Almaden Animal Clinic

This doctor is a shark! Don't bring your animals there! We got a small kitten and wanted to get her fix. They quoted us $200 for the procedure and we wanted to support our local vet and they also were more reasonable then other places that we called. The SPCA would of charged us $99 but we wanted to support our neighborhood so we took her to AAC. After all said and done,it costs us almost $500 to spay or 4 month old kitten. Lots of hidden fees. She charged you for ridiculous reasons that we can't prove! She said our kitten was in heat so she charged us more for procedure. It's a crock the f shit because they said they couldn't fix her until she was at least 4lbs and they were the ones that scheduled for for that date. Anyways, we will never be returning there!!! Crooks! Read Less

She use to be on the free spay list for ferals but abused it (fraud) and the county revoked it. Not to mention botching the hell out of a lot of the surgeries. Pregnancies due to still having reproductive organs AFTER a spay... This is her other office. yelp.com/biz/cochrane-an… Be sure and check the "not recommended reviews" also. Read Less

We have been taking our dog here her whole life. From the beginning we should have recognized this was not a great doctor since she thought our female dog was a boy. For routine check ups, vaccinations, this doctor is fine. However, now our dog got very sick and the doctor charged us 400$ for diagnosis and medication. She assured us that our dog was healthy but had an eye infection and tooth infection. Though these may have been underlying symptoms we took her to an eye specialist who told us that our dog had advanced Lymphoma and needed to be put down. How did she miss that??? Not to mention she tested our dog for cancer and said she was cancer free. I'm not sure this doctor has very good qualifications and will not be taking any future pets here. Read Less

I have been going to this vet with my golden retriever for over 13 years and I'm continuing to go here. The vet has been so accommodating and professional when handling my dog. I recommend this place to all my fellow dog owners. My dog who is afraid of the vet was fed treats and loved all the way In. Truly a great place and super affordable. I have previously gone to other vets and have been charged a lot for the same procedures this vet does. They love dogs and are super compassionate and deserve this five star rating Read Less

Dr. Nhatt is wonderful. She has taken care of our  three dogs for 10+ years. We've always found her to be professional, knowledgeable, personable and positive. I'm not sure why some would not rate her with 5 stars. She will be taking care of our 4th dog now. Don't listen to the other reviews. She is an animal lover through and through. Read Less

I have been going to Dr. Natt for 4 years with my dogs. My impression was that she may not be the biggest animal lover, but that she was very professional. My opinion has greatly changed and I will warn you STRONGLY not to go to Dr. Natt, who is the only vet at this clinic.#1 I just learned from the other Yelp reviews that she has been over vaccinating my dogs with the rabies vaccines which apparently are needed every three years, not annually. Good to know, would have save me hundreds of dollars with my 3 dogs.#2 (Title- My Poor Dog!) I would have additionally saved me some money if she had simply looked up my dogs nose with a light. I rescued a dog from the streets, and brought her immediately in to Dr. Natt before taking her home and exposing my other dogs. She performed what I feel was a substandard exam. She listened to the dog, but did not check here ears or eyes, and did not feel her belly, or check any other body parts. She prescribed antibiotics, although for what I don't know specifically as there was no signs or symptoms of infection, nor did she tell me the reason.I assumed this was just a safe practice "just in case". I observed that on this same day of rescue that the puppy had episodes of violent sneezing ~ 3-4/day, especially in the morning. I thought then it sure was a good thing that the dog was on antibiotics, and I reported what I saw to Dr. Natt. 2 Weeks of antibiotics, still sneezing. 2 weeks later, still sneezing. So violently that the dog would knock her little head on the floor and sometimes it was bloody. Dog at this point is very active, gaining weight, looks great. Just amazingly violent sneezing. I start to google, and wonder if she has nose mites. I call the office twice and ask if this is a possibility. The vet tech assures me it is just allergies. I speak to Dr. Natt she says it's allergies and give the dog benadryl. I give her benadryl for a week, no change. Finally I decide the dog just has allergies and stop medication since it was not effective. I make an appointment for vaccinations as the puppy has had none since she has been "sick" all this time. At the visit I report that the dog is STILL SNEEZiNG. I ask if Dr. Natt would look up her nose, which she has never done mind you. She says no, she doesn't have a scope small enough for the dog (tea cup Chihuahua, 3lbs). But that she will give her steroids, to treat the sneezing.I'm absolutely no veterinarian, but as far as i know, when you give immunizations you want to establish an immune response to the disease you are vaccinating against. If you give steroids, you suppress immune response. Well, in this case this was a good thing to combine because within an hour of vaccine the dog is grotesquely blown up like a balloon with an allergic reaction to I assume was the vaccines, thank goodness I had more oral steroids at home, and I rushed to CVS to get Benadryl (per Dr. Natts phone instructions) Dog recovers.Steroids are done, dog is still sneezing.My daughter comes to me with the dog and reports that there are "sticks" coming out of the dog's nose.... I pull a 1.5 inch foxtail out of the dogs nose. Hasn't sneezed since.It is my belief that she never needed antibiotics, never needed steroids, and could have avoided over 8 weeks of suffering, if this vet had of done ONE THING in her exam. Looked up the dog's nose. Seems very logical to me, a lay person, that that's what you would do to assess a case of excessive sneezing. I feel so bad that my poor dog suffered this for so long.I called, Dr. Natt was not in when I asked to speak with her. I gave a detailed account to the vet tech, no call back ever from Dr. Natt. I certainly can not ever take my dogs back there. Read Less

TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE! I have taken both of my dogs there to be fixed and have their dew claws removed, each time there were complications regarding their sutures not healing properly. It has since been 3 weeks since my dog has had his dew claws removed and he still has most of the stitches in. The staff there also gave me incorrect directions on how to properly take care of his sutures and now I believe they're infected. When I called in to ask questions the staff was nice but could not do anything for me since the doctor wasn't there, they could not give me more antibiotics, did not recommend alternative vets that could provide assistance nor did they give me information on how to contact the vet or a number to their main office. I will be finding a new vet. Read Less

Do not go here if you love your animals    When I took my sick dog in the veterinarian. She gave me pills and said that my dog needed a urine test. I called 3 times to find out results and to let her know that the dog was throwing up the pills. She never answered back. She said she had a bad urine infection. Days later after calling everyday with no response I went to another vet and my dog had to go into emergency and I ended up paying $3,500 more than I would have because my dog was diagnosed wrong by the veterinarian at the almaden animal clinic.    I posted this because I care for all animals. Read Less

Do NOT go here!Long story short, after having to euthanize our very first family dog (he was 13) we have been waiting and waiting and waiting on our dogs privately cremated ashes for over a month now and called in today to ask what was taking so long. The response could not have been worse:"Someone picked him up already, I think" "So you lost our dog?" "Well, I could swear a man picked him up.""No."WOW! REALLY? YOU DO NOT SAY THAT TO SOMEONE ABOUT THEIR DECEASED PET! I think that speaks about how much this clinic cares for the animals they work with. They do not care, nor to they sympathize with their patients owners. It's unfortunate that you cannot give 0 stars on Yelp! because this clinics average of 3 stars is not an accurate display of the reviews here. Read Less