Four Paws Holistic Veterinary Hospital

I have a 14 year old dog who had a bladder infection that kept on coming back. I thought I would go to a holistic vet for a treatment because none of the antibiotics worked. Dr. Edoff said that she could give me some bladder herbs but without knowing why the infection was coming back, the herbs may not work. So she did an ultrasound and found some small bladder stones. I was very nervous about doing surgery on my old girl so she said we could give her a food to dissolve them and we would need antibiotics to treat the infection. I wasn't planning on spending this kind of money but I am glad I did. She did a culture on the urine and found there was only one antibiotic that worked. She was on the special food for 3 months and I just got the results of the follow up ultrasound. NO STONES! And that means NO Surgery for my old girl! I am so glad I went to Four Paws. Thank you!

posted: 09/25/2020

Doctor Edoff is one of the most knowledgeable and compassionate vets I've ever been to. We discovered that my cat's urinary tract problems are most likely due to her having separation anxiety when I'm away. She noticed there was a pattern with her having inflammation and me going on vacation/ being away from my home because of my own medical issues. She created several flower essence drops to help her cope right then and there! Crossing my fingers that this treatment plan works. You can tell she just wants your pet to get better rather than just wanting as much money as possible.

posted: 07/11/2017

Our Golden Was diagnosed with advanced stage melanoma cancer. She was given 3 months to live,. We searched and found Dr. Edoff who immediately began with the RIFE treatments along with other holistic remedies. Our dog was able to live healthily and happily and pain-free before passing peacefully more than a year later. Am thankful for such dedication and attention from the entire staff.

posted: 06/24/2018

I am devastated to tell the community this establishment did not practice appropriate medical care. As a direct result of that unfortunate fact my dog died within three weeks of being in Dr. E’s care. His first visit As a Mobil, eating, barking, smiling Dog was on July 6th. He died July 23 unable to move, sad, and hungry. My dog went to the vet for a limp of the leg and for us to find out better ways to take care of him he had just turned 10 years old and was considered a senior now(at that point). We wanted to do our best for him as he started his older years. She ran a tick screen and found two tick born diseases. She said a limp was common with these tick born diseases and we should of course treat them right away. Within 48hrs of the antibiotic, he was throwing up twice a day. Everything he ate he would just throw it up directly after taking the antibiotic. 1.breakfast. 2. Med 3. Throw up. Repeat with din. I called this doctor to find out what our next steps were. She advised me to keep giving the meds. A week later He was 6lbs less. my partner and I called again for advice. No one called us back. 4days later we received a call back and we had by that time ourselves stoped the meds out of common sense. He obviously could not take them as his body was telling us. Her advice on that call was to stop the meds. Less then 48hrs later my partner took our dog in because he was breathing pretty heavy. It was a hot/ humid day and older dogs do not breath well in the heat. She said she would take a listen to his heart/ lungs and also give a shot to settle the stomach since he had an upset stomach for some time due to the meds. She also administered an amoxicillin shot- this was to try and re-address the two tick born diseases... even though we had agreed to stop meds and let his body reset. She told us if the breathing continued to take him to the ER. But otherwise he was ok. The breathing subsided, most likely from being in the AC. He even ate his dinner. He seemed extra tired and a bit wobbly when he walked that night but the doctor told us the shot would make him tired. So, we didn’t question it. The next morning We woke up together. He was alert and wagging his tail but would not get up. he was unable to move his body. I realized this as I grabbed his leash and he stayed laying down and peed on himself. He was not in control of his body. It was as if he was so so weak or almost paralyzed. He died an hour later. We took his body to a different vet. We requested and paid for an autopsy. We were angry and upset to find out he passed away from a Bad and unusual reaction to antibiotics. The vet that took in his body was very sad for us as he explained “this should not have happened”. He asked us if he was ever on any antibiotics ever in his life that didn’t work with him. We said yes for almost two weeks before he died. His exact words were “that’s a shame” . I feel that this particular practice assumes because something hasn’t happened to them yet it just can’t. such as a bad reaction to antibiotics. I also feel the level of attention given to individual patients is not priority. I say this because for almost two weeks I was advised to continue giving my animal something that was literally making him sick. He could have lived another year or two with Lyme. Sometimes antibiotics are not the best course of treatment. Hold your animals close and when they are telling you something listen to them not the vet. They know their body. Just as you would know your own. It’s no different. With an extremely heavy heart I advise the public to please not use this vet for ANYTHING that is not simple and routine. PLZ do not allow this doctor to administer meds to your animal unless you are 100% they r not sensitive to any kind of med. she will not recognize normal signs like throwing up, and de-hydration as signs to stop a med or look for a different course of treatment. Thank you Kristin RIP Oreo

posted: 07/24/2020

I brought my dog here because I was looking for a so-called holistic vet. I wanted titer testing done for boarding purposes since they require certain vaccines in order to board. This veterinarian, Dr. Edoff is very strange, first she has a separate room for examinations and the pet owner is NOT allowed to accompany their pet into this room. She claims it’s for insurance purposes. What?? I have never heard of this and I have never had a vet tell me this before. I told her I did not want my pet out of my sight. She told me that I should just trust her as a professional but I don’t know her, this was my first time there and I believe you have to earn trust. I made her draw the blood for the test in the waiting room where I could see everything. I left and waited for her office to contact me with the results. Coincidently, my pet just so happens to need the one vaccine that the boarding facility requested, not the other vaccines. Since I was going on vacation and needed to board my pet very soon I got the vaccine for my pet. Unbelievably, she tried to push the other vaccines that my pet did not need. Her receptionist, who knew I did not want my pet out of my sight, tried to sneak her in the examination room when I went to the bathroom, I saw her and stopped her immediately. I don’t think she is as holistic as she claims. A true holistic vet wouldn’t try to sell unnecessary vaccines that are not required by a boarding facility and titers are still good according to the laboratory. Also, she claimed that laboratory titers are not that accurate. Then why are you bothering with this??? In my opinion, she is a fake holistic vet who calls herself holistic just to draw in health conscious pet owners and make money off them. I never returned, her office sends reminder postcards to me and I throw them away. Beware of the fakes out there, I have since asked other vets about not allowing pet owners in the examination room and they told me they have NEVER heard of that.

posted: 01/13/2018