Alvarado Veterinary Clinic

I had been a loyal customer for 14 years till now. Since 2007. Don't go there- my cat whom I've had for 10 years, has infected paws and they didn't clean them, but charged me $100 medicine they prescribed made him sick. Went back 3 weeks later. Waited 4 hours on a Friday went home and they called back and said come in. Memorial weekend and that Wednesday I called at 1:30. I was #3 in que and wound up later in que. They told me to come in so I left work early. I arrived at 2:55 and waited another 2 1/2 hours in a car. I still want seen, but they did call at 4:50 to tell me a room is ready. I had to leave to get my cat some water as he was getting hot I'm changing clinics . Very poor customer service. I would give them 0 stars if I could. June 2, 2021

I had been coming here for years without incident. I love Dr Finley. I have always had a good standing. I do go to another as he works with me on money. As I have rescues he takes care of which didn't cost me alot.

I am giving this clinic 1 star for one reason: Dr. Finley. The other doctors and techs are great, but Dr. Finley is awful. Do not trust him with your animals! After having a similar issue with him being condescending years ago, we requested any doc BUT him for years, with no problems. Today, I took my dogs in for shots, blood work, and teeth cleaning. I was assured that if anything came up (such as a necessary extraction) I would be called before anything was done. I got a call in the afternoon that everything went fine. Then when I arrived to pick up my dogs, only by reading the bill, I found out that Dr. Findley extracted 3 teeth from my one dog and didn't give them their shots. I was told that Dr. Finley would give them their shots while I was paying the bill, but no one could verify that this actually happened (though I was billed for it). When I was telling Dr. Finley how upset I was, he literally rolled his eyes at me. I told him how condescending he was being and he rolled his eyes again. That was it for me.

As I said, the other doctors are really good, but it's not worth the risk of your animals ending up with Dr. Finley. After 9 years, I will be taking my dogs to a vet I can actually trust and who knows how to treat people.

I use these vets because they are close, but no more. I was told once that they didn't make calls for goats. It paid the same as cows or horses, but she was not worthy of his time. She died. Today I carried my kitten in for injuries to his tail. They shaved his tail, and left huge razor burns, worse than the bites I wanted them to check. No ointment or meds were sent home with him. since he was returned to me in his crate I didn't know how badly they burned him. What was a sore tail ,was now burned and very painful. I will never put another pet thru that arrogant cruel treatment again.

treated a dog without owner consent that was non emergent woman put the bill in my name and they accepted that now i have to pay 100.00+ for things I THE OWNER did not consent to. ran unnecessary tests for a non existent cough and gave "just in case" antibiotics then did xrays without consent and gave worming medication to a dog that had already been wormed and was clean. ALL for a cough the dog doesnt even have. took the dog to MY vet and he was clear of EVERYTHING and despite the claim of "worms" and heart worms which he was treated for previously the tests i had MY vet run came up clean. i had quit taking dogs to this vet after ANOTHER incident involving my parents corgi which was spayed by them they said it would take a month or two for the stitches to dissolve. dissolve means LEAVE this dog is now 4+ months past her spay surgery and STILL has stitches sticking out! they refuse to do anything about it and still had the nerve to charge us! before that they identified my brothers dog that we told them had a scratch and that had an ear infection that the OPEN wound was ring worm -.- no it was a scratch because the dog was hurting himself trying to itch his ear until it bled...they tried to make me give my dog a second rabies show not a week after they had previously given the shot because they refused to acknowledge the records i gave them. DO NOT GO HERE THEY WILL RIP YOU OFF they do NOT know how to treat their animals they cant even identify a scratch from round worm