I had an exception experience with my almost 5 mo. old Olde English Bulldogge at VCA All Caring Hospital. While on vacation from Boston, our pup came down with what turned out to be some sort of bacterial infection that quickly sent him into a scary downward spiral of pneumonia. We were 3 hours away from home and any of the vet clinics I was familiar with, but the pup was so bad we couldn't ride it out--I'll spare you the vivid description of his yuckier symptoms, but the worst was that he could barely breathe. We showed up at VCA All Caring's door as they opened on a Saturday morning and were seen within 15 minutes. The staff were all very kind, and Dr. Phillips was arguably one of the best doctors I've ever dealt with--in any animal or human practice. She kept our boy for an hour to run tests, get him some fluids, take chest xrays, and start him on meds. It was very clear that she takes her role as a healer seriously, and her bedside manner was impeccable; until yesterday I have never had a doctor her/himself call me on my cell phone in the evening just to check-in and see how her patient was doing!!
I can't thank the group at VCA All Caring enough for the wonderful attention and swift care my boy got. The facilities were lovely and given the amount of time and services he got, I think the prices were very reasonable--we probably would have paid double in Greater Boston. If I lived closer to this area, it would be well worth the extra drive to make this hospital the one I took all my pets to regularly.