I cannot begin to fully describe my disgust and disappointment with the care we received for our pets at Eagleridge. First off, when we took our two dogs in to be examined, the vet (Dr. Joe) did not seem even remotely interested. To be perfectly honest, he seemed to be somewhat "sedated" and not fully coherent. He barely looked at either of our dogs and would just say something like "oh this sounds like typical such and such, we can just ignore that." If we had wanted to just ignore something all together, we would not have taken our dogs in the first place. The minimal examination of our larger dog did lead to the discovery of severe arthritis in his knees rather than just his hips like we previously thought. For this, he gave us Rimadyl to give to our dog. All he said was that it "would work to relieve pain as an anti-inflammatory, and that he (our dog) would be just fine." This turned out to be completely untrue. Rimadyl, as it turns out, can be deadly for some dogs. Many dogs are just fine on Rimadyl, but there have been numerous cases of dogs that become deathly ill or die from it. Not knowing this information yet, we had been giving the medicine to our dog for five days when he suddenly and drastically lost his appetite, began vomiting blood, began to have blood in his urine, and his stool was the exact color and consistency of tar (all of it being digested blood). We had to rush him to another vet. There is where we found out the dangers of Rimadyl, and that vets know there are risks and are REQUIRED to warn pet owners before prescribing it. Dr. Joe at Eagleridge did no such thing, he never mentioned any dangers. Our dog is now being hospitalized and is on IVs providing him with countless medicines to treat him for bleeding ulcers in the stomach, damaged liver, damaged kidneys. It has yet to be determined the severity of these issues and whether or not any of it is permanent. The vet that we rushed our dog to said that Dr. Joe absolutely should not have given us Rimadyl without warning us about it. We are now spending hundreds of dollars for this hospitalization (which I don't mind spending on my pet, but it shouldn't have come to this) and are having to worry what will happen to our dog. He seems to be doing better in the first night, but by no means can he come home yet, and he will likely be there the whole weekend. All I can say, is that if you can avoid taking your pets to Eagleridge, do so at all costs. They have an extreme lack of interest in treating the animals (we saw his lack of any enthusiasm in the people whose animals he treated before our turn was up), and they clearly don't find it important to warn people about potentially deadly medication before handing it out. We will be researching anything and everything from now on, and will never again return to Eagleridge. read more
