Central Valley Animal Hospital

Welp a week after being diagnosed here with a “sprained wrist” I visited the office again to ask about my dogs nail that had completely fallen off. I was asked to leave.(didn’t think I was being irate) Here we are 2 weeks later and have learned after visiting a different vet that my dog now has an infection in his paw (not the one they said was sprained.) note this vet was half the cost. My dog jumped out of a window and went in limping, if all they did was X-ray his paws I sure wish they would’ve done a more in depth exam for the money I paid. From the minute I walked in here I felt like no body cared. If this infection doesn’t heal from anti biotics the better vet is suggesting amputation. Thanks Dr Waters! Note: I have heard amazing things about Dr Lock, just wish I had a better experience

posted: 09/12/2023

Ovarian segments Never heard of this? Neither had I until I had to take my dog to another vet and pay big bucks to get the rotting chunks removed that these rookies missed. I told this place that my dog was leaking. I sent pics. I asked for help. They didn't care at all and took no action to discover the problem, let alone provide a solution. Their only good Doctor moved away and are now left with a woefully green newbie and a vet owner who is just awful to deal with. This place used to be more affordable than others in the area, newsflash, they aren't anymore. So do yourself a favor and stay away from this place!

posted: 08/18/2023

2023 update: the prices quite literally quadrupled from 6 months ago without notice, I really wish this would have been brought to my attention before my appointment. I feel like throwing up I was not expecting that. Still 5 stars for dr b and staff 2021: I had a hard time finding an exotic vet in the area but was recommended to Dr. Balderrama by a friend. I live in Port Townsend but it was well worth the drive and I’m now considering transferring my dogs to this clinic as well! My beardies first vet visit went really well and cost less than I expected, I felt like they were very thorough and Dr. Balderrama came out and spoke to me for quite a while (I’m sure his time ilimited so I was very grateful for this!) he genuinely seems to care about the health of pets as well as continuing his own education to stay up to date with current recommendations, again a wonderful sign. All in all I’m so happy to have found this clinic and excited to have them on my baby’s team :) Thanks again CVAH!

posted: 04/13/2023

My sweet fur babies and I just moved from Texas and was seen due to my sweet Dog, Chuy, hurting his knee. Dr. Waters and staff where very kind and professional. HIGHLY recommend! My furbabies and I feel very welcomed!

posted: 07/06/2020

We are a military family preparing for a move to Hawaii, which entails a very strict timeline of specific tests/forms be completed in order to avoid exorbitant costs and a quarantine period of 120 days upon arrival for our dog. The biggest step is a $500 Rabies antibody test that requires the result level to be above a certain number; I had asked the vet if there was even a small chance that the result would come back too low and he'd need to have his booster early (not due for 1.5yrs), and she assured me that was not a possibility, So I mistakenly took her professional advice. The result came back too low, so now our dog has to get a booster and wait two weeks to retest- of which we are being charged the full cost of the test. From the beginning of the process I communicated with the vet about this, and told her that with every step, if there was a question about meeting the timeline I'd rather air on the side of caution and complete that requirement earlier than needed. I understand the vet's don't control the outcome; but now, due to the vet assuring/guaranteeing me of something she had no business assuring me- I'm out the $500 cost of the 2nd test, have to drastically adjust all of our confirmed travel plans (car shipment dates, housing, flights, household goods shipment) or pay to quarantine my dog for 4 months. This is unacceptable, and could have been avoided.

posted: 01/16/2023