Animal Housecalls Services of Toronto

Dr. McGowan and her technician were very kind and professional. She was able to come to my house quickly (and on a weekend!) to examine my new kitten who wasn't feeling well. Definitely recommend.
Nov 19th, 2022

I have a cat that would rather die than go to the vet. She's a healthy 13 year-old house cat, but recently has developed all the symptoms of a head and chest cold. I Googled veterinary housecalls but inadvertently contacted an in-home euthanasia service. They quickly realized I wasn't looking for their services and recommended Animal Housecalls and Dr. Jennifer McGowan. I connected with them via text around 8pm, figuring I'd have to wait around tomorrow or the next day for them to fit me in. Let's do it tonight, they said, and Dr. Jennifer and her assistant, Dott, were at my door within 30 minutes. After a couple minutes of small talk, I could tell I really liked these people. And they clearly knew their stuff. My cat, Sooki, was born in the wild and is semi-feral, but Dott handled her confidently and compassionately while Dr. Jennifer examined her, took her temperature, even clipped her nails. Turned out all she needed were some antibiotics which Dott showed me how to administer. The cost was comparable to what my regular vet charges for my dog with the convenience of in-home service delivery. I was very impressed with the quality and efficiency of the housecall service and am pleased to recommend them.
Dec 13th, 2022

Dr McGowan and her assistant Dot were great with our dog and a pleasure to deal with. Super professional and extremely knowledgeable. The Came home to treat our dogs UTI infection. So Convenient to have a Vet that makes strictly house calls.
Oct 13th, 2022

I almost used this service and, even though we didn't go through with the appointment, I had to leave this review. Our 14 year old pooch became very suddenly ill and we urgently felt the need to end her suffering and were referred to Animal Housecalls Services of Toronto. We were devastated and hoping to find a kind heart and doctor on the other side of the unanswered phone. Instead, we got a string of very short and cold text messages, explaining nothing of the process. At the time, we felt they were our only option so we booked and asked to have someone call us about the process as we've never had to euthanize a pet in our home and wanted to know what to expect. The call we received to talk us through this was mind-blowingly clinical, which is exactly what we didn't want. The tech simply told us that he would "inject her and she would be gone in less than a minute." He then said we had to return to the cold text conversation to ask about cremation and any other services we would need post death. When we did that, we got the response that put us over the edge to cancel the appointment. When asking what our options were, here is the exact response we got: "We can transport for general cremation (ashes not returned) or private cremation (ashes returned to owner)" Not sure about y'all, but as our perfect pooch was spending her last few hours alive with us, we 100% didn't feel this was a response that a person who had our best interest, and that of our dog, at heart. We ended up cancelling with this service provider and moved forward with Sunnybrook Holistic Vet Clinic, who were the most kind, loving and gentle from our first communication. All this to say, DO NOT use this service if you're looking for any type of compassion during the hardest day of your life.
Sep 8th, 2022

Very kind. Patient and Reasonable. Came to house for euthanasia. Much appreciated with 17 year old. anxious dog.
Aug 26th, 2022