First let me say I am a vet tech. So my opinions on this are not from some level of entitlement but rather first hand experience from the clinics I worked for, my own dogs at our veterinarians office,... Read More
First let me say I am a vet tech. So my opinions on this are not from some level of entitlement but rather first hand experience from the clinics I worked for, my own dogs at our veterinarians office, and every single dog training and behavior client that I have been to the vet with before starting a training plan.I have a word to sum up the experience we had last night:IncompetentWe arrived at this facility just before 3pm.We informed the receptionist that our dog was 14 years old (we repeated this age 4 times and she still marked him as 10) male neutered chiweenie with a hx for the last 6 weeks of heart disease and CHF stage 5 murmur and collapsed trachea. Gave her medication names, doses,frequency brought his original xrays from 6 weeks prior and explained that at 10am he was noted to have had a seizure. Upon myself and my boyfriends return home about 1230 he was unable to stand and we were told of the "seizure" he had another one right then but it wasn't a seizure it was him struggling to get up. He couldn't stand and his heart was racing. We took him to the emergency vet.An emergency is a life threatening situation. It is not something that a general med doctor would handle. Its something an emergency medical doctor would handle. An emergency clinic is one where you go when your routine vet isn't open and you have a life threatening emergency. So they can stabilize and treat your dog.THIS VETS OFFICE CAN NOT TREAT EMERGENCIES.Our dog was given an ECG and a repeat chest xray after a brief conversation with the vet who said he does not have CHF which I KNOW for a fact is something he has because I was there when he was diagnosed.We were told they had no meds to stabilize him and we had to go to a clinic 90 min away in LA. I called them and they didn't have a specialist that this vet was adamant we needed and she swore they did.The other clinic didn't understand why this emergency vet didn't have meds or the ability to stabilize him.Our dogs heart rate was 205 bpm and we took home an unstabilized dog who was tranquilized and had to find where to take him for Competent treatment from there.While the vet was not equipped to handle an emergency or to even read the plethora of medical journals I was able to pull up in the HOURS we had to wait while they provided no treatment she at least had a friendly disposition.THE RECEPTIONIST has a face as ugly as her personally. She should be out of a job she was abrasive,rude, disgusting in the way she spoke to us and others especially when I asked for the practice manager.We were there for more than 3 hours. We were paid for services when NO TREATMENT WAS PROVIDED and it took them 3 hours to tell us this. BECAUSE Of this delay in care our dog suffered a stroke on the way to the clinic we found to treat him.I am disgusted by this and complaints with the AAHA and the AVMA and the BBB have been filed.PLEASE consider taking your beloved animal anywhere else.Perhaps to Inland Valley Veterinary SpecialistsAt 10 west 7th street upland909-931-7871Because they ARE equipped and they did help him not to die.Think twice before stoping here....drive another 10 or so minutes and get the vet care your pet deserves. I received no response to my calls for the practice manager and subsequently filed a BBB complaint. This was this practices complaint.I can prove every single lie involved in this including times based up video footage and phone called taken and the actual medical record from that day.MESSAGE FROM BUSINESS:Chapo, a 14year old Chihuahua-mix canine presented on September 17, 2016 at 3:21pm with a rapid heart rate. He was immediately placed on oxygen while Dr. Rios collected his medical history. The client advised Chapo had a history of heart disease, was currently on Enalapril and Lasix and a prescription diet to support his kidney function.Dr. Rios, after completing her patient examination, recommended Radiographs, ECG and blood pressure recordings. Radiographs revealed R-sided heart enlargement, however the lungs were clear. ECG revealed sinus tachycardia with a heart rate of 205 and blood pressure readings of 151/82; 142/89 respectively. In Dr. Rios' medical opinion, the proper evaluation and treatment of Chapo's sinus tachycardia required a referral to a cardiologist. Hospital staff began calling specialty clinics throughout Southern California to locate an available cardiologist on a Saturday afternoon. Through our efforts we located a specialty facility with a cardiologist on staff_ We did not inform the client a cardiologist was available but rather that Chapo could be admitted through their ER, and the ER DVM would have access to consult with the cardiologist, stabilize Chapo, and await the cardiologist's evaluation.Contrary to the client's claims she was informed Chapo had "no heart failure," Dr. Rios stated Chapo "was not in congestive heart failure." His lungs were clear. Contrary to the client's statement that they....More in comments Read Less