Northview Animal Clinic

I had an emergency problem on an extremely busy Saturday morning. Connie greeted me and helped me in so many ways, I began to feel like the only customer there. She went way above and beyond for me, and amazed me with her dear, gentle heart. I take my cats there because I know I can trust this Clinic with the two babies I love most in this world. They all work so hard to be kind, helpful, and expert in their care. If you go there, please contribute to their wildlife fund. That way, they can help the local wild animals if necessary — and they will.

After a hideous experience with a previous veterinary practice which shall remain nameless (but if you go there and they scold your dogs like they are misbehaving children. and are then unable to draw their blood, RUN, don’t walk), I was happy to find this one. I have now seen two different vets, which is fine, but I would like to stick with Dr. Hughes, who is patient, kind and knowledgeable, and did not yell at my tiny blind poodle for shrieking when he got a shot. They are efficient and the techs and administrative staff are nice. I’m very satisfied and will worry less this coming year when my little drama queen gets neutered and has his teeth cleaned, and I start my other two poodles there.

We unfortunately had to put our dog to sleep today — would highly recommend this vet. Everyone was so kind and understanding. Gave us the time we needed and provided a calming place to lay our dog to rest. Will definitely be going back once we add to our family again!

Our dog just passed away. I wish I had known about this place long ago. The doctors were fantastic. Every test was shown to us and explained in detail. When the time finally came each and every person there showed compassion and respect. We still miss him but know he died with love and dignity.

Whether we have gone in with a dying rabbit, routine care of our pups, or emergency care the entire staff at Northview is amazing! They have even talked us through urgent care situations over the phone at no charge where the «emergency» clinic wanted $ 80 over the phone. We had one of our guys in ICU for the weekend and they let us go visit at all hours of the day and night. Truly caring staff that understands how much we love our fur babies! We have seen several doctors here and would recommend them to anyone. With the best technology, best doctors, and beautiful facility right around the corner we wouldn’t dream of going anywhere else.

Our little guy got a nasty bite in the Lakewood Dog Park — no other animal clinic was open. We were still relatively new dog owners and I was nervous. After calling, I took our guy over to Northview and they were expecting us. They took fabulous care of our dog and treated us very well. The vet explained every step of the process beforehand, and afterwards explained what they had actually done, what I needed to do, and what I should expect. They were quick, effective, efficient, and friendly — all which made me feel quite relaxed. I was very grateful for their weekend hours and the quality service we rec’d.

I wouldn’t go anywhere else! The vet tech Brittney was such a sweetheart, my dog absolutely loves her. They take such good care of pets. They hold them, love them, pay attention to them and take overall wonderful and loving care of puppies. It was easy to schedule and dr. Pentecost was extremely skilled and wonderful to communicate with. The cost is absolutely even with or less than other vets (I checked) and the facility is gorgeous. I 100% recommend this vet to everyone!

I can’t imagine taking our dogs anywhere else. We deal mainly with Dr. Miller and Dr. Pentacost and we could not be more pleased. They are caring and so knowledgeable ! Are they expensive? I don’t know and I don’t think I can put a price on the very best care for our dogs. I have found that you get what you pay for and paying less almost cost our younger dog his life. I will never go anywhere else but Northview Animal Hospital.

I love Dr Hughes. She is very warm and caring while treating my Giant Schnauzer. She does accupunture which is an added bonus that many vets do not offer. She was honest and straight forward about telling me what would work and what would not with my dog’s condition and offered an alternative treatment that has really improved the quality of my senior pets life. I would feel comfortable referring any of my friends or family to her knowing they would get the best care possible.

This clinic is large and beautiful with a well trained staff. However, they are also expensive and impersonal. I wish I could say that they are gentle and really get to know your pet like other vets’ office but that isn’t the case. For example when we took our newly adopted, large, and recently neutered dog to the vet the vet attempted to pick up and flip the dog onto his back in order to inspect the surgical sight. Unfortunately the vet was very abrupt and too firm which scared our gentle and already frightened dog, and when the dog squirmed out of fear his head ended up hitting the hard tile floor. Ever since this happened our dog is scared to let anyone rub his belly. If the vet had been more gentle or gone slowly he may have been able to prevent hitting our dog’s head on the floor.
As for the price the basic office visit was $ 52.00, a yr. of Trifexia heartworm medication was $ 241, and a fecal test was $ 26.
All in all we left feeling like a number more than a valued patient or customer.

Animal Clinic Northview gets 5 stars for the care they have given to my pets over the years (since they were in the old building down the street). Dr. Miller specializes in dermatology, but she is wonderful and I take my pets to her for everything.
The technology of this clinic is top notch.
I based this review on the quality of care, but I definitely agree that their charges are astronomical; even for «office visits.»