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    Noah's Ark Animal Hospital & Bird Clinic - RIP- Meatloaf. Love you buddy!

    Noah's Ark Animal Hospital & Bird Clinic

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    I have been using them for 25 years, but this year I was dealt a blow with a severely diabetic…read morecat.. After a horrible experience across town, I came to Noah's Ark for help after it was recommended I put my cat down... Noah's Ark worked with me and Seymore and together we were able to give him 5 extra months of family time and memories. He lost his battle yesterday and I am so very thankful to have had this team with me. Seymore always knew when we were "Goin to see the ladies" as I would put it, and I always knew he was getting love and attention when I had to leave him there. This place is a Columbia Institution and should be protected and funded at all costs.

    For most of our visits we saw Dr Greg who was great! He really took time with us, chatted, very…read moreknowledgeable and we we're comfortable with his advice. He and his wife have retired, and unfortunately it's just not the same. We took one of our dogs in due to a huge lump on her back leg that had me concerned. The new doctor looked at the lump, suggested that it was impossible to know what it was w/o surgery. Scheduled surgery, went home. I looked at the lump again, checked her all over - which the doc had not done! She's got similar smaller lumps all over, she's not bothered by them, nor is she bothered by the new big lump. I decided they were all fatty tumors which are fairly common and benign, I have similar lumps myself. We're also medical people, so we reassured ourselves! These don't require surgery, so i canceled hers. More than a year later she's still a healthy frisky 14 y/o senior. I think the doctor should've checked her thoroughly, would've recognized that she had several lumps and they were fatty tumors; shouldn't have suggested surgery as first and only option. Not sure what we'll do for the dogs vets next time, but we have been to Hortons' w/our cats.

    Horton Animal Hospital-Discovery - Alice

    Horton Animal Hospital-Discovery

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    Last night was one of the scariest, longest nights I've ever been through. After the festive events…read moreof the day and night, at around 11 PM, I had gone into my bedroom to change into my pajamas. When I came back out, I noticed a brand new empty and chewed bottle of trazodone on the ground... no lid... no pills. Oreo had chewed the bottle and possibly ingested up to 45 50 mg trazodone. I panicked. I began searching the house and backyard for signs of pills for the lid for literally anything and after thoroughly searching in the dark, I came up empty-handed. At that moment I knew we were racing against the clock. I called Mizzou, a 24 hour emergency vet here who told us they couldn't take us because we weren't already established patients (I don't understand what the point of that is) and that our first move needed to be to call the pet poison control to see what they say to do and to get a case number that we could then take to a different 24 hour vet called Horton Animal Hospital - Discovery . I called pet poison control, I got the case number, and was told to haul ass to Horton. So I did. Upon arrival however, the woman from the front desk came to the door and said, in the most rude... un-empathetic tone of voice, "We're not taking anybody in, you'll need to go to one of these other places." She said as she gestured to a piece of paper taped to the window, listing other hospitals (all two hours or more away)...and as the sheer panic set in and I began to cry, she immediately...no more words spoken...shut the door in our face. Literally shut the door in our face and walked away. I just started sobbing. The only option we had left was to drive an hour and a half to Veterinary Specialty Services - West VSS West, where the woman at the front desk (the most wonderful woman in the world) directed us to haul ass there, and took us in immediately. I am absolutely appalled and disgusted (as were the staff in O'Fallon) at how we were treated at Horton. The woman at the front desk last night had no empathy... and in my opinion, shouldn't be working there, or in that field of work, if her attitude is going to be that way towards people in their scariest, darkest hour. I've never felt so lost & abandoned by people who are supposed to help you. It felt inhumane to leave my 14-year-old son and I crying at the doors... but to just literally shut them in our face was truly... heartbreaking.... And abhorrent behavior. It left me completely speechless, dumbfounded and nauseous. The least they could've done was help us induce vomiting in the parking lot before driving so far away... and they even failed at that. I cannot express enough to anyone reading this... to not even bother going there. As it will only leave you feeling lost in the storm.

    Background. Alice had a $5,500 TPLO surgery at Horton on April 6th. I'd had a prior bad experience…read morebefore the surgery and written to Dr. Jacobek, the Chief of Staff. He responded professionally and promised any post-surgical complications, office visits, and x-rays would be covered. That promise was not honored. The visit I'm describing was Alice's third post-op follow-up. She had been vomiting for two days and couldn't stand on her surgical leg. I called Horton. The front desk told me Alice already had an x-ray appointment scheduled for the next day. I told them she couldn't wait. She couldn't stand, she'd been vomiting for two days, and I was concerned. They put me on hold, went and spoke to the doctor, and came back with: the doctor said you can bring her in tonight if you're that concerned. Then I raised the x-ray issue. I'd been told Horton's machine was broken, which is why the x-ray the next day was scheduled at a different facility in downtown Columbia. I asked the front desk directly: if I drive her in tonight, can you do the x-ray here? She said yes. I asked again to be sure. She said yes, she was sure. I live two hours away. I drove the two hours. Sat in the exam room another two hours. Dr. Amanda Hanzel walked in. First thing she said: the x-ray machine was, in fact, down. Her explanation: "We posted it on Facebook." I don't use Facebook. She blamed a miscommunication with the front desk. After I had asked twice on the phone. She moved on to the exam. Her tone was positive. She said Alice's leg looked good, she was happy with the progress. She said the belly was soft and palpable, no pain. She said the vomiting was just GI issues, unrelated to the surgery. She said she'd send someone in to discuss options for treating the vomiting and left. A few minutes later, the tech walked in with a bill for $900. I pushed back with the tech. I told her this was related to the surgery and should be covered per Dr. Jacobek's promise. I told her I knew she was caught in the middle and I wasn't trying to make her uncomfortable, but I needed to speak to Dr. Jacobek. Dr. Hanzel came back in. Her whole disposition had changed. Condescending. Short. Visibly aggravated. She informed me she was also a Chief of Staff and could make decisions. I told her I'd had a bad experience the first time and I just wanted to speak to Jacobek. Her response: "Yeah, I heard all about your first event." Condescending. Accusatory. She reiterated she was a Chief of Staff and the call was hers. We argued back and forth. I raised the possibility of a surgical site infection. She dismissed it. She said she was not going to split hairs with me anymore. The only thing she could do was remove the $165 office visit fee. The rest was out of pocket. I asked again for Dr. Jacobek. Unavailable. Classic gatekeeping. I said fine, give me my dog, we're leaving. She then said Alice had vomited twice in the back and offered a $200 anti-nausea injection or a $50 alternative. I paid the $200 expecting medication I could take home. It turned out to be an injection given in a back room I never saw. The next day, Dr. Hanzel emailed me. She wrote that she had spoken with Dr. Jacobek, that they were "aligned," and that "the complications Alice was evaluated for last night were unrelated to her recent surgical procedure." Alice died Saturday afternoon, May 16th, at the emergency vet in Springfield, Missouri. Cause of death: septicemia from a bone infection at the surgical site. The exact concern I raised at Horton and Dr. Hanzel dismissed. The exact concern Dr. Hanzel put in writing was unrelated to the surgery. Acknowledging it was surgery-related would have meant redoing the surgery at their cost. So they didn't acknowledge it. They sent her home. She died forty days after surgery. If you're considering this hospital for a major procedure: get every promise in writing. Don't trust what the front desk tells you. The Chief of Staff's word does not bind the rest of the practice. Dr. Jacobek is a professional. The system around him is not. Brandon Sterne, RN BSN LCDR, USN (Ret.)

    Pet Center - vet - Updated August 2026

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