Stoke Veterinary Hospital

29/01/2025

Long weekend ahead for Nelson on Monday 3rd February and Waitangi Day a national holiday on Thursday 6th February.
Our clinic is closed for routine appointments and visits.
Duty veterinarian is on call 03 547 7891. Enjoy your break! 🌼

07/01/2025

If you are coming to an appointment from the Nayland Road Area from next Monday the 13th of January a road detour will take you past the Stoke Library and Countdown, turn right at the top of Putaitai Street back onto Main Road Stoke and head back to Songer Street lights to us.

Best clinic access will be from Main Road Stoke end of Songer Street, follow the yellow arrows.

Please allow extra time to arrive for your appointment time.

When coming for your pets visit please bring them securely tethered on a lead or safely contained as you may have to park in the carpark adjacent to the clinic 🧐

Phase one is due to take approximately 2 weeks.

We will update when each phase begins or you can follow progress updates on https://shape.nelson.govt.nz/

Thank you for your patience. 👍

26/12/2024

Morning- our clinic phone is not working. We are getting it fixed but in the meantime please call us on 0226805345!

Call now to connect with business.

23/12/2024

Last day to pop in and enter for some amazing raffle prizes, drawn today 2pm
$2.00 TICKET 🎟

23/12/2024

STOKE VETS SANTA PAWS!!

Update!! Thank you for everyone's kindness, Second Chance Tasman have
some more Christmas smiles this year! $ 479.20 was raised from this event. Congratulations to all the raffle winners who have collected prize packs. ♥

A huge thank you to everyone who turned up on a very dreary Saturday to take part in our annual Santa Paws event to fundraise for the local charity, Second Chance Tasman.

Despite a few hold ups and the wet weather, it was an afternoon of fun and smiles from all involved!

A huge shout out to -
- Our sponsors - Kate from Hills Pet Nutrition, Angus from Royal Canin, Scott from Masterpet, Matt from Provet, Julia from MSD, Alex from Virbac, Kerryn from Elanco and Garry from the Richmond Roast House for supplies for all our wonderful raffles
- Santa himself, for taking time out of his busy schedule to spend some time with the dogs of Nelson
- Our fabulous photographer and client Barry Shuttersport Nelson
- Andre at the Tyre General for providing a last minute, dry venue
- Local legend Murray Leaning and Mitre 10 MEGA Nelson Helping Hands for transport of the float and the BBQ
- Nelson Santa Parade Trust for the special Santa grotto
- And our awesome staff and supporters for their help on the day and all the behind the scenes organisation

More photos can be emailed after Christmas but here is a bulk upload for your pre-Christmas viewing!

All the Stoke Vet team wish all our wonderful clients and their families a very Merry Christmas and happy holidays💜🎁🐶

20/12/2024

**Change of venue for tomorrow's Santa Paws! Rain can't stop Santa visiting with our local dogs! Please share post so as many people know we have changed venue from Stoke Vets. Thanks to Andre and his kind team at The Tyre General at 118 Tahunanui Drive from 1.15pm to 3.15pm. Bring your pups secured with a lead and and lots of loose change to buy a saussie and a raffle ticket and bring some Christmas cheer to the pups of Second Chance!
Thanks also to Murray Leaning and Mitre 10 MEGA Nelson Helping Hands for all your event support!

18/12/2024

Merry Christmas from our team to all our precious patients and their families. 🌸

Knowing our furry friends sometimes need some extra help over the holidays we are still available for appointments during opening hours below.

Book online at www.stokevets.co.nz or give us a call on 035477891 during business hours to make an appointment.

To be connected to after hours evening service or on public holidays call 035477891 for duty on call vet information. 🎄

We hope you all enjoy a well earned safe break and we look forward to seeing you back in 2025!

10/12/2024

UPDATE DUE TO WEATHER!!!

**Change of venue for tomorrow's Santa Paws! Rain can't stop Santa visiting with our local dogs! Please share post so as many people know we have changed venue from Stoke Vets. Thanks to Andre and his kind team at The Tyre General at 118 Tahunanui Drive from 1.15pm to 3.15pm. Bring your pups secured with a lead and and lots of loose change to buy a saussie and a raffle ticket and bring some Christmas cheer to the pups of Second Chance!
Thanks also to Murray Leaning and Mitre 10 MEGA Nelson Helping Hands for all your event support!

Get ready, Santa Paws is back at Stoke Vets !
Saturday the 21st of December 12pm - 2pm.
Dogs get their very own photo taken with Santa!
Have some fun and spread some Christmas cheer for Second Chance Dogs Tasman. Bring your dog safely secured on a lead, coins for raffles and delicious bbq sausages 😋
Cant wait to see all our holiday hounds 🎄

29/11/2024

As we come into summer, the presence of grass and its seeds can cause problems in our pets. These little grass seeds get themselves caught in the fur of our pets and due to their shape, they work their way to the skin. If not removed in time, they can cause irritation and infection, and may require a small surgery to have them removed. Please check your pets thoroughly each day for these seeds if you go into grassy areas.They can most commonly be found in their paws and between their toes, but they can also be anywhere - ears, armpits, even behind the eyelids! Happy Summer!

17/11/2024

We were lucky to get a picture of this wee character 😍 a little ball of gorgeous soft fluffiness who visited for the first time at the start of November. Welcome to the clinic family Max! ♥

14/11/2024

Gino's taking the love home ♥ after surgery and a snuggle with Emily to repair a torn nail (snuggles always make surgery recovery feel better)
Poor wee chap will feel much better after a few days of pain relief, keeping the area clean and dry and not being self traumatised.
We do see a few torn nails, this can't always be prevented at home, if your dog presents with torn nails these can be very painful or become infected, give us a call for advice or check to see if you need a vet visit for a check up.

12/11/2024

We are a spoilt bunch this week! 🌺🌸🌼 outstanding bouquet of beauties sent for the team to say thank you for special care of their amazing dog. Thank you for letting us share in your pets lives.
We have put these bursts of colour at reception for all to enjoy 🥰

25/10/2024

LONG WEEKEND YAY!!
Stretch out and enjoy a break........
Clinic opening hours
Saturday 10.00am - 4.00pm
Sunday 10.00am - 4.00pm
Monday CLOSED
For appointments or to be connected to the duty
Emergency Veterinarian ON CALL, phone 03 547 7891
Take care, have a fabulous weekend! 😎

22/10/2024

Halloween is coming 🎃

Great fun for trick or treaters but not so much fun for dogs who are nervous or reactive.

If you have a dog who would rather hide away and not have visitors knocking on their door, pop down to the clinic and collect a flyer for the door or gate. Alternatively email [email protected] and we will send you a copy to print at home.

Billie our special model has kindly volunteered again this year to be the poster dog with the following words to kindly let the trick or treaters know your animals are a bit scared or nervous of Halloween celebrations.

'Please don’t ring the doorbell or knock
A scared or nervous dog lives here
Sorry we don’t do Halloween
Enjoy your night and let us enjoy ours
Thank you!'

Heads up, fireworks follow rapidly after halloween and it is a good time to start preparing. Talk to the clinic team about options and ideas for your reactive and scared pets early. Come in and see us! 💛

20/10/2024

Meet 4 of Delta's gorgeous 7 puppies who came to visit us on Saturday 😍 All of these amazing wee bundles of fluff have got new homes.
They started heading off to their new families on the weekend.
This litter have come from the most loving dog parents and a family who have supported and raised the most loving, well socialised wee pups.
They are off to enjoy their new lives with lots of big adventures to come in the world. Best wishes from all of us at Stoke Veterinary Hospital!
Look at those big smiles!! ♥

10/10/2024

Happy Vet Nurse/Tech day to our wonderful kind team. Our vets truly value this brilliant bunch of bunch of skilled, compassionate, intuitive professionals.

Here are some of the best snugglers in the world with a couple of precious patients and some of their own gorgeous pets.

Thank you for the best care this team provide, from anaesthetic assistants to radiology and dental assistants, nurse consults and after surgery care you do it all.

Always knowing when we get a bit scared and just need a cuddle, you are also masters of cleaning up all sorts of surprises! and get bonus points for giving us the best treats and making our stays as pain free as possible ♥ from your patients!

02/10/2024

Have you had a puppy participate in our Puppy Class recently? Photos from our recent classes coming soon ☺️ For now, enjoy these cute bloopers of some of our recent graduates 🥰

02/09/2024

Voting for the NZ Bird of the year opened today https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/ we have our own dedication to our feathered friends here at Stoke Vets.

We had 3 blue consult room doors number 1, 2 and 3. These did not reflect the fun of our caring team and our lovely clients. Earlier this year we decided to name them after 3 beautiful native birds! BUT we have one boring blue door yet to be named. Get your vote in for the bird of the year competition by the 15th of September and let us know who you vote for to give us an idea of who could get the last position on our remaining consult room door! 🦆🦉🦅