Castlerock Pet Hospital

Dr. Stummer and her staff are simply the best! They have cared for my fur babies since 2004 and I wouldn’t consider going anywhere else!

Dr. Stummer and Castlerock Pet Hospital have been caring for our dogs and cats for ten years now.
One thing that has always impressed me is their willingness to get a pet in to be seen the same day you call if you’re having a serious issue. The will do everything they can to see an animal that has a bad tooth, a recent injury, etc…
The receptionists and vet techs (often the same) are so good on the phone and do their very best to meet the client’s needs as quickly as possible That means so much!
We even had a goat that nearly had it’s ear torn off by a dog. No other vet would see us — but Dr. Stummer said to bring her in and leave her in the car — she would come out to her. Dr. Stummer stapled her ear, cleaned it up and gave her a antibiotic. When it was time to pay she said, «No charge — we don’t have goats in the system. Ha ha!»
Just the other day our cat boarding facility agreed to give a permanent home to an 18 year old feline client, Bumpy. Her owner, who was visiting Santiago, Chili, ended up staying there. It was decided a 4000 mile flight would be too hard on an 18 year old cat — so we told Bumpy’s owner we would keep her and give her a good home.
Well, poor ol’ Bumpy Girl had a full check up and it was determined she was hypo-​thyroid — which explained her low weight and poor coat. We called Castlerock and let them know we wanted to have her thyroid removed so that Bumpy would feel much better and gain weight. I asked them to call us and let us know what the estimate would be.
Castlerock called, and agreed to do it for half-​price — they were aware of our unexpected Bumpy adoption.
The surgery went extremely well, Bumpy came back to Whiskers the same day and was eating a couple hours later. She is already gaining weight and her coat has never looked better! Her energy levels are returning and her sutures look great.
Bumpy will have a home at Whiskers for the rest of her years — and we can’t thank Castlerock Hospital enough.

I was fostering a dog recently and noticed that she had a lump on her side. The shelter vet said it felt like a cancerous tumor and she wouldn’t want to remove it because it may cause the cells to spread around. So I took her to my own vet in Cedar Park who also said that it felt like a cancerous tumor, and she gave me a large bill to spay and remove the mass. Luckily, the shelter scheduled me to take the dog to Castlerock for the procedures (at the shelter’s cost). Dr. Strummer felt the mass and suspected that it was «sword grass» and not cancer. After the surgery, she let me know that it was in fact, sword grass! The tech was very helpful, too. I saw the bill and they charged a couple hundred dollars less than my usual vet.

My mom and I came in to put her dog down. We weren’t greeted. My mom (teary eyed) walked up to counter and the lady said I will be with you in a minute. She didn’t appear to have anything else going on… she was cold and unfriendly. We had an appointment too… she could have figured out who we were and been more gentle and kind to us.
Anyways, she was harsh in her questioning of who we were and how much our dog weighed because they charged per pound to put dog asleep… she said anything over 60 pounds was more charge. It all just felt cold and heartless. She rang it up and charged my moms card. So, then she weighed dog… ok, he’s over weight (obese)…she didn’t have to comment on that too… she recklessly said to my mom, «he’s way overweight… he is equivalent to a 600 pound human»…really…I just heard that come out of your mouth?! Wow… my mom is in pain and grieving and she says that?! I would never go to this place if you want a friendly hospitable atmosphere. It’s clean and professional, but no heart, no care, no smiles, nothing. When we walked out, the lady at the front (one of the techs) didn’t even look up to say good bye… didn’t even say anything. It was awkwardly quiet. My heart was broken. My moms heart was broken. Our dog was dead in the next room and no one cared. They had their money.
Also, an old man was struggling to get outside with his dog, cane and 2 bags of dog food. The lady just stood their and watched him struggle. I said, «let me help you» he said ok… then, she jumped in and said, «oh, I can help»
Terrible experience with all of their staff. It felt like they were all desensitized and heartless. My 2 cents. Stay far away from this place.

I love this office. Dr. Strummer has taken such good care of all of my fur babies. (Brinkley, tyke, mindi, niki, Sadie, bailey, Izzie, and now Miya, kindi and baby not here yet. This office cares like no other. Some of my fur babies had very serious disorders. She was upfront and honest about their care. I did my homework also doing research so I knew what question to ask. She has never been about the money.

Very very nice and clean. We used another vet for many years but found this smaller pet hospital that Obamacare has been initiated. Didn’t know the President cares about pets too. I’m sorry to leave my old veterinarian but $ 250.00 for a cat haircut… Everytime I’d go to see Premier Animal hospital was always the exact same price. Haircut= 250. Immunizations-​250. Teeth cleaning– 250. Euthanized my baby girl dog from hip dysplasia-​$ 250. Hotel for 3 night 4 days $ 250. One price for all treatments. Oh yeah… physical $ 250. Spade or Neutering $ 250.
I like this vet because he cares and has real cost to you versus $ 250…I guess that was my co-​pay for no pet insurance. My husband and I laugh every time because we know the bill is $ 250.00.

We’ve been taking our Molly here for about a year. They are always professional and courteous. Initially they had some part time doctors and there was frequent rotation, but they now have full time pet doctors. We are very happy with their service.

You can’t say enough good things about a Vet clinic that really loves your pets like you do. In my opinion they are tops!!!

Do not go to this vet if you are an active participant in your pet’s health care. She is extremely resentful of anyone attempting to give input to their pet’s care. I do not know if it is because she is threatened by the knowledge or just runs on pure ego. I had actually «interviewed» her prior to taking a pet there and stressed my involvement in medical issues and she just «gushed» about how she loved to work with clients who worked as a team. But as soon as I showed up with a pet and needed a working partner, she slammed the door and walked out when I didn’t agree with her 100%
She later presented such an attitude to someone else questioning a diagnosis. This vet needs to work in a research lab with non-​humans who have already died and leave the living and well-​loved ones to vets who have a decent bed-​side manner and who are not resentful of human clients who are knowledgeable about their pets’ care.

When my family still lived in Georgetown we were just a few miles away from this vet office. We started taking all of our animals here as soon as they opened.
Dr. Stumner is the best!
Shes really sweet and crazy about animals of all kinds. One of the only things I was sad about leaving in Gtown was this office. I actually still took my dogs there while I was living in RR. But, the drive eventually became too much after moving to Austin. The office is kinda out in the boonies, just take Williams drive alllll the way past the lake and everything and you’ll see em on the right.
She was always giving my mom spay/​neuter discounts when she could catch the feral cat living on her land. She also gave me a discount on my 1^st dogs heart worm surgery since it didn’t work the time the adoption group paid for it elsewhere.
If you live in Georgetown its worth it to drive out a little and go here, all the staff loove and treat the animals amazingly.