Best Vet

Here's some info worth reading.  I know everyone out there is hurting for cash.  So here's a tip for the best vet I have met who also happens to be the cheapest.  Pacifica Pet Hospital where Dr. Hurlbut and Dr. Randall are simply the best around.  This is vet care like you always wanted it to be.  Practical solutions without a bunch of unnecessary and expensive tests.  Best of all they don't push products.  I find that aspect in vet offices to be cheesy.  I was at an unnamed vet recently and saw a man pay $85! for a bag of "prescription" food which I found not only to be outrageously overpriced but a huge waste of money.  I do think special food has it's place.  I cook rice and boiled chicken when my dogs have GI upset, but most of that Rx stuff is crap in my humble opinion.  Don't even get me started on Iams.  Back to PPH...see I cannot stop ranting even when I try! 

These folks are a small office that is always busy.  The folks at the front desk are very nice and polite.  More importantly, Dr. Hurlbut who owns the practice and Dr. Randall do loads and loads of incredibly discounted work for the many rescues. I do mean many.  I have a litter of newborns just now through Pound Puppy Rescue.  They came in sick from a shelter and 3 died within a week.  Dr. Hurlbut saw us without and appt on a Sunday (yes they are open 7 days/week) and saw all 6 pups and the mama plus one other rescue.  This was no cursory appt.  They all needed to be wormed and hydrated with subQ fluids, in addition to an exam.  I was sent home with a bag full of fluids and needles.  Can you even imagine what this would have cost at the ER vet?  $127.  That's what the rescue was charged.  We were there 2 hours and then I found out Dr. Hurlbut had been up for 48 hours working.  I also learned some time ago that he goes down to Mexico for 2 weeks every year to do a mass spay/neuter blitz gratis.  I'm telling you these guys are great.