Hello everyone, I would like to share our experience with this clinic.We have a 2 yrs old Yorkie named Rocky. We noticed that he was squinting his eye a bit and after looking closely, we noticed a lit... Read More
Hello everyone, I would like to share our experience with this clinic.We have a 2 yrs old Yorkie named Rocky. We noticed that he was squinting his eye a bit and after looking closely, we noticed a little bump right on his cornea. So, of course, we rushes to take him to the closest and, from the looks of it, big and clean clinic. We were seen by Dr Allan Corber. Rocky's immediate reaction to the doctor was quite hostile, so it resulted in a "muzzle on" situation. After close examination Dr Corber told us that it looks like Rocky's got a corneal ulcer and that it appears to be about 10 days old since it grew blood vessels. He explained to us that it doesn't look good and since we didn't come earlier, now the only way to treat it is by doing an eye surgery. He immediately started calling clinics that he knows and tried making an appointment for us with an eye specialist for that same afternoon. He continued by "kindly letting us know" that such consultation along costs $300 and that an eye surgery will cost us $2000. We were shocked by this information, to say the least, and asked to give us some time to process this info before committing to any appointments. He ended up prescribing us Tobradex eye drops, but warned us that these drops will most likely do nothing and that surgery is the only treatment option for us... As you can imagine, we were completely overwhelmed and upset. We just could not believe that a young, healthy, well taken care of dog would need an eye surgery. Since we love our little guy to death and want the best for him, we made an appointment with an eye specialist and started organizing finances for the surgery. However, a gut feeling of this being a little extreme didn't leave us and we decided to get a second opinion by Rocky's original vet at the Animal Clinic of Oak Ridges. There, without any muzzle, Dr. Madden did a more thorough examination of Rocky's eye. Her conclusion was that ulcer is not too deep and is not "melting", which is a good thing. That there is absolutely no need for the surgery and a week long treatment with eye drops will do the trick. Of course, we kept a close look on his eye and came for a follow up appointment a week later to make sure the healing process was going in a good direction... Now Rocky is feeling great and his eye is completely healed. And just for comparison, for consultation and eye staining test Mount Pleasant-Davisville Animal Hospital charged $125. For the same exact thing, but with more compassion and care, the Oak Ridges Clinic charged $77... Read Less