Pets And Pals Veterinary Hospital

Cathy Frye at Pets and Pals has been our vet for over 20 years. We'd never go to anyone else. She goes the extra mile. For instance, when our German wire-haired pointer could keep food down, she did extra research, went to conferences, and even contacted me once FROM a conference with some new, possibly hopeful information. That pointer lived to be 16 years old WITH MEGAESOPHAGUS, due to Cathy's care. We had a kitten whose life she saved three times. The 4th time it was impossible to save him. But Cathy and Kari worked together to make this very hard experience as gentle as possible. We have had 7 pets cared for by them, and all (except the kitten with congenital illnesses) lived to be 16 years or older. We have two four-legged family members now, and they are healthy and happy and well-cared for by Cathy Frye at Pets and Pals. We have seen Janet and Michelle on occasion, too. All the vets at Pets and Pals are motivated by compassion, intelligence, diligence, and love. Best place ever! Read Less

Already did review on our little old rescue dog who was afraid of the world. Now knows no fear thanks to Janet and Michelle. Two hard work, dedicated vets that are extradionary. Had to add that Dr Janet took on my huge Akita like he was a delight. Which he is but she knows dogs. He trusts her and loves her. She gives him his shots and he just looks at her with love. He knows a good vet when he sees one! Read Less

My mother turned me onto this vet, when she had to have her cat put to sleep, I accompanied her. Always hard, Cathy Frye was very professional and kind to my mother and her cat. Later, we took our dog Mozart to her for a few years. In early 2019 our dog was occasionally throwing up, and off eating a couple times in a month, so we took him in. She checked, did blood tests, an x-ray to see if he had swallowed anything (again, he got ahold of chicken bones once). We looked together but could not find an obstruction. A few weeks later, he was off eating and threw up blood. We palpated but he was not in pain. Went back in, new x-ray, and now we could see a mass on her spleen. Cathy knew at that moment that it was 95% spleen cancer by the additional symptoms and the now apparent tumor, but she let us explore the possibilities, a hematoma, a few other very unlikely possibilities, but we finally realized what it was. Then I realized she was leading us toward the painful truth very gently but professionally. She said surgery was sometimes possible but it had a low success rate at this stage. Since Mozart was not in pain, and could eat puppy food, we decided to explore other alternative options. As we researched the disease, a painless cancer that is usually only discovered in its advanced stages, and once it gets to a certain stage, it grows very rapidly, we realized that she knew his likely prognosis, and did not want to offer us false hope of a major but likely fruitless surgery (most died 6 months later anyway). We tried some anti-cancer foods and supplements, but this was very advanced. Finally, he began to lose weight, and ever cheerful, still wanted to go with us, but could not. We made an appointment with Cathy, and she helped us say good bye. It gutted us as a family, but she was very kind, very compassionate, and that really really helped us handle it in as sweet a way as possible. It was painless, quick and she let us grieve in the room afterwards for as long as we needed. I am writing this because some others said they had some painful experiences with her, but I had a completely different experience and I wanted to share it. Read Less