Stanton Pet Hospital

I will never take a animal there again they only worry about money and the doctor is cold and not compasinate. I could write a big letter about how my dog was put aside even though they new they were getting there money she just didn’t care and put my dog through a bunch of test and days later she said she might do the surgery in the mean time my dog was suffering and started having siezures which made him start crying and he cryed for hours on end. We decided to take him and put him to sleep some where else because we didn’t want this doctor to do it. Even though it was paid for already by the spca. My grandson took him to a nice place and he passed so peacefully. Theres something wrong at this place think twice about takeing your pet there.

HORRIBLE I AM FERIOUS!!! Not only did i have to come back to hold my dog because they were incapable of doing their job. My dog had a 9:30 appointment, i had dropped him off at 10. I was there for about an hour. About an hour and a half later after i had left i was called back before their lunch break to hold my dog because he was scared and they thought he was being hostile. And then they left for lunch and never called me when he got out of surgery like i had asked. I had called before 6 cerious as to whats going on with my dog. The lady asked «nobody called you?» and told me he just got out of surgery around 4. I was pissed. Im still very pissed especially since it took about them about an hour to get my dog back and when i had got him back i was half way home when he was calming down, that i found that he has a raw red spot on the tip of his nose the size of a knickle. I left my dog in their care and he came home with a wound and is now skitish around my boyfriend whom he loves very much. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY DOG WHILE HE WAS THERE!?! Not only this but while i was waiting for my dog i witnessed way to much bad things going on. The staff were conplete idiots makes me question if they went to school. I filed a complaint with ocspca for endangering and scarring my dog for life! If you dont mind any of the things i have said than go ahead and take your dog. (animal abuse)

The treatment our injured chihuahua received from Dr. Kavanagh and her dedicated staff has been by far the best care imaginable! After our pet was severely injured we desperately looked for help, that’s when the OCSPCA referred us to the Stanton Pet Hospital. Their wonderful staff helped us through every step of the way, doing everything possible to help our pet recover. This was such a relief for our family. Our pet, who we thought was paralyzed, is now showing tremendous improvement after all their care. We can’t thank the Dr. & staff enough!

Thanks you guys are awesome. Very helpful. Keep up the great work Dr. K we thank you.

This place is excellent took my beloved lil mini pincher here and they were very respectful to me and him, we have to put him down and they were very helpful
Thanks to everyone at this place

Took my kitty in to get neutered and the staff was very honest and helpful. Took time in answering all my questions. Didn’t make me feel rushed. I will definitely be using this vet from now on.

I called last week which would be the last week in December 2015 i inquired about bringing my dog in there for an appt, The receptionist told me the Dr was in surgery took my name and my phone number and my pets name and assured me she would call me back,
Ts been over a week i have not received a phone call back,
I will not ever call this hospital again,

This is such a wonderful place. The doctor was so great, very compassionate and informative. Our regular vets office changed their building, staff and prices to the point that we could not afford to go there any longer. A friend recommended Stanton Pet Hospital so we called. This doctor told us that our baby girl cat should have been on medication to avoid the condition for which we brought her in. Our former vet never told us about the need for ongoing medication for her condition, I was shocked! So glad this veterinarian was so informative. The staff is wonderful as well, very sweet and helpful. I would recommend this office to anyone looking for a place to take their furry family members for excellent care. The prices for care here seem to be at least one third less then other vet places. So they care for the fur less as well as the furry! Thank you for all your love and care Stanton Pet Hospital!!!

Close to my house. friendly staff. Not too expensive.. Nice and clean. they also do boarding at Ata really good price. Haven’t done that yet. might try it out for a long weekend.. Louis has also got got his teeth cleaned here all sind they all did all sind great job. He did really well.

WORSE HOSPITAL ON FACE OF THE EARTH!!!
Readers please beware of how sketchy this Veterinarian is. She not only over charges but mis diagnosis pets. Dr. Kavannaugh is the worst doctor. If I could this place 0 stars I would.

Dr. K and her staff are very caring & mindful of expenses. Patched up my kitty, Huli 100%. I don’t understand the negative reviews as with my experience, Dr. K & staff exhibited nothing but concern to heel Huli at a most affordable price. Clean office, too. Thank you for all you did for Huli & all you do for less fortunate animals. On a side note to everyone… PLEASE HELP KEEP THE PET POPULATION DOWN, GET YOUR ANIMALS FIXED & OPT TO ADOPT! THANKS.

From now on I will only use this veterinarian. The Dr. And the staff CARE! I have never encountered a more honest establishment. They could have changed me more than $ 500, like the others wanted to, but only charged me a bare minimum.
Thank you Dr. Kavanagh and your wonderful staff,
Mindy, Patrick and Cheeto

We had taken my dog here to get spayed. The only reason we went to this location was because we had a voucher from the OCSPCA. This was about three months ago.
The staff is friendly.
However, we did not even meet the actual vet.
We had only talked to the front desk receptionist (who is really awesome, by the way) and the nurse.
The surgery itself went well. So that I will thank Stanton Animal Hospital for.
They had told me that my dog was aggressive towards them and that the vet recommended some behavioral classes.
This made me a bit upset because this was the first time we have ever heard about my dog being «aggressive.»
She has never bitten a person or another animal (knocks on wood*).
So that comment threw me off.
My dog who is only a year old has always gotten excellent «report» cards from her regular vet (Sunny Mead Animal Hospital).
She can be very skiddish amongst people she does not know, however, she had not shown aggression before.
(She is scared of dogs smaller than her. heck, even a leaf being blown by the wind). She is a jack Russell mix so she is small-​medium in size.
I was not happy that they basically told me she had a problem and they were scared of her.
At least that is what the vet and nurse said.
The receptionist had no problem with my dog.
So fast forward. My dog had gotten sick this past two weeks.
Since it was a Sunday we had to take her to the Oc Emergency pet hospital.
Left her there for some fluid therapy. The doctor had recommended us to have a follow up with her regular vet so that we can take her home with a prescription of oral medications.
Because her regular vet is all the way in riverside, we decided to go back to Stanton for the location convenience.
When we came in my dog was barking as usual, but the receptionist was able to pet her and my dog even stretched up at her.
When we went in to the exam room we had met the vet.
Mind you, this is the first time we have ever even spoken to the vet.
She comes into the exam room, doesn’t let Luna sniff her and so Our dog gets scared.
The doctor says «does she act like this around you guys all the time?»
And my partner and I gave her a weird look and said no.
We put a different haltee on our dog (it’s one where it goes over her mouth so when she pulls, it pushes her nose down). The vet was going to check her heartbeat then immediately said «I am not comfortable. I need you to put the muzzle on»
I was in shock.
Our dog was barking but her tail was wagging. So we just decided to put the muzzle on and the vet made it extremely tight on our dog.
Anyway she told us we needed to do more fluid therapy. It was going to cost us a lot less than at the emergency pet hospital of course, but we had just spent almost 2k for our dog.
Plus the ER doctor told us she was improving and we just needed our primary vet to write us a prescription to take home.
So we told the vet at staton this, and she told us she was going to call the ER doctor and find out.
Few minutes later she comes back in saying that she had spoken to the ER vet (Dr. Rivera) and he claimed to not tell us we could take her home.
I found this to be suspicious because they are not a 24hour ER. They close at 8am
We had left at 7:30am.
Our appointment at Stanton was around 1030.
So I decided to cal the oc ER pet hospital to confirm this.
Turns out he had left at 9am. It was 12by the time she had called.
So I asked the front desk guy if we could get a hold of dr. Rivera. He told us he works graveyard so he is home sleeping by now since he had to be back by 6pm.
The front desk told me all of the medical personnel had gone home and he isn’t qualified to let us know or give further instructions but to wait until dr Rivera came back in at 6pm.
So basically Dr. K. straight up lied to my partner and I about speaking to the ER doctor.
I would give this place just one star, but the receptionist and the nurse are very understanding and sweet.

Save yourself and your pet and avoid this place at all costs. My gf and I had taken my dog to the OC emergency pet clinic because she was throwing up, had diarrhea and was not eating. They kept her overnight for fluid therapy and told us to follow up with our regular vet the next day so she could prescribe us meds and we could take my dog home.
When we went in, they told us to come back later when they had an opening. When we came back, Dr. K rushed through our visit, and said she wanted to keep our dog overnight for fluid therapy (the exact same thing they did at the OC emergency pet hospital). When my gf and I asked about the payment plan, they said they don’t have any (despite the fact that they have them advertised all over the waiting room and the exam rooms). They also don’t take care credit. We mentioned that the other doctor told us she just needed oral meds, Dr. K said she was going to call and talk to him and see what he said. She came back less than 5 min later and said that was not what he said at all. She then left the room so my gf and I could discuss our options and we decided to call the OC emergency pet hospital and talk to the other vet ourselves. Long story short, he wasn’t there. He hadn’t been there since 8 am and the front desk person said «There are no medical staff here right now. She couldn’t have talked to him because he is at home and is asleep.»
After that, we didn’t see Dr. K again. She had gone into surgery. We just asked for the prescriptions and left.
Don’t go here because Dr. K will not take the time to listen to you, or explain what is going on. She doesn’t even seem to care about what is wrong with your pet, just about getting you out of her exam rooms.

Kind, helpful and compassionate staff — especially Dr. K!!!
They are accommodating and caring about helping to get the stray cat community sterilized (and even help with other issues such as injuries) — so awesome!
Organized, spacious and clean facility, as well :)

Dr Kavenaugh is an excellent vet. She is very professional, yet has a wonderful caring and kind bedside manner. You can feel her genuine concern for the animal’s well being. She explains everything thoroughly so you are clear on a prognosis and treatment. Fernanda is a vet tech who is also another wonderful employee. She is skilled. loving, kind and caring. Tammy and Sylvia who run the office are always respectful. cheerful, caring and provide excellent customer service.
I can’t say enough good things about my experiences bringing my pets to Stanton Pet Hospital… My pets are my family and I am confident that they have the best care with Dr. Kavenaugh and her staff.

Great sevice, kind staff, grateful I found a honest vet.
If you are looking for a good vet go here…

I brought my cat into Stanton Pet Hospital on 7÷23÷14 since my little baby felt warm and was not acting like himself. This was right after we gave him frontline for kittens… He had a fever so they took him injected antiobiotics, put in a catheter, told me they needed to test him for all of these diseases… MORE TESTS, ALL NEGATIVE. He was anemic and they thought it was a blood parasite — we «treated» the blood parasite with 4 different antibiotics since it would have been another $ 250 to test him for that.. His fever would not go down so we gave him steroids.
$ 750 later … No real explanation.
Another couple office visits and fees. I eventually was able to handle the fever on my own. The fever went away, after a couple of days and assumed it was the antibiotics/​steroid combo.
(Fast forward a month) — We got his vaccines yesterday (again trying to upsell additional things for my other cat) and his temp spiked to 104 degrees today.
The doctor wanted to start the testing and fluids again! No.
Frusterated that we still do not know what is wrong with my cat … I am financially and emotionally exhausted. I am right where I started, just now my savings account was depleted.
Fortunately the fever again went away now that I am a pro at this. No more shots for my little guy… You would think that with his history the Vet would have mentioned the possibility of this happening.

This vet was recommended by a friend. Have been to my share of bad vets but I have found a new «home» vet for my dog! This place was awesome! They have just re-​opened with a new owner Dr. Kavanagh. She is wonderful! She is little firecracker of energy and love! She gave us a tour of the facility and was so happy to answer all questions. She loved on our Boxer and he loved on her back. She told us all the plans she has for this facility and is really excited to have the place full of doggies and cats. Her equipment is top of the line and so is her enthusiasm!
So.if you are in need of a vet or boarding for your little furry love you can’t go wrong with this place.