Dowding Vets

Dowding Vets From first vaccinations to a lifetime of preventative care, it’s our aim at Dowding's Vets to help your pet live a long, happy and healthy life.
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Raoul Dowding Vets is a two site veterinary practice based in Gainsborough and Bawtry. From first vaccinations to a lifetime of preventative care, it's our aim at Dowding's Vets to help your pet live a long, happy and healthy life. The practice was established in Gainsborough in 1924 by Mr Swaby at Morton Terrace. At this time the practice was predominantly farm animal and equine. Raoul Dowding to

ok over the practice in 1999. As animal ownership has changed over the years we decided to be a solely small animal practice in 2006.

Just look at this cute little face !! 😻this is Coco the kitten belonging to Claire one of our reception team . I think y...
24/11/2025

Just look at this cute little face !! 😻this is Coco the kitten belonging to Claire one of our reception team . I think you will agree she is gorgeous 🩷Claire hand reared her from very young ☺️

18/11/2025
We are running 3 raffles for local cat charity friends of  ferals 🥰 we have a cat prize a dog prize and a human prize 😝 ...
13/11/2025

We are running 3 raffles for local cat charity friends of ferals 🥰 we have a cat prize a dog prize and a human prize 😝 £1 a strip please support where possible . Thank you in advance

Meet Annie the practice cat at Bawtry , she has made herself at home and clients have been so kind and donated food for ...
11/11/2025

Meet Annie the practice cat at Bawtry , she has made herself at home and clients have been so kind and donated food for her 🐱hopefully she will get more brave as times goes on . She greets the staff every morning 🥰

Dowdings at  our Bawtry branch are celebrating Susan’s 60th Birthday 🎉🎁 Happy Birthday
05/11/2025

Dowdings at our Bawtry branch are celebrating Susan’s 60th Birthday 🎉🎁 Happy Birthday

Dowding vets would like to say a big Thank you to our resident baker, Melody for baking this amazing cake to celebrate V...
31/10/2025

Dowding vets would like to say a big Thank you to our resident baker, Melody for baking this amazing cake to celebrate VetPartners 10th Anniversary. 🎂🥳1️⃣0️⃣

This week the CMA shared proposals for the UK veterinary sector.At Dowding Vets we would like to reassure you our priori...
23/10/2025

This week the CMA shared proposals for the UK veterinary sector.

At Dowding Vets we would like to reassure you our priorities are unchanged: compassionate care for your pet.

We’re proud to be part of Vet Partners, a veterinary group that supports us with training, equipment and back-office help. It was founded and is led by vets, that have the same focus on compassionate care for pets. Clinical decisions are, and always have been, made here by our team, always with your pet’s best interests at heart. 💛

We also want to reassure you that many of the proposals reflect things we already do to care for you and your pets:
✨ Prices: You can find typical fees on our website to help you plan. ✨ Written prescriptions, so you can choose where to buy ongoing medication. ✨ Estimates: We aim to give clear estimates before treatment (especially for higher-cost care) and keep you updated every step of the way.

If you ever have questions or concerns about your pet’s care or costs, our friendly team is just a message or phone call away — we’re always happy to help. 🐾

We’re also continuously looking for ways to improve, so your feedback is very welcome.

21/10/2025

Hi All ,

Has anyone lost a snake 🐍 ? Uphill area it was brought into us yesterday . And this is a long shot but has anyone got a snake enclosure we can borrow ? however we are not looking to rehome the snake at this point .
Thank you in advance

We need some cats to enter !! 😻
16/10/2025

We need some cats to enter !! 😻

Superstar Reggie who is our hero 😇has been back in. Reggie gave blood yesterday for a very poorly Dog to have a transfus...
14/10/2025

Superstar Reggie who is our hero 😇has been back in. Reggie gave blood yesterday for a very poorly Dog to have a transfusion . Reggie is such a good boy and went home with a little goody bag . This isn’t the first pet that Reg has saved !!! He is a superstar 🎖️🥇

Congratulations to Briar on achieving her healthy weight Goal of under 35kg losing a total of 8.1kg! Look at that face, ...
08/10/2025

Congratulations to Briar on achieving her healthy weight Goal of under 35kg losing a total of 8.1kg! Look at that face, We think she’s pleased with her weight loss. Amazing work by Briar and Briars owner 🐶🐾🏅

If you feel your pet is overweight why not book in for a weight clinic with one of our nurses.

WINNERS ANNOUNCED 🎃🎉Our Head Receptionist Jodie  has chosen our Halloween competition winners , we added more prizes bec...
02/10/2025

WINNERS ANNOUNCED 🎃🎉

Our Head Receptionist Jodie has chosen our Halloween competition winners , we added more prizes because she couldn’t choose an out and out winner !! our winners are as follows :

Cats prizes

- Heather Campbell with Gizmo
- Millie Horton with Juno

Dogs

- Gail Adams with Lotti
- mary Wigmore with Cilla
- Talia Blow with Rox

Congratulations everyone who won and Thank you so much for everyone that entered have a fabulous Halloween 🎃

Winners please pop into the practice for your prizes !!!

HALLOWEEN COMPETITION TIME 👻🎃💀we have a dog prize and a cat prize .
To win all you have to do .
Like our page Dowding Vets
Share this competition
Post a picture of your pet all dressed up for Halloween

Good luck 👻🎃
We will pick the 2 winners on the 30th October 25

Address

16 Spital Terrace
Gainsborough
DN212HE

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 12pm

Telephone

+441427612188

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Raoul Dowding Vets is a two site veterinary practice based in Gainsborough and Bawtry.

The practice was established in Gainsborough in 1924 by Mr Swaby at Morton Terrace. At this time the practice was predominantly farm animal and equine. Raoul Dowding took over the practice in 1999. As animal ownership has changed over the years we decided to be a solely small animal practice in 2006. We also at this time moved our practice to Mr Marshall’s lovely old property, Cleveland House. This gave us more space for our expanding small animal work and allowed us to improve our facilities. We have a branch surgery in Bawtry which too moved to Narrow lane in 2006 to allow us to expand and carry out routine operations there.

In 2015 we became part of the VetPartners, a collaboration of some of the UK’s most trusted and respected veterinary practices.