History
AlphaPet was established by Richard Edwards MRCVS, Sandra Leatherdale VN and Katie Rook MRCVS in September 1993 following the conversion of an old video shop (West Meads) and an old chicken shed (Birdham)!
Along the way, we have gained Doug Alexander MRCVS who became a Partner in June 1998, and Paul Irvine-Smith who became the fourth partner in September 2004.
In January 2002, we purchased Kingley Veterinary Centre situated just to the north of Chichester.
We have grown to a 9 vet, hospital based practice providing a full range of services from the three clinics.
Despite AlphaPet’s rapid growth, we still manage to maintain the personal approach which forms the basis of our success.
Very sadly, in April 2008, Katie Rook was forced to retire from veterinary medicine on health grounds. This was a great loss to AlphaPet. Staff and clients alike miss her skills and empathetic manner greatly. The good news is that Katie is still in contact with the practice and looking very well. AlphaPet is also recovering from this untimely and unexpected loss, now with just 3 partners, but with new vets who are building on Katie’s legacy.
