Scripps Parkway Veterinary Hospital

I’ve taken two of my dogs (one is my own & one is my mothers) to this location & my experience can’t hardly be explained by the 1 star. It’s hard to believe that a Veterinary Clinic in such a nice part of town; a town where people really treasure their pets — is so negligent & inhumane. I’m going to speak of my most recent experience with my moms dog (May 2015). The medication he is taking is for his eyes & needs to be taken regularly. My mom was away and we were caring for her dog. I was unable to give him the medication so we needed help from his vet to administer the medication. When I initially had contacted the vet they were going to provide the service at no charge. When I informed (2^nd call) them my dad was on his way, the receptionist started to question me over the phone. Questions like: «when was the last time he was given his medicine?», «why can’t we give him the medicine?», «when will she [my mom] be back to continue the medication.» The questions were clearly leading to her end-​result of charging $ 18 for the visit. The complimentary service then became $ 18. Experience: the vet tech walked in the room, squeezed an eye drop in each eye and walked out. The doctor didn’t even have the sense to clean the infected eye prior to giving him the eye drops. Any [compassionate] person would know to clean the infected area for a sick pet prior to giving eye drops. The money aspect is a moot point, it now comes down to negligible actions from a certified veterinary office. The $ 200+ eye drops are most likely contaminated and unusable. These actions should be reported at once. I hope they do better after this review and report to the BBB.

Re writing my initial review. To spay our Frenchie who is 15 pounds they quoted me «700 and up»… That is unreal! So I called 4 other vets. Quotes were from $ 320, 430,380, and 520. Get Real and practical on prices for we never will be taking our beloved pets back to this overpriced vet.

My dog was stung by a bee and had a bad reaction, so I found the nearest vet to me and rushed her in. The vet was very thorough in describing the issues and what was needed. The team clearly loves animals. The office is clean, but could use more comfortable seating.
They carry Vectra, which works much better than frontline these days.
The cost wasn’t too bad, less than I expected actually. I’ll bring my dogs here again.

Awesome vet! Always very caring and thorough. Dr. Carhart always makes sure to personally make follow-​up calls to see how my dog is doing after treatment. The office is always clean and organized. The staff is friendly and efficient. My only complaint is they’re a little on the expensive side, but it’s worth it for excellent veterinary care.

My wife and I took our dog (then a puppy), to Scripps Parkway Veterinary Hospital & Dr. Scott Carhart in June of 1998 until we moved from Scripps Ranch in 2010.
We cannot thank Dr. Carhart and his staff enough who saw her through two ACL surgery’s, a successful referral for cancer surgery, numerous urinary track infections, anxiety issues, and numerous other heatlh care issues. Through it all Dr. Carhart was very caring and would take a considerable amount of time explaining our dogs health issues, his recommendations, along with getting 2^nd or 3^rd opinions if needed.
We would highly recommend Dr. Carhart and Scripps Parkway Vet Hospital to any current or future pet owners.

took my dog there for 2 years. he was sick for about 2 months and several hundred $$$$ he died from them not realizing he had half a ball stuck in his system. when confronted you might have thought they would refund their fees charged… not the case… accepted no responsability for their mistake. they were not nice people to deal with go somewhere else

ANYONE CONSIDERING THIS VET… PLEASE READ!!!
I realize that this website can be a place for people to vent their anger towards businesses; however, I have been going to this vet for 7 years, so I feel as though I am entitled to write a review.
Our initial reasoning for bringing our dogs to this vet was because of close proximity to our house and also because we wanted the best care possible for our pets. However, we soon realized that the care came at a cost, a lot of costs in fact, and it was not really the best. The one good thing about the vet is that there is little waiting time for your appointment, they were always really good about getting my dogs in on the same day or the next day when I called, and they are willing to write prescriptions so we could get our flea medications from a cheaper online source.
Their prices are VERY expensive ($ 45 for a checkup) and they try and talk you into buying everything. Over the years I grew so sick and tired of hearing them tell me that I need to get my dog’s teeth cleaned, at a cost of around $ 200. NO THANK YOU!!! I mean, it is like every time we were in there, you would think after a while they would just give up. Then, when it came to my dog’s ear infections they wanted to run the test to see if it was bacterial or yeast and I asked them… «is the medication different whether it is bacterial or yeast?» and they said «no» so my reply was «don’t do the test then.» I am sorry, but I don’t really care what kind of infection it is, just fix it with the medication.
Here was our final straw with this vet…
We took our dog in for leaking puss and for pain she was having in what we thought were her hips. The vet called after examining her and running a urine test, and a poop test to tell us that they thought she had gotten a foxtail. After telling the vet that we do not take our dog into the canyon or hiking she insisted that they do exploratory surgery to see what was going on. I asked the vet, «do you know if a foxtail can lead to this puss?» she said «no.» So, okay, why would I want to do the surgery for $ 1700??? They did not even offer to do an ultrasound or x-​ray to see if there was an easier way to see what was going on with her, no, they wanted to go straight for surgery, and they even told us «while we have her under anesthesia how about we clean her teeth?» I could not believe it. I ended up leaving with my dog and medication that would help stop the puss. We gave her the medication for a couple of days before she started throwing it up. Yes, it did stop the puss, but now she was throwing up multiple times a day.
It was at this point that we decided to take my dog to another vet and get a different opinion. Taking her to another vet was the best decision that we ever made for our dog because we finally figured out what was wrong with her. Within the first few minutes of seeing the vet, he determined exactly where her pain was, not her hips, but in her back and her neck and he prescribed us some Pepcid AC for her stomach, to help keep her from vomiting. He also immediately wanted to see her back to do an ultrasound the following day. As it turns out, our beloved dog had cancer. The new vet just by doing an ultrasound and an x-​ray determined that our dog had cancer in her stomach, tumors in her intestine, her liver, and her kidneys. And the problem that we thought were her hips that the SPVH vet thought was the foxtail, was actually bone cancer in her back and her neck.
In a nutshell, I will never take my dogs to SPVH again, they are so overpriced and try to talk you into anything and everything that will drain your wallet. But more than just the cost was the lack of care they showed for my dog. I am so mad at myself for not switching vet’s earlier, a move that could have saved my dogs life.

My wife and I bring our dog and 2 cats here. Over the years everyone we’ve met there is friendly and knowledgable. Best around!

I would like to commend SPVH, because they provide excellent service, treating dogs, cats and their owners with the greatest respect. My daughter is interested in becoming a vet and her school conducts an 8^th grade career day in which she can shadow someone in the industry. We had difficulty locating a vet that was willing to do this, but the staff was willing to donate four hours of their time to a girl not even located in their school district. Giving back to the community is important and Scripps Parkway Veterinary Hospital is a model example of how a business should be run.

New dog owners! Oh no! Why don’t we just write «Suckers» all over our foreheads.
Well, that’s what we were expecting when we brought our new puppy to this place for a thorough check up and a few shots. We thought we’d get the hard sell for a ton of products we didn’t need. Well, we didn’t, and got great customer service instead.
While I’ve only been here once, my hb has done all the doggy duty, and he’s had nothing but positive things to say about this place. My interaction was brief, but they were all very nice nonetheless.
Looks like we’ve found our doggy doc afterall.

Before coming to SPVET, I took Nico, my Chocolate Lab to another vet out in Carmel Valley. While that doctor was competent, he made me nervous and scared the hell out of my guy. The staff at SPVET are great, Sonja, his vet, was wonderful and had the most gentle, soothing voice — I nearly followed her to the back for a shot.
Appointments are always to be within a couple days of a call, and they’re always very cool with my occasional panic calls about some weird new but totally harmless thing afflicting Nico.
Their rates are pretty standard but the care is outstanding.