Vet List

[ttadoyle]

I'm going to get my dog spayed soon. Hopefully this weekend. Can anyone recommend a vet? The only animal hospitals I seem to be able to find are the ones that are in pet stores. I do not trust them! I'm also a very parnoid dog owner. My dog is my baby! I want the very best care for her. Thanks

[chung]

Good vets don't exist in Zhongli. Take the dog to Taoyuan! Here's the contact information for a couple of the more respectable clinics.

Da'an
256 Yong An Rd.
Tel 333-5723.

Jih An
24 Samin Rd. Sec. 1.
Tel 333-5025.

[914]

Hi everyone,

I am glad we finally have an Animals Forum. We are compiling a list of vets in Taiwan. I hope you share the names of good vets who speak Chinese, English, or both here.

I take both my cats to:
台欣動物醫院 (Tai Shing Animal Hospital)
台北市松山區健康路187號 (187 Jiankang Road in Songshan District)
(02) 2528-5119
Speaks very minimal English

Jiankang Road is the road between Nanjing East Road Section 5 and Minsheng East Road Section 5. The closest big name cross street is Guang Fu North Road.

Dr 邱 (Chiou) is the owner/doctor and his wife is the assistant. They are very knowledgeable and patient. The little tiny clinic is clean, bright, and cozy. I have left both my cats there for a week on two separate occasions. For boarding, they charge $200/night per cat.

Dr Chiou has on one occasion offered me a free check up on a 3 week old kitten I found. He also didn't charge me when I brought my cat in for a minor problem and he had to take a sample from her bum. I always see him spray down the examination table and scale with a disinfectant after every customer. Not every vet does this.

They have two resident cats there as well.

[Eric]

Yang Ming Veterinary Hospital
1-6 Tianmu East Rd., Taipei
台北市天母東路1-6號
Tel.: (02)2872-6911

Yang Dongshang DVM

This is the same clinic that Mina Sharpe worked with when she set up her Taipei Abandoned Animal Rescue Foundation (TAARF). A great group of staff who really care about pets and animals. My own experience with them recently involved a senior abondoned Cocker Spaniel I rescued in which they successfully performed a very complicated operation. They didn't even charge me the full price for that op. So as far as Taipei goes, these guys are hard to beat. They are skilled, kind-hearted and experienced. They also have good English-speaking ability.

[Big Fluffy Matthew]

I don't know if this vet speaks particularly good English or not, but he does deal with animals other than dogs and cats. I took my hamster there to get her teeth clipped (until I worked I can do it myself with cat nail clippers). And it's very clean inside, feels hygenic unlike most vets.

It's on Roosevelt road, right outside exit 1 of Guting MRT

[Bu Lai En]

What follows is a summary of all the vets recommended in the past on Forumosa. I hope we can add to the details here (if anyone knows missing addresses, phone numbers etc, please post and I'll edit them in) and please post up any more vets you know of that have one or more of the following qualities:

1) Professional - do a great job
2) Care for animals and often have some up for adoption
3) Speak reasonable English.

Manhattan Animal Hospital on the north side of Civil Blvd. between Dunhua and Fuxing is pretty good. Doc's name is David Tan - he's a good guy.

曼哈頓動物醫院Manhattan Vet. Hospital
台北市市民大道四段77號TEL: 2781-5203
#77 Civil Boulevard Section 4

Go to Minquan MRT station, go out of the main entrance, turn left, cross the footbridge over Chengde Road (do not cross Minquan West Road,) keep on going and you will soon come across a vet's surgery.

Same as this?:

The vet is a decent guy and has helped me out a lot recently. He gets a lot of dogs and cats dumped at his doorstep early in the morning, and sometimes he just can't keep them for too long at his practice and he ends up having to take them to a shelter. I want to help the guy out and let readers know whenever he has animals which require new homes.He speaks basic English and you can visit his practice at Minsheng east Rd section 5, number 63.
Tel no: (02)2760-7639 -Dr Lin

Shi-Da area - There is a vet's surgery on Xinsheng South Road between the mosque and the Heping East Road junction, nearer the mosque. I had to take my dog there for an abortion because the Minquan West Road guy wouldn't do it: 萬國家畜醫院 新生南路二段80-3號1樓 No. 80-3, Section 2, Xinsheng South Road Tel: 2396 5136

This vet is excellent and knowledgable about taking your pet out of the country, I found. But I don't have the address. It is on Neihu Rd., Sec. 1, left side if you are going to Neihu from Dazhi on Neihu Rd., right past Lane 285 and before the Ford dealership. If you pass Ulead, you've gone too far.

You can try "Top Vet Clinic" it's not near by you, but I think they are good. It's Locat at Lung Chung Road, TEL:(02) 2517-0902, You can ask for Dr. Chen Kuan Hsien (Xian) (Xian). He studied in Australia before so at least speaks a bit, he's a very nice person

This one gets a lot of recommendations for a very high standard of care. They are a bit costly though, and are perhaps so thorough that you will end up paying for a lot more than you intended:

Cardiospecialist Veterinary Hospital
No. 34-1 Heping East road Section 2
Telephone 23633016
e-mail cardiospecial@writeme.com
Dr. Hong of Cardiospecialist Veterinary Hospital has been taking care of my four dogs for almost five years now. He is American trained and is very competent. I recommend him highly. He is very busy, so be sure to make an appointment.

They're located at an animal hospital on Academia Sinica Road, Section 1, Number 72. Your best bet is to take the MRT to Kunyang Station, and then take a taxi from there. Here's the address in Chinese:
中研動物醫院 / 楊醫師 02-2651-2100
台北市研究院路一段72號
(忠孝東路七段與研究院路十字路口右轉天橋下即達
或捷運昆陽站下)

Here was some advice for Zhongli/Taoyuan

Good vets don't exist in Zhongli (Zhongli). Take the dog to Taoyuan! Here's the contact information for a couple of the more respectable clinics.
Da'an
256 Yong An Rd.
Tel 333-5723.
Jih An
24 Samin Rd. Sec. 1.
Tel 333-5025.

An unchecked reference for a place that's good for birds:

There is a place called Fan'ersai 凡爾賽 - which is Chinese for Versailles. It's on the North side of Minzu Road between Chengde and Zhongshan North Roads, close to the Danshui line of the MRT. Nearest MRT stop: Yuanshan. This information was given to me by Mr. Chen Shuzheng, proprietor of the Dafeng Bird Shop 大豐鳥園 at No. 58, Sec. 3, Heping West Road, Wanhua District, Taibei.

Brian

[sandman]

BFM, I had bad experiences with both cats and dogs at that Guting vet. We left out dog there for four nights once and she came back with screwed up pads from standing in her own piss, plus, she was covered with fleas.
He spayed one of our cats, who almost died. When we took her to another vet, he opened her up and discovered that the moron had left a swab in there that had caused a massive infection.
Maybe they're better now, but I doubt it -- I remember Alien also had cat problems with the guy.

[asiababy]

Sandman,

Are you talking about a vet's around Guting, or the "Guting Animal Hospital" near exit 2 of the Guting MRT station?

I found the "Guting Animal Hospital" just great. The vets have all taken good care of the various animals I have had. They pick up stray animals and care for them until they can find homes. Their grooming service is reasonably priced and they treat the "customers" very kindly. My dogs have stayed there at various times and have always come back clean, healthy, and happy. They apparantly deal with all pets except birds.

If the places we are talking about are different, then I will recommend this one:
Guting Animal Hospital.
Rooselvelt Rd, Sec. 2, No. 138
Tel: 23693373/23672113

[sandman]

The one I'm talking about is on Roosevelt Rd., just past the MRT exit that is on the opposite side of Roosevelt Rd from the Starbucks on the corner.

[Stray Dog]

The Cardiospecialist listed up there is excellent, but they do seem to upsell. Because of this, we only go there for serious matters or when other vets just guess the problem incorrectly. They like to do bood tests, urine tests, allergy tests, etc. here.

All speak good English, and I believe it's where many vets intern after graduating from veterinary college.

There's an excellent vet just off Fuxing S. Rd, nr. Heping. I think Eric has the details, but they brought my Foxie back from the brink of death after her acid attack and an advanced stage of heartworm combined.

The vet on the east side of Zhongshan N. Rd sec. 6 (across from the old Wow-wow vegeburger place) and up past Subway is not one of my favourites. Charged me waaaaaay more than he needed to for a rescued stray puppy, and she managed to deteriorate in his care. He knew she had scabies, but left her to scratch a hole in her own back. But, in his defense, he did save her life after she was hit by a car.