Bute & Cowal Vets

18/12/2025

I Am The Mighty Goddess

18/12/2025

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!

2025 has been our busiest year ever, and our hard-working team will be taking well earned breaks over Christmas and New Year. As always, Kernow Vets Messaging and our own on call team will be working together over the holidays to make sure our 24/7 Emergency Service remains available for any urgent calls.

We'll be closing early on Christmas Eve and Hogmanay, so please make sure to order and collect prescriptions in plenty of time. 29th and 30th December we will be open our usual office hours (Rothesay 9am-5.30pn closed for lunch 1-2pm, Dunoon 8.30am - 5pm, closed 12.30-2pm)

Remember - never underestimate how high a determined canine can climb to reach forbidden chocolate and mince pies!

Wishing everyone peace and joy at Christmas. If you are spending it at work keeping essential services running through the holidays - a huge Thank You!

16/12/2025

A very happy first birthday to our wee pal Rudolph! Still as cute as the night he was delivered by Caesarean Section at the Dunoon Surgery!

His training program at Cormonachan Croft is progressing well..... his humans have picked things up well, but still need to improve their broccoli feeding skills!

26/11/2025

***Dunoon Surgery - Thursday 27th November***

Please note that we will be closed between 11am and 2pm for staff training. The surgery will open as normal from 8.30am to 11am, and from 2pm to 5pm.

Between 11am and 2pm, you can reach our Emergency Service by calling 01369 702532, and the operator will relay a message to the on call vet.

Thank you for your understanding, and apologies for any inconvenience

16/10/2025

****Owner has been found****

**Found in Hunters Quay holiday village**
PLEASE NOTE THIS CAT IS CURRENTLY RECEIVING EMERGENCY CARE

Mid age female cat
No microchip
Tortie style markings but with white on face and paws.

Found in a medical emergency, looking to try locate owner before a decision needs to be made.

Please share

09/10/2025

BUTE CLIENTS!!! Have you had one of our cat baskets on loan? Have you returned it? Several are missing, blue, green white or red. All are tagged as shown

08/10/2025

*** DUNOON SURGERY ***
Currently our phone lines and broadband are down.

For emergencies, please call 01369 702532 as normal and our answering service at Phoneta will take details and relay them to the team.

If your call is not an emergency, please message us via PetsApp, or delay until we have phones back.

Apologies for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience

10/09/2025

Are you a small or mixed vet looking for a relaxed way of life with beautiful scenery and a great team?

Bute & Cowal Vets are on the lookout for two experienced vets (who have completed their VetGDP) to join our award-winning, independent, and family-run mixed practice on the stunning west coast of Scotland.

Dunoon practice – Small animal or mixed vet role with a varied caseload, including the chance to work with wildlife. Full-time preferred, but part-time and flexible working happily considered.

Rothesay practice (Isle of Bute) – Primarily small animal with some equine, plus the flexibility to support the Dunoon team occasionally.

We really value our team’s work-life balance, and with both our clinics closing at 5 pm (Dunoon) or 5.30pm (Rothesay) during the week and no routine consultations on the weekends, you’ll have plenty of free time to enjoy this beautiful part of Scotland.

Are you a small or mixed vet looking for a relaxed way of life with beautiful scenery and a great team?

Bute & Cowal Vets are on the lookout for two experienced vets (who have completed their VetGDP) to join our award-winning, independent, and family-run mixed practice on the stunning west coast of Scotland.

“The team could not be more welcoming, friendly, and supportive, and I have been particularly helped by the flexibility I have been offered. To top it all off, Dunoon is a wonderful place to live with real community spirit, not to mention the beautiful coast and mountains." Kate MRCVS

Dunoon practice – Small animal or mixed vet role with a varied caseload, including the chance to work with wildlife. Full-time preferred, but part-time and flexible working happily considered.

Rothesay practice (Isle of Bute) – Primarily small animal with some equine, plus the flexibility to support the Dunoon team occasionally.

We really value our team’s work-life balance, and with both our clinics closing at 5 pm during the week and no routine consultations on the weekends, you’ll have plenty of free time to enjoy this beautiful part of Scotland.

· Salary of £45,000 - £60,000 plus 50% of OOH's call-out fees
· Holidays increase with length of service
· CPD encouraged and certificates supported
· Possibility of a directorship/buying into the practice

If you'd like to find out more about us, feel free to give us a call for an informal chat —we’d love to hear from you! And if this sounds like the role you’ve been looking for, don’t hesitate to apply!​

23/08/2025

10 K done and dusted!

22/08/2025

At the grand old age of 75, Duncan has dusted off his running shoes (actually he had to get new ones!) and for the first time in several years is running the Bute Highland Games 10k Road Race this weekend!

Starting gun goes at 3pm Saturday at the stadium, and he'll be running to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK . Please cheer him on, and if you feel able, donate on his JustGiving page

Help Duncan MacIntyre raise money to support PROSTATE CANCER UK

03/08/2025

If you have a routine appointment with us tomorrow and would prefer to postpone, please let us know as soon as possible. Contacting us via PetsApp or email [email protected] helps keep phone lines open for urgent and emergency calls.

In addition to this, surface dressing is taking place on the B836 Glenlean Road, so if you are coming to Dunoon from Colintraive/Glendaruel/Tighnabruaich areas, you may need to allow for a longer journey time

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for high winds across much of Scotland for on Monday.

Areas affected are:

• Highlands & Eilean Siar (Highland, Na h-Eileanan Siar)
• Central, Tayside & Fife (Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Falkirk, Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling)
• Grampian (Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray)
• SW Scotland, Lothian Borders, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders, West Lothian)
• Strathclyde (Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire)

The amber warning is in force between 10am until 10pm on Monday, 4 August. Further yellow warnings are also in place.

There is a high risk of disruption and travel conditions may be hazardous. Extra caution should be taken by all road users. Plan ahead and avoid unnecessary travel. Consider delaying travel until conditions improve. If you are travelling on the roads, prepare yourself and your vehicle for the conditions

• Make sure your mobile phone is charged and plan your journey, including an alternative route
• Have plenty of fuel, warm clothing, food, and water in case you’re delayed
• Do not ignore road closure signs – they are there for your safety
• Congestion caused by vehicles may restrict emergency services and recovery vehicles from providing essential assistance
• Listen to media broadcasts, including radio, for updates
• Follow your local authority for the latest updates in your area via Facebook, X, or their website
• Other information can be found on the Met Office and Ready Scotland websites.
• For public transport information visit: https://orlo.uk/6La3o
• Follow Traffic Scotland on X for up-to-date travel information.

Those in amber alert areas may experience power outages. For advice, visit Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks on X for up to date advice.

The full Met Office warning can be accessed via this link: https://orlo.uk/U5Q5A

02/08/2025

It's a few months until Halloween, Bonfire night and New Year... But it's time to start thinking about your pets noise phobia NOW.

Countdown is on...

🎶Noise Desensitisation: Taking the nervousness out of the noise🎶

Noise anxiety: 50% of dogs react fearfully to some noise.

Statistically more bites happen around thunderstorms and fireworks, likely because of anxiety levels are our attempts to comfort frantic dogs.

Furthermore, if your pet has developed a new phobia as it ages, considering chronic pain and treating this can be essential to their holistic care of anxiety and phobias.

This can make firework season a very stressful time of year for both you and your pet!

➡️Noise phobias can be managed a number of ways but one very useful method is desensitisation and counter conditioning.

➡️Through repetition of quiet noise ( that are scary in louder levels), the pet learns to ignore the stimulus and the level of stimulation can be increased until higher levels of the stimulus are ignored.

➡️This is something that is best taken slowly with dedication, commitment and persistence and only using positive training techniques. If you start now you may make a positive difference to bonfire night and new year fireworks.