Danville Family Vet

My family sadly had to put down our family member, a 9 year old beagle mix. The techs and the vet were so compassionate, patient, and polite that we knew we went through the right people to help us say goodbye. Not only were they professionals, but they were warm and so kind. When my family is ready, we will add to our family again, and THIS is the place we will be taking our new family member.

posted: 08/27/2023

I recently moved here with my senior dog, whom I sadly recently had to say goodbye to. Though the vet and staff did not know us well, they were nothing but attentive, caring, and knowledgeable at our few visits. Dr. Rohrig so naturally intuited his temperament and handled him with such grace. When it was time to say goodbye, I could feel the love and compassion being extended to us by everyone we encountered. They even sent a card afterwards full of touching personal messages. These are genuine, kind-hearted people who are quite clearly called to the amazing work that they do. I'd trust my sweet boy to them any day. The clinic is also quite clean and aesthetically beautiful, which is a nice plus.

posted: 08/03/2023

We boarded our sweet dog, Max for a week. The staff was very friendly. They were attentative and sensitive to Max. I felt they really cared about her. I just transferred care to Danville Family Pet and am so glad I did.

posted: 08/02/2023

Our beloved pug had a very complicated bleeding condition. Jeff Smith was thorough in diagnosing and treating her, answering all of our questions, and providing excellent care.

posted: 12/28/2022

If you are seeking quality care for your "exotic pet" I would recommend Companion Animal Hospital in Blacksburg. DO NOT TAKE YOUR EXOTIC PET, ESCPECIALLY YOUR REPTILES TO DR. COOPER BAILEY. I hold her responsible for the death of our beloved bearded dragon Harry Draco. He was a patient of hers for around 2 years, although she'd only seen him 2 times. Text messaging is her preferred way of communication, and getting her to respond is a task within itself. I only sought out her help because I wanted an opinion about a possible leg amputation for Harry which Bailey said she could do. Our young bearded dragon was healing from a fight with yellow fungus but in the process lost function of his left rear leg. We had already been prescribed his life saving medicine (voriconazole) from another veterinarian. Although he lost his left rear leg he made a full recovery, and almost as mobile as before. During the 2 visits we had with her she did nothing but talk about lighting, or try to order very expensive blood panels.....thankfully she did refill the voriconazole. More recently the yellow fungus made its return. I'd seen this before, but this time the fungus was at a much earlier stage. I was confident Harry could make a full recovery as long as we used the same methods of care as before (most of which we learned from our own research) I hold Cooper Bailey responsible because of delayed responses to texts and her refusal to refill my dragons lifesaving medicine. During this time we were in the midst of a pandemic, and I was the primary caregiver for my Mother who had terminal cancer. I had an appointment scheduled at the Danville Family Vet to see Bailey. She adamantly requested to see my dragon before she'd authorize a refill of the same medicine that saved him already. When I called early morning to reschedule, I was put on hold. The technician came back and said I had to pay the office visit upfront before I could reschedule. I declined and decided to try my local vet. She agreed, but first wanted Harry Draco's medical records. Dr. Cooper Bailey never did provide those. To say I was stressed at this point was an understatement! Well over a month had gone by since I first requested that refill. All the while Harry's yellow fungus quickly progressed. Finally after bombarding Bailey with texts and pleading with her, she agreed to approve the medication. Two more weeks went by as I waited for the voriconazole to arrive by mail, and when it did we were relived. After all he did make a full recovery from first battle with yellow fungus, albeit losing his back left leg. Harry was taking the voriconazole for 2 months and improving, but as the yellow fungus retreated I noticed a small area of what I thought was yellow fungus on his front left leg that wouldn't come off during his daily baths. It turned out to be necrosis (basically dead tissue that won't come back) It finally hit me, based on his attitude and constant sleeping, that HE knew what was going to happen, and it was happening where he could witness the whole thing, unlike the first leg. It was only a matter of time that he would lose his leg. Now I was forced to contemplate a very difficult decision. Did I want him to suffer through this, only being left with 2 right legs. And him watching, with his left eye, as this awful process of losing a limb happens? (for a bearded dragon losing a limb can take many months). I know if Dr. Cooper Bailey would have shoved her "know it all" Ego to the side and authorized the prescription of voriconazole in a timely manner, that Harry would still be here today. In a world where the last few years have been filled with so many dark clouds, Harry Draco was a Bright Light and an inspirational story of how 'Never Giving Up' and staying positive through the course can sometimes lift a person up...or in our case, heal a Bearded Dragon that lifts a family up and gives them more precious moments together with something we loved. RIP Harry Draco

posted: 02/22/2022