Noel Fitzpatrick, Supervet.

ClubDead

Is anyone else watching Noel Fitzpatrick on Channel 4 at the moment? He comes across as a wonderful veterinarian. I saw an interview with him over the weekend and it’s obvious he’s dedicated his life to helping animals. The level of care and facilities seem first class, is there any similar clinics in Ireland? My dog isn’t sick but it would be good to know of one.

Shenshen

Watching it regularly.
he does come across as a very, very clever and inventive person who is really pushing boundaries in veterinary care.

Now, cynical me knows that Channel 4 will of course show almost exclusively success stories, but even considering that I'm happy to see how much effort him and his team are willing to go to for each patient. I particularly like the hydrotherapy pool

I don't know if there's anywhere even remotely similar in Ireland. Down here in Cork we've got the Cat Hospital which is absolutely fantastic, but I doubt they'd be doing that type of intricate surgery there.

SillyMangoX

The closest you'd get in Ireland would either be UCD or Gilabbey in Cork, I've never been in them before but they would be the places where most vets would refer to for more specialist procedures. He really is an amazing man, I would love the opportunity to work in that practice just to see all the highest standard of things but I'd say he is so hard to work for though!

ClubDead

SillyMangoX wrote: »

The closest you'd get in Ireland would either be UCD or Gilabbey in Cork, I've never been in them before but they would be the places where most vets would refer to for more specialist procedures. He really is an amazing man, I would love the opportunity to work in that practice just to see all the highest standard of things but I'd say he is so hard to work for though!

Agreed, his only regard is for the animals which is how it should be. In the interview I saw of him, he admitted that he has no life outside of work, its all he lives for. Brilliant man.

tk123

SillyMangoX wrote: »

The closest you'd get in Ireland would either be UCD or Gilabbey in Cork, I've never been in them before but they would be the places where most vets would refer to for more specialist procedures. He really is an amazing man, I would love the opportunity to work in that practice just to see all the highest standard of things but I'd say he is so hard to work for though!

Shane G fixed Bailey's legs when UCD turned us away(!) That said UCD were fantastic 2 months ago when he had surgery on his jaw so my opinion of them changed...but for any ortho problems I'd be back down to Shane in a heartbeat.

retro:electro

He was just on the Ray D'arcy show there. I love him. Amazing human being. Married to the job apparently.

Pumpkinseeds

anna080 wrote: »

He was just on the Ray D'arcy show there. I love him. Amazing human being. Married to the job apparently.

I think you'd have to be, what he does is more of a vocation than a job.:)

Vel

I haven't seen the show but have heard lots about him. And then I google imaged him! Rather easy on the eye isn't he?!!!

Gloomtastic!

There's Billy in Baldoyle who is a referral vet. He's operated on one of our dogs a couple of times.
A hip replacement in Baldoyle was about €3.5k a few years ago, on Supervet last week he quoted £6.5k! :eek:

tk123

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

There's Billy in Baldoyle who is a referral vet. He's operated on one of our dogs a couple of times.
A hip replacement in Baldoyle was about €3.5k a few years ago, on Supervet last week he quoted £6.5k! :eek:

Shane G trained Billy... and I've heard a few stories about him that would lead me to believe he didn't adopt his mentors customer service skills(!)

cocker5

Im going to have to be honest and say if there was ever anything wrong (seriously wrong) with my guy, and I’d def. contact Noel and see if he could help him. While im sure it’s very costly, id find it from somewhere (I hope, loans if I had to) if it meant saving my dog.

I was horrified two weeks ago when the family initially suggested putting a 2 year old husky to sleep as the “wouldn’t” or “couldn’t” pay the fees, yet they were off on holidays!! yet they wanted him kept alive for a few days so they could visit him!!
sweet Jesus… noel wasn’t best pleased with them…
thank god they saw sense.

I have to say I love him, the way he is with the animals… he lives for them, I’d love to have a job / a life calling like that, he is amazing.

a bit quirky as in not amazing people person skills… but wow he is amazing with the animal and in my view that’s all that matters.

tk123

I haven't seen any of the episodes yet!! I have them recorded because I was doing a class with Lucy - I'll have to catch up at the weekend!

Millem

I think he is amazing. I used to watched him years on the bionic vet. He has done operations for whatever was left on the insurance for some patients. Lovely man

omerin

cocker5 wrote: »

Im going to have to be honest and say if there was ever anything wrong (seriously wrong) with my guy, and I’d def. contact Noel and see if he could help him. While im sure it’s very costly, id find it from somewhere (I hope, loans if I had to) if it meant saving my dog.

I was horrified two weeks ago when the family initially suggested putting a 2 year old husky to sleep as the “wouldn’t” or “couldn’t” pay the fees, yet they were off on holidays!! yet they wanted him kept alive for a few days so they could visit him!!
sweet Jesus… noel wasn’t best pleased with them…
thank god they saw sense.

I have to say I love him, the way he is with the animals… he lives for them, I’d love to have a job / a life calling like that, he is amazing.

a bit quirky as in not amazing people person skills… but wow he is amazing with the animal and in my view that’s all that matters.

Funny I got a different impression. He came across as a hardened salesman more than a vet imo. First time I've seen this program maybe I'm wrong but he kept on pushing. The op was 000's, holidays can cost a few hundred so probably not right to use it as a reason why they wouldn't pay, probably the reverse if anything.

dogluver

I think he is a very clever man. Obviously married to the job. It seems to be a caring practice, but thaving said that its on the t.v so you arnt going to see anything different.

I think if either of my dogs needed specialised care I wouldn't care of the cost and I would take them to him if there was a chance.

Its a shame he doesn't have a practice here. He would be flooded with work!

Fafasmurf

I love love love love this show even though I usually end up watching it between my fingers and I hate to see animals in pain or when they have that really sad 'feel sorry for me' look post-op.

Someone mentioned that C4 are more than likely only showing success stories.. which is true but last series there was at least one dog which he couldn't save and it had to be put down. The family took the dog home to have a few last days in it's own surroundings before they let it go.

boomerang

omerin wrote: »

Funny I got a different impression. He came across as a hardened salesman more than a vet imo. First time I've seen this program maybe I'm wrong but he kept on pushing. The op was 000's, holidays can cost a few hundred so probably not right to use it as a reason why they wouldn't pay, probably the reverse if anything.

I took it up differently - IMO he was pushing for the surgery because the dog had a fixable condition. No vet wants to euthanise a healthy dog that can be successfully treated. The fact that he worked out a financial arrangement with the family (payment plan? surgery at cost?) bears that out.