A first for catteries in Brighton
(posted 25/0/2010)
If you're planning a holiday and are researching catteries in Brighton for the best place to care for your cat while you're away, take a look at our
Coastway Cattery. Purpose built within our modern Kemp Town surgery, it is the first vet-run facility in Brighton. It features walk-in pens with air conditioning, spacious enough for two cats to share if requested.
Like other catteries we are licensed by Brighton & Hove City Council, but unlike other catteries Brighton wide we are in the unique position of having veterinary assistance available 24-hours a day if needed. We are able to offer this as our cattery is housed in the same building as Vetcall, our emergency clinic making us ideally placed to accept medical boarders.
Our cattery's high staff to cat ratio ensures each of our boarders has plenty of one-to-one attention and time out of their pens to play, as we only house a maximum of 14 cats at any one time. Cattery Manager Rose is excited about this new Coastway service:
"There's such a great team here at Coastway. This together with these brand new facilities make the cattery unique in Brighton and being so near the centre of the city with dedicated parking and major bus routes nearby makes it a convenient location for all our clients and most of the region's residents."
The cattery is open for visitors Monday to Friday. Anyone wishing to view the facilities should call Rose on 01273 692257 to arrange an appointment.
Pride Companion Dog Show 2008 - It rained fancy dress dogs
(posted 25/09/2008)
Another rainy Sunday, another hugely successful Pride Companion Dog Show. Coastway's
vets, nurses and volunteers came together under Pride's rainbow banner on Sunday
6th July to organise this year's eagerly anticipated Kennel Club registered show.
Sponsored by Mio Minn, the luxury doggie accessory company, it was their fashion
show that kicked off the event, along with an impressive agility display by the
Sussex Canine Centre. Dog lovers from the region braved the rain to show support
for the event, many in spectacular fancy dress. Our thanks to them, our judges Terry
Nethercott and Scott Burey aka The Drag With No Name and all of you who joined us.
See you next year!
Proud to be involved (posted 28/05/2008)
If you're a dog lover, make sure you put Sunday 6th July in your diary. It's the
Pride Companion Dog Show, the 5th one that we have organised on their behalf. It's
a charitable event with novelty as well as pedigree classes, which will be assessed
by top international judge, Terry Nethercott.
The day kicks off with a fun doggie fashion show courtesy of Mio Minn, our co sponsor
and an agility display by The Sussex Canine Centre. Entries are taken from 11.30
with judging starting at 1pm. It's a great afternoon out for all the family, pets
included. Join us on the day for some summer fun.
It must be a total devotion and commitment to the canine world that drives Coastway
Vet Andreas Schemel. During his busy working week, he not only heads up the busy
Coastway Clinic at Shoreham, but he also conducts several specialist clinics in
cardiology at the Brighton Clinic. At weekends and days off when lesser mortals
would be perhaps relaxing on the golf course or generally chilling out Andreas is
back with the dogs; this time in the show ring.
Andreas has always bred and shown his own King Charles Cavalier Spaniels but for
several years now he has taken an interest in judging and is now recognised as an
experience and authoritative pedigree show judge for the terrier, toy and utility
groups, both in the UK and abroad.
Andreas has been invited to judge at major dog shows in Australia, America and across
Europe and has now built a reputation as one of the UK‚s top show judges.
This year his judging skills have been recognised and he has been invited by the
Kennel Club to judge at the UK‚s top dog show Crufts. Well done Andreas!
Clinical duty with canine patient
Judging at top US Dog Show
New Modern Surgery for Kemptown
(posted 3/10/2006)
Coastway is pleased to announce that as of Spring 2007 the Kemptown surgery will
be moving from Montague Place to the entrance of the Freshfield Road Business Park,
Freshfield Way, off Sutherland Road.
Our brand new premises will provide:
spacious consulting rooms
comfortable and modern reception with separate dog and cat areas
bespoke hospitalisation and intensive care facilities
a new home for Vetcall our 24 hour emergency surgery
a veterinary referral centre for specialist cases
FREE off-street parking for all our customers
dedicated area selling specialist pet food
The move will also allow us to extend our veterinary nurse training programme, holding
seminars and courses on the premises. We’ve waited several years to make this
move, ensuring that the new position, building and facilities were worth the wait.
We hope you enjoy them as much as we will.
Please watch this space for further announcements and updates.
Making a song and dance for charity (posted
2/6/2006)
Coastway Veterinary Group are regular supporters of the PDSA and so were delighted
to be asked to sponsor an annual concert to help raise money for the charity.
The event was a musical evening headed by Les Crawley who until recently, sat on
the Board of Crufts. Held at Brighton College on 18th April the lively concert featured
a BBC Big Band singer with musical styles varying from jazz to classical. The event
was sold out and by the end of the evening over £800 had been collected for
the PDSA making it a profitable end to a great night.
New Coastway brochure (posted 12/10/2005)
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new "bigger and better" brochure.
The re-design has been carried out by Gravitate
Media and includes in depth coverage of the services at Coastway. The design
introduces a new "look and feel" for our brand and uses great photography
of our clients with their pets. Make sure you pick a copy next time you're in one
of our surgeries.
Thank you for Pudding (posted 8/3/2005)
We were overwhelmed with donations at Christmas to help us treat a badly injured
stray cat, nicknamed Pudding by our Portslade staff. The one year old was handed
into the surgery on Boundary Road by a member of the public who found her on the
Old Shoreham Road. She was struggling to walk as she had four broken legs, a dislocated
elbow and a fractured skull. It's more than likely she got her injuries by being
hit by a car a few weeks before. The bones had started to reknit but because they
hadn't been set they didn't heal correctly and three of them needed operations to
reset them, which involved using pins to correct the breaks.
Poor Pudding was in such a state, she lost most of the fur from her head when being
cleaned by the nurses. But the plucky, good-natured cat purred whenever she was
handled despite her horrible injuries. Usually stray cats will be aggressive when
frightened or hurt.
Poor Pudding has already undergone several operations to get her back on four paws,
estimated at a cost of around £3500. Thanks to a Christmas feature in the
Argus, we Received several hundred pounds towards the cost of treatment from donations
from the public for which Pudding and all of the staff at Coastway would like to
say a THANK YOU.
