Southfork Animal Clinic

If I could give less than 1 star I would! I will never use this vet again and DO NOT recommend anyone else use Dr. C either! I took my dog in for ringworm and a poor immune system as she's been having skin issues for almost 3 years after getting a glandular infection. Dr. C confirmed it was ringworm by using a black light and it fluoresced green which is positive for ringworm. She also said a skin culture was necessary - why? The black light test was positive. But I trusted her with my pet. She said it would take 7-10 business days for the results to come back. She wouldn't give me oral medication until the results came back - again - why? Black light confirmed it!! She kept telling me I needed flea and tick treatment. I told her I didn't. My pets don't have fleas; never had a tick and don't have mites either. If we had any of them, my other pet would be affected and she isn't. She kept pushing it and I firmly told her I wasn't interested in it and didn't want to put extra drugs in my pet that she didn't need. She was telling me about so many different drugs; and additional tests that may need to be run - she was really trying to upsell me!! My head was spinning - I just wanted a treatment to kill this fungal infection as quickly as possible!! She also gave my pet a Lime Sulfur dip - which is not good for ringworm as I learned today. Long story short, I had to leave my dog with Dr. C so she could completely dry after the sulfur dip. She said she was going to send some treatments home with me and we would have another visit after the skin culture results were in for oral meds - 7-10 days later. That's a long time to let ringworm go, don't you think!!! I paid $300+ before leaving. Yes, I got a receipt, but I don't what meds are what. My husband picked her up later and when I got home that evening, I found the flea & tick treatment in the bag that I firmly told her I did not want and a shampoo that I told her I did not need as I already had a prescription shampoo. The immune system supplement is for...and I quote this... "helps treat iron deficiencies found in young, anemic, debilitated or convalescent pets." My pet is 10 and even though she has this issue, she is youthful, playful, energetic, NOT anemic and her food is prescription so she is getting proper nutrition. SHE HAS RINGWORM...not anemia!!! The skin culture test was done on 11/18/17 and on Wednesday, 11/29/17, I still had not heard from them so I called to see if the results were in. They had the results in Monday, never called me. And the results were positive for....ringworm!!! WOW!!! Really?!? So, I requested oral medication - was put on hold - when the lady returned to the phone 5 minutes later, she told me they couldn't issue any prescription drugs because Dr. C is out until next week. What???? The topical medication that I paid $35 for was not working and the ringworm was spreading all over my pet. But I can't get any oral meds until next week??? I'm sure someone has had a good experience with this lady, but I have not. All she seemed to care about was upselling me with everything she could...even though I told her I was a full time student now and have no income coming in. The 1st picture was taken 11/16/17. I saw Dr. C on 11/18/17. Topical meds were being applied until today 11/30/17 when we ran out. The 2nd pic was taken 11/27/17. Now do you see why I'm so upset!?! And because of no meds to kill the fungus, it has spread more. This is not good medical care, good patient care or practice and certainly not good customer relations!!! RUN....DO NOT TAKE YOUR BELOVED PETS HERE!!!! Read Less

If I could give less than 1 star I would! I will never use this vet again and DO NOT recommend anyone else use Dr. C either! I took my dog in for ringworm and a poor immune system as she's been having skin issues for almost 3 years after getting a glandular infection. Dr. C confirmed it was ringworm by using a black light and it fluoresced green which is positive for ringworm. She also said a skin culture was necessary - why? The black light test was positive. But I trusted her with my pet. She said it would take 7-10 business days for the results to come back. She wouldn't give me oral medication until the results came back - again - why? Black light confirmed it!! She kept telling me I needed flea and tick treatment. I told her I didn't. She kept pushing it and I firmly told her I wasn't interested in it. She was telling me about so many different drugs; and additional tests that may need to be run. I just wanted a meds to kill fungal infection asap!! She gave my pet a Lime Sulfur dip - which is not good for ringworm. I had to leave my dog with Dr. C. She said she was going to send some treatments home.I paid $300+ before leaving. I got a receipt, but I don't what meds are what. My husband picked her up, I found the flea & tick treatment in the bag, a shampoo that I told her I did not need. The immune system supplement states "helps treat iron deficiencies found in young, anemic, debilitated or convalescent pets." My pet is NOT anemic. SHE HAS RINGWORM! The skin culture test done on 11/18/17.Wednesday, 11/29/17, no contact from them so I called. Results in Monday. Results positive for ringworm! I requested oral medication, put on hold, told they couldn't issue prescription- Dr. C out til next week. Topical didn't work; ringworm spreading! See pics-Now do you see why I'm so upset!?! This is not good medical care, good patient care or practice and certainly not good customer relations!!! RUN....DO NOT TAKE YOUR BELOVED PETS HERE!!!! Read Less

I took my 9 year old German Shepherd/Rottweiler for a mass on her side that I was told was nothing to worry about but I wanted a second opinion. They told me that it needed to be removed ASAP and I got the surgery done, and I have seen an improvement in her demeanor. I'm going to keep bringing my dog here from now on. Read Less

There are no words to describe how terrified me and my husband were when our cat Timmy got sick. We came home from out of town and he was completely lethargic. We went to the emergency vet at 11pm and didn't leave until 3am. After the $900 emergency vet bill (for 4 hours of IV) he was no better. We had to take him home that morning, but then he started declining rapidly the next morning so we rushed him to South Fork Animal Clinic. This group could not be more amazing!They nursed our baby back to health and treated us like they really cared about him. It was perfect! They kept him overnight for a couple of days, sent us pics of his progress, let us visit him, and helped us create a plan going forward to keep him healthy. They saved our boy and we could not be more grateful!Thank you all!!!! Read Less

took my pregnant dog here. The vet was very helpful and patient with me and my dog. She answered all my questions and then some. I will continue to use this vet and would recommend her to anyone who needs a vet. Read Less

I have to totally disagree with the other posting to this web-site. Our experience was totally the opposite. Awesome care and concern for our pets and I could not ask for better treatment of our animals. Read Less

The vet here is just terrible. A neighbor warned me that Dr. Chaulkey wasn't very good and I should have heeded his advice. I watched her manhandle my elderly UNCONCIOUS cat for no good reason. She performed unncessary tests (confirmed by my regular vet), charges outrageous prices, and insisted that a new kitten be given ANOTHER Frontline-like treatment and tapeworm treatment 2 days after her first treatments because she thought her medication was better. My cats will not be back to her. Read Less