Timber Ridge Animal Hospital

if you have any emergent needs good luck. Called with an emergent need and receptionist offered a «drop off» or next week. Did I mention emergent.
So I said I would come and wait. I get there and the doctor is out to lunch till 2:30 pm? Not to mention the receptionist was very rude. Lost my business.
Ended up at Sumner Animal hospital and got right in. Hmmm? Customer service…

Amazing staff!!! After having my dog somehow get a hold and eat 17 non caffeinated tea bags, the staff here proceed to walk me through the process and they were very understanding of my dog. He is a high anxiety animal. He scares easily, they were so patient. Thank you so very very much!

The best place in the area to take your pets. My dog had a torn dewclaw,
bleeding, I took her in and they removed it and clipped all of her other nails put a pressure bandage on and charged me $ 14!
That’s just one of the many things they’ve done for us.

We’ve been taking our animals to Timber Ridge since 2000 and have always received great care and service. Dr. Lavigne and Dr. Watts are very knowledgeable vets and truly care for our pets. Our Beagle Jack loves going to the vet. He gets so excited to see the staff. We call them his girlfriends! Everyone is so friendly and helpful. Great vet hospital!

Love this place. They put our 19 year old kitty down and sent us a card and saying how he will be missed. so kind.

Every time we go there the staff is great. We went there first to put our hamster down. (Don’t laugh) they did it for free and we weren’t patients yet. (5 years later) Today we put our beloved dog down. They were very kind and professional during such a difficult time.

it is a rare occasion when a veterinary clinic meets my standards, and this clinic went truly above and beyond my expectations :^) i noticed my male cat had been urinating blood and i immediately called timber ridge to make an appointment. i was able to get leo in the same day with dr. lavigne! right away, i was greeted by a lovely, personable redhaired receptionist. she took us right into a room and weighed my kitty and very gently took his temp. i think we waited maybe five minutes and in walked dr. lavigne. amazing. that is the only word i have to describe him. i have worked with many, MANY male veterinarians and none have had the bedside manner that he does. it was very refreshing to me, as a client, to have a veterinarian not treat me like a clueless idiot. dr. lavigne was very knowledgeable and explained everything in great detail and was very kind and took his time with leo. at one point, leo was whisked away for an xray, and just as soon as he was taken away, the techs brought him back, no worse for the wear! i’m so thankful that not only did dr. lavigne and his staff make me feel comfortable, but they also made leo comfortable! i love them and no doubt will be returning with my other pets for future veterinary care!

I have been going to Timber Ridge for many years. They have helped me with my new animals, my aging animals and everything in between. I am always greeted with a smile and friendly conversation. I would (and have) recommended many pet owners to these guys… They are just as good as it gets in my book!!!

We brought our newly adopted dog to Timber Ridge tonight for a well pet check up. All in all, we are very pleased with the doctor, Dr. Lavigne, and the hospital staff.
Dr. Lavigne did a thorough examination of our dog and listened to our concerns and answered all our questions. We didn’t feel rushed at all. We also didn’t feel pressured into tests and treatments. Our dog will need a dental cleaning and has a skin itch (possible related to fleas), as well as a minor ear infection. Dr. Lavigne did a test on our dog’s ear to check for mites or the infection classification. it turned out to be yeast. He gave us many options for treatment, from a conservative wait and see, to a more forthright medical treatment. We opted to wait a little bit on the skin testing to see if maybe the food we have will help our dogs skin, and we opted to treat her ear with a solution Dr. Lavigne suggested.
I would definitely suggest this hospital for pet care. We will be returning with our cat for his check up and in the future for any of our other pet needs.

In general this place has a super nice and friendly staff that cares very much about their patients.
I understand and appreciate the fact a lot of pet owners treat their pets like a member of the family. I do not happen to be one of these people. My pet is just that — a pet. And she is old. I get it and am okay with that.
I took my aging cat in because I had noticed drastic weight loss, lethargy, and diminished appetite. The vet seemed more concerned that I was not willing to run a smattering of tests to determine potential cause instead of helping me figure out how to ease her immediate suffering. We eventually settled on an anti-​nausea shot and an antibiotic for a few days coupled with some bland formula food.
My cat is no spring chicken, but she is now back to a normal weight and appetite. When she needs another visit I will probably look elsewhere.

I can’t not say enough amazing things about this vet! Dr Watts is wonderful. She has been there through the rapid decline of my German shepherd and up until her death. Helped us welcome our 8 week old pitbull into our home. And most recently a rescue who was in need of a loving home. They always go above and beyond for our family. I bring my dogs in at any sign of something wrong and its wonderful to know they are taken such great care of and all my questions are answered! I don’t know what I would do without them!

My dogs have been patients of Dr. Ron since 2000; in that time we’ve had a myriad of needs to care for them. From puppyhood to geriatric care; chemotherapy to nail trims, Dr. Ron and his staff have been the first place we turn to when the dogs need something.
Dr. Ron takes his time to get to know the dogs, explains treatment options and medications. When he doesn’t know something, he will research it, consult with experts and then follow-​up with me to make sure that I’m in the loop and am able to make the best decisions possible for my dogs.
The QUALITY of a dog’s life matters to Dr. Ron and his staff and we’ve been through 3 deadly cancers with them and our now departed bullmastiffs. Last year we did chemo on our last bullmastiff and were in weekly for 5 months… when chemo was scheduled on my dog’s birthday, the Staff bought a dog cake and had a party for her.
The folks at Timber Ridge are like an extended family to us and I can’t reccommend them any more highly than that.

This place was very disappointing. I didn’t feel like the vet knew what she was doing, and as far as prices go, I felt like the clinic was trying to pull the wool over my eyes and charge me more than twice as much as necessary. Here is an excerpt that is relevant to my experience at Timber Ridge from a positive review I wrote about the clinic that ended up treating my dog:
3. [Overlook Vet. Portland, OR] Very fair prices. I didn’t feel cheated when I left. This was an unavoidablely expensive procedure, so half the stress I experienced had stemmed from my financial anxieties. The first vet I visited [Timber Ridge] tried to convince me that I needed to put my dog under twice for TWO surgeries — once for a biopsy, and then for the procedure to actually remove the lumps! But in reality, it’s typical to remove a growth before knowing its exact pathology (even in human cases involving cancer, I have experience with this personally). At Overlook they removed the growths and then sent in the biopsies. One procedure, that was it. It came to $ 850, plus two histopathologies which were optional (so grand total $ 1,035). This was exactly what I was aiming for.
The vet at Timber Ridge went from poking my dog haplessly 15 or so times with a needle in order to get a sample for a biopsy (about $ 90) to wanting to charge me $ 650 to put him under for a surgical biopsy, the surgery before THE surgery, so to speak. No thank you! — Michelle