Western Veterinary Hospital

The place was negligent in caring for my dog, and the worst thing is they covered it up. In short, they gave him anesthesia I warned them he was sensitive to, he had a seizure, and they never told me. I only found out when my new vet requested his file and read about the incident.
I have a rare breed of dog, which granted, vets are not familiar with. I told the vet that my dog’s breed was notoriously sensitive to anesthesia. The vet said that he had never heard of this in the breed, so he didn’t think it was an issue. I spoke with another vet about it, she said that when my dog was put under for teeth cleaning that they would do it slowly so that there would be just enough to get him under but not enough to reach dangerous levels.
My dog spent the day getting his teeth cleaned. When I was finally called to pick him up, he was way more woozy than he should have been. He was stumbling, couldn’t focus, and just really out of it. I asked if I should stay home with him the following day and they said I could go to work. For the rest of the night, at this point over 12 hours since the initial anesthesia, he was completely out of it and lacked balance.
I come home from work the next day and there was diarrhea everywhere. I called the vet to ask if I needed to bring him in. I was told that no, dogs do this sort of thing sometimes. My dog gets better, and he is fine. I continue taking him to the vet for the remainder of my time in Oklahoma since he liked the vets, they were great about squeezing me in for emergencies, and I thought they were doing a good job.
I finally found out what really happened when I moved out of state and in my intake appointment my new vet asked about past surgeries. I told him that he seemed to have a stomach issue due to one kind of anesthesia used by Western Vet, so he said that I could request the file from them so he would know what to avoid. I call Western and ask for my file, after looking me up they will not send it to me, and instead say that my vet has to be the one to request it.
My vet requested the file and read that during my dog’s dental cleaning, the anesthesia had caused him to have a seizure. They never told me! I understand not wanting to alarm someone, but I want to know if my dog has a seizure so that I can watch him extra closely for the following days and know what to look for. This is not something extraordinary. I suppose they had a note that I had told them I was concerned about anesthesia, so this is why they covered it up. But seriously, this was entirely unprofessional and put my dog in danger. What if I had an emergency and had to take him to another vet that didn’t know that he had seizures on certain drugs? Thank goodness I finally have a competent vet who let me know what had really happened.

I can never say enough wonderful things about this vet. Sure, it’s small and a little out-​of-​date in the décor department but the people are kind, they know what they’re doing and they know college students have a limited budget when it comes to everything, even their pets.
I payed less than $ 100 for my male cat to be neutered and I about kissed the receptionist when I found out my kitten’s shots were $ 20 something!
Western Vet was our vet when we lived in Stillwater and would be still if we were there now.