I've been going to Mueller for almost a year now and at first, I was very pleased. I rushed my dog in and turned out she needed a surgery. The surgery went well and my dog recovered great. However, it... Read More
I've been going to Mueller for almost a year now and at first, I was very pleased. I rushed my dog in and turned out she needed a surgery. The surgery went well and my dog recovered great. However, it wasn't until now that I realized what kind of service they really provide.They do not tell you how serious your dog's condition really is. In February, my 12-year-old dog was diagnosed with bronchitis, which is livable as long as it's managed with diet and medications. A few months later, her cough came back really bad and they gave her a shot and gave me meds and sent me off. My dog did get better until a few weeks ago that her cough came back even stronger despite medicine, putting on a vick's humidifier for my dog all night, etc. On 9/20, I again had to rush my dog in and after performing x-rays, they told me she has a collapsed trachea (in really, really nice terms basically) and that "with medicine, it will open naturally and to give it 2-3 days for it to start opening" and that "she will need to be on medication the rest of her life, that it's livable and that the medication over time will help as long as I don't ever stop medication because then it will be a crisis." I specifically asked if there's anything else I can do other than the medicine and the humidifier and she said "no, that was it." I asked how long she can live with this condition and she said my dog already passed the typical age for her breed but did not tell me exactly how much life my dog has left!A week later (9/27) I go back for my follow up, I tell them the cough is a little better (which it was) and she said okay, continue the medicine. Again, I am under the impression my dog's condition just needs time and medicine. Then 3 days later the cough comes back even worse! She's on 4 pills a day, 2 every 12 hours how is that possible? It only got even progressively worse and I don't understand how if the vet told me she would get even better. Sunday night (10/02) (12 days since I took her to mueller), I rush my dog to a 24/7 animal hospital and they performed digital x-ray (Mueller still has outdated version) and told me my dog's trachea is really collapsed and that I have to face the fact I will need to put her down really soon or she will suffocate due to the collapsed trachea. They gave me stronger medicine to help alleviate the pain and make her comfortable before I must put her down. They gave me much more advice on her to alleviate her symptoms and other things I can do. They even told me the medicine Mueller gave me is the equivalent of Robitussin, so I wasn't even getting the strongest medicine possible for my dog!I don't understand why Mueller wouldn't tell me how serious the matter really was. They write in their charts "prognosis is poor" but to your face it's not. I just wish I knew over 2 weeks ago just how bad my dog's condition really was and why they would lie and say meds will open it up when the vet at the animal hospital said medicine will not open it up and but only alleviate it. Why they didn't give me better advice or anything. Either the vet is not aware of the condition that well (which I doubt) or they just don't want to tell you how bad your pet's condition really is and I don't know why. Just don't bother going to them and go somewhere else so you don't need to waste extra money getting a second opinion and lose time you could spend with your pet before having to deal with the idea of putting them down.Because in 12 days I went from "medicine will help, give it time" to "you need to put her down" and I don't think that's right.* The vet was Martinez. STAY AWAY! Read Less