Maricopa Animal Hospital review: Lousy practice and deadly diagnosis

I had a nice experience with our puppy at this place so when our other dog got sick, I wanted to make an appointment with them too. She was not eating or playing while she was unusually vomiting and pooping around the house. The earliest date was three weeks later by which time our dog was better. But I told the staff that she was very sick for several weeks and explained all the symptoms although she looked ok now. They said only a rather expensive blood test might tell why she was sick before and I agreed right away for any cost to make sure she was ok or needed further care. They called a couple days later to say that the blood results were okay, our dog is healthy and it could have been just anxiety or something different she ate. We were very happy because she was the main support for our sick daughter.

When she started showing the same signs after six weeks (refusing to eat, vomiting and pooping very little and greasy), I called their office right away. But they were not able to take her earlier than two weeks. I decided to wait for a couple of days for her to get better again and then just drive there without appointment and make a scene if necessary. But she got very bad the next evening and I drove her to 1st Pet in Chandler which was open at night. That's where they diagnosed cancer with two large tumors in her belly within 15 minutes. With a simple ultrasound device. They said we could try to find a specialist to remove them but it would take days to find someone available and Zora wouldn't get through a day at most. And she died in my arms within four hours.

You can imagine the shock we had. We had all the time in the world to do something for our beloved dog and this hospital wasted that time with false information. We are still in pain. Our daughter is struggling with her own therapy and all this was at our expense. They did not do anything to fix their gross mistake or malpractice.

Just stay away from this place.