Dowagiac Animal Hospital

Took my kids 16 year old pup in today thinking we were going to have to put him down. Doc came in and took his time with us. He listened to us and helped us do what’s best for our pup. He gave us more time with him and also ensured that he wouldn’t suffer. He loves these animals. You can tell. I appreciate everyone at Dowagiac Animal Hospital. They have always been so good to our family. If I could give 10 stars, I would. ❤️

I personally will not be coming back to this vet, I brought my cat in for his ears bothering him and his sneezing, the staff was amazing but the doctor didn’t listen to me one bit. My cat has history of abuse before he was brought into my home and result of that he had a fractured vertebrae and stomach muscle injuries, while this was almost 2 years ago now he still tends to act sore and like his hind end is bothering him after some activities and the vet completely ignored this fact. He was very rough with him, now I understand you have to be firm with cats, ESPECIALLY when they used to be strays but there was now reason he should’ve been so aggressive with him. Also he said he wasn’t concerned about his heavy breathing a sneezing even when I asked again before I left if it could upper respiratory and he said “no I wouldn’t be worried about” well fast forward 4 hours and I’m rushing my cat to the emergency vet bc he barely able to catch his breath and he won’t be even an inch. Turns out he had a 105 fever and a severe upper respiratory infection and needed med administered right away. But again the Dowagic vet “didn’t see the concern”. If I would’ve went with what this vet said my cat very well could’ve died. I understand we all have bad days but NOTHING will justify the way he treated my cat or the unprofessionalism he displayed.

Honestly I would never come back here. All of the staff were amazing but the doctor. My puppy had been throwing up the past few days and it got worse so we took him here since our regular vet was out. He had ate something a few days prior that could have upset his stomach but for it to still be this severe it didn’t seem right. He had symptoms that could be multiple things but one of those things were parvo. They never ran a test for it. They gave him some anti nausea meds and send us on our way and said if he were to keep throwing up to come back. I gave him a pill in the parking lot and it came right back up. They said to go home and break it up and mix it with some water and then give it to him. It stayed down less than 10 minutes. He continued to throw up so I called back and they said to come back in for a xray. We went back and they took one and said he had a foreign body. (Still no parvo test at this point) and sent us to the vca in Kalamazoo. When i arrived there the doctor took her time with us and within 10 minutes told us it is parvo and there was no foreign body. I overall felt very neglected and did not receive proper treatment from the doctor at Dowagiac animal hospital.

We brought our kitten here who had came down with a milky eye. Vet was in the room for two minutes, barely glanced at the cat, didn't run any tests, gave us antibiotic eyedrops. My kitten died two weeks later. Apathy is not a quality trait in a vet.

Great service, very customer friendly and cost conscious. Knowledgeable professional staff. Great customer experience during a difficult time for my dog.