Fond du Lac Veterinary Clinic

My family has always brought our dogs here for medical. I have never been impressed with the level of service, knowledge of the staff, condition of the office or patient care. If you look at other veterinarian websites their services are clearly outlined with the concept of Preventative Services being the foundation. The website for this company does not even mention it and I don’t think when I bring my pets in they get a thorough check up under the medical goal of Preventative Services. They used a cheap template and didn’t bother to proofread it for example if you click on services you will find that Euthanasia is listed twice. Several times issues have been over looked and I have had to come back or go elsewhere to have it resolved. Simple things like checking the mouth for plaque buildup. Unfortunately they overlooked testicular cancer for an entire year where the testical was 3 times the size of the other testicle. Caused my dog sever pain for over a year. Based on the size and behavior I knew something was wrong when I came back for a visit and had to tell them to resolve the issue. Fortunately or as they claim the tumor was benign. Unfortunately, they didn’t bother to consider cancer in other parts of the body. They did not use ultrasound or MRI or CT or blood test to rule out other cancers, early detection, and «preventative services». Sadly about 7 months later he started to have seizures. Again they took the easy way out… he’s old it happens here are some anti seizure meds… have a good day! 3 months later the drugs were no longer effective because the size of the mass was to large. Had they provided proper medical oversight an MRI/​CT/​Ultrasound or searching for cancer could have helped to develop a care plan to include surgery, Radiation, Chemo, IMT/​SRT, Targeted Therapy, Tumor Treating Fields, etc… not even suggested. It would have helped to eliminate or slow the growth of the mass extending the life of my pet an alleviating pain. Tragically he died after a 15 hour period of seizing that started late at night followed by heavy sedation when we got him into the clinic. They didn’t even give him an IV or oxygen after we brought him or send him home with an IV or oxygen for basic life support.
What I don’t understand about the exams is they don’t document heart rate, pulse ox, check testicals like on humans. And what is most disappointing about the situation is that had they alerted us to the potential for cancer through blood tests, x-​rays, or simply explaining that epilepsy is a condition and not a cause it would have lead me to discover there is a clinical trial in process at the University of Minnesota for Canine Brain Tumor removal.
… its not tragic that old dogs die… its tragic that no one feels they deserve advanced medical care.