Well forget the traffic because we are your ‘First Pawt of Call’.
We offer a personalised service so you know exactly who will be taking care of your pet each visit. First Paw mobile vet takes care of your pet’s routine veterinary care such as vaccinations, annual health screens, dental assessment, lump checks, lameness and arthritis care.
Alternatively, we can provide our own recommendations for general practice or specialist referrals. Our aim is to comprehensively assess your pet and discuss all options with utmost transparency.
Why choose First Paw mobile vet
- Avoid a visit to the vet clinic
- Super convenient
- Simply time saving
- Less stressful for your pet
- Great option for pets with mobility problems, especially large, arthritic dogs
- Your pet might not travel well
- You can’t get to the clinic
- Super handy for busy parents
- No more waiting in a busy waiting room
- Beneficial for the elderly who might find it difficult getting to the clinic
- No frustrating traffic
- Allows the vet to see your pet's more natural environment and behaviour
- Reduces risk of clinic transmitted infections eg Kennel Cough, Cat Flu etc.
- Take advantage of work-place vet visits if you're lucky enough to work with your little buddy
Meet Dr Laurence – First Paw Founder
Starting First Paw
Throughout his career, Dr Laurence has seen first-hand how stressful, frustrating and inconvenient routine visits to the vet can be. Whether it be just physically getting to the vet, the stress of the waiting room, or unforeseen costs. Whatever the reason is Dr Laurence strongly believes in being open and honest with clients, and what better environment to do this but in the comfort and convenience of your home or work-place. At First Paw we believe our role as a vet is to assess your little buddy and then discuss all options with your pet’s wellbeing our number one priority.
Dr Abby - First Paw Associate
Dr Abby joined the First Paw team in 2023 after working at various small animal clinics across Melbourne. Her area of interest is senior and palliative care, with a passion for helping clients with that final good-bye. Dr Abby is available for consultations on Wednesdays and Saturdays with our nurse Bec, offering services including compassionate home euthanasia, senior pet consultations including pathology screening, as well as general check-ups.
What our customers say about us
We have been rated 5 stars not just for our expertise but also for our compassion towards animals and customer service.
The mobile VET was fantastic! Found this to be super convenient as we found ourselves constantly postponing getting to the VET for our cats' standard vaccinations and boosters. Laurence was on time and courteous and explained everything really well....he even talked us through a few different treatment options (without adding any pressure). Archie and Willow say thank you! Will be using again.
Dr Laurence is amazing. Service and care was awesome. Cat did well too.
Laurence from First Paw was brilliant and I would totally recommend this service. I have a 13 year old Keeshond who has a medical history that would rival most humans and therefore it is almost impossible to get her into the car and to the vets. Laurence was the 14th mobile vet I had called ( none of the others would service my area no matter how ill my pet was). Laurence promptly returned my call and after asking questions he had a fairly good idea of what he was dealing with. Happy to attend the same day and after hours, Laurence called to confirm he was on his way and came spot on the allotted time. He carefully checked Keera’s vitals first and then went on to clean and medicate what turned out to be an open wound that was weeping and bleeding. Laurence explained everything step of the procedure as he went and Keera was calm throughout the entire experience. Add to this, I also received a follow up text the next day to see how the patient was doing. I have used other home vets previously and none have been as thorough and genuinely concerned for Keera’s wellbeing. I would highly recommended and definitely use this service again!!
Highly recommend First Paw, my cat was so much calmer having a vet attend to her at home. I think she even liked Laurence despite all the prodding and poking as he has a nice caring demeanour which put her (and her distressed human - me) at ease. Thank you!
My cat usually is very scared going to the vet but she wasn’t scared at all and Laurence was so efficient. Thank you!
The best vet visit in years! Lawrence was amazing, he was super organised and very caring and thorough with our cat. He was very diligent in his practice and this shows as we had a very happy cat :) looking forward to these yearly visits.
Laurence was great! Punctual and extremely professional, definitely knows all things when it comes to pets! No doubt our puppy cavoodle is in good hands. Love that this service is mobile! Came right to our house and had the vet appointment in the comfort of our own home! Winning!
Great Vet. Awesome they come to you. So caring and knowledgeable
We had an amazing experience with Dr Laurence! Our poor cat was in a bad way with a very swollen face with what appeared to be an infected abscess from an injury caused by a cat or possum. Dr Laurence was very reassuring when he arrived to our home and took it one step at a time to inspect and treat our fur boy! It was so scary seeing our cat so unwell so the last thing I wanted to do was pop him in a cage to take him to the vet - it would have been even more distressing. The professionalism and empathy he showed towards myself and our cat made it clear to me that he is in the right field of work. From injections, to a shaved cheek and small procedure, temperature and weight checks - all was covered in one home visit. I take my hat off to you! Thanks for looking after our Pepi. He has had a complete turnaround. Highly recommended vet service. Put me at ease right away! Thank you x 100
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Our family member Harry the cat needed his vax papers in order to spend 5 nights in his accomodation whilst we went for a short break. I found Laurence online & I booked an appointment for a weeks time. Laurence was on time and from the moment Harry saw him, he relaxed and had his vax, had his teeth checked and was weighed before he know what was going on. Laurence certainly had a way with animals & we would recommend him 100%
Booked an appointment for a home visit vaccination. Booking was easy. Laurence arrived on time and was friendly and professional. Will definitely use these guys again.