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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.



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



Same as this?:









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:





Here was some advice for Zhongli/Taoyuan



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



Brian

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.

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

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.

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.