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This review is only for rabies shots. Our dogs werent examined by doctor Kelley. We went there for rabies shots today for our 2 dogs. The clinic was empty and only the doctor was running the clinic. Everything went smooth. HE gave the shots to my two dogs. The minus one star is that he didnt have an assistant or anybody to help him. My husband held the dogs for him, since they were nervous.

Professional, extremely knowledgeable and affordable. I am happy to have found Dr. Kelley he was referred to me by a friend. Before going to Dr Kelley I had surgery scheduled for a hernia on my beagle, I asked Dr Kelley for a second opinion, the first hernia diagnosis was incorrect surgery was not needed. I’m so very thankful and will definitely return to Dr. Kelley for any and all of my pets needs.

I came here for a short time. I brought my cat in to him. He was rude, impatient and I just got a bad vibe from him.
My cat hated going anywhere so he was nervous. I verbally tried soothing my cat, while Dr. Kelly was preparing to examine him. All of a sudden, Dr. Kelly wheels around to face me and snaps at me, «Will you be quiet?! I have a headache.» Rude. Incredibly rude. If this is the «nice side» that you exhibit to your «patient’s parents», how nice are you to my «furchild» in my absence?
A couple of months later, due to an emergency and me not being able to find another Vet in time, I had to leave my cat with him for a week. When I picked up my cat, though Dr. Kelly claimed that «his assistant coddled and brushed him every day», he was completely weird — didn’t act like he even recognized me. He loved being cuddled, but now wouldn’t allow me to even hold him. Then at home he was like a lump and wouldn’t move or respond as he stayed under the bed (he NEVER went under the bed before!). He was traumatized for over a week after bringing him home… causing me to feel horribly guilty. I felt that my cat must have gone through a week of… menace? Torture? I don’t know what?! I don’t know what the heck happened to him while he was there, but I could tell that whatever he endured was not good. I seriously had visions of Dr. Kelly conducting horrible experiments on my cat.
Luckily my baby returned to normal, but I will never go back.
AND DO NOT GET HIM MIXED UP WITH female Dr. Elizabeth Kelly at Jamacha Veterinary Clinic, who is wonderful!

If you love your pets, do not take your pet here. I brought my 1 year old Yorkie to Dr Kelly to have his knee replaced through a surgery he called a medial patella luxation. He explained that he would «deepen his trochlear groove» in the knee cap to prevent my puppy’s knee from falling out of place. After $ 800 and surgery, I sat around waiting for my dog to start usi his knee like Dr Kelly said he would. We returned 3 weeks after to have the stitches removed and he assured me that the surgery had gone perfect and that soon my dog would start putting weight on his leg and using it again. 3 months goes by and he still isn’t walking on it. I stopped by one Friday afternoon to ask Dr Kelly to look at it because I was concerned he wasn’t walking on it. He looked at my dog and sai yep, it fell out of place again and your dog had a traumatic injury that caused it. I know for a fact my dog has not had a traumatic injury. He is 5 pounds old, don’t you think other parts of his little body would have been affected. Dr Kelly told me the only resolution was to perform another surgery for another $ 800 and on top of that handed me a bill for $ 42 for looking at my dog. I wanted him to check his work!
Desperately wanting to fix my puppy, I schedule another surgery. After reflecting on all that had happened over the course of 3 months I decided to take my puppy back to the original vet that I used for his other knee surgery. He had the same surgery performed on his left knee in January by a different vet who successfully corrected my dogs knee. Deciding that he had already had the surgery done correctly the first time, I decided to go back to the first vet. The other vet performed the surgery and proceeded to tell me that Dr Kelly DID NOT EVEN MAKE A GROOVE IN HIS BONE! There was no groove? What did he do? He lied to me, took my money, blamed me and my dog for damage that was never repaired in the first place and expected me to pay another $ 800 to him to fix it!
I trusted Dr Kelly with my 1 year old baby and he took advantage of me. He did not do what he said he was going to do. He made my puppy suffer and when I spoke with him about it, he got nasty with me. Even threatened me that it «was not a good idea to get mad at him». He wrotef that threat in a letter addressed to me.
P, ease if you love you pet, look elsewhere. He will lie, steal and be dishonest with you too. Shame on Dr Kelly!

Good place to take your pet if you need a vet. I’ve been taking my dogs to The Abbey for about 6 years and have become friends with Bud. Always helpful and has helped my dogs very much.

PLEASE read! For the sake of your beloved pet!!!
This is a review on incidents that happened quite a while ago, but Unilocal was not around or not popular at the time, and these incidents still haunt me to this day.
The first few times we started taking our animals to this man, things were fine. These were just normal check ups and shots. We loved his prices– this is why we sought him out.
Over a few days, I notice my cat was walking in circles, leaning her head against walls, was not eating and was lethargic. She was older– around 16. I knew things weren’t good and was probably going to have to put her to sleep. Sadly, I took the cat into the vet with my mom to Dr. Kelly. When we were in the exam room waiting for him, my mom said «put the cat on the scale». (Btw, i was a only 21 or 22 yrs old at the time) As I did, Dr. Kelly walked in the exam room. He then yelled at the top of his lungs «I am the one performing the exams! Get out of my exam room!» I ran out BALLING my eyes out! I couldn’t believe I got yelled at like that, I was already distraught over potentially losing my cat! My cat had to be put to sleep, and I fought with my mom to do it somewhere else, but unfortunately we couldn’t afford much else at the time. So we had to leave her in his dirty hands :(
This next incident happened only about 6 – 7 months later. Our miniature pins her who was about 10 yrs old had developed a small hernia. I begged my mom not to take her to Dr. Kelly. I didn’t trust him at all! But again, finances ruled. I waited in the car while he examined my dog with my mom. The dog needed surgery. So we left her there. I again pleaded and begged my mom for us to look somewhere else. But Dr. Kelly had been fine with my mom. Sadly, later in the afternoon, we got a call from him saying that our dog never woke up from the anesthesia. This was 7 years ago, and I still get upset talking about this. My mom feels horribly guilty that we left our beloved dog in his hands, and she died by his hands. I’ll never know the exact reason she died, but I do know I do not trust him AT ALL and he is extremely unprofessional and BIPOLAR (to say the least).
Lastly, a neighbor friend of ours needed a vet that was affordable. My mom recommended dr. Kelly to him, but we warned him– do NOT trust him, just get your shots there!!! (I said don’t go at all!). Anyway… My neighbor said he was fine and pleasant in the beginning, then he got all bipolar on him one day. He says he’s «nuts».
Please please please, if you love your animals, do NOT trust this man! I don’t know how he keeps his license! I know as an ICU nurse for quite a few years now, looking back, that to save costs, he did things VERY wrong! And to top it off, he’s a bipolar jerk!

Wanted to have our two little dogs groomed but our groomer informed us that their rabies shots had expired and we would have to get them rabies shots before we had them groomed. I called the vet at Petsmart because I thought they would be the chepeast — not! They informed me that the dogs had to have a complete medical exam before they could have the shots at $ 21/​each. It would cost $ 48 for the first dog then a discount for the 2^nd dog which would cost an additional $ 33. My dogs are older dogs and never had health issues so I new they didn’t need a medical exam. I went online to see if I could find a vet who would just give them their rabies shots so I could have them groomed. I found Dr. Kelly at The Abbey Clinic For Pets and gave him a call. No muss, no fuss, just ‘bring them on in’. Filled out two forms in 3 minutes, got the shots (which the dogs apparently did not even feel), paid $ 12, and took them home. It was the most hassle free, cheap visit I and my dogs have ever had at a vet. Thank you Dr. Kelly!

After having gone to this vet for about 4-​months I finally reached my breaking point this morning.
My year and a half old Chocolate labrador had stepped on a thorn or had some soreness in his hind paws. So I took him to Dr. Kelly in hopes that he would alleviate the pain and help it so the dog wouldn’t walk with a tiny limp in his hind legs.
Upon walking into the exam room, Dr. Kelly wants me to have the dog walk around the room some. I have him walk and he comments aloud «Yes I can see that the dog has a tiny limp and he’s favoring that paw.» The dog gets a bit out of my control as he’s nervous and Dr. Kelly has this annoyed look on his face. To which I’m thinking,
«I’m paying for the visit… not sure why you’re annoyed… this is your job.»
We continue and Dr. Kelly eventually wants to put the dog up on the table. This strikes me as odd because he’s the ONLY one in the building. No assistants, no conveyor to help the dog up like other places, and what most struck me as odd was that he refused to look the dog over while the dog was on the ground.
We (myself helping) we get the dog onto the table and the Labrador is now freaking out. Unsure of his surroundings. Finally the nervousness gets the best of the dog and he sprays poop and poop juice all over the shirt of the vet. Obviously this is what happens when you put him in this much of a stressful situation.
Dr. Kelly then leaves the room and I hear from the outside ‚“I obviously can’t examine your dog. Would you like to sedate him?“
This line of action seems highly irregular for me and I’m not comfortable with it. I come to find out from talking with other Veterinarians in the area that you should only sedate during times of surgery. A dog having a hind paw issue isn’t enough to warrant sedation as it can even kill dogs if done unprofessionally.
I tell him ‚“Well you commenting on his limp, can you at least get him some pain medication (aspirin)?”
«No. Sorry I didn’t get to examine him. Nothing more I can do. Good day.»
He just hangs out in the back room being very unresponsive. Unhelpful. More than that is displaying an attitude of that he just wants my dog and I to just go away. Never once did he try to calm my dog while it was nervous. He didn’t display any sort of a caring manner.
Finally I’m at the exit door and I can’t believe all that has transpired. I stand there for a while as I’m in just utter disbelief. I then want to share with him what I thought of his entire unprofessional act.
«You were rude and completely unprofessional,» was what I told him.
«The fact that you’re the only one here and that you wanted me to pick up the 95lb dog and put him on the table because you wouldn’t look at him any other way was just absolutely ridiculous. Then you wanted to sedate him.,» was what I further told him.
I lastly told him that I was done with his office and that I would no longer be returning for any future business.
So in reflection. Please use an entirely different Veterinarian. Your pets will be glad you did.
Other good reviews I’ve read:

My family has been taking our dogs here for years. We are continually impressed with Dr. Kelly’s extensive professional knowledge and the care with which he handles our pets. He is able to pinpoint problems quickly and accurately, minimizing expensive testing and prolonged discomfort of our pets. His rates are extremely affordable, and his services are a great value for the price. Above and beyond his professional expertise, he is always kind, positive, and keeps us laughing with an endless stream of jokes. Dr. Kelly genuinely cares about his patients and their owners, and we will continue to trust him with the care of our pets.