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Both of my dogs are very sick BECAUSE of the "doctors" at Scottsdale Veterinary Clinic. I do NOT recommend them.
I took my puppy here for an initial checkup. She had a small case of kennel cough, and I also pointed out some scabs to Dr Lieberman. She put her on some antibiotics and said that she thought the scabs were only dry skin and to try an oatmeal shampoo to moisturize her fur. She did not routinely give my puppy a dewormer or ask for a stool sample.
After the appointment and while on the antibiotics, my puppy got worse instead of better. She had a 105 degree fever and was lethargic and breathing heavily. The kennel cough also spread to my other 2 year old dog. I took them both back to Scottsdale Vet Clinic and saw Dr Gosche who told us that Sadie had been put on a weaker antibiotic and then prescribed both dogs stronger antibiotics. I again pointed out her scabs and he said they were probably dry skin.
My third visit, I saw Dr D'Monte. My puppy had started having diarrhea and vomiting. They gave her a bordetella vaccine and a second 4 in 1 vaccine. Dr D'Monte also looked at her scabs and immediately became concerned about ringworm (a contagious skin fungus)... She cultured for it and turns out the scabs were ringworm all along. In the month that the first two vets thought it was dry skin, she actually had a contagious fungus that spread into more parts of her body and put people and other animals at risk of catching it.
She also gave me a capsule for a stool sample (a routine procedure that neither of the first 2 vets at this clinic did). Right after the appointment my puppy vomited up roundworms (intestinal worm parasites, different from the ringworm she also had, that is very dangerous for a puppy). The next morning I brought in the stool sample and worms from her vomit. She and my other dog are now on medicine for worms (which is contagious to other dogs and people) because she wasn't routinely given a dewormer on her first visit (nor was it mentioned that she would eventually need one).
Now, on top of the kennel cough, ringworm, and roundworm, my puppy also has red sores all over her belly (which the girl on the phone said was probably puppy pyroderma). After different people telling me different instructions over the phone for my dog's care, I have been trying to get a hold of Dr D'Monte for 2 days and am still waiting for a return phone call.
Additionally, the girl at the front counter has tried to overcharge me twice now. The total amount she told me was higher than the cost the vet told me, and when I asked for a printout which showed the lower number, she tried to play it off like she didn't know why the number was higher at first...
If my puppy had been PROPERLY treated the first visit with the appropriate antibiotics, a ringworm test and shampoo for her scabs, a dewormer, and a stool sample, both of my dogs would be much healthier. When I first expressed my frustrations to the veterinary nurse/assistant, she said she didn't know why my puppy didn't receive those things routinely, she said some of the vets do that routinely and some don't, and said she would have someone call me. They never did.
After hundreds of dollars in vet bills, I am taking my dog to a different vet. I recommend you do the same.
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