IN MY OPINION THEY EARN THEIR FIVE STAR RATING.
I HAVE HAD MANY, MANY PETS ... AT ONE TIME WE WERE UP TO 17; 10 CATS AND 7 DOGS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, BY THE TIME YOU SPAY/NUETER AND GET ALL YEARLY SHOTS ON 17 ANIMALS YOU HAVE SPENT A GOOD SUM OF MONEY, BUT WE LOVED OUR "BABIES" AND THEY WERE ALL WORTH IT.
I HAVE USED THE COLUMBIA ANIMAL HOSPITAL FOR YEARS; WHENEVER WE WERE LIVING IN THE AREA.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE DR. SANFORD, AS HE HAS A GREAT BEDSIDE MANNER, AND A HEART FOR HIS PROFESSION.
THERE IS A FEMALE VET THERE WHO I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH, BUT MY INTERACTIONS WITH HER HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE; SHE IS KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND APPEARS TO BE KIND.
I THINK IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO BE A VET. THEY HAVE GOT TO HAVE A LOVE OF ANIMALS.
FOR YEARS I GOT MY ANIMALS GROOMED THERE, AND THE SERVICE WAS ALWAYS VERY, VERY GOOD ... TO IMMACULATE.
LAST TIME IT WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT. I MENTIONED THE ISSUES TO THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO BROUGHT MY 2 DOGS OUT TO MY VEHICLE AND SHE BASICALLY BLEW ME OFF.
IF I HADN'T BEEN ON THE WAY BACK TO GULFPORT FROM MY MOTHER'S HOUSE, I WOULD HAVE ASKED THEM TO COME AND GET THEM FROM MY CAR AND FIX THE SLIP-UPS, WHICH I AM SURE THEY WOULD HAVE DONE SO WITHOUT PROBLEM.
I THINK THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BREAKING IN A NEW GROOMER, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IF I TAKE THEM IN AGAIN, I WILL SPECIFICALLY ASK FOR THE GROOMER THAT ALWAYS DID THEM BEFORE.
MY DOGS ARE LITTLE DOGS, SHORT HAIRED BREEDS, BUT AS THEY ARE INDOOR DOGS, I GET THEM TAKEN DOWN TO AS SHORT AS IS POSSIBLE ... VOILA! NO SHEDDING!
SO ... IT DOES TAKE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE TO DO THAT TYPE OF JOB AND GET IT RIGHT.
I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ANIMAL WHO HAD SURGERY THERE SO I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT THE VET WHO DOES THE SURGERIES.
AGAIN, A GREAT PLACE TO GO WITH YOUR "BABIES!"