Bay Area Veterinary Specialists

Do not bring your dog here for a consultation for surgery. I was expecting anywhere between $ 35-​$ 75 for their time. Instead we were charged $ 135 for the doctor to «physically examine» him. The problem is he never once touched our dog, Ron. All he did was look at his X-​rays we brought on a cd from the original ER that treated Ron and spoke to us for a few minutes and brought the assistant in to give us an explanation of a «low end» and a «high end» estimate for his surgery. Breaking down Ron’s care into those two categories is not what I consider acceptable. When we asked for an itemized breakdown for what they charge for today’s visit we were told we would get one. This is what they gave us. Don’t waste your time or money here.

I could not have picked a better clinic of specialists to treat my dog, Simba. Dr. Shipley turned a heartbreaking situation into a hopeful and positive one after she was able to diagnose him with a disease that can very well be life threatening. They were quickly able to assure me that he had been misdiagnosed by his previous vet and began treatment for the correct diagnosis. His disease was not an easy one to deal with, but Dr. Shipley and the rest of the staff never lost hope as did other vets at other clinics. Many times I was told that it would be a lot of hard work to keep him alive and even that it’d be best to put him down. It was hard to turn these voices off seeing that Simba was losing weight, strength and struggling to keep his food down. Dr. Shipley, being the amazing professional that she is did everything in her power to help treat him. She even worked late hours and really showed her love and compassion for Simba. Her advice and motivating words during this journey are some that I will forever appreciate. Ultimately, we won the battle and I have only them to thank.
I highly recommend Bay Area Veterinary Clinic for any pet owner seeking loving, compassionate, quality, and knowledgeable care.

Our wonderful new kitten was diagnosed by another Vet with a life ending heart condition. Bay Area’s outstanding cardiologists correctly diagnosed our kitten with a serious, but manageable heart condition, and our amazing cat is healthy and happy 7 years later! Extremely competent, professional, compassionate specialists. Outstanding! I literally trust them with my family’s life!

This woman did not show any emotion to my family when our animal died. So unprofessional! She is a vet that does not care about your animal and will just cover her own self instead of being compassionate.

I have taken my dog to Bay Area Vet Specialists on 2 separate occasions and I cannot say enough great things about them!
The first time, my regular vet insisted that my dog had glaucoma, and that I «had to give him drops» every day for the rest of his life. I wasn’t convinced of this based on their «symptoms», as they were saying his eyes were bulging and they were red. Well duh, he hates going to see them and getting a thermometer stuck up his butt, so he gets really pissed off … and he is a chihuahua so bulgy eyes kind of comes with the package. LOL. I saw the ophthalmologist at Bay Area Vet specialists and he looked at my dogs eyes and stated his eyes were healthy and he would most likely never get glaucoma! So glad I didn’t just start putting eye drops in my dogs eyes when it wasn’t necessary (which again would have pissed him off).
So recently my dog has been diagnosed with a heart murmur/​heart disease. He regular vet gave him meds but only if his respiratory rate got up to a certain number of breaths per minute. Well that really isn’t telling me much of anything as far as long term what to do for my dog to help slow his heart disease down. So I made an appointment with the cardiologist there. She did x-​rays and an ultrasound, then called me in to view her findings. She explained that, due to my dog’s age, he did have some changes in one of his valves and that was considered «normal», again for his age. She showed me the ultrasound and explained to me the issues my dog was having. She also indicated that his heart if functioning really well otherwise! So she gave me some meds for him and instructions on future care, such as further testing and when to come back for more x-​rays. I felt much better about his health after this appointment.
So if your pet needs a specialist, I strongly recommend Bay Area Veterinary Specialists … from Ophthalmology to Oncology to Cardiology … they have you covered!