Brizgys Anthony E DVM

I’ve taken my sweet Bichon Frise to some of the most famous vets to try and clear up her horrible skin infections/​allergies. She’s been put on every antibiotic, sedative, liquid, powder, shampoo, spray, and pill. It’s been 6 YEARS and literally THOUSANDS of dollars — all to watch her be prodded and poked and injected to no avail.
She had pulled out all of the hair on her legs and would scratch and bite herself until my carpet was covered in her blood.
She had every test in the book and nothing worked. I was feeling so helpless when I found my way to McKillip.
The knowledgeable and warm staff instantly put me at ease.
I could feel that this experience was something different. When we were finally led to the back to meet Dr. Brizgys, my baby stopped panting and shaking, and drooling (first time that’s ever happened in a vet’s office).
She just relaxed in Dr. Brizgys’ hands.
He patiently listened to my long saga of endless diagnoses and all that me and my baby had been through. He then skillfully (and gently) examined my girl and gave me his opinion.
He’d found a new drug on the market that he thought might help her without side effects.
And…it actually WORKED!
It’s been several years now and all of her hair has grown in, she’s stopped tearing at herself and she actually looks Forward to going to McKillip!
Every time we walk by, she pulls me to try and go in. It’s unbelievable.
I can’t thank the staff (and especially «Dr.B») for changing our lives.

I have an 8 year old chihuahua who had dug at the gate that keeps her in the kitchen when we’re out (there was thunderstorm and she had gotten frightened) and he paws got cut up from it. I was worried about infection, so I took her to McKillip where my boyfriend had taken her recently due to finding a bump on her head (it’s a little old lady wart, nothing serious.) He had said the female doctor they’d seen was very helpful and listened to him carefully. Imagine my disappointment when I went and encountered Dr. Brizgys instead. He seems to have an attitude that he’s been a vet for so long that he knows everything without investigating and whatever background information I had to give was of no importance. I merely wanted him to examine her feet and tell me if we needed antibiotics, etc, but he told me that my 7 lbs dog needed to immediately be put on Prozac because she was «goofy». I thank him for his opinion but told him I wasn’t interested. He insisted over and over again, told me he had given Prozac to a number of «goofy» dogs and now they were very calm. (My dog is exceedingly calm already, and was sitting there more patiently than I.) He also told me several times that Prozac had «absolutely no side effects», to which I commented that I found that strange considering it had many side effects in humans. He countered that of course it had side effects, but it had no side effects. WTH? After 15 minutes of this he STILL hadn’t looked at her feet, and then he REFUSED to hold her out of fear of getting bitten. She was so docile that she was half asleep, this was ridiculous. Eventually, he GRABBED HER BY THE THROAT and glanced at her foot before telling me again to give her PROZAC. When I finally demanded to see someone else to know what to do about her feet he tried to PICK HER UP BY THE THROAT and when I stopped him he called an assistant who picked her up like a normal human being and seemed to have, you know, met a dog before in her life. The assistant handled things from then and gave her an antibiotic shot and we got a prescription for steroids. (?) for a cut foot. The whole thing cost a fortune compared to our last visit with the other doctor and I am still angry. I told the administrative staff that if we ever came again it would be under the strict stipulation that we saw the other doctor. I feel that Dr. Brizgys’s attitude and manner are not only unpleasant, but downright DANGEROUS to animals and I will never ever subject my pets to him again.