Southern Utah Animal Hospital

I had a canine emergency and was able to get my senior rescue Pittie right in, (I have had her almost 10 years), staff is great! I didn't feel rushed, thankful the blood work showed an infection and nothing more serious, my Pittie was given antibiotics and my old girl is recovering at home. Love Dr Francisco and staff!

posted: 05/31/2023

Dr. Francisco and staff were so wonderful in removing our 15 year old dogs teeth after suffering a tooth abscess. We were very nervous and they did a really great job! Thank you so much! Definitely worth the drive from Vegas! We will be back!

posted: 06/22/2023

If I could give 0 out of 5 stars I would. I have been bringing my dogs here for the past few years and Dr. Esplin has always been amazing. HOWEVER, my year and a half year old dog had an infected, swollen, bleeding, sore on his belly and I brought him into the vet as a walk in. I was appreciative that they were able to get me in, but Dr. Francisco came into the room and laid my dog on his side on the table with a tech holding my dog down and without any numbing cream or pain management, or sedation he started cutting into my dog’s sore and digging around looking to see if something was inside. Obviously my dog was in pain and put his mouth around the tech’s wrist and she yelled, “DON’T BITE! DON’T BITE!” I was appalled by the way she was yelling at my dog when he was clearly in pain! They didn’t even clean the blood up or close the wound and sent us on our way and Dr. Francisco called my dog the wrong name. They gave us some oral antibiotics and said if he wasn’t better in two weeks to come back and they will have him sedated! When checking out I noticed that they had all of this on record for the wrong dog! They didn’t even ask me which dog was getting helped! I am very disappointed how I and my dog were treated and I will not be returning!

posted: 06/14/2023

Our cat took a turn for the worse while we were visiting friends, and Southern Utah Animal Hospital is the only vet we found that was willing to help her cross the rainbow bridge. She passed away on the way to the vet, but they helped us make arrangements to get her cremated and we're great to work with.

posted: 06/16/2023

My 15 year old dachshund had a successful leg amputation surgery here to remove a tumor. They were professional and courteous throughout the 5 month process of getting an estimate, scheduling from out of state, pre-op conversations, the day of the operation, and phone call follow ups post-op a few days later. It was also 90% more affordable than vets I reached out to in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Vet care where I live is exponentially more expensive than it is in Utah, so when visiting family I requested and estimate from Southern Utah Animal Hospital for the cost of a leg amputation for my senior dog. They quickly answered without making me jump through hoops or requesting a consult appointment - which was what happened at 90% of other vets I tried to get estimates from. They were booked out a few months and I hadn't fully committed to getting the surgery done due to my dog's age. Fast forward a few months, I decided to commit and schedule. They were able to do so over the phone without requiring consult appointments, xrays, or additional tests. They answered all my questions about traveling post op since we would be coming from out of state. They were booked out a month or so and said they would follow up the week before surgery. A week before surgery, I got some bloodwork done locally to ensure in the time that has elapsed he was still fit for surgery and called the vet to confirm the process for the day of surgery and get any pre-op information. The day of surgery the office the process was incredibly relaxed at drop off. The surgeon looked to confirm full amputation was necessary. Pick up was hectic as they were very busy, but all of my discharge questions were answered. I called a few days later with some concerns to make sure that it wasn't anything to worry about and they were able to explain over the phone that many of the things were normal as a result of the invasiveness of the surgery. We are less than a month post op, stiches removed, and he is hopping around wonderfully, completely healed and just waiting for the hair to grow back. I was very nervous to go after reading some of the negative reviews, but a facility that does invasive surgery will have things go wrong, but in our case it was a successful surgery on a 15 year old dog with no issues or complications at all, so would highly recommend.

posted: 06/08/2023