Let me start by saying I think Dr. Pepin is extremely knowledgeable and hard working. This is a review of the entire office, and perhaps office policy, not of one person, necessarily. Dr Pepin her... Read More
Let me start by saying I think Dr. Pepin is extremely knowledgeable and hard working. This is a review of the entire office, and perhaps office policy, not of one person, necessarily. Dr Pepin herself had gone as far as to call me from home on the weekend when she was sick to walk me through my dogs symptoms around her seizures.
The long waits are ridiculous but I do think she is very thorough. So if I need to wait extra long for thorough care, I guess that is a trade-off I'm willing to have. If this was just based on her knowledge and thoroughness, this review would be a five.
All that said I have a very bad taste in my mouth since we lost our Sophie a few weeks back. Dr. Pepin herself, at one point, said Sophie was the sweetest soul she ever had. Three years ago, we had to put our Siberian Husky, Chloe to sleep at her office and we received a nice card afterwards. A couple weeks ago, with our Sophie, it was a Saturday evening and more of an emergency situation. She was over 16 years old but we had to make the hardest decision of our lives and and her suffering.
I made sure to call Dr. Pepin's office a couple days later to let them know what we had to do over the weekend. Left a voicemail. I waited a few more days expecting at least a phone call from the Dr. who had been her vet for more than a decade. I called back and spoke to the girl who answered verifying they received my voicemail and she just basically said "yes we got it." There was no sorry for your loss or anything like that and we did not receive the card we received for Chloe a few years back.
I'm sure if they have to put a dog or any pet to sleep there is a protocol to follow up and offer consolences. But, it sure looks like if they didn't do the work to make the injections you will not hear a word. I can't possibly believe this is true, but the way it comes off is that if we didn't get the money for it or do the euthanasia, we don't care. I need to reiterate, I can't believe that would be true but that is certainly the perception and it would be wise to change that. Read Less