This review is specifically for our most recent visit and Dr. Colleen Beach. FVC has been my BF's vet of choice before I came on scene. I have logged a few annual visits to do the usual shot updates... Read More
This review is specifically for our most recent visit and Dr. Colleen Beach. FVC has been my BF's vet of choice before I came on scene. I have logged a few annual visits to do the usual shot updates and found the clinic to be adequate/okay thus far. Nothing 5 star until yesterday. We brought in 3 dogs and were led to their larger exam room (convenient) with 2 benches for people with multiple pets. Enter Dr. Beach. She gave all 3 dogs a very thorough exam and addressed EVERY concern. In detail. She offered up possible causes, expected treatment plans, alternatives, prices, and just a super amount of info that really showed she keeps up on her stuff and loves to educate pet owners on how to best take care of their pets. I love great info marketing and I really admired how she offered value to the information she provided along with solutions, treatments, and products offered in-house at FVC. I trusted that she just wasn't trying to sell/upsell just for the sake of profit. It was more like these are the options, here's what we offer, here are our prices--all with no pressure or guilt tactics. If I had a heart problem, and Dr. Beach was a human heart surgeon, she would be the one to operate on my ticker. The time Dr. B spent with us was impressive. We were there for a little over an hour total from car unload to load although it seemed longer (not a bad thing cost/value-wise). The total office visit with all shots and a # of extras for 3 dogs was about $340.00, last year's was under $270.00. Truly, if I had endless extra cash, I would've probably signed up for all Dr. B recommended. lolI want to add that I took 2 of the 3 dogs to Affordable Vet Services in A2 a couple of months ago (due to lots of raving Yelp reviews on care and price) to get an alternate opinion on some issues they were having at the time and prior. Review soon to come for that place (would recommend as well). Anyway, I had compared bills from last year's FVC to AVS's after the fact and Fowlerville Veterinary Clinic's pricing was a actually a little better than AVS's. FVC is more of a rural vet (they see horses, etc.) and is a little bit of a drive from my homebase, but Dr. Beach finally made it really worth the trip today. If you need a first or 2nd opinion on your pet's health, you can't go wrong with either place. Just make sure you see Dr. Beach if you choose to go to FVC! Other miscellaneous info: freestanding larger facility, office visit price for extra dogs was half ($21 vs. $42 1st dog), toddler/kids room with toys + books to pass the time (nice touch when you have to haul along a 2-1/2 y/o), clean/bright/airy/modern, front desk personnel was just SLIGHTLY more personable than the staff at AVS in A2 which is not saying much (again, adequate...I guess), there is a sign to not use your cell phone in the waiting area. Read Less