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Richard and patient

Welcome to Black Sheep Vets in Louth!

All the very best for 2010!!!

We are a modern small animal orientated veterinary practice on the Fairfield Estate in Louth, Lincolnshire.
Owned and run by veterinary surgeon Richard Carter, and assisted by Karla, Ruth, Becky and Hayley we can offer a personal professional service for you and your pet.

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Puppies everywhere!!





Puppy Classes


The Louth And District dog club hold puppy socialisation classes at the surgery every Wednesday evening from 7pm. For further details please contact Mrs Carol Mortimer on 01507 327612

With the snow and freezing temperatures please remember insulation for animals kept in hutches outdoors and also remember that water bowls may be frozen and the ice needs breaking or removing on a regular basis.

Lily poisoning in cats:

All parts of lilies are extremely toxic to cats causing severe kidney damage very quickly. The most common forms of poisoning is either the cat eating the leaves or flowers or brushing past the plant and getting pollen on the coat. It is recommended that the stamens of flowers should be removed if you feel you have to have lilies in the house but the safest is to have the plants out of reach of any cat. Cats coming into contact with pollen or eating parts is an emergency.

Antifreeze poisoning in dogs and cats:
One of the new ways pets are being exposed to anti-freeze which they like is where people have added anti-freeze to indoor fountains or water features. If your pet is behaving 'drunk', think antifreeze and again this is an emergency..

Flea treatment poisoning in cats:
We have recently had a very sad case of where the owner of the cat treated her dog with a flea product which is known to be dangerous to cats and the cat licked the dog when grooming, got poisoned and died. Please do not use these products - there are much safer alternatives that also work much better. Please contact the vet for further details..
At our practice, we pride ourselves on our client and patient service. We use safe and proven procedures such as propofol and isoflorane anaesthesia. Black Sheep Vets has a well equipped surgery offering xray, endoscope, ultrasound and in-house laboratory facilities for prompt investigations and treatment.

We do house calls but we usually find the best treatment is provided if we see the patient at the practice. House calls will be arranged between 2pm to 4 pm or after 6pm. If your pet has an emergency and you cannot get to the surgery and we cannot leave the practice, we would recommend R & S Pet Taxi (Richard) at 01507 604194, Mobile 07711 501 797 who may be able to collect and return your pet.

Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday 8.45am - 6:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 11.30am
Closed 1pm 24th Dec; Closed 25th, 26th and 28th Dec and 1st January
Consultations by appointment
Monday - Friday 8:45am - 11:00am & 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 11.30am

Black Sheep Vets 
Unit 4, Meridian Centre 
Belvoir Way
Fairfield Industrial Estate
Louth, LN11 0LQ
Lincolnshire

richard@blacksheepvets.co.uk

Telephone for Appointments and Emergencies (24 hours)
  (01507)
  609929

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Black Sheep Vets is the trading name of R F Carter Ltd
Reg No 5832221
Registered address: 27 Osborne St, Grimsby, DN31 1NU
tel:(01507) 609929