Miami Acres Animal Hospital

I found a kitten dying on the sidewalk in front of my house (it may have been hit by a car, was clearly suffering) and when the publicly funded animal shelter refused to take it or do anything other than give me a list of other shelters in faraway counties, I was at a loss. When I passed this animal hospital, I figured I would just see if there was anything they could do, and the receptionist was very compassionate; she realized that the kitten was suffering terribly and immediately offered to take care of it, free of charge. I am so grateful for their willingness to help in that situation, and can tell that they truly care about animals, even poor feral ones.

After over 15yrs trusting Dr. Johnson with my dogs, I never thought in this world he would push a toxic drug as Librela for arthritis on my lab, Missy. She had experienced five side effects from this injection. (which can be found on the FDA's website.) Not one single possible side effect was warned to us by Dr. Johnson! The last visit our dog had with Dr. Johnson, he again offered our lab another Librela shot. we declined as we felt she was getting worse. Please note, around the time of our last visit the FDA sent warning notifications to all veterinarian offices regarding the side effects and deaths due to the Librela injection. We began our own research after her passing and read weeks after this visit about the FDA's warning. The day of her passing, we tried to contact their office with an emergency situation as Missy had a seizure. We left a voicemail as they were closed on one of their normal working days, I guess they felt it necessary to be closed the day before the actual New Year's Day holiday. We received a text, yes a text message from an answering service SIX hours after our voicemail was left. They asked if we would like Dr. Johnson contacted. Our response was NO our dog has passed. He didn't even have the courtesy to make a personal phone call as he was our vet for 15yrs. It seems it is money over true whole hearted compassion. Now we did receive a sorry about your dogs passing card, but he didn't even sign it, one of the staff members signed Dr. J on it. wow, thanks for your card but you shouldn't have wasted the paper and stamp! As a medical professional he should keep up to date with all possoble changes that can come about with treatments. Well, he didn't feel the necessity to mention side effects to us, nor the fact that the FDA had put out a warning! With our experience it absolutely broke us to have to make the extremely difficult gut punch decision to put Missy down. She passed away on 12/31/2024 after a six month course of three injections with our arms holding onto her, watching her take her very last breath. Dr J failed us and more importantly he 100% failed Missy!

Wow!! Lots of good reviews which surprises me. My parents yorkipoo had been seeing "Dr J", apparently what he is called. She was diagnosed with a heart murmur as a puppy. Never once did he seem concerned . Never once did he tell my parents to monitor her and possibly put her on a medication the older she got. They took her to this Dr last week with a rapid heart beat and lethargy. Still no mention of any kind of plan to help her live her last years. She died in my Moms arms yesterday at age 11. She still could have had a few more good years left with my parents if "Dr J" did his job properly. It is only until after her death that they were told that they should have never taken her there by their groomer who knows his real reputation. Now they are left wondering if they could have done more. If they should have inquired since obviously their vet did not care.

If I could give 10 million stars I would. Doctor J assisted us in putting our 14 year old beloved dog to sleep. We were not current clients; however, he still met us after hours!

Jason took excellent care of our Labrador, Emma. I know he will do the same for Harper. A nice vet that cares along with his staff. If you need a vet, check out Miami Acres in Troy.