After moving to central and now South TX, I was a bit uneasy about switching vets. I didn't know anyone and wasn't very well networked. I had used the same vet for over 20 yrs. I was referred to Dr. Arlitt thru a friend whom has used her for many many years and raved about her equine experience. After meeting her I could instantly feel her passion and sincerity for animals and what she does. Its hard for me to believe the previous comment because my experience has been the COMPLETE opposite. This woman has worked weekends, holidays, taken late night calls, reviewed x rays on out of town vet checks, improved the look, soundness and general attitude of ALL 3 of my horses as well as boarded one for a month for me while I was moving. I felt that she did an excellent job of managing my expectations on price of services, what is absolutely necessary at the time and then gave a realistic time frame of when other shots, services etc. could be administered to help me budget a little. Personally I appreciated this rather than just getting "the works"  and a big bill. I've never experienced a poor check out. I simply walked to the front, asked for my bill and paid it right there. Other times when I was out of town a bill was simply mailed to me and I returned payment either with a credit card over the phone or mailed a check in. I have also called and requested signed copies of misplaced coggins and this was provided to me immediately. I have moved to the San Antonio area and still drive 2 hours to use this vet because I'm so pleased with the quality of care that my animals are given. I have and would recommend her to anyone looking for a quality physician who will treat their animals as her own. Read Less

Dr .Arlitt has been my equine vet since we moved to the area many years ago.  She is not a warm, caring person in her affect and presentation. She does not give a lot of information and you have to go through Tiffany The Ice Queen, Dr. Arlitt's receptionist/front office who never fails to make you feel as if she'd rather be doing anything else besides giving you the bill.Dr. Arlitt, in my opinion, is a very mediocre veterinarian. she has NEVER been on time for an appointment, she is inconsiderate of her client's time constraints and the importance of being punctual, and she misses a lot of very important conditions; her mind is obviously somewhere else.She handles emergency situations with a disinterested attitude and compared to others, she tends to be a bit pricier. I don't hold it personality against her, but it makes me uncomfortable when I have to spend a few hours there to have to listen to her and her assistants/hands laugh at clients who aren't there or speak badly of them. Of course I have to wonder what they say about me when I'm not there - and they're not discreet, they don't know who knows who, and they don't seem to care.  I have found a new veterinarian who I like very much and will be leaving Live Oak.  They are not conveniently located, and there's no way to be comfortable there.  There's obviously an "in" group and everybody else is out.  I'm definitely on the out side.  I also found out that Dr. Arlitt will not give prescriptions for medications.  They are 20 miles away from me, but because they sell the medications (at grossly inflated prices), they won't provide prescriptions.  I'll have to ask my new vet if he can come by and if I can get a prescription from him.  Because of the prescription issue - and Tiffany's usual arrogant attitude, I had to drop my rating by one star.In my opinion, the negatives outweigh the benefits and I'm always uncomfortable when I'm over there.  I don't plan on being there again.12/01/11 - UpdateWell, just when I thought I'd done about as fair as I could, my new vet came out last week and was appalled.  It seems one of the horses was suffering from a rotting tooth (I couldn't smell it but those that could were pretty grossed out) for some time and this isn't something that should have been missed by a vet who sees the horse on a fairly regular basis.  How do you miss a rotted out tooth that causes so much pain and discomfort when you're a vet who looks in the horse's mouth fairly frequently??  So I had to take Live Oak down to just one star based on how much they missed. Oh, also the horse I bought from one of Arlitt's ex assistants, who said she was around ten (10) when we bought her, ended up being older than my senior gelding. I thought she was about 17, she's closer to 25. Ouch! How do you miss that? Read Less