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Our Pet Annual Wellness (PAW) Plans help manage your pet's preventive care and mitigates unexpected costs throughout all life stages. North Paw Animal Hospital is here to provide outstanding veterinary care to pets in Durham, NC. As your local pet health expert, we hope that your family will rely on our team as your welcoming, skilled, and compassionate partner in care.

Caring for pets is our passion and something we look forward to doing every day. We believe it is important to get to know the personality of every animal so we can provide appropriate and relevant care.
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North Paw Animal Hospital is a well-established, full-service, small animal veterinary hospital providing comprehensive medical, surgical, and dental care. We provide a broad spectrum of diagnostic procedures through in-house testing and the use of external laboratories. We also work closely with local practices when special diagnostic procedures are required.
The North Paw Animal Hospital team of skilled veterinarians welcomes you to our practice. We are proudly serving the Durham area. At North Paw Animal Hospital, it is our daily privilege to provide quality vet care to your cherished pet, with compassion and competence. We hope to ensure a positive impact on our patients, pet owners and the local community.
Annual dental exams and cleanings are recommended to protect your pet from many health problems and help them maintain a healthy and clean mouth. Proper diet and nutrition can help your pet fight against disease, maintain a proper weight, and promote the overall well-being of your pet. Annual wellness exams evaluate your pets overall health, detect problems before they become serious, and keep them on track to live a long, healthy life. We're equipped to perform routine radiography services to identify many types of illness or injury when pets are sick or suffer a trauma.
We are an equal opportunity employer that strives to create a welcoming environment for employees and patients alike. If there is ever a career opportunity, qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. We encourage special interests such as surgery, dentistry, dermatology, exotics, oncology, physical therapy, behavior, ophthalmology, large animals, and anything you may have a passion for.
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Lara Hall
Jun 19, 2022
The doctors and staff are always friendly, helpful, and concerned about the welfare of my pets. They explain procedures and answer any questions I may have.
Wendy Riley
Jun 07, 2022
I've been bringing my pets to Northpaw AH for 23 years now and have had only good experiences. I now have 2 cats with hyperthyroidism and one close to having kidney disease. The vets have been great at giving me all options for treatment of these two cats. One is exceptionally hard to medicate with pills so they gave the option of compounding it into a paste for her ear that absorbs into the skin there.

That was a life saver for both of us! They explain everything well so I understand. They are helping me find a new diet for the kidney issue cat and so far having positive results on her blood work! I highly recommend these vets and clinic!
Luisa Mursten
May 29, 2022
This is where we go to have our pets have their check up all year round. North Paw people are awesome people! We loved them!
Lydia Cauley
May 18, 2022
The staff is so friendly and amazing. I know my dog gets treated so well and loved on while he is in their care. They work hard to keep the Pets, staff, and clients all safe. I appreciate them so much!
Michele Simons
Apr 16, 2022
Everyone from the front desk staff to the vet assistants and the veterinarians treat us with kindness and respect and compassion. We have trusted Northpaw with the care of our pets for 20 years and they have seen our family thru routine care, surgery, boarding and emergency treatment more times than we could count.
Joanne Page
Apr 15, 2022
I've been going to North Paw Animal Hospital for many years now. I can't say enough good things about this practice. Everyone is so nice from the front desk staff to the Vet techs and the Vets themselves. Shout out to Dr Heffernan and Graham (and everyone else that interacted with us yesterday) for making Josie's first visit a positive one.
Haley Mosley
Mar 29, 2022
North Paw has been great for my two doggos so far! Pricing is very reasonable with their paw plan which includes wellness exams, vaccines, and spay/neuter. My sweet husky just got spayed last week and I have to say they did an exceptional job! She's acting as if she didn't just have major surgery which is a relief because I took my other dog somewhere else years ago and they did a horrendous job on her, so I am very thankful I trusted North Paw with my new baby.

They also took the time to give me a call a couple days later to check on her! I'm very sad I'll be leaving NC at the end of the year. I have no idea what I'm going to do without them!
Krystalynn Moore
Mar 18, 2022
North Pole has been one of the best veterinary experiences of my entire life. They have always been there for me and my dog and they are competitively priced. More importantly they genuinely cared about my boy so much so that they sent a sympathy letter when he passed away last month
Lisa A.
Mar 14, 2022
Whole experience as always was fantastic. All staff and vet helpful, knowledgeable, explain everything and answer all my questions so nicely. Been going there almost 30 years with up to 3 dogs at any given time. I'd never go anywhere else! Thank you all!
Clarke Barry
Jan 18, 2021
I've been taking my dogs to North Paw since 2008. They are easy to work with. From the front desk to the vet techs to the veterinarians. Everyone is friendly and compassionate. They truly love animals and want to provide the best level of care for your pet. I've used other vets in the Chapel Hill/Durham area and North Paw has my loyalty (and my dog's loyalty)!