I'm shocked to read the other good reviews because the care my dog received was poor. I didn't get to see Dr. Castillo. The doctor I saw gave me a glowing review of a procedure that she claimed coul... Read More
I'm shocked to read the other good reviews because the care my dog received was poor. I didn't get to see Dr. Castillo. The doctor I saw gave me a glowing review of a procedure that she claimed could prolong my sick dog's life, which really gave me a lot of (false) hope. However, after many hundreds of dollars spent on tests, I spoke to another vet there who informed me that my dog was too old for the procedure and there was no hope. I have since spoken to a vet not affiliated with this clinic who told me that the procedure in question is only effective in certain circumstances. It kills me that I was never given a realistic assessment of my dog's chances. That was just cruel to build up false hope. Not to mention the hundreds upon hundreds of dollars that I needless spent, given that it was not viable for a dog of mine's age and health. Furthermore, on several occasions I called the vets for info about said sick dog and they never returned my calls.I also had problems with the vet techs. They never gave me any assistance or instructions on how to administer the medicine, they just handed me the bag of meds. I found out later that one of the meds needed to be refrigerated - not only was it NOT marked on the medicine but no one at the office told me that, either. They also gave me a medicine that came with a dropper - guess what? The measurements on the dropper didn't match those required on the bottle. I called for clarification - the receptionist tried to help but couldn't and the vet tech who eventually came on the line sounded extremely pissed off to have to come on the phone to explain the different measurements to me. Also, I was supposed to give my dog a half a pill a day for a certain number of days but the pills were not scored, nor did the clinic break them. So I ended up giving my dog an uneven amount of medicine in my clumsy attempts to administer the dose properly. One yet another occasion, I was given a medicine that was supposed to be in liquid form but I received pill form instead, and the dose once again did not match. This is just unacceptable, completely unacceptable. The clinic is very costly, I would expect professional care to be given at the time of treatment as well as when the meds are given out - but it's not what I received.I would never, ever use this clinic again. The overall feel was that they were only interested in my checkbook, not my poor, sick dog. I've since found a wonderful, caring vet in Millis. I'm only sorry that I didn't find him sooner so I could have brought my sick dog there instead. Read Less