Animal Hospital Allawah

The Allawah pets we see are often ones we already know, in for a booster or a yearly check. What makes us more than that is what happens when something bigger comes up: Rockdale Veterinary Hospital sits a few minutes up Forest Rd in Bexley, in Sydney’s St George area, where the surgery, the imaging and the recovery all happen in one building, by the same team that already knows your pet. Call us on 02 9123 6888 or book online, and we will fit your Allawah pet in.

Surgery and Scans Minutes From Allawah

What earns the name on our door is what we can do on site, in one visit, without sending you across town. Your pet can have digital X-rays, an ultrasound or a heart scan taken in the building, with pathology run in-house so results come back quickly. Dr Robert Kay performs the surgery himself, from desexing through to general and orthopaedic work, including TPLO repair for a torn cruciate ligament. Routine care sits alongside it: health checks and general vet care, vaccinations, vet dentistry near Allawah, skin and dermatology, and senior pet care. When a case genuinely needs a specialist beyond a general practice, we have the referral access to arrange it.

Mix of animals at our clinic in North Ryde

Dr Robert Kay and the Team at Rockdale Veterinary Hospital

Owner and head vet Dr Robert Kay carries out the orthopaedic surgery here personally. Around half the cases we treat arrive on referral from other clinics, which tells you how the surgical and diagnostic side is regarded locally. We have been family-owned since 2022, sit at 4.9 stars across 230 reviews, and the whole team is Fear Free qualified. That last part shapes the everyday: your pet is treated as an individual, not a number on a list.

Gentle, Fear Free Handling Through Every Step

A nervous animal has an easier day with us because we do not scruff cats or muzzle dogs. We work at the pet’s pace, use patient handling and calming medication where it helps, and keep separate dog and cat consulting rooms so the waiting is quieter. Every standard consult runs a full 30 minutes, which gives an anxious patient time to settle rather than being rushed through. The same gentleness carries through a surgical day, anaesthetic and all, not just the consult.

Health Checks & Consultations

We practice ‘fear free’ consultations and have dedicated dog and cat consult rooms to help your fur child relax into the visit. Each consult or vaccination includes a head-to-tail examination and we can focus in on any area of concern.

Our standard consult times are extended to between 20-40 minutes depending on what you pet’s health issue may be. This gives us plenty of time to understand your concerns, your pet’s health issue, as well as explain any testing or treatment options available to you.

Desexing Procedures

Whilst desexing is a routinely performed surgery, we ensure that our focus is on quality and comfort for your pet. The procedure is known as a ‘castrate’ in male pets and as a ‘spey’ in females.

We practice the highest standards of care throughout the surgery, with all patients receiving a pre-anaesthetic blood test, then a closely monitored anaesthetic including ECG, blood pressure and oxygen levels.

Included in the cost of the procedure, all patients receive IV fluids, plenty of pain relief to keep them comfortable at home and an elizabethan collar to stop them from chewing at their incision.

Dentistry

We now know that 75% of pets over 3 years of age suffer from dental disease – so let’s do something about that together!

We offer FREE dental health checks with one of our vets, so they can assess your pets oral hygiene, explain how we can help and give you an estimate for dental work to get you pet smiling again!

Our dental treatments are performed under general anaesthetic and include digital dental x-rays. Our vetsare experienced in performing minimally invasive techniques to treat broken, infected teeth and painful gum disease.

In Clinic Diagnostics

We strive for the highest quality of care for your pets and that means having a complete range of diagnostic tests available at our fingertips.

This large range of tests can be performed at the time of consultation with immediate results, including an array of blood tests, urine tests, microscopic tests, blood pressure readings, ECG and blood oxygen saturation monitors, digital x-rays and ultrasound.

We then have the backup support of a pet specific laboratory, Idexx laboratory, where we can send off any more complex tests and we typically can expect results back within 48 hours. The pathology specialists at Idexx and then also available to help guide any other necessary tests.

X-rays & Ultrasound

We are proud to have the latest and highest quality in digital x-ray technology and ultrasound at our fingertips.

Our digital xray machine give us immediate x-ray images when we take x-rays. This means less stress for your pet when we’re getting images of their affected body part and means we can institute treatment quicker and more reliably.

Our ultrasound allows us to get live images either in consult or in hospital to help work towards a diagnosis for your pet.

We also have specialist radiographers at our fingertips to help us support your pet in the more complex cases.

General & Orthopaedic Surgery

Our expert team is dedicated to providing your pet with the best possible surgical outcomes.

Our vets perform routine desexing procedures daily. These include cat, dog and rabbit castrates and speys. All of the patients undergoing our routine procedures are monitored with the use of the latest anaesthetic equipment and receive IV fluids, in hospital and take home pain relief an E collar.

Our team can also perform or arrange advanced soft tissue and orthopaedic procedures. This allows us to offer more advanced surgeries like dog and cat fracture repairs, patella surgery and cruciate repair surgery including the lateral suture technique and TTAs (Tibial Tuberosity Advancement).

Hours, After-Hours and Finding Us From Allawah

We are open 7 days a week: Monday to Friday 8:00am to 7:00pm, Saturday 9:00am to 5:00pm, and Sunday 10:00am to 3:00pm, closed on public holidays. We are not a 24-hour service and we will not pretend otherwise. If something goes wrong overnight, after-hours emergencies are referred to Veterinary Specialists of Sydney at 106 Parraweena Road, Miranda, on 02 8376 8767, who are open around the clock. Getting here is straightforward from Allawah, one of the areas we care for across St George: we are at 335 Forest Rd in Bexley, a short, familiar run for a small suburb that sits beside Carlton, Hurstville and Penshurst. Neighbours make the same trip when they need an animal hospital in Carlton or an animal hospital in Hurstville. There is also parking on site.

Book Your Allawah Pet In

Tell us what is going on and we will get your pet seen. Call 02 9123 6888, email team@rockdalevets.com.au, or book online any day of the week.

Common Questions From Allawah Pet Owners

Is there a 24-hour animal hospital in Allawah?

Not a round-the-clock one, and we would rather be straight about that than imply otherwise. We see Allawah pets across long hours seven days a week, and for genuine overnight emergencies the after-hours pathway runs to Veterinary Specialists of Sydney in Miranda, open 24/7.

What does hospital treatment cost for an Allawah pet?

You will get a clear estimate before anything goes ahead, with no fixed figure quoted blind. If your pet is insured, we bill most insurers directly so you only pay the gap on treatment and surgery, and our everyday pricing is set to stay accessible.

How do I get to the hospital from Allawah?

It is a quick trip up Forest Rd to 335 Forest Rd, Bexley. Allawah sits beside Carlton, Hurstville and Penshurst, so for most households here the surgery and the scans are closer than the next suburb over, which is exactly what you want on the day your pet needs more than a check-up.