Point Breeze Veterinary Clinic

I’ve been bringing my cats here for about 30 years. The vets and techs are fantastic. They treat my animals and me with patience, kindness and respect. Dr. Schroth saw my latest two cats through their final illnesses. She was incredibly empathetic. I felt very comfortable asking her questions. The front office staff is also great. I can’t say enough good things about this place.

Point Breeze Veterinary, Dr. Stephanie Berger in particular, are amazing. Dr. Berger has seen my dog on 3 occasions, all for a persistent infection from her time in rescue before we adopted her. Not only does she treat her patients like they are her own pets, she is very calming and sure to fully explain everything she does and her diagnoses.
The clinic overall is clean and nice, and the staff never failed to get me an appointment when I called first thing in the morning after a night up with my dog having breathing problems. The staff always remembered me and my dog when I called or came in, and were always following up with a call afterward to make sure she was still doing well on any medications or after a procedure. As long as I am in the Pittsburgh area I will always come to PVB, I can’t recommend them highly enough!

Point Breeze Vet is a great practice with low waiting times, professional staff, and caring vets and techs. My dog loves everyone at the clinic, and they’ve helped her get over several medical issues with no setbacks at all. The hours are convenient and the two locations make it easy to get an appointment quickly. I’ve never had to wait more than 15 minutes to be seen when I arrive for an appointment. Most recently, I brought my dog in for a vaccination and when the wait for a room looked to be long, the techs just took her in the back and gave her the shot – done in 30 seconds!
That’s not to say that convenience is the most important part of a vet clinic. The number of different vets and vet techs at Point Breeze who obviously care about my pet make me feel a lot safer than at East End, where I was previously prescribed an incorrect dosage and nobody noticed or, apparently, cared when I pointed it out. Nobody at PBVC has ever made an error with medications (and believe me, I check now!). In short, I feel safe bringing my dog here, and the ease of appointments is the icing on the cake.

This place is great. I have been taking all of our dogs (five over the years) to them and have nothing but admiration for them. The service is always prompt and caring. I highly recommend them.

OMG where to begin. I had a very sick kitty who had been to the ER twice. I was already $ 1,500 in the hole for vet bills in 2 weeks for an 11 month old kitten, I took her to AVETS and all they wanted to do was cut her open (I was not gonna go that route). She was very sick one night so I was frantically searching for a 2^nd opinion. My husband and I showed up on their doorstep just as they opened and I was desperate to have her evaluated by a fresh pair of eyes. The first person we encountered was so sweet and I could tell she really wanted to help us and god bless her she got us right in (thank you) and I am sorry I never got your name. We saw Dr. Simard who is amazing, she was very kind and empathetic with regard to our situation. I was so stressed and so tired from not sleeping that I almost broke down in her clinic (I am in medicine and I am usually a rock), and her swift thinking outside the box that had both diagnostic and comfort in mind for my lil one. She ran some tests and started treatment and more importantly she made me feel like we are gonna figure out a DX and everything will be OK. My lil Lulu is feeling much better and I want to thank everyone at PBVC for making it happen, they gave us excellent healthcare with GREAT bed side manor & I would recommend this practice to anyone.

Refused to take my cat, which had passed away, for cremation cause I had not been to the clinic previously. IMHO that’s ridiculous. I will not recommended anyone to ever come here.

All the vets here are great, as are the folks who answer the phones and the vet techs too. I really like them and how much they genuinely seem to care about animals. It is pricey, and the same things here cost far more than the last place I went to when I lived out of state, but I’m so glad to have them near by and will keep going because I feel like I can trust them. Highly recommended.

It seems like every other time I take my pets to Point Breeze there is an unnecessary frustration. From being berating for using their online prescription program to being misquoted prices substantially to poor customer service I just keep hoping each time will be better. Although I know they love animals I suspect they love money more. Dr. Caroline. Simard is an excellent vet, but my last two visits have been pushed to other vets whose bedside manner is atrocious. I’m a 40 year-​old who has been taking my pets to vets since childhood and I don’t understand why each visit leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

I took my cat here for a preliminary checkup after adopting her from the animal shelter & then again to have her declawed. I was very impressed by the facilities and service. The facilities are spotless & modern, and the vets seem both knowledgeable and willing to spend time with you and your animal.
I was particularly impressed when I had my cat declawed. They kept her for several days to monitor my progress & called me each day to update me on her progress.
It seems a bit expensive (although I have no other point of comparison) but the service is well worth it.

We were very impressed with our experience at Point Breeze Veterinary Clinic today. We adopted a dog about a week ago that has a few minor health issues we needed to get ironed out. We called this morning and had an appointment scheduled for 3:15pm. I loved that they were able to accommodate us on such short notice and were so nice about it. About fifteen minutes later, they called me back and said there had been a cancellation, would we like to come earlier? Yes, please! How considerate of them to see if coming in earlier would be more convenient for us?! Not your typical customer service these days– I really appreciated it! We took Harold (our new dog) in and was greeted by a bunch of super friendly faces at the desk, who came right on over and gave him a warm welcome. It was immediately the kind of environment I felt comfortable about bringing my dog into. The space is clean, the staff was patient and Dr. Mathias was very soothing to both us and Harold, and really took the time to answer so many questions (several of which I’m sure were slightly idiotic/​dramatic/​redundant– but she never made of us feel like they were!). The bill did get a little steep, but I attribute this mostly to the «startup fees» of having any new pet– especially an adopted one who had been living on the streets before coming to us. The location is unbelievably convenient (right across the street from Point Brugge) and finding parking was easy! I was grateful to find a great vet on the first try and would sincerely recommend them!

These guys are great. We took our more mature, distinguished hound for a check up and meds for worms and they were so kind and gentle. They truly love animals here and are willing to work with you if you have payment issues as well. They always seem to have an opening on the same day when I call, which is a huge plus! Dr Simard is really awesome and not afraid to be covered in slobber which is a way of life for any Basset owner. Dr Gerson is really great also– funny guy (kind of gruff, but kind if you look beyond that). An overall wonderful practice run by professionals!

Everyone at Point Breeze Veterinary Clinic was friendly and helpful, and I’m so pleased with our new vet, Dr. Samard! She diagnosed my cat’s food allergy with speed and certainty and now we have a gameplan for trying to root out the offending allergen. Two previous vets dropped the ball on this one. Not only did Dr. Samard figure it out easily, she seemed to know just about everything about feline food allergies and deceptive hypoallergenic cat food products.
She also gets points for spitting in the face of death by actually reaching inside the mouth of my 17 pound vet-​hating pissy calico (who required canvas gloves and to be entirely covered in a thick towel) to manually chip tartar off her daggerteeth.
And the whole visit, with rabies vaccines for two cats, was under $ 150. Hooray!

I took my two cats to this vet for a couple years and always received good, friendly, and quick service. One of my cats is on a prescription diet, which I need to buy at a vet, and every time I called for it, the Point Breeze Veterinary Clinic either had it in stock or was able to have it available by the next day.

When I noticed our cat had worms (ew) I called up the Point Breeze vet and they took us in the same day, despite the fact that we’d never been there before. The receptionist even explained what prices to expect, which was super helpful. Now our cat is a regular client, much to his chagrin.