We went to Veterinary Medical Associates and seen Dr. Kahler after our female dog became infected with a bacteria in her eye after being spayed. Upon examining her eye his diagnoses was she needed surgery because there was an abscess behind the eye that was transmitted from her surgery. He wanted us to leave her there for an operation that would cost $1600. She also had difficulty opening her mouth and he claimed that her it was due to the abscess and when she opened her mouth it therefore put pressure on the infection. He gave her an antibiotic injection to prepare her for surgery but we opted not to leave her there overnight. Upon arriving home we noticed that her eye was almost completely and her mouth appeared to be recovering as well. I called to cancel the surgery and asked if we can continue the treatment with antibiotics. He reluctantly agreed as he said that the abscess behind the eye could not reached with medication and he still wanted to operate.\r
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The antibiotics worked perfectly. When we returned her for a checkup Dr. Kahler admitted that his diagnoses was wrong since the alleged abscess was indeed neutralized without surgery. Along with our female we brought our male dog who had no major issues except for a minor ear infection as well as a small amount of pus around his eyes. For him we merely wanted to continue the eye drops we had been giving him when we were clients of our previous veterinarian. Without explaining why he did numerous tests on our male dog disregarding our authorization and not explaining the fees. He then charged us $704 and, of course, our dog had no health issues as we already had learned from our previous vet.\r
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As far as Dr. Kahler is concerned, I find it deplorable that a doctor would suggest surgery on a dog who had a minor problem. Her condition was obliviously treatable with medication. Wanting to rush into something as delicate and costly as surgery is quite disingenuous and, subsequently, charging us for multiple unnecessary tests without informing us as to their costs reaffirms our suspicions of fraudulent activity on Dr. Kahler's part.
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