TERRIBLE. Go to Ann Arbor. I was on the the phone while my love took his dog here last night. He had lost the use of one leg completely, had seepage, hurt tremendously bad, whining, nothing was working to help him.
40 miles away from where he lives. He did 80 mph, risking a ticket to get him there as quickly as possible to alleviate his pain as quickly as possible. It was the place he found open, and recommended in voice mails from vets in his area (do you get a percentage of the sales for this place??). BIG MISTAKE.
All doors going into the establishment are LOCKED from the inside. They chose NOT to use a gurney, but to carry the dog in, once he finally got someone to come to the front door. He had to move his truck to the side door so they could carry the 108 lb., 3 year old, ailing, hurting Rottweiler in and it got far worse before it got better.
Vet tech carries dog in, puts him in the back. Begins bloodwork, without consult from anybody really. Bloodwork cost? $175... And the wait began...yes, the horrible wait that nearly every post here talks about....
One hour and 45 minutes of listening to them laugh, giggle and seemingly party while said dog was in pain. Suckers placed pleasingly throughout the lobby to appear to care about the humans while they don't take care of the pets they bring in. He had been told they were working on another person's baby, shortly after arrival he watched that person leave. By the time he finally got to see the vet, he had watched as a tech left, and 2 other victims had been sucked into the time warp of Affiliated Emergency Veterinary Services. Hmmm...."Affiliated", yep the referring area vets do get something out of this.
Long conversation with another victim, who's dog had been bitten by a Norway rat, as his poor dog bled profusely from his face.
Finally, doc comes in dog's room. Was rude and had a horrible attitude. Immediately was annoyed over the fact that the dog has cancer and he's not treating it as SHE thinks it should be. X-rays, more cost, and the costs are all up front.....money, money, money. They should pay the victims for their time...hours and hours of time. No, greed to extreme.
Recommended a Cancer specialist, and I'm sure they get a bonus from that and the cost of chemo (there ARE alternative methods, he's using them and they ARE reducing the tumors, she actually had to admit that.) Even guilt tripped him, saying, "Most people love their pets like their own children. This is very curable" (if it's done HER way). Dr. Alyson Rockett, manipulator extraordinaire, yet had no issues making him wait for hours with the poor dog in severe pain, which she finally gave him an injection for just prior to x-rays, TWO hours after arrival...
End result: she don't know. They claim to have an ultrasound on their website, but he was told they do not. She gave him an educated guess, even following x-rays, increased some medications (prednisone), gave him Tramadol, yes, the same med and dosage as humans, for pain (cancer humans get far more), said he needs the fluid drained but refused to do it, referred him back to his original vet.
Total cost for doing basically nothing but LOOK like they were? $504......and that was only because he denied unnecessary things like basically an IV (the dog eats and drinks fine) or it would have been well over $1000, to treat both patient and human like the dirt on her shoes.
DO NOT GO THERE. IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY WHERE YOUR ANIMAL MAY DIE, IT WILL! I REPEAT, YOUR PRECIOUS PET WILL DIE AT THEIR LACK OF HANDS.
BTW.....their Facebook page no longer works...perhaps this is why..... read more