It has taken me a long time to write this review. I have needed a few months to come down after my fury.
I will start from the beginning. I got my second dog, penny, in April of this year. I got her from puppy place,which needs a review all of its own. I will avoid my personal thoughts on that business in this review.
my boyfriend and I moved to Tucson 1 1/2 years ago. Back in New Hampshire we had a great local veterinarian.
I had not needed to bring my first dog to the vet before this experience.
when purchasing an animal from puppy place, you get one free vet visit for the puppy at one of their listed vet clinics.we chose Ajo because of its location and hours. during this visit we saw Dr Porter. Our puppy was only 12 weeks old. She looked at her and guessed that this puppy was a Greyhound mix. she had told us during our visit that her skin and fur looked worrysome. She warned us, that because she had very thin and short hair, to watch her closely for any changes in condition. It "may be nothing" but we were urged to keep our eye on her.
Three weeks later, we brought her in again because, her fur seemes to be even thinner. This time we saw Dr. Jesyk (sp?). The night prior, our other dog spring a very large lump on her chest, so we brought her along to get her checked out.
Dr. Jesyk was not like Dr. Porter. He was very rude from the moment he walked into the room. My dogs barked at him when he walked in. (They were obviously both distressed with the situation and their conditions). His first words were "do they bite" and "keep them away from me while I am not examining them"
First he saw Penny, the puppy. He told me that there was absaloutly nothing wrong with her, but she was "malnourished" therefore has excess shedding. He said I should be feeding my 15# puppy 4+ cups of food per day. I disagreed but aknowledged his advice.
Next he saw Emma, our 2 year old dog. When he put her on the table he gasped at her lump. Before he regarded it further he turned to me (cornered in the small office) and said "ma'am, do you kick your dog?" This was absurd considering I rushed her into the vet for diagnoses. When I replied "no" he snapped at me saying "this dog was either kicked, hit by a car, fell down the stairs, or hit with a bat." All of these allegations were ridiculous and impossible. She was in the care and constant eye of myself and my boyfriend. When I said that he questioned my trust in my boyfriend and asked if he would "kick the dog while I wasn't looking" that did not happen.
Dr. Jesyk refused ti look forward into the issue. He did not look further, and did not try any tests.
Before I left he reitterated that my dogs were "malnourished and beaten" and suggested I "start taking better care of my animals"
Remember, the reason we were there in the first place was because Dr. Porter had suspicions of a skin problem. When I said that again he told me "she does not know what she is talking about" and listed all of the award that he has been given, that she had not.
I left that day with 2 dog (same condition as when they came) and a $200 bill for his "analysis."
6 weeks ago, I brought Emma to Valley animal hospital for another opinion because, although her lumo had gone down, she now had NO fur, sores all over her body, and could barely walk. Penny still had thin fur but did not have as many other symptoms. She was seen immediately and tested. She got 5 skin scrapings, bacterial tests, and afull physical exam without question. After 2 weeks of testing we found out that Emma had contracted SCABIES an extremely severe skin condition from our new puppy. The skin condition Dr. JESYK said was me poorly treating my dog. After hundreds of dollars in medication and weeks of recovery, they are BOTH in perfect health.
If Ajo vet clinic, Dr. Jesyk specifically took more time, effort, and care into treating my dogs, they would not have had to suffer for so long.
And if course, when contacting Ajo Vet Clinic prior to my experience Dr.Jesyk denied all statements and once again reminded me of his degree, awards, and experience and said that I "misunderstood" his diagnoses. When asked to reexplain, he "didnt have time" read more