Alvarado Veterinary Clinic

treated a dog without owner consent that was non emergent woman put the bill in my name and they accepted that now i have to pay 100.00+ for things I THE OWNER did not consent to. ran unnecessary tests for a non existent cough and gave ""just in case"" antibiotics then did xrays without consent and gave worming medication to a dog that had already been wormed and was clean. ALL for a cough the dog doesnt even have. took the dog to MY vet and he was clear of EVERYTHING and despite the claim of ""worms"" and heart worms which he was treated for previously the tests i had MY vet run came up clean. i had quit taking dogs to this vet after ANOTHER incident involving my parents corgi which was spayed by them they said it would take a month or two for the stitches to dissolve. dissolve means LEAVE this dog is now 4+ months past her spay surgery and STILL has stitches sticking out! they refuse to do anything about it and still had the nerve to charge us! before that they identified my brothers dog that we told them had a scratch and that had an ear infection that the OPEN wound was ring worm -.- no it was a scratch because the dog was hurting himself trying to itch his ear until it bled...they tried to make me give my dog a second rabies shot not a week after they had previously given the shot because they refused to acknowledge the records i gave them. DO NOT GO HERE THEY WILL RIP YOU OFF they do NOT know how to treat their animals they cant even identify a scratch from round worm more

Don't trust Dr. Finley! The other doctors and techs are great, but Dr. Finley is awful. Do not trust him with your animals! After having a similar issue with him being condescending years ago, we requested any doc BUT him for years, with no problems. Today, I took my dogs in for shots, blood work, and teeth cleaning. I was assured that if anything came up (such as a necessary extraction) I would be called before anything was done. I got a call in the afternoon that everything went fine. Then when I arrived to pick up my dogs, only by reading the bill, I found out that Dr. Findley extracted 3 teeth from my one dog and didn't give them their shots. I was told that Dr. Finley would give them their shots while I was paying the bill, but no one could verify that this actually happened (though I was billed for it). When I was telling Dr. Finley how upset I was, he literally rolled his eyes at me. I told him how condescending he was being and he rolled his eyes again. That was it for me. \r \r As I said, the other doctors are really good, but it's not worth the risk of your animals ending up with Dr. Finley. After 9 years, I will be taking my dogs to a vet I can actually trust and who knows how to treat people. more

Friendly Staff and Great Service!!! I have been there twice with my female cat. The first time was for her to have ear surgery for hemotoma, which she ended up staying over night for a couple of weeks ago. The second time was today to get the hemotoma sutras (stitches) taken out of her ear from that surgery. The staff was friendly both times and seemed busy for both visits. The staff held a comforting professionalism along with a caring concern for my cat's well-being. As for my female cat's ear... it is still a little irritated from the sutras being in her ear for 2 weeks and then from having them removed today too. She still wants to scratch at it and shake her head, which is partly how/why her ear blew up like a balloon in the first place. So I am hoping that this surgery she just had a few weeks ago puts an end to her ear misery and lets her enjoy the rest of her life. We will just have to wait and see after she heals completely to find out. Up to this point, I am very happy with Alvarado Veterinary Clinic staff and service. I will continue to take my animals to their place of business if needed for minor surgeries and no one else until other wise. It is going to be nice to have a regular vet that I can count on when my animals are in need of treatment. ;-) Yay! more