We went to this vet twice before we found another one in the area. The first time we saw Dr. Carron, and he was good with our group (we have 3 dogs). On the second visit, we saw Dr. Tracy Adams. Th... Read More
We went to this vet twice before we found another one in the area. The first time we saw Dr. Carron, and he was good with our group (we have 3 dogs). On the second visit, we saw Dr. Tracy Adams. This was the visit that caused us to never want to come back in again. Our Shar Pei/American Bulldog mix had some swelling/fluid in her hocks. She has always had this swelling that goes up and down off and on (ever since we got her as a puppy and she is 7). She has seen 3 different vets (due to us moving to different states) and we have mentioned it to all of them, and they have seen her when there was a flare up. None of them had any concerns regarding this swelling, and her blood work never reflected a problem. We had supplied all of the previous vets' paperwork when we initially brought them in for a meet and greet. We took Keira in because she had 2 dark looking areas - one on her leg and a new one on her stomach. We mentioned it to Dr. Adams, and she immediately said something about the swelling. We explained it has always been like this (and we had even mentioned it to Dr. Carron on our initial meet and greet, and he wasn't concerned). She immediately wanted to do a blood screening and check her for Lyme disease. We agreed, and after a full blood panel that came back clean and negative Lyme test, she wanted to do more tests on Keira. Dr. Adams said she didn't know what was causing the issue, and wanted to keep testing Keira until she figured it out. During our discussion with Dr. Adams, she spoke to both myself and my husband as though we were bad pet owners. She made us both feel by the way she talked and her demeanor as though we didn't care about our dog. I thought maybe I just took it wrong, but my husband mentioned it to me when we got in the car to leave. My husband and I talked after the visit, and we decided we would be finding another vet. She called us shortly after our visit to give us the blood panel results, and we were very clear on how she spoke to us. She did apologize and said that wasn't what she meant, but it was too late. We also explained clearly we would not turn Keira into a test subject.Turns out, we went to another vet shortly afterwards and just by sight he said the swelling is from something called Shar Pei fever, and he has seen this before (and was treating another dog with some medicine, since this dog also ran a temperature). Since all Keira had was the fluid in her hocks, he said we could try to sprinkle turmeric on her dog food to help reduce the fluid....AND IT WORKED! And the dark spots were nothing more than skin tags that were removed when they got a dental (and tested to make sure nothing more....all clean!).I would not recommend this place to anyone! Read Less