Everyone in my family takes their animals - mostly dogs - to Shively. Myself included. Their prices are great. I bought a puppy from the Flea Market and brought him in for a checkup and his first set of shots, and it only cost 21 dollars. However, I'd pay anything for better service. The doctors, VTs and other staff will feed the pet owners any lie they can to avoid taking fault for something they've done wrong. And although the prices are cheap, not as cheap as they used to be, they are money hungry in other ways. My uncle has a ChowChow weighing about 100 pounds. He was hit by a car late one night, my uncle called Shively hysterical and they told him to bring his dog in. Grizz, the dog, couldnt move at all and was bleeding out of his nose and mouth. My uncle wrapped him up in a blanket and put him in the bed of his truck and when he reached Shively he backed the truck up right in front of the door. His dog was in critical condition. They pulled my uncle's records, before even considering putting the dog on a gourney but not before seeing his condition, and told him that they couldn't take his dog because he wasn't a recent customer and the dog hadn't been seen since he was 6 months old. My uncle then called me still hysterical and asked if I could come up and put the dog in my name because he couldn't afford to go anywhere else. I rushed up to the hospital and added the dog to my records. The dog was under close watch for the next couple days and they called us every hour on the hour. They got him to feeling better and luckily he survived. However, denying an animal care because their owner isn't "recent enough" is heartless! Recent enough meaning they hadn't recieved any money from him in awhile. No matter what time you come in, unless its after hours which costs about $100, you'll wait ATLEAST a good 2-3 hours. Sometimes more. The staff is very rude and the Vet Techs are trained on site. Which has led to plenty of careless but fatal mistakes. Ever since the incident with my uncle's dog I have not been back.
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