My experience today was one of the worst I've ever had. I was going to them as a second opinion, so perhaps that gave me less importance. I dropped off paperwork, and the vet there said for me to come in later with my cat. I had an appointment for Monday, but my cat looked like he was failing fast, and I was hopeful I could get some sort of diagnosis, so I jumped at the chance. My cat and I waited two hours in an examining room with him getting worse and worse. After two hours I went to look for the vet. He was just standing there with his colleagues, as if he had all the time in the world. He gave a perfunctory apology, but coldly suggested I should get my cat to the emergency room and put on an IV. He said that without an exam, and also, if he believed that, why did he keep me and my cat waiting two hours? He also referred to my cat's pancreatitis, but my cat has yet to get a pancreatitis diagnosis. A terrible thing to go through when you're losing a beloved pet. I live in a small town...have never written a negative review for any business here, but this will remain in my memory. It's hard enough to lose a pet.
It's been great with all the vets I've seen there. A long time ago I used to have a parrot who I took to Dr.Peppard (we switched to an avian vet after a specialist moved to town but nothing against Georgetown), then I inherited a mean old cat from my grandmother, also saw Dr. Peppard. Now we have a puppy we've had for about 6 months, and we've seen Dr. Peppard and a couple of other docs for various things. Her spaying operation went well and everything else has been good. It is $$$ but that's all vets these days so...
I've been going to G'town Vets for 15 years. Now with my low maintenance cat, Lucy. For most of that time I brought my beloved tiny toy poodle, Téa, and Dr Peppard helped her (and me!) navigate her many health issies. I'm pretty sure she had the heaviest file, probably outweighed her. Dr Peppard was the best! So great with her and so patient with me. He was there til the end. For a time he kept a photo of her on his desk, really sweet. And I also have to say my experience with Dr Fietz was great. My (then) guy had a dog take a bad turn. He got down on the floor with us, looked Shiva over and told us to skip the expensive tests we bought her in for. He said to keep her comfortable and we'd know soon when it was time. And we did. The techs and staff were always friendly and helpful. Wish I liked my Dr's practice as much!
Dr. Peppard and his team are absolutely WONDERFUL! He is practical and will tell you what is really best for the animal, not what is best for the vet's cash register. He explains what might be happening, what is most common, and tells you all your treatment options so you can make a decision about what if best for your animal. He is a true animal lover and I wouldn't trust anyone else with my pets!! (I am sure the rest of the Doctors there are wonderful as well, we just have experience with Dr. Peppard)
Dr P was very caring and took great care of our dog. He has already followed up and seems like he will stay engaged.
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