VetOrtho Referrals – Vets in Portadown
Clinic Overview
- Owners repeatedly praise clear explanations and regular updates, especially around surgery. - Reviews describe strong outcomes in orthopaedic cases, including one owner saying their dog’s knee was saved. - There is also praise for the clinic’s response to urgent injury, including an account of a cat hit by a car being seen promptly in the evening.
Services
- •Orthopaedic referral surgery for cats and dogs, including more complex bone, joint and spinal cases.
- •Fracture surgery for broken bones.
- •Spinal surgery, including spinal disc prolapse (slipped disc) cases, with rapid progression to imaging, decompressive surgery, and follow-up nursing and physiotherapy described on the website.
- •Cruciate disease (knee) surgery, plus treatment for hip dysplasia and elbow dysplasia.
- •Lameness investigations.
- •Recent feedback adds a few practical examples, including a dog whose knee was saved after treatment and an injured cat that was seen promptly in the evening after a road traffic accident.
Pricing
A very limited amount of published pricing suggests the clinic may sit above average, but this is based on very few comparable services. The small number of written reviews focus much more on care, outcomes, and communication than on cost.
People
- •Dr. Ewing is the only named clinician associated with the clinic in owner feedback. Reviewers describe him as kind and caring, and say he takes time to explain procedures and keep them updated during operations.
- •The clinic is also presented as a Veterinary Nurse Training facility.
- •Reviews also praise the wider team, though no other staff members are named.
Reviews
Google shows 5.0/5 from 4 reviews. The written feedback available is consistently very positive, though review volume is small.
- •Owners repeatedly praise clear explanations and regular updates, especially around surgery.
- •Reviews describe strong outcomes in orthopaedic cases, including one owner saying their dog’s knee was saved.
- •There is also praise for the clinic’s response to urgent injury, including an account of a cat hit by a car being seen promptly in the evening.
- •The overall tone is warm and highly appreciative, with reviewers highlighting kindness, reassurance, and commitment even when travelling a long distance for care.

