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| - The other day, a neighbor told me, his 15 year old dog, passed away two months after Dr. Fisher performed an emergency splenectomy. As he shared the events that led to the his dog's splenectomy, I felt so guilty for never posting a review and sharing my final experience with Dr. Fisher of Oasis Animal Hospital.
When, Dr. Fisher opened Oasis Animal Hospital, we had just moved to the Anthem area from CA, and hadn't found a vet. So we began taking our pets to Oasis, since it was so close to our new house. We were never thrilled with the practice. The office always seemed a little dirty, even though it was new, and the receptionist was always rude. Dr. Fisher always appeared a little grungy with his long dirty ponytail, but he seemed nice enough and in our presence was gentle with our pets and that was what matter most. Luckily our pets were healthy so we only had to go in for annual exams. But as our pets got older, we had to go in more frequently and started to realize that Dr. Fisher and his staff were not meeting our expectations. They seemed to be more concerned with money than the welfare of the animals or people. One day, I witnessed a distraught woman come into the office. She began sobbing and pleading with the receptionist to allow her to see dead pet. Apparently it had died unexpectedly on the operating table. The receptionist refused to allow her to see her pet, until she settled her bill for the surgery. That was disgusting. On two different occasions one of my pets needed to be seen urgently, both times I was told that I couldn't be "accommodated", as if I was I trying to get a better table at a restaurant rather than possibly dealing with a life or death situation. I ended taking my pets to Sunridge Animal Hospital, and having to make tough decisions with strangers. But my ability to trust Dr. Fisher was irrevocably damaged, when I took both my dogs in to see Dr. Fisher after I discovered a lump on the roof of my 10 year old male dogs mouth. I brought my 12 year old female dog with me to the appointment with Dr. Fisher, because I wanted to have her weighed. At her previous appointment, Dr. Fisher had put her on a diet, and I thought she had lost enough weight. Dr. Fisher told me he was seriously concerned about how much weight my dog had lost, and felt he needed to do a panel of X-rays to rule out anything serious. At that point, I had no reason not to trust his judgement so I agreed. $500 later, I was told that what I thought had been my healthy dog, now needed a life saving EMERGENCY splenectomy. And that the lump on the roof of my male dog's mouth was going to require an "aggressive" surgically procedure to remove it. Dr. Fisher wanted to operate on both dogs that same day. I refused because both dogs had just eaten, so neither dog could be put under anesthesia. Dr. Fisher reluctantly agreed with me that he couldn't operate, but then became adamant that I schedule both surgeries for the following morning. When I told him I felt I should get a second opinion, Dr. FIsher became irate with me and implied I was a bad owner and stressed that by delaying the surgery I was risking my female dog dying a sudden and painful death. When I left I was in tears and completely distraught.
When I got home, I called our dogs breeder who helped reassure me and advised against putting either of our senior dogs through such traumatic surgeries. Later that night, she gave me the number for Dr. Taylor of Mountain Vista Animal Hospital. The next day, I picked up my dog's X-rays (which Dr. Fisher didn't want to release) and took both dogs to Dr. Taylor for a second opinion. Thank God I did. As it turned out, there was NOTHING wrong with my 12 year old dog, and I was told that NOTHING on the X-ray would have EVER made Dr. Taylor suggest to me that something might be wrong. WOW! And Dr. Taylor recommended against operating on my 10 year old dog as well, because a dog's palate is too sensitive and Dr. Taylor felt any attempt to operate would be INHUMANE. Double WOW!! Obviously, we never stepped foot inside Oasis Animal Hospital again. My male dog passed away at the age of 12, without ever having a painful palate surgery. My female dog passed away at 15 without EVER having a spleen issue. Very long lives for large breed dogs.
If you're reading this review, and you think you love & trust Dr. Fisher, my warning to you is, if you ever take your pet in and have any doubts about a treatment plan. You owe it to your pet, to get a second opinion. It could end up being the difference between life and death.
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