Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, London, provides vital veterinary care for the animals residing at its renowned centre.

Situated at 4 Battersea Park Road, this facility is dedicated to the health and wellbeing of its canine and feline patients. As an RCVS-accredited Small Animal General Practice, it maintains high standards of veterinary medicine.

At a glance

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home treats cats, dogs and small mammals, with a published price for microchipping from £20. Rated 4.4/5 from 2779 reviews, the practice is RCVS-accredited under the Practice Standards Scheme.

Latest reviews

Read the five most recent or recommended reviews for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Order provided by Google.

• Arfa TheCat· 2 months ago

  So so so happy to have head the chance to come here and find our newest family member. All the staff are lovely and it's so obvious how much they love all the animals who arrive here.

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• Mellony Austin· 2 months ago

  Absolutely upsetting and disappointing! I registered an interest in adopting and found a beautiful little puppy but was told she had already been reserved which was ok as I shared interest in other small dogs. To my surprise the little pup became available again. I was called on the Friday morning, had a lengthy conversation, the legalities and made arrangements to come to view her in the 3 day reservation period. I ordered absolutely everything to welcome our new pup to arrive the next day. Saturday I was called back by one of the handlers discussing the healthcare of the pup and to go ahead with the adoption and the expectation of taking her home. Sunday, the last day of the reservation we got up excited to go and collect our new addition and we are half way there when I receive a call from Battersea telling me I need permission from my council labdlord before I could take the pup home. This was not an issue when talking and arranging the adoption and was told that basically, the pup will go back up as available and I would have to wait till I get confirmation I am allowed a pet from my landlord which the lady said could take up to 5 days then see if the pup was still available. I told her I have lived at the property for 10 years and have had 2 dogs live in that property but she still wouldn’t have it. We had to turn back and go home empty handed without our little pup. I was so upset and cried all the way back! Why wasn’t this already discussed I asked? The lady said the person I talked to was a new girl and didn’t know! I asked to keep the pup as reserved but because of the 3 day policy this was not possible. I will NEVER go back to or recommend Battersea! How can you do this to people!!

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• Lacey Quinlan· 7 months ago

  we as a family are appalled by the treatment and the decisions made by Battersea dogs and cats home. We rehomed our dog here as by social media and how it is perceived online that it is one of the best places to take your dog to be rehomed. wernt we far from wrong about that! we took our beautiful dog gizmo To be re homed, we as a family explained how much of a hard decision it was to re home him but we are such animal lovers we knew he needed to placed with a different family more suited to him at that time. We had gizmo for 5 years and loved him like he was our own so giving him up was the hardest decision but from what was “told” to us by battersea we as a family believed he was going to be homed and taken care of. we dropped gizmo off and we explained procedures and knew we wasn’t able to reclaim but was told Euthanasia would only happen If the dog was against the law so an XL bully Or didn’t meet their behavioural criteria to be rehomed, the vet that spoke to Me said the words it is highly unlikely that Dogs Get euthanised when going through the rehoming process. I stated to still keep communication with my mum as she just wanted to know how gizmo was doing with his time there, My mum had received a couple of emails nothing stating that they had any concerns. Just that he wasn’t really settling into the kennels, which is 100% understandable when he had free reign of of our house. us as family would always check to see if gizmo had been put on the rehoming list But we never saw him, so we started to get a bit worried. My mum continued to email and devastatingly we received an gizmo had been euthanised. as a family, we are truly heartbroken as we believed we had sent gizmo to be rehomed but he was Euthanised. And the reason stated that he was euthanised Were unacceptable they stated that he kept throwing up his food Which is completely unusual for him because With the five years of living with us, he did not once throw his food unless he was unwell And due to him being a frenchie We knew all the health concerns which most French bulldogs have But he was happy and healthy as he was always taken to the vet regularly. When being taken into a meeting and being told that is very unlikely that anything would happen to your dog and you get an email being told He was euthanised because he was being sick just completely doesn’t warrant. we believe as a family that gizmo became too difficult for them and they just chose to pick the easy way out. as a family could’ve got 100% helped them told them what food to use to make sure that he was okay Or even just to keep him alive, we would’ve taken him back. He did not deserve to be put down at all. he was still young and still happy no Dog deserve to go somewhere to be rehomed and euthanised because they are throwing up. There are so many ways in which this would’ve been prevented I truly believe battersea Did not look at all options Keep gizmo alive. Therefore as a family we will live with the guilt of sending him here !!! we Are extremely unhappy with the way battersea have also dealt with us in regards to it We were also unable to even collect his ashes and bring him home as he was sent to cambridge to be buried. We are fully aware of passing over ownership and we did that in CONFIDENCE OF YOUR CARE. We now have lost a beautiful dog when he could’ve lived a life a lot longer then what YOU gave him. I do not recommend their services at all and as a company you have completely shattered our family.

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• Jaine Cooke· 7 months ago

  One of the best rescues I have used. Saw a gorgeous pup, registered & also sent email to centre giving background on dogs, home & local area. I got a call next day to ask some more questions, very thorough. Invited to visit pup next day. Took along my dog & spent over an hour with a lovely lady seeing how the meet & greet went. All great & bought pup home. Efficiency with paperwork, food, collar & tag etc was 10/10. Huge folder of helpful info & was just a very enjoyable experience. Fee was very good up to some other I have used.

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• Taylor Shields· 7 months ago

  My family rescued a dog from Battersea when I was a child, and now I have returned as an adult to rescue a dog of my own with my partner. I can't recommend Battersea enough. The application process is detailed and thorough, but it has to be for the welfare of the animals. The rehoming team have been amazing - they didn't rush us in any of our conversations and were reassuring throughout, and no questions were too much and they always answered in great detail. We were matched with a beautiful french bulldog, and he is perfect for us. When our dog was reserved for us, Battersea continued to send regular updates and photos via email, and the vets called us anytime changes occurred. I can't express enough how great Battersea has been. We felt comfortable and excited throughout, and our dog's foster mum - who works at Battersea - has been enjoying our regular updates. The rehoming team have checked in to see how our lovely boy is doing - the team at Battersea really do care, and the animal's welfare is the number one priority for them. Rescue is best!

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