Who got a pet for Christmas?

If so, you'll be checking out all the best places to go in and around Westbury-on-Trym - vets, suppliers, groomers and other services - and decide whether you are going to fork out for pet insurance. Here's our pet owners' guide to where to go.

There are several excellent vets in the area. Holly Mash is one of the few fully qualified homeopathic veterinary surgeons in the UK. She practises at the Chiron Centre in Westbury Road.

As a well as offering comprehensive healthcare, The Downs Veterinary Practice in Great Brockeridge, Westbury-on-Trym, has free nurse clinics (including weight clinics) and an advice line, as well as information sheets on caring for your pet. Regular puppy parties are also held here.

With seven branches including Concorde Road, Westbury-on-Trym and Shirehampton Road, Stoke Bishop, the Zetland Veterinary Group offers a range of services including puppy training and socialisation, pet passports and free food delivery.

To keep your dog looking tip-top, especially at this time of the year, he or she will need regular grooming. There's the Dog Salon in Trymwood Parade, Westbury-on-Trym, and Animal Antics in Southmead Road, Westbury-on-Trym.

With local pet shops closing down over the last few years Henleaze Garden Shop has moved into the pet food business, selling a range of products including James Wellbeloved, Hills Science Plan, Burgess Excel and Tetra Fish.

Waggin Tails provides a dog sitting and walking services in the Westbury-on-Trym, Clifton, Redland, Cotham and Kingsdown area. And when you go on holiday there's Cedar Lodge kennels and cattery in Charlton Road, Westbury-on-Trym.

With the cost of vets' bills, it's worth considering pet insurance. Find out what you need to know. If you decide not to go down the pet insurance route it's worth putting the money you would have spent on premiums into a savings account.

As ever, feel free to claim your business from our business directory, and if it isn’t in there, make sure you get it added.

And do share your pet pictures with us by uploading them into the gallery!