Brooksville Veterinary Clinic at 900 Ponce De Leon Boulevard in Brooksville, Florida

Customer Reviews about Brooksville Veterinary Clinic

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  Needed to euthanize our 14-year-old Lab, Chewy. We just moved to the area a month ago and had been to Brooksville VET 1 time (the week before). Once we got into the treatment room, they came in with a credit card machine right away to pay for the process. They said they would be right back with sedation. After waiting a painful 20 minutes, I had to leave the room and ask about the sedation. A couple minutes later the tech came in and gave sedation, which was an injection to her rear, our dog screamed, they said it was from the burning sensation (our dog in all her vet visits previously never had an issue or made a sound with a needle prick). The Vet came in about 10 minutes later to administer the final drug in her front paw with a needle. I was watching the whole thing, our dog was screaming in great pain. This happened after she stuck her. Chewy was screaming with pain for about 10 seconds in all even after the Vet withdrew the needle (The Vet did not use a Tourniquet to help find the vein). Of course I said to her; we have to find another way. The Vet said it was because it was from the excitable stage from the Sedation and it happens with this breed (Labrador) and that our Labrador was more aware of what was happening. She gave us the option of her taking Chewy to the back room and putting an IV in and doing it back there or trying again in the rear paw, which she recommended we try, we went with that and Chewy finally passed in peace. After reflecting back on the experience as well as talking to another Vet from our old home, we came to these conclusions: The initial medication was just a sedative and had no anesthetic (the bill we received does not list the medications given). The screaming pain Chewy felt from the 2nd medication was not from the needle prick, But from the vet missing the vein and accidentally injecting the area with the medication that caused a severe burning sensation (This would be expected and would be the norm if the vein was missed as the medication is very caustic). In the end from what we were told from another vet, all the pain could have been avoided if a simple butterfly IV was used, which is very easy to place and the least painful. It also would have assured the medication would have been directed into the vein. We were told this is the most common practice at least in our old area. For us this was too much of a painful experience and would never bring our other dog to this practice. Please, Please make sure if you have to go through this same procedure, Make sure she uses an IV for your dog’s sake.
  October 08, 2017

  by Kitty Zeniou
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  Our boys love going to the vet! As soon as we ask them if they want to go see their girlfriends they start wagging their tails and running for the truck. The service and care we receive is second to none. I highly recommend this clinic for the wellbeing of your fur baby! They are Diesel and Murphy approved :)
  July 19, 2017

  by sherrie kudla

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