Te Aroha Veterinary Services

31/10/2024

Tomorrow is Gumboot Friday! Gumboot Friday is an initiative founded by I AM HOPE to provide free counselling to children in a timely manner.

We at Te Aroha vets want to support this great cause! We will have a bbq running this friday (Friday 1st November) 11.30 till 1.00pm outside the clinic. Please come on down and chat to us, make a donation and have a sausage for lunch.
All donations go to I AM HOPE.
Every donation counts!

20/03/2024

🐕 💦

Swim Zone Morrinsville Closing + Dogs in Togs 🎉🐶

It's been another great season for our Swim Zone Morrinsville team, as always it's hard to say goodbye and our last swim for the season will be on Wednesday 20 March. 🏊‍♀️

🥳 To end this season on a high note - we're excited to bring back Dogs in Togs on Thursday 21 March. We invite dogs of all shapes and sizes to enjoy this pooch pool party!

10am - 11am: Small medium dogs (under 20kgs)
11am - 12pm: Large dogs (20kgs +)

Swim Zone Te Aroha and Swim Zone Matamata will remain open throughout the year.

07/03/2024

🩸 🐕 blood donors wanted 🐩 🩸

We are looking to update our 2024 list of available dog blood donors.

For your dog to be a blood donor, they must meet certain criteria. Your dog’s welfare is always our priority and so for them to become a lifesaver, they must be:

*Fit and healthy
*Between one and eight years old
*Weigh more than 25kg
*Have a good temperament
*Have never travelled outside of NZ
*Vaccinated
*Not on any medication

They would be contacted at the time the blood is needed and if not available the next dog owner on the list would be called.

Blood donations are used only in life threatening emergencies, we would only collect from your dog once per year if required at all.

If you would like your dog to be considered to be a donor - please call the clinic and speak to Tania. 07 884 9522 🐾 ❤️

18/02/2024

Anyone missing a dog? He’s young and missing his family.
Please call the clinic 078849522
Will be going to dog warden today

14/02/2024

A repost… but a good one. Hope y’all made wise choices 🌹 🌺 🌹 ❤️

Happy Valentine’s Day

22/12/2023

Merry Christmas from the TAVS team. Wishing you all a safe and happy Christmas 🐾

Our clinic opening times
Saturday 23rd: 9am-12.
Sunday 24th CLOSED
Monday 25th CLOSED
Tuesday 26th CLOSED.

For our registered clients, we have one vet on call for genuine emergencies, they are covering a large geographical area. Please be kind.

Urgent same day appointments will be made available on Wednesday 27th for anything else.

14/11/2023

We are proud to say Te Aroha Harcourts gumboot Friday event at the clinic raised $486.40!!

What a lovely sausage sizzle too. Nice to see y’all come down and support such a worthy charity.
Thanks Te Aroha ❤️

02/11/2023

FARMERS of Te Aroha, see you tomorrow!??Sausage sizzle, gumboot throwing @ the clinic 11am 🍖 🎈

29/10/2023

Anyone missing a puppy? We have one handed in. Going to dog warden if not collected. Please call the clinic 07 884 9522

25/10/2023

Farmers of Te Aroha... we want to see you Friday 3rd of November 😍

Te Aroha Harcourts

18/10/2023

In response to a number of Facebook posts regarding local afterhours veterinary care…

We would like to thank the author post on the Matamata page for their very kind words about us. We feel that it needs to be clarified that Te Aroha Veterinary Services is NOT an afterhours clinic.
We do provide an emergency afterhours service for OUR CLIENTS and will endeavor to do so whilst we have enough vets on the roster. However, we are not obliged to see the animals of non-clients.
Afterhours services are extremely hard on vets and their families, any decision to stop providing this service is not taken lightly. An unfortunate position that many local practices have found themselves in. It has absolutely nothing to do with ‘not being bothered’ or ‘not caring’. There is a critical shortage of vets in NZ which means most clinics are running short staffed.
Being a vet is a physically and mentally demanding profession, made worse by staff shortages. The su***de rate amongst veterinarians is 4 times higher than ANY OTHER profession. Let that sink in…
It is likely that when local medical centers stopped providing afterhours care that there would have been similar sentiments and frustrations regarding having to travel to seek attention. It is now considered normal and accepted.
Please put yourself in the vet clinics shoes before criticising them for not providing afterhours. Proudly our staff go above and beyond for our clients and their animals, in hours and out of hours. We will continue our afterhours service for OUR CLIENTS.

10/08/2023

☠️ ⚠️ Parvo virus is around ⚠️ ☠️

Are your dogs are up to date with vaccines?

Please call us to book an appointment if your dog has not been vaccinated in last 12 months or if you have a puppy over 6 weeks old that hasn’t yet received a vaccine.

Parvo virus is often fatal to dogs, we have seen an increased number over the last week. These cases break our hearts 💔

Contact: 07 884 9522

18/07/2023

**vet tech wanted**
We are busier than ever and need an extra hand for disbudding season 🐄

Rural Tech qualification advantageous. Handling experience of stock 🐮 essential.

Have you worked with cows/calves and fancy a change of scenery? We would love to hear from you.

Please email a CV and cover letter to [email protected]

19/06/2023

Good morning everyone,

We have had a few dogs this morning run past the clinic at different times on a mission into the wetlands which we are unable to catch. If you notice your dog missing, they may be there on an adventure 🐶 🐶 🐶

01/06/2023

It is so nice to have Steven back to his normal self at school today. We are so fortunate to have people within our school community that recognise the impact animals can have on not only the tamariki in our kura but also the staff as well!

We would like to thank Margaret and Robbie from Te Aroha Veterinary Services for seeing Steven so quickly yesterday and sorting him out with his ailments - he is like a totally different cat today and back to scrounging food and cuddles in the staffroom.

We are so lucky that Steven chooses to spend time in our school and does a good job at protecting it while we are not here. He puts a lot of smiles on faces and is great at cuddling the kids too!

31/05/2023

It’s arrived!
We have the injections in the clinic. Please call us to join the wait list - we will get everyone 🐶 🐈 booked in ASAP.

08/05/2023

AFTER:

Amazing! Old dogs don’t need to be stiff old dogs… ❤️🐶❤️



Video credit: ZOETIS NZ ❤️

08/05/2023

Our vets have some exciting news 😁

The arthritis wonder drug they’ve been waiting for is booked for delivery next month to NZ! Other countries like the UK and US have had this one for a while…

Is your 🐶 or 🐈 on daily/frequent medication 💊 for arthritis?! If so, talk to us and join our wait-list!!!


This is a before video…
Video credit: ZOETIS NZ