I brought my Boxer in after getting a glowing recommendation of Dr. Robin when he started losing function in his back legs. Right off the bat, I was scolded by her for giving him a baby aspirin when I had been told by other vets that it was okay in small doses and as long as it was for temporary relief. Next she insisted that I get him up to date on his vaccines when it was evident to even my untrained eye that he was fading, why add that expense when he probably didn't have much time left AND she insisted I give him Bordetella - he's never been kenneled... When she left the exam room to get the vaccines I heard her hollering at her staff, repeatedly. Seems to me that saving that type of reprimand should be reserved to when there aren't patients in the office, my opinion, but it made an uncomfortable situation worse. Next, she gave him a very short exam (palpated and made him walk in front of her), no films, no x-rays, nothing and gave me her educated guess, degenerative myelopathy (DM) and made sure I bought the overrated j/d Science Diet. All of this would have been easier to swallow if the office manager who made my appointment didn't say "you should expect to pay between $200-$300 for the visit" when in actuality I left in tears after paying nearly $600. I returned the dog food. I have never fed him anything with by-products and that's the first ingredient and I got a refund on the vaccine that she refused to give him because of the aspirin but charged me for anyway. This was 10/31/16 and he walked the Rainbow Bridge on 12/19/16.
I miss my boy tremendously. I don't believe she took adequate care of him. The other vet he saw on his last day doesn't believe that her diagnosis was correct and felt that additional tests (which I would have been happy to pay for) would have shown something much different, likely cancer and although still not the outcome I would have liked, it would have been a tangible diagnosis. He declined rapidly, nothing like what she said would happen with DM, he showed none of the appropriate signs of her diagnosis. She charges far more than she should, she takes advantage of people when they have ailing pets and she doesn't discuss charges prior to billing you.
In an area full of wonderful vets, you could easily find one who cares for you just as much as they do your pets. This is not one of them! read more