I started going to Blue Cross Animal Hospital when I moved from the Centennial Area down to Summerlin. I wish I had discovered this fantastic vet office sooner! It would have been worth the drive.
I originally just needed a place to board my Pit Bull, Rosie. Blue Cross doesn't board unless you are a client, which made me feel very confident about their level of interest in their patients. (My previous vet always made me feel like my pets were just a number to them, despite going there for years.) Blue Cross offered to give me a tour of their boarding facilities before my first appointment, which I really appreciated.
After going to Blue Cross for standard care (vaccines, boarding, etc.), Rosie developed a lump near her tail. Dr. Montgomery diagnosed it as a mast cell tumor and removed it. Unfortunately, Rosie kept developing these mast cell tumors and had four surgeries in about 6 months. At each appointment, Dr. Montgomery was kind and compassionate. I feel like she had a genuine relationship with Rosie and I implicitly trusted her with Rosie's care.
Rosie ended up developing a very aggressive, incurable type of cancer and we were referred to a specialty center with an oncology department. However, we did have to coordinate Rosie being boarded at Blue Cross for an unavoidable trip which happened to correspond with her chemo treatment. The doctors at Blue Cross worked directly with the specialty center to ensure Rosie's care continued without any hiccups.
When it came time to humanely euthanize Rosie, I opted to do this at Blue Cross. The entire staff was incredibly compassionate. The front office staff handled my questions about cost and logistics with care, the vet tech made Rosie as comfortable as possible during the preparations and Dr. Montgomery made the entire euthanasia go as well as I could have hoped. I left the euthanasia feeling as though Rosie died surrounded by people who loved her, including the Blue Cross staff.
I can't recommend Blue Cross Animal Hospital enough and I will definitely be going there when I eventually get a new dog.