Oak Country Veterinary Services

Dr. Aarons has been treating our family pets for decades and has not lost that old fashioned, «any time, day or night, I am here to help your little buddy» mindset. Thank you Dr. Aarons!

Came here last Sunday for a dental cleaning on my mini dachshund. I was very impressed with Dr Aaron who met us at the door with his amazing nurse. They took great care of my prince Romeo and explained the procedure and exam before surgery. They were friendly and personable and made me feel at ease knowing he was in good hands !! I have to say his teeth and breath smell amazing now !! We will for sure be back soon for his checkups !! Prices were good and the place was very clean and the plus is they r open on weekends too!

Everyone there was very nice, however, i think the Dr. Is somewhat strange and i didn’t feel comfortable allowing him to operate on my beloved dog. He was fine enough for shots, but not surgery. Hes an odd bird…

Dr. Aarons is amazing.
I was originally referred to him by 4 different friends of mine, all of whom are avid animal lovers. Two are dog breeders and all are very particular about their animals’ care. After reading the one not-​so-​glowing revue on Unilocal I was concerned, so I double checked with my friends and as a result felt reassured.
I started with Dr. Aarons in sort of a meet and greet setting, where I introduced him to my male dog and just picked his brain. He came across as very upfront (which can offend some people) and forthright. It was soon obvious that Dr. Aarons has a strong Type «A» personality and an even stronger knowledge and love of animals.
In a short time I felt comfortable enough with the Dr. that I asked him to take a look at my dog. He checked him out from head to toe and said that he seemed to be in very good shape, with the exception of a small rectal polyp. He told me that it is not life threatening but is probably uncomfortable for my dog. I asked if he would remove it, he said yes, and we scheduled an appointment.
I just returned home from the «procedure» and I am thrilled. Dr. Aarons could not have been more professional (while still being personable and caring) and the operation went perfectly.
I would highly recommend Dr. Aarons to all pet owners that sincerely care about their pets.

This is a review of Dr. Aarons only as he was good enough to see to our dog at his home after hours so I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting his staff. When a deer startled and kicked my Border Collie in the chest leaving a nasty gaping wound I knew it needed sutures, my neighbor gave me the referral to Dr. Aarons who treats her dogs and equine as we had recently moved to the north county. Dr. Aarons was amazing! Not only did he do an amazing job on the sutures but he made time for a new patient after hours. He is a pragmatic Dr. who will tell you in a very straight forward manner what he advises, but I appreciate that sort of communication. I feel like his fees are in line with the standards for most vets in the area and he certainly doesn’t price gouge at all.

Recently, a feral cat came to live in my backyard. I didn’t think much about it at the time as the cat has been very friendly and came and went as it pleases. One day the cat gave birth to two kittens that died not long after. Alarmed, I called Dr. Aarons and he was able to schedule an appointment for the cat that worked around my busy schedule. When I went to his office, I was greeted by him and his assistant, and we went into the back to take a look at the cat.
During the check up, It was quite clear Dr. Aarons took his job seriously. He made sure of the safety of everyone there in case the feral cat decided it didn’t want to play along anymore. Sure enough halfway through the check up the cat became rather upset and it tried to attack Dr. Aarons; He was able to keep a hold of the cat without hurting it, and the check up proceeded.
Through the entire process Dr. Aarons did not sugar coat anything and consulted with me before moving forward with any testings or treatment. When it came to recommending certain treatments, he made sure I understood and saw why he was recommending it. This is something I greatly appreciate as I am concerned with any doctor doing things that may be unnecessary.
I had no complaints and no negative experience here. I will be doing a follow up appointment with Dr. Aarons in about two weeks to see how the cat is progressing and continue treatment. I will post a follow up.

I recently adopted a 7 year old cat. A few months after having her, I noticed something wrong with both of her front paws. I took her to my normal vet, he diagnosed her with a botched declaw job. The poor cat had been declawed as a kitten and the vet left behind some of those cells that regrew new claws and were now breaking the skin to grow out.
I called the previous owner who told me Dr. Aarons preformed the first declaw job. I then contacted his office and made arrangements to bring her back there.
The day of surgery, when I came to pick my cat up from her second declaw job, the office gave me absolutely no at home care or talk about what to expect and do. The doctor was already gone and therefore not available for questions. I was instructed to come back the next morning for the cats pain killer prescription and could talk to the doctor about my questions at that time.
*Questions I felt should have been answered at or before pick up were:
— how long will she be drugged up
— how long do the wrappings stay on
— how long does the cone stay on
— what kind of at home care should I expect in terms of medicine
— does she need a follow up appointment
The first few hours I had her home, she was VERY drugged up laying on the couch beside me. As still as a dead animal. At one point I went to the rest room and she had managed to kick the bandages off and I saw the open wounds. They were horrific. This was about 9pm and I called the vets office. It rang the doctors home line, which I was grateful that he picked up. He rudely assured me that everything was fine and to bring the cat back in the morning. He seemed miffed that I had called.
Later that night, I noticed she had gone into her little box, which I set up next to her. There was now tiny bits of litter stuck in her wounds. :(
The next morning I took the cat in at opening time. I left this appointment in tears!
— Right in front of me, the doctor called my cat a little B*tch because she was too scared to come out of her carrier.
— The doctor complained to the nurse that I called him the night before and made him miss 10 minutes of his show and asked her what happened in the show… again, this was RIGHT in front of me.
— I had to ask him and the nurse to clean the cats paws three different times from the litter because each time they did it, it was sloppy and spots were missed.
— He refused to re-​wrap her paws because he said «she is just going to kick them off again». He then said «that’s what she did last time too!» Well, that would have been helpful information for me to know ahead of time!
***No one even told me before that I needed to buy special litter to prevent her paws getting dirty!
All in all, the doctor showed absolutely no compassion during this appointment.
I was absolutely not going to bring her back into his after the way Dr. Aaron handled the cat and the situation.
I had a few follow up appointments with my one doctor in which he prescribed extra antibiotics because the paws were not healing well. He also said the incision on one of the paws was excessive. Also, her paws did finally heal but due to the larger than necessary incision, they do not look normal.
I would NOT recommend this vet.

James E. Aarons is the DVM. We have used this office to remove some tumors on Buddy two years ago, Spay our cat and now sadly help us as we had to make the sad decision to put our eleven year old loyal friend Buddy out of his misery.
It all happened quite fast. One day our dog was surfing counters and the next day he was leaving half his food. .
By the time we figured out that Buddy was sick he tested positive for Diabetes and then before we had time to decide what would come next, the blood test results came back from their in –house lab showing that all his major organs were shutting down.
In our life, we had been fortunate enough to never had to have made the adult decision about an animal in that way. It was heart breaking and since it was my daughter’s dog and she was over 3 hours away, we had to bring her into the decision and it was not a quick decision. We definitely did not go to the vet’s thinking that we would be leaving without him. But Dr. Aarons was very patient as well as his assistant. If we had decided to try to keep him going for as long as possible, he was willing to teach us how to use insulin but he was clear about making sure that we knew that it was just a matter of time. He also was very compassionate about the alternative decision and supportive of whatever we decided.
We did not feel rushed and we were in agony wondering if we should wait for my daughter. In the end we decided to get it over with. Buddy had started throwing up and he was only going to get sicker & I did not want my daughter driving in such a distraught and panicked state. And so though we lost our dog, I have to say that we were made to feel very comfortable and not judged. Buddy was given medicine that put him to sleep before he was actually put to sleep. We stayed until he was asleep. I whispered Brookie loves you as he licked my tears because I promised my daughter I would say her name to him.
I feel if Buddy had been younger and had any hope that they would have encouraged us and given us hope. Their office is like a little country office and definitely off of the beaten path. It is not pristeen and fancy but maybe that is why it does not gouge you or find extra things to charge you for. You get what you pay for. It cost us $ 360.00 & would have just cost $ 70 without the tests, if we had gone in knowing that we just needed to put him to sleep. So they are not ‘cheap’ but they are fair and do not gouge. It was a sucky experience all the way around but the Dr. and assistant were great and treated Buddy with love and respect and that’s what counts!