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Animal Orthopaedics

Veterinarian · Brookhaven-Ferrymead, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 64 Christchurch vets.

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Animal Orthopaedics

Veterinarian · Brookhaven-Ferrymead, Christchurch

Where you stand#22of 64 vets
Overall health6.7/10across the eight areas

Going well

03Map positions7.904Listings and social6.3

Where we can help

02Reviews5.401Google listing4.608Opening hours3.707Google search and traffic3.505Facebook page1.706Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Animal Orthopaedics in Ferrymead, Christchurch provides elective orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation for companion animals. The clinic offers fixed-price surgical packages, outpatient care so most pets return home the same day, and video consults. The team emphasises clinical excellence and multimodal pain relief during recovery, with referrals usually coming from local vets.

Animal Orthopaedics is an elective orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation clinic located in Ferrymead, Christchurch. It specialises in surgical treatment and post-operative recovery for companion animals, operating from a dedicated facility at 14 Settlers Crescent.

The practice offers fixed-price surgery packages and outpatient care, with most patients going home on the same day. Services mentioned include orthopaedic procedures and physiotherapy-style rehabilitation, plus video consults for remote advice. The clinic states its surgical team focuses on clinical excellence and structured multimodal pain relief.

Customer feedback highlights caring, communicative staff and positive surgical outcomes. Reviews frequently note empathetic communication, clear answers to questions, and successful limb-sparing surgeries where complex fractures or cruciate injuries were treated. Clients commonly describe a smooth process from referral to discharge and appreciation for the team's hands-on approach during recovery.

Locally, Animal Orthopaedics presents as a referral-based orthopaedic service for Christchurch pets, offering transparent fixed-price options and same-day outpatient pathways. The combination of specialised surgery, postoperative rehab and video consult availability distinguishes its role within the local veterinary network.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Animal Orthopaedics shows a below-average Google Business health score of 4.1 out of 10. The listing is claimed, open-for-business status is accurate, and a website link and phone number are present. The key finding is that logo is missing and the current description could be improved to raise standing; photos are strong but room exists for further gains.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
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    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
  • 3
    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (58)
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From the business

Elective orthopaedic surgery and rehab

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Animal Orthopaedics in Christchurch shows very high health on Google reviews, with a top-10% star rating and solid growth in review count. The key takeaway is strong customer satisfaction reflected in the rating; this supports trust with local clients and vets. The business should maintain its high rating while continuing to build engagement through timely review responses.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

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    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
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    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
5.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Animal Orthopaedics
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Christianne P.★★★★★ · 18 hours ago

The team are AMAZING!! So caring and empathetic and happy to help and answer all questions! The communication is top notch and they make the process so easy!!! My boy was in the best hands for both of his knee operations and they cared for...

Response from the owner1

Thank you so much Christianne, we have loved caring for Watson. Such an easy breezy patient. Wishing him all the best with his recovery.

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Nadia K.★★★★★ · 2 weeks ago

So grateful for the team at AOC, our 3yr old foxy was referred to them with an awful fracture. It was close to being amputated but they managed to save his little leg! Not only that but the service was incredible, they are totally transpare...

Response from the owner

You're so welcome Nadia :)

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Animal Orthopaedics has an average health score of 5.2 out of 10 for Google Maps search visibility, indicating mid-range overall presence. The top findings show strong ranking for key local terms such as animal hospital and veterinarian in Clifton-Sumner, with several borough-focused terms also ranking well. Opportunities lie in expanding suburb coverage and building borough visibility further.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
7.9Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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2Top three for "veterinarian" in 7 suburbs, seen in 44
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Estuary Veterinary Clinic4.8 ★ (152) · Veterinarian
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Petfirst Veterinary Ferrymead4.7 ★ (47) · Veterinarian
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Animal Orthopaedics15.0 ★ (58) · Veterinarian
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Animal and Bird Hospital4.7 ★ (635) · Veterinarian
Map positionsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #14 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Animal Orthopaedics shows solid social presence with strong Facebook and Instagram metrics, contributing to an above-average health score of 7.1. The most important findings are the very high trust signals on both main profiles and a gap in other channels that, if filled, could broaden reach without compromising current strengths.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
6.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #24 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A cover photoYour page opens with a cover photo rather than a blank banner, so the first impression a visitor gets is your own work.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    A phone numberNo phone number is published on your Facebook page, so someone who found you there and wants to ring has to go hunting elsewhere or send a message and wait.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
1.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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With Animal Orthopaedics clinics in Christchurch and Wellington, we focus on providing gold standard elective orthopaedic packages to referring veterinary practices and their clients.
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Facebook pageChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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Your website

On-Page SEO health for Animal Orthopaedics is strong, with a health score of 7.8 out of 10 indicating solid technical optimisation. The page benefits from a valid favicon, an H1 tag, and frames not used, supporting clear crawability and user navigation. Current strengths include a top-tier on-page SEO score and secure HTTPS content across resources.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
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    Domain Age ScoreYour domain is younger than most businesses here.
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    Pages linking to youFewer pages link to you than half the businesses here, which means a customer researching your trade reads someone else's explanation of it rather than yours.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Animal Orthopaedics shows a below-average website traffic health score of 3.2/10. Organic traffic value is above the 25th percentile, while organic traffic total sits above the bottom quartile. Paid traffic is not yet established, with no measurable paid spend or paid keywords detected. The main implication is to start targeted paid campaigns while maintaining and refining organic efforts.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
  • 2
    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
  • 3
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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31About 345 visits a month from search, across 34 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #42 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Animal Orthopaedics shows partial alignment between opening hours and local demand. The clinic is open during several mid-week late-afternoon peaks, but closure during multiple high-demand weekend and early-evening hours reduces overall temporal fit. Total weekly open hours (45) match some peak windows, but 37 high-demand hours remain closed, giving a below-average timing health score of 3.7/10.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
3.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Animal Orthopaedics
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Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · Brookhaven-Ferrymead
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Opening hoursChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#22of 64 Christchurch vets
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