I took my dog here for years. When I first started taking her there, Dr. VonLubbe was there and he was an awesome doctor. Over the years, he became less and less available for appointments and we be... Read More
I took my dog here for years. When I first started taking her there, Dr. VonLubbe was there and he was an awesome doctor. Over the years, he became less and less available for appointments and we began to see his associate Dr. Gonzalez. Dr. Gonzalez is HORRIBLE!! After a few years of severe allergy issues with my poor dog and getting no results I went to a new vet hoping for better results. It was an eye-opening experience. Every time I had asked Dr. Gonzalez for some form of supplement to give my dog to help alleviate her allergies, I was told there was none and that I just needed to bathe her weekly and given a list of dosages for OTC allergy medicines I could give. They gave her cortisone injections on occasion, which helped, but only temporarily. I went in complaining that my dog yelped when I scratched her ears and was told there was nothing wrong with her ears. You can imagine my surprise when the new vet tells me she can give the dog a cortisone injection but needs to have blood work done to verify the liver and kidneys were working properly due to her age and I tell her that they did the blood work at her last annual about a year ago because I was told my dog's liver and kidneys were functioning properly. When the new vet called to get the results of the blood work, they told her they never did anything other than heartworm tests. How was she telling me her liver and kidneys were functioning properly if she never did any tests?! Then the new vet looks in her ears and tells me she has a severe ear infection! AND, she offers me a supplement to help boost her immune system to help prevent the allergic reaction!! I am so thankful I took my dog to another place for a second opinion!! My dog is acting like a puppy again, not scratching, not yelping when I scratch her ears (although we are still treating her for the ear infection as it had to have been there for some time), and even jumping and acting interested in life again.
Also, once when I took my second dog in for annual shots, I overhear Dr. Gonzalez telling the tech that this dog has "a lot of issues." Really? He does? He's about two (he was a rescue), born with vision problems and deaf, and is overweight, but she didn't know that yet as she hadn't seen him since he got fat! He doesn't have "a lot of issues"! He's barely not a puppy!
I really liked Dr. VonLubbe and the remainder of the staff, other than Dr. Gonzalez, are really great with the dogs, but since Dr. Gonzalez seems to be the primary doctor for this facility and I question her aptitude, I will not be taking any pets there again. Nor would I recommend anyone else to take their pets there. Read Less