News & Advice

Keeping your dog safe this Christmas

It’s almost that time of year again. Christmas can be a fun time for the whole family, but it can also be stressful and dangerous for your canine companion. Your dog may be exposed to many unfamiliar sights and sounds, as well as lots of tempting treats! For some dogs,…

Worthing is officially open

The much awaited opening of our new Worthing branch arrived on Saturday 31st August 2019. We were blessed with beautiful sunshine and we warmly welcomed our guests with coffee, cakes, a charity raffle and a tour behind the scenes. We were also joined by Councillor Hazel Thorpe, Mayor of Worthing…

Heat Stroke Warning

With the weather due to be heating up, let’s talk heat stroke. Please can we remind dog owners not to walk their dogs or take them out during the daytime in extreme heat – even in shady areas. Please leave them at home in the cool and either walk them very…

Our family is growing! Worthing, you asked, we answered.

We’re delighted to announce that we’re opening a new practice in Worthing in late August, welcome news for our existing clients who live there and currently choose to drive to one of our locations in Pulborough, Ashington, Westergate or Storrington. We’re proud to say they make this choice because of…

Bertie bites off more than he can chew!

Bertie was initially seen by lead vet Richard at our Pulborough branch. Bertie presented with a sudden onset retching and not wanting to eat. Bertie is otherwise a very healthy young man. Without delay, knowing our endoscope may be required, Richard referred him to our 24 hour Storrington hospital to…

Lara’s Emergency Pyometra

Lara is 10 years old and a couple of weeks ago her attentive owner noticed something was wrong. Lara had suddenly started to lose weight, and had stopped eating. She was also drinking more than usual. Without any delay her owner made an appointment to see AVG Lead Vet, Lisa,…

Recognising pain in small pets

Signs of pain: rabbits and small mammals In the last of our series looking at how to tell if your pet is in pain we’ll look at rabbits and the smaller companion animals. This is where it gets really tricky – our small pets are very difficult to assess for…

Recognising pain in cats

Signs of pain: cats In the second of our articles we’ll look at how to identify pain in cats – who are masters at hiding pain! When we, as veterinary professionals, are assessing pain levels we look at three different areas: body language, behaviour, physiological parameters. It is the combination…

Recognising pain in dogs

In a series of three articles we’ll be looking at how to tell if your dog, cat or small pet is in pain. We all know what pain is. For humans, communicating to others that you are experiencing pain is easy – it’s actually lot harder to disguise the fact…

Poppy’s story

Poppy is a very beautiful 6 year old Bernese Mountain Dog. Recently, Poppy was rushed down to our 24 hour emergency hospital at Storrington when her Mum noticed something very wrong. It was quickly diagnosed that Poppy was suffering from a life threatening condition known as a GDV or Bloat.…

ISFM CAT FREINDLY CLINIC

Arun Veterinary Group and South Downs Emergency Vets are very pleased to announce their application to become an accredited Cat Friendly clinic with the ISFM (International Society of Feline Medicine). Based on the equipment that a practice has available, the layout of the practice, and the way cats are handled…

Jasper’s story

We see many remarkable patients but it’s not often that we have a social media superstar as an inpatient – meet the incredibly handsome and adorable Jasper, an Instagram celebrity. Jasper first came to see us early in the summer when his owner noticed behaviour that for Jasper was unusual.…

Trusted by the families of West Sussex

“I have trusted Arun Veterinary Group with my pets for many years, and they are consistently outstanding. The entire team — vets, physiotherapists, nurses, and reception — works seamlessly together and always go above and beyond. Their dedication, expertise, and teamwork have made a real and lasting difference to my pets’ wellbeing.”

SARAH

“Having a terminally ill dog, I have used the out of hours service on several occasions and have found the whole team to be kind, compassionate and caring. I would not hesitate to recommend Arun Vet Group”

Michelle Simmonds

“Matt has been vet to my Border Terrier Louis for the last 10 years. He is caring, dedicated and an accomplished practitioner – who always gets right to the core of the problem. Louis was in a road traffic accident before he was a year old and without Matt caring for him I doubt he would have survived – so thank you Matt for being a true super vet”

Di Williams

“I switched over to Arun Veterinary Group recently and can’t praise them enough! It’s a very friendly but professional practice and you just instantly know that your pet will be given the very best attention – even dogs seem happy to be there! What I like is that medical conditions are explained to you in depth using words you can understand and there is never any pressure in trying any procedure or medication. If they don’t think it will really work they tell you there and then and that is something I really appreciate as with other veterinary groups I have been with it’s been a case of try first then admit it was ineffective afterwards but still charge you. I like Arun’s honesty.”

Di H

“You remind me of an old style GP- approachable, dedicated, nothing too much trouble with extremely good interpersonal skills and clinical excellence that spreads across a very broad diagnostic and therapeutic spectrum. Maybe it takes a Doctor to appreciate a good Doctor!”

Dr. Price