I am positing this in hopes this place betters their service or maybe shares my experience for others to have an understanding of how my experience went with this Vet Clinic and maybe what to expect f... Read More
I am positing this in hopes this place betters their service or maybe shares my experience for others to have an understanding of how my experience went with this Vet Clinic and maybe what to expect from it. I went in because my dog was experiencing pain in the stomach, he didn’t want to stretch his hind legs and cried when getting up to walk. In the morning I walked him before going to work and he was hyper, running, doing the Husky (“Can’t catch me thing” - Yesterday), and when I got back from work he was crying in pain to get up to walk iver and say hi when I got home. He was clearly in pain in the rear legs and stomach area, the door to the balcony was open and it was extremely windy which may have caused an injury when he went in or out is what I suspected (Not 100% sure its what caused his pain) I went to this clinic since I been recommended by a dog walker, and during the diagnosis I was asked briefly about diet, exercises, and behaviour. I was as detailed as posible to give the highest chance of a correct diagnosis. He then just felt the stomach area and legs and then proceeded to say he wasn’t sure where the pain was from but suspected its an ingury agrivating his possible arthritis (Which he didn’t ask if he has been showing signs of symptoms which usually show up with arthritis) (Remember he went from running and hyper to pain and crying in a matter of 8 hrs. Other than that there were no xrays, temperature checks, and no concrete diagnosis on where or why this extensive pain can be, other than a what came out as an arrogant and what seemed as an uniformed lasy opinion to say it was arthritis, given the history of my dog. To add to this when diagnosing I wasn’t told of his plan to give pain medication, he just mentioned that it could help treat the symptoms, and then started filling a bottle handing it over without asking of my opinion. Only to get frustrated when I said I don’t want to pay for something that will just treat symptom, rather than help my doggo with his pain. When this happened even though he explained the pills the first time I asked about themagain, but not because I was uniformed of their effect but because of the decision process behind; Why give him pain killers if you’re not sure why he has a lot of pain (He is a tough dog but when his rear legs shake in pain and his breathing is shallow as to indicate pain breathing why go straight for pain meds??? I started to ask but he responded swiftly in a loud and condescending short voice, saying I haven’t been listening to anything without letting me finish my question, to then go on in a loud voice and start over explaining not just the pills but everything. I was so shocked I didn’t even respond, I just wanted to get help for my pet, and not be treated so poorly .I inquired that second time, before being interrupted so abruptly, if the pain meds he was prescribing was necessary, considering he doesn’t even know what the pain is caused by? He again said its his age and arthritis actig up because of the incident. But pardon me if I think a dog doesn’t go from chasing me on my mountain bike at full speed to eight hours later crying and not wanting to walk, I’m not vet or doctor but I think the opinion given to me was poor at best and I hope this helps better this clinics sevice or inform people on what they may expect. Read Less