Mittagong Veterinary Hospital

Mittagong Veterinary Hospital An Aussie country practice Vet on majestic Gundungurra land. Caring for pets & wildlife of the Southern Highlands since 1974.

Our Mittagong Vet Hospital team says G’Day! A caring, affordable and experienced Veterinary Hospital. We offer off street parking, wheel chair access, are LGBTQI+ friends within our community, and we're here to serve you with country friendliness. All our staff have decades of veterinary experience and you'll know you're animals will be in great hands.

WHISKERS OF THE WEEK — A PAWETRY EDITION 🐾It’s Purrsday, so, without much further ado, behold our Whiskers of the Week r...
27/08/2026

WHISKERS OF THE WEEK — A PAWETRY EDITION 🐾
It’s Purrsday, so, without much further ado, behold our Whiskers of the Week recipient!

Zoe the grey and white Kitty attended Mittagong Vet this week approaching the whole event — & Dr Keith — with typical Cattitude: a quiet composure disguising a monarch enduring the peasant’s touch. !

The Japanese old masters knew cats carried their own special version of Zen — very worthy of capturing, be it in a painting of waterfalls, tidal waves, or cats scheming world domination, and the poets who'd fold words into vocal origami: a haiku — in this instance, into fine feline form.

And yet, then as now, cats do not care! Forever unbothered by humans fussing over them.

We like to think Bashō himself would take one look at Zoe, serene (& yet somewhat put out), & approvingly nod: yes, she is pure cat!

With that in mind, and in Zoe’s honour, some haiku pawetry:

Grey fluff, unimpressed
In vet’s hand, she frowns hard
Home now. Feed me, Meow!

Zoe: one day, seventeen syllables & endless disapproval.

A fluffy grey & white queen, she is quite cute, really!

Please raise your warm sake's & offer heartfelt praises to our wonderful Whiskers of the Week feline, Zoe — our ‘Pawet Laureate’ of the sofa & professional critic of the entire Australian veterinary profession!

With love from Dr Keith & the nurses at Mittagong Vet! 🐾


Chris Watson Veterinary & Orthopaedic Services

Found Dove – MittagongIs this your bird? Very tame white dove was found sitting on someone's car in Mittagong and is lik...
27/08/2026

Found Dove – Mittagong
Is this your bird? Very tame white dove was found sitting on someone's car in Mittagong and is likely a pet.
She's not injured, just waiting for her owner to taker her home-sweet-home.

📍 Currently at Mittagong Vet, 109 Main Street, Mittagong
📞 Call (02) 4872 2028 if she's yours, or come in to collect her (please bring a carrier/cage)

Please share in case someone local recognises her!

Side-Eye Thursday is officially in session, and this week’s judge, jury, and prosecutor is Braxton – local Australian Bu...
20/08/2026

Side-Eye Thursday is officially in session, and this week’s judge, jury, and prosecutor is Braxton – local Australian Bulldog — a dog so allergic to nonsense he doesn’t do smiles, only strategic disapproval.

Dropped off this today to see at , and let’s just say he was not impressed about it. Absolutely Not!

With a side-eye that could curdle milk at forty paces. Can we just say that Braxton obviously does not like being locked up in a cage at the vet. But he’s harmless and big lovable marshmallow;

The side-eye is all attitude, zero bull, built like a tank and unimpressed like a teenager asked to do the dishes. He didn’t bark. He didn’t bite. He just... looked at us (side-on). And somehow that was worse.

He took the visit like an absolute trooper unit, tolerated the indignity of the slammer with the quiet stoicism of a bloke queuing at a democracy-sausage sizzle on Election Day, and went home 150% for a nap and a sulk on the couch with the fam.

Please join us in celebrating this week’s Bobby-Dazzler, Braxton, as he takes home a along with the all-new — because this fella only does disapproval, beautifully.

Side-eye level: Legendary. Bulldog Energy: 500%. Forgiveness for the Vet visit: Pending.

Well done Braxton!

With love,

Dr Chris Watson Veterinary and all at Mittagong Vet!

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It just doesn’t get much happier than this! Meet Aiya — which rhymes with “Hiya-Hiya-Hiya!” Fozzie Bear’s legendary gre...
07/08/2026

It just doesn’t get much happier than this! Meet Aiya — which rhymes with “Hiya-Hiya-Hiya!” Fozzie Bear’s legendary greeting (you know the one and the only Muppet, king of puns).

Just look at that face! Aiya is here for the sole purpose of bringing happiness into the universe - may she brighten your Satur-Yay, make you laugh, and remind you that life is pretty great (well, it sure is for Aiya!)

A classic Fozzie joke which Aiya approved of when she visited The Dogtor (Dr Keith) at this week: ““What do you call a dog that does magic tricks? A labracadabrador!” Wocka-Wocka-Wocka!

Send your love and laughs to the funniest Australian Shepherd we’ve ever met. Hands down, tongue out and tails wagging.

Have a great weekend,

love from Dr Keith, Dr Chris and all the nurses at Mittagong Vet!

Please welcome the one and only Nandi, Staffordshire Terrier Princess! 👑This little lady is a certified daddy's girl (co...
06/08/2026

Please welcome the one and only Nandi, Staffordshire Terrier Princess! 👑

This little lady is a certified daddy's girl (could you tell?) — just look at that "I ❤️ DAD" shirt. There's no mistaking who her favourite person is!

Nandi's daddy is South African, and can we just say, he chose beautifully when it came to naming rights. In Zulu tradition, Nandi means "the sweet one" — and we can attest she is indeed pure sweetness. The name carries real history, most famously belonging to Queen Nandi, the 18th-century Zulu queen and mother of King Shaka Zulu. And don't tell Dr Keith (The Dogtor), but she loves little-bits of her dad's homemade boerewors & biltong, too! (Shhhh 🤫)

And excuse me, can we talk about those legs?! Sculpted. Powerful. She skips leg day at the gym every day — because she was born with it. Pure Staffy-Sweet-Mother-of-Shaka leggie-power. 💪

Official Announcement: Nandi is the very deserving winner of our award, and this week's . 🏆🐕 Accept your trophies, shweet Nandi — it is your destiny (aaaah zabenya)!

Please join us in congratulating #1 Daddy's Girl Nandi: gym-dodger, legend, bonafide, certified, recognised sweetie-sweet, and Hakuna Matata, Nandi!

Please welcome Bluebell! Soft, sweet, and precious — a little blossom that turned into a Ragdoll Kitty. On this chilly m...
05/08/2026

Please welcome Bluebell! Soft, sweet, and precious — a little blossom that turned into a Ragdoll Kitty. On this chilly midwinter day, she’s been our reminder that warmth doesn’t need the summer-sun to find you. Sometimes it just needs these blue eyes, whiskers, and a little floofy face looking back at you.

Endless nurse cuddles with her today reminded us of Emily Brontë’s ode to the bluebell — the sweetest, gentlest flower, whose very memory has the power to soothe even when the world may seem cold and dark:

”The blue bell is the sweetest flower

That waves in summer air;

Its blossoms have the mightiest power

To soothe my spirit’s care.

The violet has a fragrant breath,

But fragrance will not cheer;

The purple heath-bloom darkly sleeps

Upon a frozen year.

There is a charm in solitudes

That mould mine ear and eye,

But lovelier far is summer’s child

Beneath a azure sky.”

— Emily Brontë

Where other blooms fade or turn bitter with the seasons, the bluebell’s sweetness lingers — and so too - this little Bluebell indeed, a gentle sweet warmth in the form of The Kitty, every day!

Please join us in extending love, chin scratches, and Pawetry recitals, back at sweet little Bluebell!

Love from Dr Keith, Dr Chris, and all the loud-and-proud-cat-crazy nurses at Mittagong Vet ###x

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Current cat mood at vet hospital:‘Alfred, The Spectacular’ Kitty thought it was going to be just another ordinary day on...
30/07/2026

Current cat mood at vet hospital:

‘Alfred, The Spectacular’ Kitty thought it was going to be just another ordinary day on the chaise longue. The Pawrent, instead, bundled him up — sans breakfast — and took him to The Vet. Not a great start.

Alfred then got a surprise needle (no explanation given, he might add), and the next thing he knew, he’d woken up with his hair done, his nails done, and — what is this?! — even his private areas clipped, Brazilian style.

“How dare you!” This was his moral indictment; he’d had no say in this injustice.

We don’t want to take away from the urgency and gravity of Greta Thunberg’s address to the UN Climate Action Summit in 2019, but Alfred truly, deeply, madly, felt the same level of betrayal.

But Alfred, you look amazing! And nevertheless — it was what the Pawrent’s request.

Imagine if we hoomans went to hospital and woke up from anaesthesia with our hair and nails “all done.” Sounds brilliant! But not to a cat.

Why do veterinarians groom cats under sedation? Well — have you ever seen a cat that does not want to be manhandled by a stranger? It’s dangerous for the hooman handler, and traumatic and distressing for the cat. They also become more reluctant at future vet visits, including ones requiring unsedated and urgent examinations. Plus, under sedation, the hair trim, nail trim, and everything else needed happens much faster — you literally save hours in negotiating with an unwilling cat.

In the meantime, please join us in sending our warmest healing vibes to sweet (and stunning, slightly put out, but untraumatised) Alfred the Kitty, currently healing his heart from the treachery of a winter preen.

Love from Dr Keith and Dr Chris and all the doting nurses at Mittagong Vet!


It’s ‘Bring Your Cat To Work Day’!Dr Keith got to show and tell to the staff, with Cecil the Orange WonderCat. Cec — as ...
27/07/2026

It’s ‘Bring Your Cat To Work Day’!

Dr Keith got to show and tell to the staff, with Cecil the Orange WonderCat. Cec — as you can probably tell — did not like nor agree to the annual workplace celebration.

It’s Bring Your Cat To Work Day every day for Grace the clinic cat. She doesn’t mind — she lives here at Mittagong Vet!

Clinic cats are the unsung heroes of vet hospitals!
Ever walked into a vet clinic and been greeted by a sassy feline lounging on the reception desk like they own the place?? Well, that’s because they do! Clinic cats are a time-honoured tradition in the veterinary universe. Here’s the secret history and daily grind of the most amazing workplace managers:

From Grain Guard to Vet Guard.

- Ancient Origins: Thousands of years ago, cats earned their keep protecting Egyptian granaries from mice.
- The Vet Evolution: Early 20th-century vets kept cats to stop rodents from chewing through leather horse tack and grain bags.
- The Best Advertisement: Most modern vet hospital cats started life as injured strays or rescues. Vets often fixed them up, fell in love, and kept the. Our little grace is one of those stories, as have been all of Dr Keith’s clinic cats since 1982!

Just Another Day at the Office: Clinic cats don’t get free rent; they work hard for their bikkies.

- They are Stress Relievers: They provide mandatory cuddle breaks for stressed-out vet nurses and veterinarians.
- The Animal Whisperers: Their calm presence helps soothe anxious dogs and crying puppies in the hospital.
- The Lifesavers: Many clinic cats are universal blood donors, ready to step up and save local pets in an emergency transfusion.
- PR+HR Department: They are the undisputed stars of any vet hospital’s social media accounts, and also the official “HR & Complaints Department.”

So, the next time you see our resident kitty ‘Grace’ at , make sure to give her a chin scratch for a job well done!

Love from Dr Keith (and Dr Chris) and all the team at Mittagong Vet!

Disclaimer: This post of The Cats has been published with our Veterinary and Pawrental Consent.

Please welcome sweet little Cairn Terrier, Brandy! This cute little button of a Cairn visited Dr Keith (The Dogtor) at ...
23/07/2026

Please welcome sweet little Cairn Terrier, Brandy! This cute little button of a Cairn visited Dr Keith (The Dogtor) at this week. Yes, she needed a little check-over. Yes, she’s been diagnosed as having the nicest disposition. Typical Cairn — nothing is too hard or a bother, much like Toto in The Wizard of Oz (another famous Cairn)... Need to find our way back to Kansas? Sure thing! Flying monkeys coming at us from everywhere? Not a problem, Dorothy! That’s because Cairns possess what’s called a Cairn-Do attitude!

But wait, there’s more! Dr Keith, inspecting under the collar, discovered evidence of a condition common in all Scottish breeds, known as “The Highland Fling.” Triggered by bagpipes and too much excitement (e.g., Hogmanay, throwing logs, Burns Night, and even the thought of haggis), symptoms include bouncing up and down on the spot — often on one foot — front legs up in the air. Usually, an unusual breakout occurs: their coat becomes covered (often head-to-toe) in tartan. More advanced cases show tassels, ribbons, pompoms, and a sporran. (We know what you’re thinking... yes, Dr Keith has the gene, and is diagnosed.)

You may say there are worse things that could happen in a breed — och aye! Indeed, it’s a blessing. As the Gaelic saying goes: “Lang may yer lum reek” (long may your chimney smoke, and good luck).

Please join us in sending our heartiest praise and heartiest wintery Highlands pats and love to sweet, adorable little Brandy!

Love from Dr Keith (and Dr Chris) and all the team at Mittagong Vet!

Disclaimer: This post of a furbaby has been published with Pawrental Consent.

🐍 Oh my we’ve been a bit quiet lately – that’s because we’ve been head down & tails up super-busy creating OUR REGION’S ...
22/07/2026

🐍 Oh my we’ve been a bit quiet lately – that’s because we’ve been head down & tails up super-busy creating OUR REGION’S first ever MOST comprehensive SNAKE GUIDE of THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS 🐍 FREE for our community and visitors to our stunning region!

Dr Keith at has teamed up with local legend snake catcher Ray McGibbon (Southern Highlands & South Coast Snake Catchers) & Dr Chris Watson to bring you this FREE comprehensive visual guide to snakes of the Southern Highlands, of which there are MANY types, all over. Spoiler alert: It’s practically a snake pit out there, Scooby!

Inside you'll find:

✅ Which snakes live near YOU in our region

✅ Where snakes hide in your yard (check your mulch pile you’ve been procrastinating about)

✅ What to do FIRST if your pet is bitten — it could save their life

✅ How snake antivenin is made

✅ Why snakes aren't "aggressive, and more!

Whether you've got pets, kids, a backyard, or just love a Highlands bushwalk — this one's for you. Find out why WINTER is the perfect time to prepare your yards and farms to snake-proof and keep family + pets safe.

A free community resource, with love, from us to YOU! Available from - https://bit.ly/45mjTbv (Blog - Mittagong Vet Hospital) or QR Code image

Dr Keith, Dr Chris and Ray the Snake Catcher!

Mittagong Veterinary Hospital


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109 Main Street
Mittagong, NSW
2575

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