I second and third and fourth Locke A. Taylor. I could not recommend them enough.
This is my long winded story.
When I first moved to Richmond my dog had a stroke and lost all motor function in her back legs while zooming and playing at a local dog park. In a panic as a new to towner I just took her to the closest vet, which was Cary street veterinary (who sucks and is horribly overpriced) they wanted hundreds of dollars to even diagnose and another couple thousand to operate. I was a broke college kid at the time trying to figure out how to save my dog. But luckily I remembered right as I was loading her into my car to rush her there an older lady stopped me and told me her vet was amazing and I should call them before doing anything. She mentioned Locke A. Taylor. So I listened to her and called them before making any decision. The staff at Locke A Taylor was amazing. The vet talked to me for 30 minutes talking me out of my panic and telling me exactly what to do and not spend thousands of dollars yet and to show up at 5:30am the next morning. I showed up and there was no one at the clinic but the vet no staff just him. He unlocked the door and helped me carry my partially paralyzed dog inside. He went through the full exam and came to the conclusion it was a stroke that basically killed the nerve in her spine causing her to lose function in her back legs. So a couple round of steroids and a few weeks of wheelchair life she was able to have a second chance at fully healthy life. It’s been 7 years since then and my dog can sprint, jump, run up stairs, jump on couches. Love her best dog life ever. It cost me about $500 for everything and even offered to let me pay him whatever I could to take as long as I needed to pay them back. I can’t recommend them enough.
I have since taken multiple dogs, couple small animals (mice, rabbits, even a lizard) there and they’ve always gone above and beyond and been incredibly transparent with me.
TLDR:
That vet showed up on his day off before the clinic opened to help a scared college kid get his best friend back.
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I second and third and fourth Locke A. Taylor. I could not recommend them enough.
This is my long winded story.
When I first moved to Richmond my dog had a stroke and lost all motor function in her back legs while zooming and playing at a local dog park. In a panic as a new to towner I just took her to the closest vet, which was Cary street veterinary (who sucks and is horribly overpriced) they wanted hundreds of dollars to even diagnose and another couple thousand to operate. I was a broke college kid at the time trying to figure out how to save my dog. But luckily I remembered right as I was loading her into my car to rush her there an older lady stopped me and told me her vet was amazing and I should call them before doing anything. She mentioned Locke A. Taylor. So I listened to her and called them before making any decision. The staff at Locke A Taylor was amazing. The vet talked to me for 30 minutes talking me out of my panic and telling me exactly what to do and not spend thousands of dollars yet and to show up at 5:30am the next morning. I showed up and there was no one at the clinic but the vet no staff just him. He unlocked the door and helped me carry my partially paralyzed dog inside. He went through the full exam and came to the conclusion it was a stroke that basically killed the nerve in her spine causing her to lose function in her back legs. So a couple round of steroids and a few weeks of wheelchair life she was able to have a second chance at fully healthy life. It’s been 7 years since then and my dog can sprint, jump, run up stairs, jump on couches. Love her best dog life ever. It cost me about $500 for everything and even offered to let me pay him whatever I could to take as long as I needed to pay them back. I can’t recommend them enough.
I have since taken multiple dogs, couple small animals (mice, rabbits, even a lizard) there and they’ve always gone above and beyond and been incredibly transparent with me.
TLDR: That vet showed up on his day off before the clinic opened to help a scared college kid get his best friend back.