Alan Ritchie Equine Veterinary Dentistry

06/03/2026

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all our clients, referring vets, EDT’s, horses, ponies and donkeys from all at AREVD 🎄🎅

Thanks for all your support this year - we really appreciate it and it helps us continue to evolve and progress to give your much loved animals the best possible care we can👍 we hope we’ve managed to help make a lot of ponies an awful lot happier 🦷 🐴

Hope Santa is as good as he always is and all ponies are enjoying an extra carrot in the morning 🥕

Claire will be back in the office on Monday 5th January so we hope to see you all again next year🥂

17/08/2025

We are incredibly grateful for your continued support and truly proud to care for your horses teeth to the best of our ability.

Unfortunately due to increasing prices on all fronts we have had to amend our pricing structure. We haven’t had a price increase for nearly 2 years and have tried to absorb costs as much as possible but the price of drugs, petrol, taxes, insurance, equipment etc. etc. etc. have continued to rise so to be able to continue to offer the highest level of care and afford the best quality equipment it has been necessary.

To keep it as fair as possible groups of larger numbers have had the smallest increase and singles which require more time have had a bit more. So if possible join up with a friend or 2 and make it more beneficial for all👍

Single rasp £95
2-3 horses £90 each
4+ horses £85 each

Price includes call out, routine examination and a small amount of sedation to allow a better examination and treatment. Extra sedation for difficult cases, advanced reductions and diastema treatment may be subject to additional costs. Advanced work can be estimated after examination. Cancellations within 24hrs will incur a £40 cancellation charge unless we can manage to fill the slot in which case there will be no charge.

We feel, and hope you feel, this is very competitive and still represents good value for money for the service provided and thank you again for your support 🐴 🦷

12/06/2025

Hi Everyone

Just a little note to say that Claire is away enjoying her well earned jollies for the next week or so, so if you have any emergency calls then call me on 07399053805. All routine calls can still ring the office and leave a message but please bear with us as I’m working full time and manning the phones at the same time👍

Thanks Alan and the Team

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03/06/2025

Alan and Stuart have just got back from the European Veterinary Dental Forum (EVDF) in Oslo 🇳🇴

It was a great three days of lectures and practicals delivered by colleagues from all over the world for vets passionate about equine dentistry 🦷 🐴

Attending events such as these are a necessity to maintain and improve on skills and knowledge to provide the most up to date and best dental care for our patients 🩺🤗

05/02/2025

The new found joy of sitting down for extractions on little ones 🐴 🦷

08/01/2025

‘My horse doesn’t need sedation’

At AREVD we give all of our patients the smallest effective dose of sedation 💉

Dental issues in horses are so often symptomless 😞 This is the one chance in 6-12 months for us to identify any arising problems in your horses mouth 🦷

Sedation, which can only be administered by vets for this procedure, allows for the horse to be more relaxed and less stressed 🤲

A sedated thorough examination 🧐 and corrective treatment enables us to prevent and treat dental disease, preserve the health of the mouth and eliminate any oral discomfort 😀

If you have any questions regards our services or specifically sedation please message us or call our office

📱 07377102887
☎️ 01928 604026

26/11/2024

Why should you use AR Equine Veterinary Dentistry?

We are a veterinary practice which focus’ solely on equine dentistry 💯🐴🦷

Both of our vets, Alan and Stuart, hold a certificate in equine dentistry. This is only held by a handful of vets in the country and takes years of additional studying and assessments to achieve 👏

We provide both routine and advanced services including referral services for most veterinary practices and equine dental technicians in the area 🩺

For any queries or appointments:

📱 01928 604026
📱 +447377102887
📧 [email protected]

20/11/2024

Meet the voice at the end of the phone ☎️

Claire is there to answer your queries Monday to Thursday 📞 📧

In between dealing with three dogs, three horses and two little girls she is key to diary management and helping to keep Alan and Stuart well organised 👌🏻

When not being an admin extraordinaire you will find her riding, rock climbing and relaxing with the family 🧗‍♀️

For any queries or appointments:

📱 01928 604026
📱 +447377102887
📧 [email protected]

07/02/2024

*** Position now filled***

Looking for a new member of the team 👀

We are looking to recruit an Office Assistant for our expanding Equine Veterinary Dentistry team.

4 day week - some flexibility in hours depending on the individual requirements of applicant and practice.

24 days of holiday per year inclusive of bank holidays (based on 4 days 9am-5pm - pro rata if other hours agreed) plus an extra day for your birthday🎂 (we strongly believe no one should have to work their birthday🤣)

Duties to include but not limited to - maintaining vets diaries, booking of calls, client/refering vet communication, banking, account/debt management, equipment maintenance and equipment/medicine ordering.
General equine handling a bonus if applicant is interested in occasional veterinary assistance of advanced cases.

Opportunity to work from home some days but the ideal applicant would be within reasonable distance to Kingsley, North Cheshire and have experience in receptionist/administrative duties.

Good rates of pay based on experience.

Immediate start available.

For more info and applications please send CV to: [email protected]

25/10/2023

Absolutely delighted to welcome Stuart, our new Equine Dental Vet, to the team🎉

Stuart graduated from University of Liverpool in 2016 before spending 2 years in Equine Practice in Shropshire and then 5 years in an Equine Hospital in the North West. During this time Stuart attained his designated certificate in Equine Dentistry ‘CertAVP (ED)’🍾 Stuart’s dedication to furthering his skills in Equine Dentistry marries perfectly with our ethos of wanting your horse to have the best mouth it can possibly have 🐴 🦷

When he’s not got his head in a horses mouth, Stuart enjoys running, travelling and spending time with his 2 Puggles 🐶

It’s very exciting time for the practice being one of only a very few with 2 designated Certificate holders in Equine Dentistry, which will hopefully allow us to reduce our waiting times for both routine and advanced cases👍

Stuart we’re very proud to have you as a member of AREVD🍾🥂