Dr. Salem is kind and caring. He clearly loves the animals in his care and goes the extra mile to provide for their well-being. One of his patients, an older basset hound, was lost and decided to spend the day at my house. I found the office phone number on the rabies vaccination tag so I called. Dr. Salem answered the phone right away and looked up the information to contact the owners. He seemed genuinely concerned and was extremely helpful, even asking for a follow up call when Oscar went back to his family. read more

NO one TAKE your cat or dog to this location. He amputated our cats leg in the wrong location and charged us for it. He gave us the wrong medication which would have shut down our cats liver. We had to have a 2nd amputation *With a different GOOD VET*, and he did not give any pain medication to our cat, on top of it, he told us to apply an alcohol spray directly onto our dear cats open wound. On top of it, he scraped dead skin down to the bone without sedating our cat, our cat was writhing in agony insane from the pain. This is an absolute horror story. On top of this the vet has yelled at our family members who ask any questions. Our cat is now making a full recovery after taking her to a real vet, a good one. BEWARE DO NOT RISK IT We tried to take him to court, and each time a lawyer showed up and had the case delayed over and over, and we cannot afford to keep driving to richmond va where the cases like this are held. It turns out that after going to another animal hospital that this establishment is well known for poor treatment and misdiagnosis of animals. read more

Thank god for them! My cat had sever pneumonia and at 8:40 pm on a Friday I called there out if desperation. The doctor answered the phone, I explained my situation and he informed me they closed at 8 but he would stay open and wait for me. He gave her a complete physical, X-rays, bloodwork and got me the results. I didn't leave with my pet til almost 11pm. His charges were EXTREMELY reasonable and never charged emergency rates. He was nothing but professional and genuinely seemed to care. Now only 2 days later with him giving her 2 shots of antibiotic and a 2 week prescription there is already a noticeable difference. I will always bring my pets there from now in. Dr. If you are reading this Sissy and I say thank you and I am spreading the word to all my friends!!! read more

I brought my pets here on a Saturday b/c my vet was closed. As I waited for Dr. Salem I noticed the scale in the exam room was filthy- this should be sanitized after each use to prevent the spread of disease! Since there was no vet techs- he was the only person in the entire building-I had to restrain my own pets for their shots & fecal collections. He was a little rough so they almost bit him and I had to scruff my own cats! This is a serious liability. Also, the bill for 2 cats' exams came to $500... Overall a uniquely grungy office & costly bill. read more

This guy is a rip off. Do not use him. My wife and I were out of town on business, my daughter brought in one of our cats with a limp and a tender paw. The charge was 700 dollars as he took advantge of a person unfaniliar with the animal and did blood work, cancer tests etc alonh with an xray. The bottom line was I was charged 700 dollars for his treatment of telling us to keep the cat in for three days, wich did not work, She still has a limp. By the way he was this animal about a year ago, and did the same thing. Why the heck do you need blood work every year on a cat? If you bring your animal to this guy be prepared to pay for every test under the sun. If your animal needs it more power to you. Otherwse he os either inexperienaced and does not know how to examine anmials or is purposefully ripping people off. Good luck. read more

In my opinion, Dr Salem should not be practing veterinary medicine. He was contacted on saturday to come to or home to look at our 80 lb rescued Greyhound. Tigger couldn't walk on one of his hind legs. Dr Salem came to the house and gave him some fluids, took some blood, gave him pain meds and antibotics and told us if he wasn't any better by 10 the next morning, to call him and he would come with his assistant to take tigger to the office to sedate him to take xrays. While he was there he made a smart remark about our other two dogs and our kitten stating "what do you have a farm here?" So the next day, Tigger was still in pain and still wouldnt walk on his leg. We called Dr Salem and he said he needed to get in touch with David to come with him.(this call was made about 10:15). At 1145 we called him back to find out what was going on. He says David will be there at 1200. At 130 still no David. We called back at 130 and he sais he was 5mins away. He comes in and looks at Tigger and said he would have to give him at least 2-3 hours of liquid IVS before he could sedate and take the xray. But before he would do anything we had to pay him $1500.00. Of course we didnt have tht kind of money to give him up front but he was told we could get it and pay the next day. He says "sorry" and just left our poor dog that was suffering in pain. So here were with an 80 lb dog not knowing what to do. We call a friend who came over and helped us put Tigger on an ironing board to carry him to the car and we took him to Blue Ridge Vet in Purcellville. There they dicovered that Tigger's upper leg was broken and he had osteosarcoma. Needless to say, we had to send our poor dog to doggie heaven. I would not send my worst enemy to Dr Salem and we will be contacting the Va Greyhound Society to let them know not to ever refer any patients to him. read more

Dr. Salem took care of my cat when he had a urinary tract infection and stones. The problem I have is when I picked up my cat he was covered in his own poop and pee. The doctor said well we just took the catheter out an hour or so ago. That is no excuse as to hand a person their pet in this condition. I was very very disappointed in the behavior from suppose to be a professional veterinary. read more

They try to rip people off left and right. The vets there take advantage of everyone that comes through the door by using their pet's health to intimidate the owner into tests/medicines the pet does not need. I have heard this same complaint from several colleagues/friends and have experienced it first hand. I will never go there again even if it is an emergency. You could take your pet in for a simple rabies shot and leave with a 600 dollar bill. There are far more professional and courteous veterinarians in the area that charge WAY better rates. Please don't make the same mistake my wife and I did. read more

They seem to be just an okay place to go. I get the feeling they are mainly out to get money. I brought my cat in for surgery and they sucked at stitching her up. I had to go back in and they charged me again. I stopped going there. read more

DO NOT TAKE YOUR PETS THERE!! My dog Tater was grazed by a car when escaped from my home. He broke his leg. I took him there and they took him but said we would have to leave him. When we went back the next day, he was dead. The vet said he died of his injuries. We didn't believe him so we had him autopsied by the state animal facility. They said he died of a massive overdose of animal tranquilizer. Enough to kill an Angus bull! Other than that, he was in good health. Except for the broken leg. The vet changed his story when asked again. He said our Tater bit him and he had to euthanize him. The vet showed no marks where he was bitten. We found out, he didn't had a license to practice at all! That hospital was part of a chain and he was practicing under someone Else's license. In Virginia, pets are considered just property with no humane right or protection. We could only sue for our costs. This place is operating in a dangerous fashion. Go someplace else. read more

I am so glad to have Dr, salem as a vet for my sweet puppy. He knows what he is doing, very nice and always asks uf i have any question, which my old vet never did.he saved my dog,s life once ,and came in at 11 oclock at night to hdelp us out. i love his housecall service it is very effective read more

My daughter took her 14 year old cat to this office. I don't say that he is not a caring vet but I do believe his charges were outrageous. He never bothered to inform her that the bloodwork he wanted to perform would cost in excess of $500. The medications that he sold to her were at least 4 X the cost of other vets or online. She is in her 20's and had no idea that it would cost so much seeing that the vet she went to before was no where near this expensive. The bill was over $700 for an office visit for a cat with an ear infection. EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE!!!!! read more

What a horrible experience... First of all... The location/ ambience is lacking to put it mildly. There is a shack on the property, the grass is not mowed, it is an old converted house withy the paint coming off. Once you enter, the place is filthy. There is only the vet with no receptionist and the place is so secluded you feel unsafe. My son had to use the restroom while we were there, which is in the very back of the house... I prayed we would make it out... And texted my husband while we were there since I felt so unsafe. The vet was argumentative and recommended unnecessary exams that had just recently been completed at another clinic a few moths back (and these are 1x /year blood work). Prior to starting I asked the price and he told me $50.00. When I went to check out he said "sign here" and when I hesitated, he said it again and I told him I was going to take a moment and read what I was signing... A bill for $817.00. When I asked what this was he said for the "blood work." At this point I called my husband to let him know what was happening since I was there with our two toddlers and was definitely not about to pay this amount for what is a typically $150.00 blood panel. I paid the consult fee of 50 and couldn't get out of there fart enough. Beware... read more

I just went to this vet yesterday with my 6 week old kitten that I had just got the day before. I looked the vet up online and it had pretty good reviews, so i figured the place would be okay...WRONG! I pulled up to the "clinic" and it was in a rancher style home, there was no one else there, and I realized that the person I had made the appointment with in the morning was also the doctor. He had no other people working there, no nurses, no assistants, not even a clerk. I was very nervous while I was there, and some of the questions on the sheets I had to signed asked random questions and even wanted my social security number! During the exam, he was very rough with my kitten, and when I had to hold the kitten down for him to get blood, the kitten moved and he took the kitten into another room where he was meowing like crazy. When he stopped meowing is when I got really nervous, the doc came in 15 minutes later and admitted to knocking my 6 week old kitten out to get his blood when he did not even ask my permission. When the exam was finished, he brought the kitten back in and he was bleeding from his neck and his leg where he took blood, he then charged me $93 which is a lot just for an exam. My kitten was knocked out all day from the medication he gave him, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE YOUR PET TO THIS GUY! I should have paid attention to the warning signs that I was his only customer so far that day, he had no help, and the place did not seem that clean. I am not one to bash people, but I do not want other people's pets being in danger like mine was. read more