I would rate Callahan Drive Animal Hospital -- the one on Barger Pond RD in Knoxville, just so the vet can't come on here and claim some mistake, as the WORST most INCOMPETENT veterinary service I have ever been to in 30 years of owning pets. As a new patient, I brought a senior aged dog into the clinic for a dental proceedure, in which the largest tooth in the mouth had to be removed. The removal went fine, but upon picking my dog up, the vet never came into the patient room to talk with me. And, the incompetent assistant insisted that my dog did not need to go home with an antibiotic. Good thing I was persistent. I insisted to see the vet, because I knew this was incorrect. Sure enough, the dog DID need an antibiotic. The vet never apologized for the screw up by the way. So, I took my dog home, and no body from Callahan ever even bothered to call to check on how the dog was doing after surgery. This dog is old. I can tell you that my regular and, thankfully, very considerate and competent vet called me several times to check when one of my young dogs got injured from another dog. But, Callahan's never even bothered to check on a senior dog after a major, three hour surgery. Today I met a lady with a G. Pyranees pup who told me that the morons at Callahan's told her she would stunt the dog's growth if she neutered him before 13 months. Totally untrue and dangerous FALSE information. I cannot believe that Dr. Hilla would give such utterly false information to a dog owner who A.) has a breed that is known to become potentially aggressive at sexual maturity B.) wants to avoid bringing unwanted puppies into the world. It is totally FALSE that neutering a G. Pyranees before 13 months would stunt his growth! Unbelievable just how incompetent this vet is. AVOID and tell everyone you know to AVOID. He is an idiot.
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