Briarcrest Veterinary Care Center

Think twice before going to this clinic. Very nice atmosphere (office is very high end) explains the costly invoices.
The doctors do not go over estimated costs especially with lab visits.
We had others warn us about this, too and we should have listened.
The office manager Is very unprofessional and she is not compassionate with any situation you might be dealing with.
Do not recommend this clinic.

I was very impressed by Dr. Maki’s explanation of treatment plan, expenses, alternatives, etc. I would highly recommend this doctor.
The office is very kind. They empathized with our problems and sent a lovely condolence card when we lost our pet.

Great care, kindness, and understanding about financial concerns. I noticed an oozing crater on the rump of our sons cat this morning. We did not have a relationship with a vet so checked Unilocal and saw good reviews. Barbara fit us in within the hour and Dr. Maki cared for our cat. She gave us a detailed estimate of costs before doing anything and came up with ways to save some money (giving meds at home vs injections in the office.) in addition, she was willing to try a more conservative treatment approach and to save other, more costly, treatments in the event this was not successful. — although from her exam findings she thought this would be sufficient. The exam was thorough and Dr. Maki explained what was going on. The technician reviewed how to administer the meds before we left.
All in all, we were very impressed with the practice and set up an appointment for the routine care of our dog. We are on a fixed, and somewhat limited, income and really appreciated the way we and our animal were treated.

The entire staff at Briarcrest is truly caring and compassionate. The doctors take the time with you and your pet. They clearly explain your options. The best part is their follow up. I would recommend Briarcrest to everyone whose pet is a family member.

Our dog has PLE (Protein Losing Enteropathy) and Briarcrest is able to get us the dog food her vet prescribes. We are happy and grateful they are able to do this for us and that we will have such a nice and efficient place to pick it up from. Many thanks to Briarcrest!

Our dog had what seemed to be a simple eye problem but had my wife very concerned. We took her in to get her checked out. Dr. Maki gave us several initial diagnoses, one of which was very ominous. They would need to run tests which would take a few days to get results. The next day Dr. Maki called to check how it was going with the eye drops she prescribed and asked how the dog was doing. This was much unexpected and went above and beyond what she had to do.
The results came two days later and the news was devastating. Our poor pooch had weeks at most.
As she began to deteriorate follow-​up visits were necessary to check her progress and make sure the eye problem didn’t claim her vision. During this process Dr. Maki seemed genuinely concerned for our dog as a doctor and as a person. Her «bedside manner» was outstanding, treating our dog as though she truly cared about her.
It soon became painfully obvious it was time to end our pet’s suffering. My wife, daughters and I tearfully gathered to say goodbye. Dr. Maki gently explained how it would all work, what the dog would be going through and what we should expect. She treated our family as well as she treated our family pet.
As soon as we get over this and consider getting a new puppy all his/​her veterinary care will be handled by Briarcrest because Dr. Maki and staff really do seem to care about pets… and people.
R. I. P. Kiki