This place was recommended to me by an MD who brought his dog there. They were lower cost, and the vet was good. Not my experience. I brought my dog who has all the symptoms of Valley Fever in. We talked about bloodwork and meds. One thing she mentioned was Gabapentin and Tramadol. I said I have a lot of both at home. I could not afford their prices on bloodwork, and the pain med. so I asked for the dosages on Gaba and Tramadol. Gave me the dosage on Gaba, but wouldnt give the dosage on Tramadol unless she wrote the script. This came from the vet tech Francisco, who was a very nice guy. He said the vet was in a room, but he could ask her to come and talk to me about the meds. I was extremely upset and left. Leaving my other half to call - keep in mind my other half has 30 yrs in the medical field. The vet came up with several things that make no sense. It went from us asking for the Tramadol script, to now she wouldnt give us a script cause she became aware that someone in the house is taking it. Yes. I told her that point blank. She said she didnt know if we were trying to get it for ourselves. Which again, makes no sense. As we have our own. So no dosage without her writing the script, now wont give a script. Basically doesnt want to give us the dosage since we wont be buying it from her is how we see that. The bloodwork she wanted to do is redundant as one of the tests already shows the values that come on the secondary test - again this where being in the medical field comes in handy. She also stated that she is pretty sure this is Valley Fever - which we also think. When she was asked why she wanted to do the redundant test, she hmmmmd n haw'd, stammered to make excuses. Then she said that the girls said I was too upset to talk to and she couldnt talk to me about it cause I was too upset... hhhhmmmmm... I never saw any girls. I also didn't stop at the front desk where the girls were, no one looked at me as I walked by to begin with. I saw Francisco. The vet never attempted to come back into the room cause she was in another room. So tell me again why she couldnt talk to me because I was too upset, and had already left...? I showed her videos of Tabby from yesterday with her being completely lame. I showed her stool pictures, etc... she then tells my other half she thinks its neurological. Sssoooo conpletely full of BS. Went from telling her she believes its also VF, to now its neurological. Wants redundant tests, went from wont give a dosage for a medicine we already have without her writing a script, then wont write a script at all. From believing its VF, to saying its neurological all in a 5 min phone call. The MD who referred us was listening and also appalled. As a former vet tech, my other half with 30 yrs in the medical field, and an MD listening to that phone call. It's clear to me it's all about money with Dr Ortiz. That is not the same vet that the MD who referred us saw. Never again. Going back to a lower cost, amazing vet that's in the boonies.- but they're amazing and don't play games for profit. read more