Yearout R Douglas, DVM

I was referred to him by my vet since she doesn’t care for hedgehogs. My Pickles has a lump on his shoulder. Unfortunately at the time my work was very short staffed so I had to ask my mom to take him to the vet for me.
The 1^st visit he was diagnosed with a hematoma and I was accused of dropping him or letting someone else drop him. He was sent home with some homepathic medicine which I gave to him as directed.
The 2^nd visit he said he was «getting better» and wondered why my mom had taken him in a second time. I told the receptionist on the phone that I wanted TESTS done one him because I knew something was wrong. He didn’t get any tests, he just got sent home with more homeopathic medicine.
A month later I notice that Pickles was getting wobbly & his lump was definitely bigger. so I took him to a real vet in Woodinville (VCA) and she gave him and x-​ray & took a sample of his lump. Turns out he has a neurological disorder (possibly wobbly hedgehog syndrome) and CANCER. That’s right, my hedgehog has a cancerous tumor on him that this vet misdiagnosed as a hematoma. Due to the neurological aspect of it, treating his cancer is not an option so he is living out the rest of his days with as much love and tasty treats as I can give him as well as his daily dose of pain meds to keep him comforatable.
I had emailed the vet letting him know of his misdiagnosis and at the time was not going to write a bad review however, it’s been 2 months and I haven’t even gotten an apology for accusing me of dropping my pet or for wasting $ 200 of my money and over a month of time that I could have known about Pickle’s terminal illness. That was a month that Pickle’s could have had pain medicine and not been hurting.

My senior black lab has more than a few health issues. Conventional medicine wasn’t helping his arthritis and was harming is already bad liver. Dr Yearout gave me a few things to try for my dog, so I did, and he is doing leaps again, chasing his beloved ball, and has so much more energy, and in just a few days! I couldn’t be more happier, we love our dogs with all our hearts! We want him to be comfortable in his senior years as much as possible. I wasn’t expecting such wonderful results– I am blessed to get them! I had to wait for a bit, due to an emergency, and all I can say, is I am so flippin glad I did! Thank You Dr Yearout and staff! You are kind and your knowledge is priceless.

My mom just called me to tell me her very old bunny had passed. She went on to tell me about the care that Dr. Yearout provided during the euthanasia process. I know my mom has brought all her birds here for their vet care and it was a natural choice to bring Bun Bun in. It was Bun Bun’s time to go. Dr. Y was very caring and performed a «ceremony» to ease Bun Bun’s transition. (Although to me it seemed more for the humans than the rabbit.) I know that the tenderness and care he showed in the situation meant a whole lot to my mom. So who cares if it was woo woo.

First visit with Doc Yearout, brought my Amazon parrot for a nail and beak trim. He’s great with birds, seams knowledgeable with some good advice for my birds diet. Reasonably priced and will be returning in the future for checkups.

I took our cat to Dr Yearout for check-​up and small behavior problems. Dr Y. diagnosed him with strong heart murmur and was very concerned. Explained in detail what was happening, gave dietary suggestions and handed me herbal remedy.
It’s a month later now, cat is doing great, even the behavior improved dramatically. We are due for second visit and I am really grateful for the care we have received.
Yes, the house where clinic is looks quite modest. it is obvious that runs on a shoestring and with help of volunteers. Cat was walking freely over there, which I thought was lovely, housekeeping was bit behind, which I really don’t care about but the care was very good. I spoke with few people who received care for their pets there and there was a lot of praises of Dr Y.
It’s amazing how old, bad reviews are shown here as first reviews and I don’t find them accurate. I guess if you want a super expensive, overloaded with machines clinic, go somewhere else. A year ago we have spent $ 8000 in these type of clinics (three of them) trying to rescue our dog. The vets were willing but all they did is multitude of very expensive test, without solution and without seeing that dog is dying, which he did. At least with Dr Y. I get that he is very knowledgable, observant and more caring than any of our previous vets. I’ll prefer his communication with animals over mechanical tests any day.

First, I’d like everyone to know how sneaky Unilocal is in hiding the GOOD reviews for businesses who don’t want Unilocal’s advertising. As one of the grandfathered original Seattle Unilocal creators, I want you to scroll down to the unfiltered reviews which are the ones that show Dr. Yearout as the fabulous vet he is, these are the reviews Unilocal hides for any business customer who declines their advertising offer.
As a customer and family member of other happy customers who see Dr. Yearout regularly and have for years, I am confident in his kind, sensitive, demeanor, he gets along famously with animals and fowl, and the best holistic vet I know. Many animals of friends and family in my life have been treated and healed by Doug (Dr. Yearout) and are doing well.
Keep in mind, for those of you who haven’t gone to a holistic vet before, it is important to give the energetic and herbal remedies a chance and actually continue visits to follow up and treat the whole body. Follow up is critical. Dr. Yearout isn’t particularly thrilled when he has a patient who isn’t following up and deservedly, if you don’t care for or help your animal, you may want to reconsider having a pet, any good vet would give you crap.
Dr. Yearout is an intuitive, warm-​hearted, animal loving person who deserves better than 4 scathing reviews when 20 good ones are lurking out there. Keep reading, scroll down to the bottom of his Unilocal profile page and look at the 20 filtered rocking reviews.

I took my dog to Dr. Yearout because he had an available appointment. We thought he had a cold or something else that was giving him breathing trouble. He stared at our dog kinda moving his head around like he was in a hypnotic trance… I knew we were in trouble. He never really figured out what was wrong with our dog, but he did notice a loose tooth and pulled it. He gave us some herbal remedies that cost $ 100. the total visit was over $ 160.00 and did not help one bit.
We took our dog to a real vet and found out that he had a major problem with his sinus cavity related to his teeth.
Yearout is a hippy quack.

I’m surprised they are still in business. I took my angora rabbit there because he had become too thin. After a long wait where my toddlers were chastised for being too active, I was told that because we had not groomed him sufficiently the rabbit had ingested hair and that his stomach was full of hair, leaving no room for food. This was my fault and I felt horrible. Dr Yearout pressured me to order an expensive surgery that the rabbit was unlikely to survive because rabbits don’t do well with anesthesia. I think this man cares about pets and hates human beings. I elected to euthanize the rabbit and the kids and I were crying. Dr Yearout could not have been meaner or more uncaring. I wish I could give him a tenth of a star.

I’m all for holistic medicine, but this place is just weird. Seriously, what does banging on a drum do for an animal?
When I first walked up, that’s what I heard. A drum. Okayyyy… I went inside and was greeted by a dog who was just wandering around. I’m not a big fan of dogs and I had my cat who isn’t familiar with dogs so that didn’t please me a whole lot either.
Nobody was at the front desk. I waited, and waited. Finally, the lady came out and got me checked in. Told me to have a seat. The place is in an a house and set up like a living room. With furniture that has had a multitude of animals sitting on it. It feels dirty. I couldn’t relax. None-​the-​less, they kept me waiting for over two hours. And yes, I did have an appointment.
Finally I got in to see the vet. He’s not a very personable guy. He told me to let my cat wander around while we talked, so I did. The cat went into a cupboard and peed on some towels. Instead of being understanding, the vet was visibly irritated. Geez dude, we’d been there for 3 hours at that point. Ultimately, he didn’t do anything for my cat really. Gave me some flower essences or some such that was supposed to help my cat’s severe, life-​threatening, asthma. When I had called in, I was told he could give him a steroid shot, which is what he needed at the moment. This cat stops breathing, I mean STOPS. He was barely breathing when I took him in. Get him breathing and *then* we work on holistic remedies. The cat would have died if I’d just gone with what this guy did.
Bottom line? $ 350. No, there are no decimal points in there.
To make matters worse, two days later I had to rush my cat to an emergency vet because he stopped breathing. If they hadn’t told me they could give him a steroid shot I would have made an appointment with a different vet initially and not needed to make that stressful and expensive trip to the emergency vet. What should have cost under $ 100 ended up costing over $ 500.
If you love your pet and want a holistic vet with reasonable fees, check my other reviews. There is an awesome one in there! Dr. Yearout is clearly in the business for financial gain over the wellbeing of animals. The one we see now charges much less, is incredibly intuitive, and has a clear love of animals. (And for those of you who will say this is all about the money, or I should be willing to spend more on my pets, I guarantee I’ve spent more than most would. Well into 5 figures *per cat.* This isn’t about the money, it’s about what is best for my pets — Dr. Yearout isn’t the best by far.)

I went here to get my parrot’s claws and wings trimmed, since I couldn’t find anyone else around that could. I was quoted $ 15 on the phone. So I went in for an appointment (could only get one for a week later) and the vet was very rude and critical. He decided he was going to do some other treatments without asking me first… ones that they charge extra for. So I ended up paying $ 30 for the visit and never went back.
I would not recommend this place to anyone. The only reason I went is that they were the only local pet care that could do birds, but I’ve since discovered Apollo’s in Everett that grooms for free 2 days a week.