Valley Cottage Animal Hospital is all about the money and their bottom line. I brought my beloved Rottweiler in for a wellness exam and her annual vaccinations. Four days after that, my dog was unable to walk, in excruciating pain and no longer eating. I took her back to VCAH, where they wasted her precious time taking x-rays, ultrasounds and claiming she most likely had a tumor or cancer. They sent us home with oral medications knowing full well she was not able to eat. Hours later we rushed her back because she was vomiting and her leg had swollen up to 3x its normal size at the injection site (of the vaccinations administered by VCAH days before). We believe at this point they administered pain medication, only after wasting more time reviewing their ignorant estimate of costs. After leaving my baby at the hospital and while driving home at 2:30 a.m., the hospital asked that I return and give them a $500 deposit toward the estimated bill. \r
The next morning we transferred my dog to Cornell University where she was immediately diagnosed with a sepsis infection and began treatment. How can one doctor so clearly diagnose a life threatening infection when the doctors at VCAH insisted it was either cancer or a bad reaction to the vaccinations? Sadly, my baby died at Cornell from complications stemming from the infection she received at her wellness visit at VCAH. VCAH’s incompetence in recognizing their unfortunate mistake cost my dog valuable time, unbearable pain and suffering and in the end – her life. My dog would still be alive if I never took her to VCAH.\r
The doctors at VCAH lied to me, and while my baby was being taken out on a stretcher to be transferred, were still denying any wrong doing, insisting it was my dog’s fault (her immune system fighting the vaccine), and most concerned with receiving payment on the small balance due then they ever were about my dog.\r
If you love your pet, please stay away from VCAH because they ARE ONLY CONCERNED WITH MONEY.
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