Romiley Veterinary Clinic

Romiley Veterinary Clinic describes itself as a privately owned, independent, family-run veterinary surgery established in 1995. The website lists routine healthcare (vaccinations, health checks, microchipping) alongside in-house medical/surgical facilities, and reviews repeatedly mention breeding-related surgery: multiple C-sections, a spay, and follow-up care for puppies. Several owners also say they weren’t pushed into extra tests or higher bills, while one recent 1‑star review appears unrelated to the clinic’s veterinary care (“Birds shouldn’t be in cages”).

Concrete specifics supported by the latest reviews include: C-sections carried out (including one described as out-of-hours on a bank-holiday weekend), a neonatal surgery where a puppy was operated on for intestines outside the body, and routine procedures like microchips and injections.

Services

Services and capabilities mentioned on the clinic website and in recent reviews include

• •General consultations, health checks, and preventative care
• •Vaccinations
• •Microchipping (mentioned in reviews alongside “all the micro chips and injections”)
• •Neutering/spay (spay mentioned in reviews; neutering listed on the website)
• •Veterinary dentistry (listed on the website)
• •Medical and surgical facilities (listed on the website); surgery examples in reviews include
• •C-sections
• •Surgery on a newborn puppy with intestines outside the body (described as repaired before collection)
• •Diagnostics listed on the website: X‑rays and blood testing
• •Home visits (listed on the website)
• •Emergency care: the website states a “24 Hour Emergency Veterinary Service” for dogs, cats, rabbits, and small animals; a review also describes the vet returning out of hours for a C-section.

People

• •Dr. Jochen Arndt / Jochen / Joachim (vet): named repeatedly in reviews. Owners describe long-term continuity of care for dogs and cats over many years, and specific decision-making during urgent breeding cases (coming back out of hours for a C-section; operating on a puppy born with intestines outside the body rather than euthanising, according to the reviewer).
• •Admin team: one reviewer mentions “great support from the admin team.”

Reviews

Google rating: 4.3 stars from 151 reviews.

• •Breeding and surgery feature heavily in recent feedback: multiple C-sections are mentioned, including an out-of-hours bank-holiday call-in, plus a spay and routine puppy care (microchips/injections).
• •Several owners describe a “to the point” style and say they didn’t feel pressured into unnecessary tests or higher costs.
• •Long-term clients mention returning for decades with cats/dogs and recommending the vet by name to friends.
• •There is at least one very negative recent review, but it doesn’t describe treatment or outcomes at the clinic (it states only “Birds shouldn’t be in cages”).