VCA Laurelhurst Animal Hospital

Super helpful, got us in when we had an emergency, and have been very attentive to followup on the condition of our pet after we got home.

As a new customer to Laurelhurst Animal Hospital, I was pleased to discover they are part of the VCA network and I believe I have found the best vet in town. Not only was the staff friendly and attentive upon my arrival, but Dr. Beckley was caring, knowledgeable, and efficiently solved my pet’s problem. Having been to previous vets and after tests, not finding a solution, I am so relieved to find Laurelhurst Animal Hospital!
I found their costs comparable to previous vets.
Several years ago my pup had a seizure in the middle of the night when we were not near a vet. I called VCA at the recommendation of a friend. VCA has an after hours number. At that time I had never even heard of VCA but made the call. The vet spent at least 30 minutes with me on the phone, talking me through what was happening and how to deal with it so that my little pup was comfortable and safe. I am so grateful for that vet and VCA.

VCA Laurelhurst is awesome! I’m visiting from out of town with my cat. In the wee hours of the morning she started showing signs of a UTI. I called Laurelhurst as soon as they opened and they got us in quickly even though we’d never been here before. Within an hour my kitty was on antibiotics, pain meds, and on her way to feeling better. Dr Beckley and the entire staff were wonderful. They were so attentive to both my cat and I. They were very thorough about diagnosing the problem and making sure I knew the ins and outs of the potential treatment options. Thank you all!

Laurelhurst Animal Hospital is AMAZING! They have taken such good care of my dog on a regular basis. When he unexpectedly had a severe allergic reaction to a bee sting and went into anaphylactic shock, they took him right in and saved his life! They carefully tended to him, nursed him back to health and sent us off with a helpful treatment plan. I am forever grateful for their amazing care!!!

Moved to OR about a year ago and went to a couple different veterinarian offices. Came across this office and it reminded me much of my regular and most loved vet office from back home. When it comes to my fur baby I am very particular about who I bring him to. I have since been taking my baby here and he and I love it! They really do care and give the best of treatment. I have no complaints thus far and don’t expect to have any as long as they keep doing what they are doing. The staff at the front desk are also very knowledgable and sweet! Thank you Laurelhurst & staff!

I’m so thankful for the staff at Laurelhurst Vet. My pup wasn’t feeling well and my regular vet couldn’t get him in quickly. Laurelhurst happens to have hours on Saturday and Sunday, which provides a lot of piece of mind.
Dr. Beckley quickly discovered that condition that was causing my dog’s problems and provided a timely solution. I’m so please with how much care she put into taking care of him.
If you’re looking for a new vet, I can’t recommend Laurelhurst enough!

Just be prepared to pay at least double what you would at any other vet. Even in comparison to my highly rated vet in Seattle, the bill from here was double. Service was friendly, however they didn’t offer enough to make the price tag worth it.

Really love Laurelhurst Veterinary Hospital. Everyone who works there is always so nice and attentive.
I have two cats and two dogs and they have both received very good care here. They always call to check up on our little family members after they have been in with an issue. It’s also nice that they are open on Saturdays and until 7pm on weekdays.

Thanks for taking great care of my kitty!
Laurelhurst is a great choice for care for your animal friends! I appreciate the front desk staff, the vet techs and the doctors all the same! Everyone is very friendly and helpful!
I never like having to take my little friend to the vet but I am glad I take her here! They know what’s up and are compassionate folk!

This place is clean, fairly free of animal hair. they were really friendly and happy to explain the process to us. Our dog usually hates going to the vet but somehow he wasn’t traumatized today.

Great staff and very reasonably priced. They are open on Sunday’s which was perfect when the pup got sick on the weekend. Wait times before and after seeing the vet were very quick. I will drive further to continue to take my pets back here.

Dr. Strom is no longer here and every time we start getting used to a new vet they leave. We still love they are open 7 days a week but not sure why vets don’t stick around for long.

I really like this place for multiple reasons. After first going to Bandfield where they misdiagnosed my kitties, I was worried I’d never be able to find a vet with reasonable hours (most bets close at 5 aka the same time ppl feet off work). So I found laurelhurst and they were very sweet to my kitties and figured out what was wrong with them and it wasn’t crazy expensive or surprising. The people are nice and professional and are very good with animals which is the most important at the end of the day!

I can not believe I have given this place so much of my money after shopping around! It’s so frustrating. I paid $ 600 for a dental there a year ago and just found one for $ 200 at Banfield! I have had my doubts about how much Laurelhurst had been charging me for everything and now it is confirmed. Please save yourself some money, do yourself a favor and stop going to vets that make you feel guilty about dropping a wad of cash on your pet that you don’t have. I always left there in a panic because I was spending excessive money that I didn’t have. I know feel relieved that I can afford to keep my dog healthy.
I took a kitten there I had just adopted a few months ago that was sick and they handed me a quote for $ 500 to do all the testing! So I left. I went to another vet who charged me $ 100 for blood work and testing, I then found out the kitten had FIP and I had to put him down. Good thing again I saved myself $ 500 on an animal that did not last a month.
They are greedy and it’s sad. Makes me think that they don’t care about your pets health. Who could afford to at rates like that!

I have had way too many vets in my life. Due to moving a lot, and the fact that many vets are down right horrible. Not so with this vet’s office. Been taking our kitty here for around 5 years now. While they do have a lot of different vets, every one we have seen has been great. Never once felt rushed, and our concerns were always addresses. Plenty of time and attention has been given to us and our baby every time we have taken her in. Due to her health concerns, this has been a lot of visits over the years.
This office has gone above and beyond when ever we have told them we couldn’t really afford the treatment /​visits /​follow ups /​medicine. They have given us discounts, and comped medicine to help when we needed it.
They have always been able to get us in on fairly short notice, and have late hours. Even after moving to the other side of town, we still make the drive to here because that is how much we love them!
They have a clinic cat or three at times. I think they are rescues. All around a great place. Can not recommend them more!

This is the place to call if you have a semi-​emergency and want to avoid the wallet assault of Dove Lewis. I’ve brought two of my three animals to this clinic, and the experience has been informed by who my vet was each time. I’m not sure how up to date their website is, but I’ve always had male vets. During the first experience, I felt pressured to take my cat to Tanasbourne for overnight treatment that lasted several days. They insisted he would need fluid treatments for the rest of his life, but after a few months of doing this he got so fed up he started to hide from us, so we stopped doing it. Two years later he’s doing great, and no fluid treatments. When the cost went from expensive to ridiculously expensive they pushed Care Credit, which is a scam that no one should sign up for, ever. Use of this system for payment tends to sour me on a vet’s office. Read up on it, if you want to learn the many ways they exploit vulnerable people. I did a fundraiser for my cat, and lucky for me I have some very compassionate friends.
The second experience (with cat #2) was much better, in part due to my own communication. I made a point of saying I was financially limited right from the start, so the vet stuck to the essentials. A diagnosis was made, and my cat was completely relaxed the whole time, and the vet was calling him Little Trooper. This second vet seemed to empathize with my emotional rollercoaster a bit better, and had excellent cat mojo. Medication was purchased during the same visit, and I barely needed it. Two days later he was completely fine, and hasn’t had a problem since. Overall, this visit (with medication) cost around $ 200.
Recommended if you have an urgent situation that requires attention that day.

We were happy to find a sensitive, caring, and knowledgeable vet in Portland after some disappointing vet experiences in town. This vet was affordable, too and was not pushy about expensive teeth-​cleaning procedures for our old cats (I’ve complained about this before because it’s getting ridiculous people). Four stars for great customer service and caring nature.
My cat had a mysterious itching issue that seemed like an allergy and after some upsetting test results, we were so worried about this being potentially near the end for him. The Dr. Knox spoke with me over the phone several times to discuss options, explain tests and potential causes, and she worked with me to find affordable options for moving forward. We made a plan and kitty is all better now.

The staff were reasonably cordial, but not so for the vet I saw, Dr. Trioli? Creole? Trina? I didn’t quite catch his name and he’s not listed on their website.
The vet implied over and over again during the visit that I could be doing a better job with my dog. She will be 8 in March, and she has diabetes and chronic pancreatitis. I brought her in because she has been lethargic and slow-​moving and is showing some classic signs that her blood sugar is not low enough, despite the injections I give her twice a day.
I came in teary-​eyed and trembling because, quite frankly, my dogs and I arrived in Portland days ago after driving 2000 miles to escape a dangerous spouse who I have been abused by for 3 years. I am exhausted and overwhelmed and scared. When my sweet dog, who is the only thing that keeps me going sometimes, started acting sick, I panicked and made an appt. I feed her high quality food – Orijen kibble and Stella and Chewie’s raw duck frozen patties – I take her and my other dog on a hike or to the dog park daily, I work from home and spend my days tossing toys for them and rubbing their bellies, and I joined dog lovers meet ups before I even arrived in Oregon.
I have so little left. And despite that, the vet, who was aware of my situation (I told them because it seems relevant that I recently realized my ex beat my dogs sometimes), guilted me because my dog was a couple weeks late on one vaccine and because she needed a dental cleaning (I was previously advised to wait until her diabetes is stabilized), and because who knows what else. He repeatedly told me she’d be doing better with proper care and some stability (!!!) and went so far as to tell me she was diabetic because I let her get chubby (but she doesn’t have that kind of diabetes – her islet cells were damaged by her pancreatitis, and the diabetes CAUSED the weight gain). He used my guilt to completely railroad me into spending $ 200 on blood tests she just had recently and didn’t need again, saying that it would be the responsible/​thorough thing to do. I didn’t know how to say no without seeming like the worst mom in the world, and I just couldn’t handle that. So he gouged me, the recently escaped domestic violence survivor, into barfing up money for something pointless to pad his pockets.
I am disgusted.

We came here when our Vet (Freemont Veterinary Clinic) couldn’t give us a day of appointment when our pup had a bladder infection. We weren’t really in love with Freemont Vet Clinic to begin with.
We had or pup for 1 year at this point and she NEVER had an accident in the house (unless you count eating food that was left on the counters). We called up a bunch of places including our Vet clinic and Laurelhurst Vet Hospital. We had an appointment w/​in the hour assuming we would pay the additional emergency appointment fee which we did. The office on the outside looks a little dingy but the inside is nice. They even have a Keurig coffee maker in the waiting area.
We met with Dr. Suji Abbott who is so kind, gentle and great around our dog. WAY better than the other Dr we had at Freemont. She was practically afraid of dogs! Dr. Abbott actually seemed like she legitimately cared about our pup and not just cared from a Dr. to patient kinda way. Anyway, every since then, we’ve never looked back. I doubt we’ll go anywhere else any time soon.

My faith in this place has been decreasing steadily. I took my old cat in recently and they predicted she had thyroid problems, and after expensive blood tests, it turned out that she did. So, she was prescribed a med to address the issue.
My frustration started when I went to pick up the med that night. I was assured that the med would be ready by 4pm but when I showed up at 5:30pm they told me it wouldn’t be ready til the next day. Since I had gone out of my way to pick it up (I live across town from them) so that I could get it started right away with my cat, this was frustrating.
The next day came and after calling, I was told that it still wouldn’t be ready til the following day. And, luckily it was.
I wouldn’t have decreased my review just for that, but the issue I am currently dealing with is leading me to. Since I live across town from the vet, I called on Monday to confirm that when I bring her in for her follow up appt on Saturday that her 30 days of meds will be ready. They assured me they would be ready «within a few hours» and therefore would definitely be ready on Saturday. I then received a message on Tuesday saying that they wouldn’t be able to refill the meds until I had a follow up appt scheduled, so I called to remind them that I did have an appt scheduled (why was I having to remind them of that?) and the front desk person assured me he would track down someone and call me back later in the day.
Enter Wednesday, and I had still not heard back. When I called again to follow up, I was told the same thing, and that she would call me back «in about an hour». Five hrs later, and no call back.
I am confused by why this is so difficult for them. The vet had told me I could pick up meds at her follow up appt, but now it sounds like this can’t happen? But no one can tell me why? Or return a call within the time frame they give me? I am very disappointed. And now, because of Thanksgiving, I am not sure if I will be able to get this worked out before her appt this weekend. *Update: I did finally receive a call back at approx 3pm on Wed (after I made the initial call around midday Tues and was assured they would call me back that day) saying the meds will be ready. We will see.