We have had one of our dogs seen thrice by this animal hospital and our other dog seen twice. I…read morehave not met anyone at the clinic as our dogs are always at the pet resort when they're seen by the Doctors. I am very protective of my pets so when I say that I am 10000% comfortable leaving my babies in their care having never met them is HUGE! They are not only very communicative with every step of their exam, process, treatment, and follow up. But whenever we tell our furbies they're "going to the Doctor" they get as excited as if I told them they're were going to see their grandparents. Thank you to all of you @ Firehouse Vet for taking such beautiful care of our darlings! You folks truly are in it for the betterment of the animals!

It was a little while ago that I wrote a really great post for this amazing veterinary group. The…read moreonly reason we had left was because it's hard to manage prescriptions when you have more than one dog that needs prescriptions It was very confusing. What I wanted everyone to know is that about less than eight weeks later we returned we felt so good to be home amongst family because that's what these guys are. They're not just some people that take care of your dogs. They become your family. They look out for you and your pets. With all their heart, they love each and every patient that comes in. They are treated with respect and such loving care. I now know why the Lord directed us back besides the fact that we miss them. It was because our seven year-old Doberman Zeus was going to pass unbeknownst to us. He was coughing all night and it was just clear fluid and he was bringing up so I know it wasn't his stomach. I figured it was his heart cause I have 26 years of medical training. We got to the vet ASAP first thing in the morning. They were waiting for us immediately took Zeus in and the doctor came in within five minutes. His name is Dr Raines, and he is truly exceptional among his peers. he listened to his chest and within seconds he's like somethings not right. I gotta take him to x-ray his heart. So he did that and he also I believe did a sonogram as well. He came back 10 minutes later with the look on his face and I already knew I knew it I had ventured in my thoughts that it was DCM. And of course, it was confirmed it was DCM. But he had never had any cardiac problems before, and he was seen by the vet at least twice every six months just for follow ups. It was hard for me because my husband left me to go to a special meeting session with his company and he was three hours away. I am disabled and use a walker. When all of this started happening, the wheels in my mind started to spin a hour. I was gonna do this by myself. We have a 800 foot driveway. anyway, I called my husband to let him know. I walked with the walker down a steep driveway and managed to get in the truck with no problem. I then drove the truck up to the front door because I cannot walk so I am not strong enough. And as soon as I open the door, he jumped right in he was whining, but sometimes he does that in the car. I called the Vet ahead of time and let them know please come out and get him for me and I'll follow them. Reason being I cannot walk Zeus he's 110 pounds of muscle. so like I said they were waiting for us they did the testing we knew the diagnosis. Despite all their efforts and medications trying to get his heart rate to go down, it would not. Two hours later when I got there, my husband had made it and beat me to it. I thank God he did. because what I saw was a dog in agony not the dog that I dropped off. It was within three hours that we got there that we must and had to put him down. Reason being the vet said he's not gonna make it through the day and his heart's gonna give out going into cardiac arrest. It's an excruciating death and I said no then we're not waiting any longer. Let's put the poor baby down. My husband laid behind him on the floor I laid in front of him on the floor, our arms wrapped around him as one just telling him how much we love him and thank you for all that he did. He was also my service dog. I have never had such a close relationship with any other dog except another Doberman that we had that past name Apollo. And I'm really sorry for the long post here, but I want everyone to know how they all came in cause they all loved him one at a time to say goodbye to him, and even Dr. Raines had a tear of running down his face. You see, he was a true gentle giant, and he loved all people he would put his head on the vets lap while he would talk to us. He will never be forgotten and thanks to the kindness of this veterinarian Group. Everything went perfect. He never woke up. Nothing happened that wasn't expected. It takes experience to know how to euthanize correctly. He gave him propofol and after he was passed out that's when he got the second shot. This was on November 11 and then I'm sorry it took so long to put this year but my husband and I are world is still falling apart a little bit more each day. So sorry that I we waited to write this. I want all of you at Firehouse Vet to know how outstanding each and every one of you is you are an exceptional team and you're so loving and it's true love it's not fake to our animals. I think you all for being supportive of us during this time and your beautiful card that you sent. I think I'll stop here because I know this is too long for most people to read. I just had to give them our gratitude. God bless you all.