I will no longer take my dogs to Pacific Veterinary Hospital. I am not impressed by the new doctor (Dr. Patterson) and staff there. I took my dogs in for their annual shots and they insisted on doing a physical exam, which only involved taking their temperatures, and body weight. The doctor did not do any kind of hands on exam, or use a stethoscope to listen to the heart and lungs, nothing. She asked me if I had ever been talked to about heart worms, I said yes of course. In the San Joaquin valley the risk of heart worm infection is slim to none, knowing this I still agreed to have my dogs blood tested for the parasite (which the Dr. referred to as a disease). The results were negative, then when it was time to pay the bill they wanted to sell me a twelve month supply of heart worm prevention medication (of their choice), which I told them I did not want. Also, the Doc wanted to do a dental cleaning, without even examining my dogs teeth (which were recently cleaned!)... business must b
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