Canobie Lake Veterinary Hospital

Always a wonderful experience! Very loving, pleasant and attentive staff. Never have to wait to be seen. We love Canobie Lake Vet!

I have been with Dr Dressel for many years. She has been treating my dog’s heart murmur and several other issues. I’ve been feeding my boy raw diet for many years so I’m very pleased to see that she’s with a hospital with holistic approach. She really does care about my dog’s well being — multiple follow-​ups and calls afterwards. Even though I now live an hour away, Smarty (and my future fur babies) and I will continue to visit her!

What can I say about a Vet MD and a Vet tech who came out to my house to euthanize the dog I love? A dog they had never seen before. My prior vet (big practice) didn’t offer home euthanasia and my dog really didn’t like the vet office so it seemed cruel to make his last moments on earth stressed out at the vets. Dr. Magnuson and her tech (please forgive me, I can’t recall her name) were VERY compassionate! Expensive? Yes. But sometimes you gotta pay for the things you want. I have been bringing my new dog there since I brought him home from the shelter and I don’t find the routine vet stuff any more expensive than my old vet.

After several poor experiences at a local vet, we made the switch over to Canobie Lake Veterinary Hospital. I was skeptical at first, since my view on vet care was jaded, but I trusted the clean environment and caring staff. When the Dr. told me I needed to have my cats teeth cleaned and a few extracted I was nervous. When the Dr. called me, after the procedure, to tell me my cat did wonderful and they were able to save her three teeth from extraction, I was shocked! They truly care about your pets best interest and are not looking to just make a profit. I highly recommend this business to everyone in the area. I love my cat and feel I am giving her the best possible care by taking her to Canobie Lake Veterinary Hospital.

They are very high in price, but they are so concered with your pet’s health that it’s well worth the money. Almost all of the things they recommend are hollistic and they offer different options of care when your dog is sick. When my dog was a puppy, he got very sick and after an unsuccessful visit to another vet, I was recommeded to them. The vets there were so wonderful and careful with my little pup! They gave me some hollistic remedies, as well as medications. They even called me the next day to check up on him! It was really reassuring to know that they cared about Tonka. I would have stayed with them, had I not moved to Manchester, because they are great. They are also really easy to find, located right off Exit 3.

Still a very good vet, however we decided to go to another local vet (Brushwood) as Canobie’s prices are so high.
We just did not need all that they offered, such as their online portal to access records, etc.
No hard feelings, but we felt that it was all a bit unreasonable.

This is not a ‘science based’ veterinary clinic. They use quackery, so called ‘alternative veterinary medicine. For details on that kind of stuff read
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The first time I came here they (Dr Barrett) already tried to sell me their ‘holistic’, so unscientific health care method, with acupuncture and other ‘Eastern hocus pocus’ and they tried to change my kittie’s food, suggesting that all he eats is junk, even ‘Science Diet’ products!
When I told them I do not believe in that hocus pocus of holistic veterinary ‘medicine (what a package deal, to try to call it medicine) and wanted only ‘science’ from them, they backed of, looking like scared deer in the lights.
I was astonished when, without asking me if I am fine with that, they took my kitty away to a place I could not see them nor my kitty, to give him a shot. I am used to the vet doing such things in my presence, so I can verify. It feels almost like they have something to hide.
When I barged into their only ‘surgery’ room, that turned out to be a cramped, old kitchen, with cages in the same area for the patients, which they use for ‘recovery’. That is entirely inappropriate and conducive to infections and transmission of diseases from other pets, which many indoor pets are not vaccinated for. It should be a separate space.
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The ‘surgery’ room (at the beginning of the day) was also littered with stacks of items and papers on the surgery tables, so they did not keep this area ‘clean’, like a real vet would and that is again high risk for a pet’s health.
When my pet got his dental treatment, including extractions, they failed to do a blood test ahead of the dental work, which is a must with such procedure to assure that the immune system is up to bacterema, which always happens with this procedure. No true vet leaves out a blood test.
Neither did they give the antibiotics 1 hour pre-​procedure, as is prescribed for animals which have a known (they knew) history of dental problems and are therefore at a higher risk of bacterial infection. They gave it during the procedure instead, which is too late. And then my friend got infected and incurred a high temperature unnecessarily.
Next incompetence was that they called me early and were prepared to release my pet early WITH his high 105+ temperature, so with high fever. No serious vet releases pets with high fever until that has come down. I told them to keep him there and monitor it till it is down. Even then in the end they released him with some elevated fever (13.8), but I decided to accept it as I believe that it may kill him to stay there any longer.
Oh, and they tried to tell me the fable that fever was r elated to stress and even suggested (probably to cover themselves) that they believed he already had fever before getting to them. Totally humbug of course and they did not diagnose that pre-​op nor at a preceding visit a week earlier.
Their bills are sky high too, but I would not have minded if they knew their trade.
Avoid bringing your kitty here unless you are into the hocus pocus new-​ageism and are prepared to have problems or even a loss of your pet.

A few months ago, my family had to put our dog to sleep. Canobie Lake Veterinary Hospital made our dog’s final moments comfortable.
Our dog was a crazy beagle who loved spending time following us around the house trying to steal our food. He loved going for rides and walks, but he was terrified of the vet. Walking in the door to the vet’s office meant a sprint out the door to go potty.
Sadly, we knew that our dog was sick and the inevitable would come so my family did some research to find a veterinarian who performs euthanasia at home. My dad found Canobie Lake Veterinary Hospital, and we decided this way would be best for the dog.
On the day of the procedure, we called the vet’s office early in the morning because the dog was not doing well, he wasn’t trying to steal our food and he stopped eating, so we knew it was time. We scheduled an appointment for the afternoon when they were able to come to our house. Dr. Magnuson arrived at our home with her vet tech. They explained the procedure to us and answered any questions that we had. With my families consent, they preformed the procedure. They did their best to comfort us while we cried our eyes out.
Even though putting a dog down is a hard decision and this was one of the saddest moments of my life, I have nothing but good things to say about this office for making our dog’s final moments free of stress and anxiety.
I recommended this office to my friend who also had a dog with cancer. Sadly, they also had to put their dog down. They were unable to get a house call due to the timing, but they spoke very highly of the Veterinarian and staff.