Mischievous boy had eaten his entire lead bit by bit. Oh dear lord Biscuit, leads are not for eating. Some nasty vomiting and we managed to piece all the bits back together like a jigsaw so he could go home again. With his tail somewhat between his legs, we suspect. Ratbag pupper. šŸ„¹šŸ¾šŸ¦®

WE have been so lucky over the years to have the most grateful peeps in our community who love to show us their gratitud...
02/11/2024

WE have been so lucky over the years to have the most grateful peeps in our community who love to show us their gratitude by baking the best cakes for us. Who bring coffees and treats and bottles of wine. Having been here for so long, weā€™ve come to know our people as family. And when Lucky, a portrait painter, created this most incredible and super lifelike piece of our Sterlo, we were pretty humbled. Heā€™ll go up on Dr Johnā€™s wall beside our good olā€™ Supermutt Marls, whoā€™ll never be forgotten. But by goodness you people are kind. Thanks for showing us how much we change your lives, itā€™s just so good to help. But even better to heal. šŸ¾ā¤ļø

šŸ‘»šŸŽƒI LOVE TO EAT all kinds of things. Even a tasty bit of kangaroo poo when I pass it on my walk. But with it being Hallo...
31/10/2024

šŸ‘»šŸŽƒI LOVE TO EAT all kinds of things. Even a tasty bit of kangaroo poo when I pass it on my walk. But with it being Halloween day, my cheeky little pupper self doesnā€™t need to get into the treats, so Iā€™m a sausage dog (get it, fuhnee) and youā€™ll find me helping out all my friendies at Dadā€™s work instead. At least that way, Iā€™ll keep out of the lolly pumpkins. Plus Iā€™m not a real big fan of mumā€™s spooky talking skeletons. Iā€™m pretty sure they want to eat me. Just remember, none of our paw friendies need to be eating any chocolate or lollies of any kind. If they do, time is your friend, get ā€˜em straight down to the clinic and theyā€™ll learn the hard way with a jab in their butt to bring that stuff right back up. My Dad says chocolate toxicity varies from levels of dark to light with dark being the worst (in large amounts, can cause death) but pretty much anything not for dogs is well, just thatā€¦not for dogs (even sugar free lollies). If you suspect your paw friend might have been up to no good, symptoms include: high level shivering, shaking tremors, diarrhoea, get them to the vet quick smart. Happy spook day my friendies and stay safe out there. Lots of pawlove, Sterlo Riggleton the First xox. šŸ¾šŸ‘»šŸŽƒšŸ«šŸš«

WELL that was a week. And for some of us, one weā€™re happy to wave a firm bye bye to. Where we had everything thrown at u...
25/10/2024

WELL that was a week. And for some of us, one weā€™re happy to wave a firm bye bye to. Where we had everything thrown at us. From hectic emergencies in the middle of what was already a hugely crazy day - to the phones and internet being down (just great trying to guess our paw friendā€™s histories with our best telepathic abilities). Weā€™ve had some of our vets off sick too which saw us busily try and fit everyone in that we could but sometimes itā€™s not enough. As always, Dr John will everything he can to make sure our dire friendies get seen when they need to be, not turning away a single paw but also adding an even bigger workload to his day. Thanks to all the kind and super understanding people who know our work is our life.

PSA šŸ“¢ we will keep you updated and appreciate your patience šŸ¾
23/10/2024

PSA šŸ“¢ we will keep you updated and appreciate your patience šŸ¾

THE people you see here are the lifeblood of our little clinic. They are the bones, the heart and the soul. Their days a...
20/10/2024

THE people you see here are the lifeblood of our little clinic. They are the bones, the heart and the soul. Their days are often long and filled with grief but hidden behind smiles and kindness. Helping daily to mend lives and hearts of not just the paw people but their families too. We are lucky to have a team who love all they do but also a bunch of beautiful people behind them - all the loved ones who stand with our vets and nurses - who never complain and always support our super little crew at the end of those days. Itā€™s been a hectic year that seems to have gone by in all but a flash already so we celebrated Chrissie a lilā€™ early yesterday and even managed to find some four-legged friends to feed on the way. Thank you to the best team of crazy beautiful people. ā¤ļøšŸ™

ONE of the best things about being the local village vet is our fur friendies and their people. The love youā€™ve shown us...
19/10/2024

ONE of the best things about being the local village vet is our fur friendies and their people. The love youā€™ve shown us for almost a decade and a half just canā€™t be beaten. Itā€™s those like this sweet wee lady, Emma Jane - who is one of our more vintage friendies at 16 - and has been coming to see Dr John for most of her paw life. Itā€™s never lost on us how lucky we are to watch our friendies grow, heal and get their happy back. šŸ’•

WHEN your day is filled with the cutest facesā€¦you canā€™t help but smile all the way. We had so many friendies - from Prin...
16/10/2024

WHEN your day is filled with the cutest facesā€¦you canā€™t help but smile all the way. We had so many friendies - from Princess Marshmallow having her manicure did - to Wolverine, the aptly named wee Long-haired Frenchie, being passed round the cuddlefest out back. And letā€™s all agree, the most regal of pairs, Charli and Doogal happily waiting their turn to see Dr John, making their cute selves right at home on our dog bench. šŸ¤£ā¤ļø

15/10/2024

STICKS: Love to throw sticks for your dogā€¦? Hereā€™s why you shouldnā€™t. Ah yes, the humble stick. What could possibly go wrongā€¦itā€™s just a harmless twig, rightā€¦? Well, not quite. Not for your dog at least. Dr John tells us about the dangers of throwing sticks for your dog and why heā€™d never ever do it (and hopes you wonā€™t either). The amount of broken sticks we have to surgically remove from dogsā€™ jaws, tongues, throats and worse, would make you change your mind about throwing that stick. Real quick. The problem, Dr John says, is usually related to speed, or the need for your dog to leap in the air to catch it. Or the stick turning on its end and becoming a knife (sends shivers down your spine). Thatā€™s where the injuries happen. Nasty ones too. A stick piercing the back of the throat. Becoming lodged. Tongues punctured. Jaws dislodged. So many injuries for what seems a harmless act. So please, If youā€™re going to throw something for your dog to catch - make sure itā€™s not any of these: 1. Sharp (sticks etc) 2 Small enough to swallow (at speed) and 3 perishable. šŸ™šŸ’™

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At The Point Vet, we treat every fur friendie that comes through our door as our own and thatā€™s because we absolutely love what we do - for us, itā€™s a life, not a job. Our team is headed up by the incredible Dr John Rigley, who has over twenty years experience in private GP practice and was last year awarded one of the Coastā€™s top vets, together with our incredible team of vets and nurses who genuinely care and are passionate about animal healing. Weā€™re a small boutique-style village vet and channel all of our focus on the health and well-being of your fur family.

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