Lakewood Animal Health Center

I moved to a new area and was trying to find a kind vet for my older dog. The vet cinched my elderly dogs front leg leg to the table as tight as a tourniquet I use to draw blood on people! They were unnecessarily rough with him and he has been limping since the encounter last week. I had to take him to a kind and caring vet where they prescribed him an anti-inflammatory for 5 days due to him limping and the swelling to his front left leg. After I stopped the physical abuse the vet had the audacity to say, "Maybe you should go back to your old vet". I have NEVER experienced such hostility and roughness at ANY vets office besides this one. I will NOT be returning and warn anyone to be physically present and mindful of how they are handling your animals.

We started taking our dogs to Lakewood Animal Hospital about 3 years ago because of our groomer there, Julie Schroeder. Julie does a great job with our dogs. Since they were becoming "seniors" I wanted to start having them evaluated& treated more proactively & with more attention than they’d been receiving at our previous vet who was much more inexpensive but also did a high volume and not much preventative care. Dr Sarah Golladay has seen them ever since & we so appreciate her expertise & compassionate treatment. She worked hard to diagnose & effectively treat our ShiTzu mix Pancho for a chronic GI condition & was so compassionate at the end of his life in October. She’s treated our Boston Terrier mix Sophie for cancer & a chronic eye condition & referred us to a wonderful eye specialist. She saved Sophie’s life & our Dachshund Nate’s life this summer after they ingested a toxic substance. She’s called on weekends & after hours to check on them and give test results. She’s so thorough and caring. They’re definitely not the cheapest place to go but they’ve always given me an accurate estimate of charges and given me the option to choose what to do. And the techs and office staff are wonderful!

Absolutely the best veterinarians and staff!!! Everyone there is all about taking the best possible care of your pet! We have taken our dogs here for years and have seen all the veterinarians. Each one is knowledgeable and caring. Both our dogs have had simple check up visits, surgery, and everything in between and for every visit, no matter the situation, they take excellent care of us all. Dr. Eyler and the staff took our dachshund off the surgery table and to the shelter room with them when a tornado came close by and sirens were going off. Again, I highly recommend them and appreciate the veterinarians and all of the staff!!

I was referred there by a family member and their referral did not disappoint! They were nice all the way from the first phone call to end of my visit!! The staff was super friendly and the Doctor was so sweet! Highly recommend!

After a day of surgery, Dr. Stelzer carried our fur baby around for 30 minutes after she was waking up from her teeth cleaning. How sweet and caring! All of the staff have been amazing, including their grooming service.

That task such great care of my little Yorkie. He has seizures and I've been through 3 other vets before I found Lakewood and they really helped me understand and tried different meds to help control the seizures. 10 out of 10

Dr. Eyler is amazing! We are so grateful for her and all of the wonderful team at Lakewood Animal!