Vca Pahle Animal Hospital

What a wonderful vet. Staff and doctors are the greatest. My cat lets the vet check ears, teeth, nose, eyes, and check her heart beat and her tummy and everything else and just lays there and says more please. I would highly recommend them. Read Less

Our dog has congestive heart failure which we knew about .But we brought him in because he was having occasional seizures. After the "diagnostic" procedures , our dog could barely function or breathe properly .WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO MY DOG PAHLE ! Before this except for the 5 minute seizures he was having , he seemed perfectly fine. I don't know exactly know what was done "In Back" but I feel he received some sub standard care or abuse. He for the most part , was perfectly fine when he came in . I do not trust this place . If and when we get another dog , we will be looking for another vet. Also the prices were outrageous and other people with pets that went to other vets said we were stupid to take him there and pay those prices. Read Less

We've taken our cat here for five years now and have nothing but excellent service from them. The doctors care about the animals and follow up after treatment to make sure she's doing okay and answer any questions we may have. We've seen just about every doc here and have had zero question as to what they did or why they did something. THANK YOU for taking care of our kitty. Read Less

This place rocks. Our vet, boarding , grooming and doggy day camp are all together there. The staff is always friendly, helpful and they make stressful situations good smoothly. The boarding department is just as kind and caring, I can tell they love my pets as much as I do! My animals are always excited to go there and so am I.Read Less

While the staff has changed over the years we've been going here since 1972 even though there are places much closer. The level of care that our furry friends have received here has always been good for the price.Read Less

Short version for those that do not want to read : Their techs and vets were always very nice to us and our pup and always treated well. The concern comes in with the vaccinations as part of their 1st year care club. Each one caused our pup to get extended bouts of diarrhea. Wouldn't think twice about going here in a pinch if we needed to get in somewhere on short notice, but do your research on vaccinations and ask questions!! Long version : First of all my wife and I were first time dog owners and we took some time to figure out where we wanted to take our pooch. We decided to take our 8 week old Husky here as we heard via word of mouth that Dr. Jewel was great, and he is. Every time he seen our pup you could tell he was great with animals. Him and the techs always made our pup comfortable and were always good to us. We bought into the care club package which covers stool samples, 1st year vaccinations, castration surgery and microchipping. GREAT! Well first round of vaccines came and tummy issues followed. Fast for 18 hours and then bland diet. Voiced our concerns before 2nd round of vaccines, but were told he should be fine and that we'll watch closely. More diarrhea follows along with another bout of fasting and bland diet and even probiotics to help combat the issues. 3rd and final round which also included rabies vaccine, we were hesitant but again were told he should take to this round a bit better as his immune system was building up. This was worse than the others lasting almost 2 months. A pup should not have to go through all this and it really left us with a bad taste and angry. Some people might say, "Maybe it was just your dog..." or "Maybe it was the food." We had him on Fromm's puppy food which is not TOP notch but its up there in quality and well, our pup is now over a year old, very health and energetic, still on Fromms. He is a bit undersized at 43-45 lbs (male Huskies are typically top out around 60) and really hasn't put on weight since 8 months. Though we can't prove that this is due to what he went through, you can't help but wonder.... As far as my statement above goes, we had our first visit with a more "homeopathic" vet this time around for our dogs boosters to avoid the same outcome. One of the first things the new vet had to say was, "I can't believe how many vaccinations your dog has been given, no wonder he had all those issues. I wanted to cry when I seen that." Whether or not this is the vet playing into the information that they were given, we also had our dog into 2 different puppy classes and shared our experience with other parents and none of them had the issues with diarrhea because none of them ever got the cocktail of vaccinations that our little guy received in such a short time span. Shame on us for not doing more research into vaccinations, but as a first time fur parent, there is SO many and you always want to protect them from the worst. One would think this day in age you can trust your vet to disclose what is all in the vaccines or maybe listen to your concerns, err on the side of caution and maybe taper them back a little bit. My intent in this review is not to bash VCA Pahle, they have been good to us in every other way. I just want to inform anyone that may be in the same position that we were and maybe save them the heartache and stress of potentially dealing with these very same issues. Read Less

This place is HORRIBLE AND A SCAM. Do not go here, and do not use their "Coupon" for the free visit. They gave my boyfriend's dog shots without consent. When we tried to deal with the staff about this they were rude and kept changing their story. They wanted us to sign a promissory note instead of working with us on the billing. Gail the manager hung up on us and called me a liar. Read Less

They SCAM people into coming in for a free check up and give your dog shots without consent. Then when I tried to speak to the hospital manager Gale she was extremelly defensive and lied and said that there was verbal consent given for shots when I asked for copies of paperwork. Gale is very unprofessional and not management material. Don't go here they are a scam and don't care about animals only money! And whatever you do don't let them take your dog out your sight to "show them to everyone". That's when they give your dog unconsented shots! Read Less

The staff is wonderful and genuine! Was able to get in for appointment the next day. Not sure if this was because of the urgent care my cat needed, or if that's typical. The prices are reasonable: our first time exam was free, along with a few medications. They also have a great spay/neuter/shots budget plan with very reasonable monthly payments. Pretty clean for a vet clinic. Read Less

This place is AWFUL!! AND DO NOT CARE to accommodate you as a customer nor care to lose a customer!!! Vets (not quite so much the vet techs) are rude, condescending, and only out for money. They do (as one review stated) make good pet owners feel they're not doing their best. I'm an RN and always the male vet there (forgot his name) is very condescending to me as "people aren't the same as dogs" (no kidding - a pun that I'm only an RN, not a vet). I'm not a vet, but I can diagnosis an ear infection on my dog!! Anyone can do that! Then, they want to charge you more, a lot more, to bring your animal back in for a 'check up'. So pay more, again, when dog is healthy......but God forbid that ear infection comes back 6 months later, of course, they want ANOTHER costly appointment instead of just giving you a refill of ear infection drops! Yet, they just don't care if you are dissatisfied. That's what scares me. Good riddens!!! Read Less