veterinarian for a dog

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I use Prospect Park Animal Clinic (6th and PPW) and have been very happy with them. The staff is all really good with my dog and they haven't pushed vaccines on me that aren't required...we discuss it and I decide. No fear mongering about all the viruses and bacteria the dogs can get.

We use Park Slope Vets. There good... nothing out of this world, but they are nice and fair.

http://www.parkslopevets.com/

We use Park Slope Vets, i credit them with saving my cat's life, and, my dog goes to them also. IMO, the best vets around here and I have been to the people on 6th Avenue (terrible, terrible), Dr. Silverman on PPW and Animal Kind.

LongTimeSloper wrote: We use Park Slope Vets, i credit them with saving my cat's life, and, my dog goes to them also. IMO, the best vets around here and I have been to the people on 6th Avenue (terrible, terrible), Dr. Silverman on PPW and Animal Kind.

What are you trying to say? I've re-read this 3 times and have no idea.

I know there are threads on this but its hard to search for a specific thing-


why all the hate for Animal Kind?
I brought my new pup there and was pleased with the treatment and price...

From what I remember reading during my vet search, the reviews for Animal Kind were all over the place. Extremes on both ends. It seemed like there was a lot of variation by vets and that something I don't want to deal with.

There are three vets at PPAC (the one I use) and I (and my dog) like them all. The main receptionist can have a nasty attitude but everyone providing care is great, IMO. I can usually get an appointment when I want it and their location is very convenient for me. Plus, of online reviews a while back, it was one of the few places with lots of good reviews and basically no bad reviews which I liked.

My dog has only had one real health issue outside of regular care and I think they handled it well.

There are also lots of votes in older threads for the vet Mpmav1 recommended, Park Slope Vets.

we go to Dr. SIlverman on PPW and 5th Street and have done so for the last 22 years My dogs have always been treated well

Carmen wrote: I know there are threads on this but its hard to search for a specific thing-


why all the hate for Animal Kind?
I brought my new pup there and was pleased with the treatment and price...

My problem with Animal Kind were their prices and extremely long waits.

And, thank you veets for translating my previous post, i thought I was clear.

LongTimeSloper wrote: [quote=stjohns]I go to Dr. Allen at 6th Ave Animal Clinic. Though I DON"T go to Dr. Dentler as she wants to do the most expensive tests all the time without talking it over with the parent of the pet (though I just heard she's no longer at that location). Dr. Allen is so attentive, sweet, thoughtful, and precise with his diagnosis and has been thorough with my doggie. My dog has had some issues on-and-off, Dr. Allen kept his chart on his desk and called every week just to check up on him. I have recommended him to all of my friends.

I thought Dr. Dentler was the owner of that practice, no? the older, African American lady vet, or, am I confusing her with someone else? if so, she was horrible, absolutely horrible!!!!

Sounds like you just described Dr Dentler and she founded this practice and perhaps things have changed now.

I didn't get any oral meds for him to take at home. It's been nearly 5 years so I don't remember everything else on the bill but I know he got nothing to take after.

And I'm not saying they didn't do a good job or that they were somehow lacking in care - just that I thought that was an exorbitant amount of money to pay and I chalked it up to (at the time) Park Slope style pricing.

veets wrote: [quote=stjohns]I go to Dr. Allen at 6th Ave Animal Clinic. Though I DON"T go to Dr. Dentler as she wants to do the most expensive tests all the time without talking it over with the parent of the pet (though I just heard she's no longer at that location). Dr. Allen is so attentive, sweet, thoughtful, and precise with his diagnosis and has been thorough with my doggie. My dog has had some issues on-and-off, Dr. Allen kept his chart on his desk and called every week just to check up on him. I have recommended him to all of my friends.

I am suprised and please that Dr. Dentler seems to be gone from that practice. Many years ago ( starting in the 80's) I saw her exclusively. In the 90's I had a yellow Lab that she adored. She did some surgery to remove a growth on his ear and he stayed there for 3 days to recover. She thought it would be one day but when she removed the packing from the ear he would shake his head and upset the clotting and she re-packed it and wanted him to be there for the extra days. When I went to pick him up the receptionist said just go in to Dr Dentler's office and there was danny lying down under her desk. She said she loved his company if she was doing paperwork and he had spent many hours with her and the office staff during his stay. Even then... I knew that attention was unusual for the way the office was run.

I think as she got older and I know she had some health issues she "ran out of steam" and the feeling in the office was rushed and certainly not that personal.

Long story and my point is neither to praise or bash Dr. Dentler but it occurs to me that there are so many factors in choosing a Vet. Sometimes one that works for you and your current pet just doesn't keep working with you and another pet or something internal to the practice does change the quality of care.

I get the feeling she was good a long time ago, now that I read your story. I have a neighbor who liked her alot too, starting 20 years ago or so, but other than him I've heard nothing but horror stories.

My experience at 6th Ave Animal Clinic was AWFUL, I thiiiiink in 2002. From the vet (Dr. Dentler) to the techs, my dog was really mishandled and it was a nightmare for us. I was thrilled to get charged $$ at Animal Kind following that experience, although I felt like Animal Kind were playing to the Park SLope stereotype -- and in our case recommending expensive tests that weren't actually going to give us treatable info. No thanks, no MRI. It was a real drag.

We ended up over with Dr Julie Morris at Animal Healing Arts on Henry St -- small practice, smart and skilled vet, although she puts some people off. I know she cares, has a skilled staff, looks at all sorts of options (Western meds, acupuncture, etc) and isn't gouging.

Pitu I have heard great things about Dr. Julie Morris.

Dr. Julie Morris is wonderful. We used her for a short time but we have a lot of animals and really need to use an office that's open 7 days. Unfortunately, Dr. Julie was closed on Sundays and Mondays so we couldn't continue using her. That's when we started using Prospect Park Animal and have been very happy there. For people with a more typical number of pets, I would recommend Dr. Julie Morris very highly.

veets wrote: Frankly, I would be more likely to tell you to run your pet in to the City on an emergency and go to the Animal medical Center. The price is gonna be the same, the care even one notch above Ak and there would be the same lack of continuity of care. Just my opinion. Not looking for an argument.

Just so folks have an idea about what that means in terms of money...we took our dog to the famous emergency Animal Medical Ctr - west side in the 50s and found it was around $1000/day to check your dog in overnight, and that's before any procedural stuff. I wish I had my bill handy to be more specific -- this was for a dog btw.