Animal Medical Center Cruelty to Animals ripoff Somerset Pennsylvania

I became a client of Animal Medical Center several years ago. We were staying at a Campground in Somerset County when our Sheltie became very ill. I found Animal Medical Center by looking in the telephone book. I called the doctor and he made an emergency visit for us, as it was the weekend. Our dog was given the best of care, and we were told that he had liver failure and he might not make it, but to give it a chance. We had to take the dog back the next day and have him euthenized. We received the best of care and support from the doctors and have been going there ever since.
We have had several dogs treated there for various illnesses and surgeries, and all were done by a qualified professional. We are so satisfied with the doctors and staff at Animal Medical Center that we continue to take our pets there for all veterinary needs. We think so much of the center that we take our pets there even though we live near Pittsburgh, Pa and it takes over two hours to drive there and back.
If a person really loves their pets cost shouldn't matter!

I've been taking my animals, dogs and cats alike, to AMC for years. I wish that my Doctors were as nice and caring as the Vets here are. When I had to have my cat put down in December, Dr. Vince Svonavec was so understanding. He had done everything he could for her and helped to comfort us as we made the decision. I think he was as upset as we were, you could see it in his eyes. I got to hold her as she fell asleep in my arms and then he took her to a seperate room to give her the euthanasia. When it was over he took me back to see her. She was covered in a white sheet and treated with the same respect as any human being. I have nothing but good things to say about AMC.

As a pet owner, I feel that when taking on the responsibilty of pet ownership you are also taking on the financial burden as well. If you can't afford a pet and the care it needs, don't get one. I would have paid anything to have kept my cat healthy and have her here with me. An animal is not a burden, nor is the expense of having one. To receive unconditional love from a pet you must give it as well. Just because a Vet gives you an idea what something will cost doesn't make it set in stone. Take a smashed car to several garages and you're going to get several estimates. When they rip it apart they will probably find something more that needs fixed.

Don't go back to this vet. Find a good vet that you can trust through referrals from other canine companion owners. Any GOOD vet would have told you there was a scar and they would be hesitant to open the dog up for "exploratory" surgery.

Don't go back to this vet. Find a good vet that you can trust through referrals from other canine companion owners. Any GOOD vet would have told you there was a scar and they would be hesitant to open the dog up for "exploratory" surgery.

Don't go back to this vet. Find a good vet that you can trust through referrals from other canine companion owners. Any GOOD vet would have told you there was a scar and they would be hesitant to open the dog up for "exploratory" surgery.

Don't go back to this vet. Find a good vet that you can trust through referrals from other canine companion owners. Any GOOD vet would have told you there was a scar and they would be hesitant to open the dog up for "exploratory" surgery.

Russ,

Heat cycles in dogs vary so widely that the vet would have only been guessing to tell you that they take place every 6 months. They vary anywhere from 4 months to over 12 months, depending on the breed and other factors. Without knowing the cycle history of your dog, he had no way of telling and if he had guessed 6 months and your dog came into heat 2 months later and got pregnant, then what?

If your dog did not have a scar from the spay procedure, then the vet had very limited choices on what he could have done to find out if she had been. I believe that there are only 2 other ways, besides waiting it out, to find out if a dog is spayed. One is the procedure that you had done. The other would be to ultrasound the abdomen to look for a uterus. If your vet didn't have an ultrasound machine (which most don't), he gave you the only option that he had available to him. Ultrasound can be FAR more expensive because of the lack of availability.

The analogy about pregnant women doesn't work in this case. Your dog wasn't pregnant (something that CAN be tested for in dogs as well as humans). Vets do not have access to the technology that human doctors do.

If you are angry about the billing, I understand that. It's frustrating to have them tell you one thing and then be charged another. That's why most vets do written estimates now before the procedure is even started. But to call this procedure "animal cruelty" is incorrect and unfair.