Reviews of University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine (University)

Simone Hall

My ferret died because of a lack of knowledge from oncology and doctor . They gave my ferret radiation treatment which made him really sick and he was in severe pain . After one day of radiation he wouldn't eat and drink . The doctor told me that he was nauseated. When I ask the doctor if it comes from the radiation, she told me no. Which is a big lie .This happened on a weekend and I took my ferret back to uga on a Sunday because he was in severe pain and wouldn't eat nor drink. Upon admitting him they promised that he would get some pain meds throughout the night The following day I spoke to the exotic doctor which treated my ferret and I found that Lenny ,my ferret was not given anything for pain throughout the night I trusted these people with my ferret . They are liars and should b a shamed of themselves

Dasnee Bailey

300% more expensive than most vets in Georgia despite the fact that they are inexperienced students.

Anthony

The emergency dept did a fantastic job with my doberman. She had a severe bacterial infection. Took her home today and she's doing great. Thank you guys.

Alvin Nguyen

Decent building that is easily transported to by bus on the North-South route. It is connected to the animal hospital as well.

RoseMarie Cotton

Everything. I had three (!) dogs with cancer there. The Oncology Dept is top notch. I have visited a veterinary school in Alabama with my dogs. UGA is twice as far and worth the drive for the quality of treatment for my dogs. I will make the 5 hour drive to UGA whenever one of my pets has a critical illness.

Jennie Page

When I called about an emergency to talk about my Buttercup.They called back with 2 minute. I was concern as she was whining all day . She is still whining some today and stomache is warm, has not went to per so ,I am go in to make an appointment this am as concern still. They did assure me they would see her at any time.. Thank you.

Hayley Campbell

4/11/2019 Update: I normally don't go back to edit reviews, especially when it's been a while, but this time, I feel the need to. Let me preface this by saying: I know this clinic is largely run by veterinary students, who are still learning and being trained. So ti be clear, my issue is not with the experience of the staff. My complaint is with the method they are using, and I assume, are being taught to use, to treat the animals. ------- When we first brought in our younger dog, we'd had her for less than 48 hours. She was a 3 month old puppy with fleas. We bought the capstar medicine and got her on a flea preventative, quickly, to take care of the flea problem. We threw away her blankets and toys, we bathed her with shampoo that kills fleas, we even had our apartment professionally treated every month. We knew the fleas were gone. And none of the vets could find any evidence of any remaining fleas on her. She continued scratching until she was red and swollen, but the vets insisted it must STILL be the fleas, since that's the most common reason for dogs to scratch. No evidence of fleas, but basically refusing to consider or test for anything else until we jumped through all their flea hoops. Fast forward a month, and she was still scratching to the point of bleeding and whimpering. Nothing we did could get her to stop, so we took her back in. This time, we were told the next most common thing would be a skin mite, and we should probably treat for that. We requested they do skin scrapes to see what they could find and told them we would pay for whatever testing was needed to figure out what was wrong with her and get her healthy, since she was miserable. They took her back for a LONG time (skin scrapes take like 15 minutes), and then came back with no evidence of mites, even where she was bloody and sore, but insisting we pay over $200 for flea, tick and mite treatment...just in case. We did, and we had to watch her continue to rip herself up for 2 months while we waited to see if the treatment would help her. It didn't. We went back again. This time, we told them we thought she had an infection. She smelled funny - even after bathing her - her skin was yellowing around the sores, and she had all the symptoms of an infection. They were skeptical, but after explaining the entire experience to that point, they conceded and prescribed her an antibiotic. Finally! She started improving rapidly. She didn't get completely better, but it improved. Shortly after taking the antibiotic, she started scratching herself up again, and she still smelled funny, so we thought either she needed a little more of the antibiotic to knock the infection out, or she had a yeast infection too. The vet gave us a little more of the antibiotic, which this time didn't help, but wanted to discuss the possibility of an allergy, not a yeast infection, since an allergy was more likely at that point. Side Note: At my first visit at this clinic, I asked if she might have an allergy and was told my dog was too young to have an allergy at 4 months. Since we were still dealing with the same issue at 8 months, it doesn't make sense for it to be an allergy. Regardless, once we moved to Omaha, we met with a vet that prescribed her a yeast infection medication, and she cleared up almost overnight. The fishy smell went away, and she started to improve. She may still have an allergy, since she's itchier than most dogs, but she is nowhere near where she was. Bottom line: This clinic has a habit of just going down a list based on likelihood - not testing and treating and practicing actual veterinary medicine. And my dog ended up suffering needlessly for almost 8 months because of it. Please start actually treating symptoms, UGA. I know your vets are still learning, but they work under the direction of a licensed veterinary professional. My dog suffered needlessly. Don't dont this to other people's pets.

Richard McRee

Very nice new building at the end of College Station, and Barnett Shoals.

Amber Lisy

Awesome new school building

Ice Maiden

Brought our dog here for emergency dialysis after food poisoning as it was the only dog dialysis machine in Atlanta or Georgia and they strung us along for days just leaving him on IV fluids and claiming dialysis wasn't needed - but they would consider it 'down the road but we aren't there yet' despite our vet saying it was his best chance of a cure and his blood work not making enough progress it was excuse after excuse while they ran up the bill. $1700 dollars later I find out their dialysis machine which is still advertised on their website had been quietly retired some time ago and they didn't even have one that worked! At what point, exactly, were they going to mention this? As he was being stretchered out the door on his way to the University of Florida for emergency dialysis they were still claiming he didn't need it! How many pets did they put to sleep after their owners ran out of money wasted on excess IV fluids waiting till their beloved animals were 'candidates' for this imaginary dialysis? It is bad enough to lose a beloved friend, to lose one because you were scammed of the money and robbed of the time to save them is beyond despicable. I didn't come down in the last shower so our dog was removed from UGA yesterday noon, arrived at the University of Florida yesterday evening and was immediately on dialysis this morning. He is expected to make a full recovery. Thanks for nothing, UGA.

Jamie Henderson

The people who are writing five star views based on the looks of the building and the location are idiots. Period. Reviews are supposed to be based on services rendered. That said, UGA College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital may or may not have a mend or cure for your dog depending on the size of your bank account. If you have a big one they will fix you right up. If you have a not-so-big one they will recommend euthanasia and refuse to treat the animal...EVEN IF HE OR SHE IS OTHERWISE HEALTHY. Ms. Karen Park ( I refuse to refer to her as "Dr" because her behavior was absolutely unethical and shameful and not at all in line with the oath she took upon becoming a veterinarian). She completely recommended treating a 9 month old completely healthy female Boxer puppy with a broken jaw and a possible punctured nasal passage until she found out the owners couldn't afford the $10,000 she quoted and then she recommended euthanasia. This story is to be continued because you're going to be hearing more about this.

Hannah Wallace

i have never been there but i shave heard lots of great comments that make me think cause i do want to be a vet