Creature Comfort Veterinary Center

I can’t say enough good things about Creature Comforts. We first took our fur-​baby to them after he had gotten into the trash and eaten some corncobs… After a couple of days of monitoring him I decided that he just wasn’t acting right & needed to see a vet. I called and they got us right in even though it was already after 4pm that day. After an exam and x-​rays the vet advised surgery on him to remove the nastiness that was lodged in his tummy and immediately got him prepped for it. He made it through the procedure. The level of care he received while there was amazing. Everyone there seemed to fall in love with him and I was in no way worried about having to leave him there for a couple of days. They were incredibly supportive during my time of emotional distress and encouraged me to visit, which I did every day he was there.
Since then I have taken him to one other place in the area for some routine stuff and was incredibly disappointed with the customer service and level of care we received. We will not be going back, and I will happily drive by a handful of vet clinics as I would rather drive the 30 minutes to Creature Comfort.
And for the record my father is a veterinarian (lives several states away unfortunately) and I hold my vets to pretty high standards after having literally grown up in a vet clinic. This place is great.

this place was under construction when i visited a month ago. the people here are very friendly. two cats roam the vet office, both friendly. you’ll find at least one sleeping on the counter. love it.
the vet was very knowledgeable and caring. i would recommend this place despite that it’s still under construction.

I started going here after learning that my dog had a mass in her abdomen one day and being told by Tender Care that they wanted to «open her up tomorrow» and euthanize her if it was something they couldn’t resect. I started crying and the vet didn’t even pretend to understand why what he said might have been upsetting.
I went to Creature Comfort the next day for a second opinion and Dr. VanderGaast was great. She was understanding and very kind to my dog. She repeated the abdominal series on my dog and gave me the option of taking her to the Veterinary Specialty Center in CR for an ultrasound to locate the tumor. I had to euthanize my dog a week later because her entire spleen was tumor and the cancer had metastasized, but in that intervening week Dr. VanderGaast was wonderful. She even gave me her home number in order to contact her after-​hours in case my dog went downhill quickly. She was incredibly kind (both to me and my beloved dog) when I abruptly had to bring in my dog and euthanize her.
Since then I’ve adopted another dog and I bring him to Dr. VanderGaast for all of his care. She’s always reassuring, incredibly competent, and just an all-​around great vet. I trust her judgement. She and one of the staff even made a housecall the day I shattered my wrist this past winter and came to pick up both my dog and my sister’s dog whom I was «babysitting» because I couldn’t care for them as I needed to have my wrist surgically put back together the next day.
I’d recommend Creature Comfort to anyone without any reservations (and certainly have by word-​of-​mouth).

Two words; weird people.