Animal Dermatology Referral Clinic

Both of my dachshunds have allergy issues. I wish we had started with this clinic before trying numerous vets. The staff and doctors are very helpful. My dogs allergies are under control and I feel like a more educated dog owner.

my personal experience is not that great, I took my GSD there as he has skin allergy «itching» issues, I went through all things (allergy tests, medication, serum injections, special shampoo… etc) and after almost two years of money wasting process; they advised me to give him to antihistamine. ha???
the people working there are nice but the entire thing was a huge waste of money .(trust me, its not cheap doing anything in this clinic).
if your dog is having some allergy and the antihistamine is not working (try different brands) and if it didn’t work then your normal vet can give you other solutoins… for me, my dog was happy with apoquel … its new and hasn’t been tested (crossing my fingers) for a long period but so far I’m a happy dog owner .
hope this helps.

Dr. Liska and her staff are compassionate, kind, highly professional and were able to instill a sense of confidence in us that we needed very much at this stage of our pet’s health crisis.
My dog had a rash all over her legs and under belly that was bleeding and causing painful skin swelling and hair loss. We had been unsuccessful in controlling it with just our vet alone.
The Flower Mound Humane Society with the help of the Flower Fund referred us to Dr. Liska who was able to immediately diagnose our dog and begin a treatment plan that a week later has shown significant improvement in our dog. Dr. Liska was able to explain the cycle of allergies, what was happening now and why and what would happen next in the cycle of a pet with allergies.
Dr Liska is located in a pet medical specialty building that includes a pet internal medicine specialist, a pet rehab (think water therapy for pets after knee surgery) and an ophthalmologist. She and her staff are able to immediately draw upon these additional resources to care for your pet should that be necessary.
Immediately upon meeting Dr. Liska you realize that you are in the right hands for your pet’s allergy and skin needs. Dr Liska works in conjunction with your vet so don’t hesitate to engage her. We highly recommend her.

I know how ridiculous it sounds to need a vet specialist for those people who don’t have pets and I used to be one of those people.
Dr. Liska, my primary vet I see at ADRC, is absolutely fantastic. She has always been very thorough, attentive, and sweet, with me and my dog. She communicates well with my other vet and the place I board my dog for daycare/​travel with each appt update and any changes. Their staff are also very nice, accommodating, and easy to work with. Typical 8 – 5 office hours and will answer any questions if I can’t drop in quickly since its pretty far from where I live and work.
I’ve had the dog for 3 ½ yrs and never really gone to the vet much except for routine vaccines and stuff until April 2012. My dog developed some allergies like red eyes, pink skin, chewing on her paws and licking/​scratching until they bleed over the last 9 months that got progressively worse and eventually grew into full hives, anaphylaxis with welps the size of tennis balls all over her. So my primary vet referred me to ARDC to get allergy testing in May and they found it was grasses, trees, the bacteria on her own skin… seriously: she is allergic yo her own skin!
Our first appt was for the exam by the dermatologist and allergy testing which was about 1 hr to get it all done. That same day we were able to leave knowing what she was allergic to and with allergy serum in hand to start doing allergy shots. It’s not cheap but its worth it. Trust me. It was $ 400 for the testing and shots first visit and then I’ve been back once to follow up and it was another $ 350 or so for the next 6 months. The shots and other stuff Dr. Liska recommended are working! No hives or allergies in almost a year. I’m so very grateful and pleased with her and the ARDC staff.

Yes, Animals have dermatologists too… sheesh. Apparently they have specialists for everything just like us.
Soo…everyone knows that having a dog is like having a child, you love that animal more than anything and when you see that your dog is in pain you want to do something about it and fast.
My wookie monster has had a skin issue since he was a wee pup. He has already been on antibiotics, special shampoo’s…everything. I mean it was getting better, but my man needed something stronger, plus it seems to be real bad in the spring/​summer months. That’s when our Vet recommended the Dr’s at ADRC and said that they will be able to calm his skin better than he was.
They were so nice and quick to schedule me in, I had to fill out some forms (which I printed online) and brought them in to speed up check in process. I only waited about 5 minutes and then they brought us to a back room. Dr. Dana Liska came in shortly after and absolutely fawned over my dog for about 5 min. That’s one thing I look at in a vet, is if they can «hang» with my 100 lb beast. She could. So far so good.
She asked me tons of questions, I asked her tons of questions. She ran a few tests, brought out a little flow chart of issues and then determined that all he needed was a stronger med shampoo and bathed more often. She did want to run some $$$ allergy tests, but told me that it was not necessary at the specific time and if this was her dog she would wait. Man, she just saved me $ 850. Honesty. That is ALL I can ask for in a Dr. I even told her that, she laughed and said «Well these tests are expensive and I feel we should wait and see if it gets worse, it’s probably seasonal and if it does get worse, we’ll go from there.» Then she told me liked my hair. Sweet.
Things are going well, the new shampoo is amazeballs, my dog is soft and oh so clean! He’s not itching as much and the bumps on his poor back have receded immensely. I can’t believe all he needed was just stronger shampoo and bathed more frequently. I was also afraid this bill was going to ginormous, but it wasn’t! Actually this visit cost less than most of my reg vet visits. YAY!
They have two locations, one on Trinity Mills and another off of W Hwy 114.
If your animal has a skin problem, take them here. They are so nice and obviously have a love for your pet.