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GATEWAY ANIMAL HOSPITAL
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I have been a client of Gateway Animal Hospital for almost 15 years. Unequivocally, I can tell you that the two vets who have treated my animals -- Dr. Villacana and Dr. Preskopf are phenomenal.
On more than one occasion Dr. Villacana literally saved my animal’s lives. For instance, a number of years ago, I found a German (Shiloh) Shepherd in Griffith Park who was near death. In fact when I brought him into Gateway Dr. Villacana said that the most humane option might be euthanasia because of how bad his situation was. However, when I said I wanted to try and save him, Dr. V. pulled out all the stops, giving him transfusions, operating numerous times and rehabilitating. This dog recovered and lived for another 7 years before succumbing to old age.
In another instance Dr. V. recognized that my Dalmatian had something seriously wrong with him and did immediate surgery. He uncovered an enormous spleenic tumor. If Dr. V. had not acted upon his intuition and operated my dog would have died that day. As it turned out his quick action bought us about a month – enough time to at least prepare for his death and giving us the chance to say good-bye.
Both Dr. Preskopf and Dr. Villacana and indeed the entire help staff, especially George, the office manager, are kind and compassionate and many times have gone out of their way to help and comfort. While there may be people who have not had positive experiences at Gateway, anyone reading reviews of this vet clinic online should give equal weight to the positive postings. Sometimes people post negative entries as a way of trying to absolve themselves of guilt about their benign neglect of their animals (failing to take in the animal when symptoms are first noticed) and then find it convenient to blame the vet for the animals illness or death. In my experience Gateway is a terrific vet office with a number of exceptional doctors on staff.
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