Portage Animal Hospital

Started using portage animal hospital when doc lohman was there, he was the best, then he sold the business. They fired the receptionist who had been there for many years, that sucked. Our 13 year old lab had cancer, they made my husband feel horrible for NOT electing to do a treatment option that would have prolonged his life by only a couple of months (750 to 1000 bucks). I brought in my newly adopted dog, I pointed out that his ear had brown discharge, they used the ear scope thing and said that it looked good. A year later, I decided to use a differant vet for his teeth cleaning, the vet looked into his ear with the scope and told me that he had a ruptured ear drum and a raging yeast infection. My dog suffered at the hands of these incompitant vets. 2 thumbs down and a not smiley face for this place. I recommend lakeview vet on portage rd.

We have been using the Portage Animal Hospital for the past six years (1^st for our cat and then for our dog starting last year). The staff is very friendly and caring. We’ve even boarded our dog there twice and felt secure in knowing that they cared for her like their own. I’ve always thought that they were proactive in treatment. I trust them completely with two very important members of our family!

I would NOT recommend this Veterinarian.
Our regular Vet was on vacation and we were referred to Portage Animal Hospital. Our cat Taylor had redness and discharge in her right eye that had started the night before. Portage Animal Hospital performed tests and diagnosed that it was an Upper Respiratory Infection (URI). We were given antibiotics and scheduled for a follow up appointment three days later.
We gave Taylor the medications as prescribed and her eye did not get any better. We went in for the follow up appointment and told the Vet that she wasn’t getting any better. The Vet did another stain of her eye and then prescribed a different anti-​biotic. They scheduled us for yet another follow-​up visit later that week. Three days went by and she still wasn’t getting any better. In fact, the infection had spread to her left eye.
At this point I was quite concerned and decided to do some research of my own. I looked online and found that one of the primary symptoms of URIs is sneezing. At both visits Portage Animal Hospital had asked if Taylor had been sneezing and we had said no. In fact she had not sneezed once since the symptoms started. Additional Googling of Taylor’s symptoms showed that she likely had FHV-​1 (Feline Herpes Virus). I should note that I have no medical expertise whatsoever.
I contacted our regular vet, Lakeview Animal Hospital and made an appointment for that day. At the appointment I made no mention of any research I had done and within a few minutes they diagnosed Taylor with FHV-​1. We received different medication specifically for the treatment of FHV-​1. Within a few days the redness and discharge in her left eye had cleared up. The discharge in her right eye took about two weeks to clear up; however, five months later she still has redness in her right eye.
Portage Animal Hospital ignored the symptoms that Taylor was having and misdiagnosed her resulting in an additional week of her eye not being properly treated and the virus spreading to her left eye. I believe that this additional week was enough time for the virus to do significant damage to her right eye that has resulted in her eye still not being fully healed.