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Arch Beach Veterinary Clinic

4.9 (274 reviews)
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Pet physical or wellness exam

Pet vaccinations

Holistic animal care

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Sue S.

We were devastated when we learned our little Poodle boy of four had metastatic cancer. But with the support and empathy of Dr. Gordon and his team, we were able to release his suffering and give this gift of life back to where it had come. There are many great vets in South County, but none like Dr. Gordon. Thank you for making this difficult time more comforting for my husband and me.

Olly hardly able to breath and losing function of his bladder

After months of serious illness for a 5 year old dog and no diagnosis from multiple other vets and emergency clinics, Dr. Gordon was the only vet able to isolate the issue and prescribed treatment that completely solved & saved my dog. Other vets recommended putting him down...but now we have a completely healthy dog that hikes daily and gets to enjoy the rest of his life thanks to everyone at Arch Beach Vet

Erin C.

My husband and I are medical professionals and we have been using Dr Gordon since we got our rescue puppy Jan of 2022. I'm from NY and am very picky about medical care, both for humans and for our fur child. I was worried that I wouldn't have access to same excellent care that I had back in NYC. When our new puppy turned into a medical nightmare, not eating and wasting away for the first 10 months of his life, Dr Gordon walked with us through every step of his intensive testing, which involved specialized blood tests, diagnostic imaging and an eventual surgical biopsy, until we reached a diagnosis. He reached out to appropriate specialists on his own in order to better understand and discuss our pups clinical picture and his prognosis. This wonderful care included evening and weekend discussions that we at first thought was part of professional Dr to Dr courtesy, but later came to realize was just how Dr Gordon treated all of his patients. Dr G always presented all of the care options and then gave his professional opinion on what he felt was medically necessary and what we could hold off on. Very helpful when you have a medically complex dog. When he finally recommended a surgical biopsy he explained that we could try a less invasive diagnostic exam first, but that in his opinion it would be low yield and we'd wind up needing to do the surgery anyway. My radiologist husband fully agreed with his assessment. Now that our pup is more stable, Dr G still makes himself available to answer questions about more normal things like rashes, etc. For example, over this holiday weekend one of our pups developed an angry red rash on his belly. We sent Dr G a picture and he wrote back suggesting a way to treat it. I don't know many vets that would be answering emails over holiday weekends much less recommend care without wanting to have the pet come in for an appointment. Just another indication that Dr G does his job for the love of the animals he serves. Care here might cost a little more but when you look at the total value of the service provided, it's worth it to me to know that if something goes awry, Dr G is always there.

Dr Nina Z.

Superb dental cleaning appointment with Crystal, Dr Gordon's sweet team member! Thanks Dr Gordon and the professional and efficient team at Arch Beach veterinary clinic for another awesome experience! So worth it! Cosmo and his Dentist mommy, truly appreciate his pearly white teeth and minty fresh breath! Well done Dr Gordon! You always go above and beyond :)

Terrible care. Outrageously overpriced. Rude and condescending staff. They also don't take precautions to prevent your dog from getting sick in their office. Take a look at the attached quote for what was diagnosed as simple kennel cough an hour later by another vet where I only paid $130 total VS Arch Beach's $1000+ quote. Noteworthy: my dog got her annual Bordetella vaccine on 8/6 and got kennel cough on 9/3 from Arch Beach...the vaccine clearly wasn't stored or administered properly. I have no trust in Dr. Gordon and his staff. Stay away. Edit after Dr. Gordon's response: They asked me to sign off on this estimate without Dr. Gordon coming to talk to me and that is why I left. This isn't the first time I've been overcharged here. We also discussed that it wasn't bloat, and moved on, yet you still decided to throw that X-ray on there, again relying solely on your vet tech for me to sign off on everything. Your office is the only time Margot has interacted with dogs in weeks and likely the source of her kennel cough. You did multiple spays on the same day and sounds like they were in close proximity to each other given the size of your office. I'll also never forget you returning Margot to us covered in her own feces after surgery. Again "great" care, especially for the price tag. Still shocked I had to pay $170 for the visit this morning when you effectively did nothing. The other vet said your quote was aggressive and so was the suggested treatment. I'm not going to put my dog through unnecessary medications and stress.

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Michelle K.

I rely on yelp reviews to make many critical choices in which businesses I use, but never have had to rely on them as much as I did in this instance for my 8yr old beautiful dog CoCo. It started on a Wednesday night at 11pm when I noticed for the first time a lump on the right side of his face (I checked him every morning and night as he has had allergies and dry eyes that I need to stay on top of). It was very large as evident in the 1st photo below. The next day I took him to our regular vet in the morning and he believed it could be a tooth abscess, maybe cancer, but felt more tooth abscess and gave me antibiotics and said to call Monday if the mass had not gone down. Unfortunately it grew and on Friday I reached out to my neighbor whose dog had mouth cancer, we compared images and my heart sank as the two masses looked identical. Any animal parent knows how devastating cancer is and I knew I needed to find help right away. I scoured yelp across all of Southern California, I live in Riverside but knew I would go anywhere to try and save our baby. It was a horrible experience searching because you come across such horror stories of mistreatment by vets, surgeons and the loss of pets due to such negligence, after many hours I only found two 5 star rated veterinary options, that had not one single negative review, not one. UC Davis in San Diego and Arch Beach. Neither were open on the weekend so I knew I had to wait until Monday. On Saturday morning as I sat worrying, I remembered a review for Arch Beach that had a woman who had a problem with her dog on Christmas morning, she had emailed at 4am and amazingly got a reply just 5 mins later. I figured it was because she was an existing patient so she had access, but I thought what did I have to lose. I sent an email about Coco at 9am Saturday through the generic 'info' email on their website and unbelievably 5 minutes later I got an email from Dr Gordon asking for pictures! He scheduled us to come in 6:30am on Monday and performed removal surgery the same day (see pictures below). The Dr followed up several times throughout the night and over the next few days to ensure CoCo was doing well. We are far from over in this journey as we wait for the pathology results and the pathway to cancer treatment, and that road is going to be hard enough, however, having a partner vet that will hold your hand through the process and really care about you and your pet, well, there are simply no words. I do not know how long I will have CoCo, but I do know that I was able to get him help quickly and I have him with me now and that is priceless. I have had cats and dogs my entire life and I have never met a more caring and honest vet, most are too busy to be bothered or worse have become jaded and lash out at owners. Dr Gordon and his team are so nice, do not get me wrong, they are swamped with patients, but somehow you do not feel that and somehow they manage to help all who come and I can never thank them enough for being there when we needed them and taking care of CoCo.

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Ask the Community - Arch Beach Veterinary Clinic

Are you able to prescribe herbal remedies in place of antibiotics or herbal remedies in place of pharmaceutical anti-parasite medications?

Hello Helena: Yes, we are able to use a variety of herbal supplements, acupuncture, homeopathic remedies to help all types of scenarios. Sometimes, however, it might be necessary to use prescription medications which are actually easier on the… 

Do you do stem cell therapy for feline stomatitis? If you do, what is the price range?

Yes, we have used stem cell therapy to treat cats with feline stomatitis, but each individual case is different and realistic outcomes are what we strive for. As far as cost, this procedure is a 2 step procedure. The first step involves general… 

Do you perform cataract surgery?

Cataract surgery is something that a specialist would have to perform, so we do not perform that surgery and general practitioners do not perform it either. We do have medications that can help cataracts however.

They have referred to it as Partial prolapse as it is only about 1/2-1 inch of tissue that comes out after every bowl movement. They are suggest a colopexy, we believe it is due to IBD?

Which type of prolapse does your French Bulldog have?

I have a two-year-old basset hound that is very thin. A previous vet did a blood work up and said everything was normal. I feed her twice the amount of food she should be having.Do you think anything could be done holistically to help her?

There are definitely things we can do holistically to try and help your pet. We would have to do an examination and review the blood test results first, however.

Hi our 11 year old Chiweenie has a large lipoma on his chest area. It is not causing any discomfort for him and is very moveable between my fingers. Do you offer anything other than surgery to possible shrink it? We've started him on a clean diet.

Hello Catherine: Yes, there is a chemical therapy to shrink these types of tumors, but because they are benign, I do not usually recommend that as there are other side effects to the chemical therapy. Liposuction is available as well. Dr. Gordon

Are they experienced with the sphynx breed, looking for a specialist?

Hello Brittany: Yes we are experienced in handling the Sphinx. In fact, we just finished doing a dental procedure on a Sphynx kitty last week. If you would like a reference, i can ask that owner if she would not mind being contacted by you. In any… 

Hi, do you have any staff members or consultants who are experts in feline nutrition and optimal dietary adjustments for medical conditions? If yes, do you accept email or phone consultations?

Hello Janet. Are we experts in feline nutrition? Yes, we are but there are actually veterinarians with advanced training, who do nothing but nutrition. We do it all. Do we accept email or phone consultations? Yes, we do, but the Veterinary Medical… 

My question is do you do bio nutritional analysis?

Great question. Yes, we do. I have worked with Dr. Goldstein in the past to help pet owners who want this nutritional analysis done.

Hi Do you accept any sort of pet insurance?

Hello Devon: Yes we do accept every type of pet insurance, but pet insurance is different than human medical insurance. When we provide services for your pet, you initially pay for those services at the time of your visit with us. The insurance… 

Hi! My dog has severe allergies and currently on apaquel and it is not working. I've gotten him allergy tested and stay away from everything he's allergic to. Is there anything you could help him with ? Thank you!!!

Hello Jenavieve: Allergies are frustrating! but I think I might be able to help with a combination of holistic and conventional therapies. If you would like to pursue this, I would glad to meet with you, review what has been done, and set up a… 

Hi my dog has cancer and I am treating her with chemo I just want to do it for a month or so to shrink the tumors ....my question is I am giving her cbd oil now to help with the nausea and want to know if you recommend or use it at your clinic?

Great question Teala! Currently the Veterinary Medical Board has told veterinarians in California that we are not allowed to prescribe CBD, recommend it, or sell it. My personal feeling is that CBD may offer a variety of medicinal uses, but we need… 

Hello. I'm looking for acupuncture for my 12 year dog. She is having pain and stiffness in her legs. Do you offer this service, if not is there anyone you can recommend?

Hello Pia: Yes we do provide acupuncture services to patients who we feel can benefit by it. Acupuncture is a treatment modality that is never contraindicated, and rarely, if ever, causes any pain or harm. We would need to consult with you and exam… 

Hello! Do you guys do laser spay surgery?

Hello Akiko: Thank you for your question. We use laser therapy after the surgery to promote healing and decrease inflammation, but we do not use the laser to do the actual surgery. I hope that helps clarify your question! Dr. Gordon

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“Gordon was the only vet able to isolate the issue and prescribed treatment that completely solved & saved my dog.”

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