Acredale Grooming
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
Phone: (757) 523-6100
User Reviews for Acredale Grooming
06/30/2008 Posted by luvk9
I've been taking my dogs and cats there for many years and have been thrilled with the level of care, professionalism and concern that my pets and I have received. The staff and docs are great!!!
Pros: great vets and staff, clean rooms, late nite hours
Cons: small building and parking lot, but they're adding on
05/09/2008 Posted by mklgry
I started taking my puppy there when I got him and one of the things the vet noticed was there was a lot of "gunk" in his ears. The vet said oh, he probably has mites and took a swab of his ears to check it under a microscope. She came back and told me he didn't have mites BUT I could take the mite ear drops if I wanted. I asked if it isn't mites would it help. She responded with "Well, it won't hurt". Anyway, I was always a little uncomfortable with this as the drops never really cleared up my dog's ears and the vet obviously pointed out something wasn't right with them. Well something happened and I wanted to get my dog looked at immmediately. I took him in to Acredale but they couldn't see him that day or for several days out. I was worried about my dog and decided to take him somewhere else. The vet I took him to was able to see him that SAME DAY and this was our first visit. When we got to the new vet, one of things I asked was if they could check his ears as he had been scratching at them a lot. The vet immediately said WITHOUT even looking yet that more than like it was a yeast infection as this was typical of floppy-eared dogs do to moisture build up in the ear canal. He said the other two possibilities were bacteria or mites. Well like Acredale he took a swab of his ears and found out sure enough he had a yeast infection. He even let me see it under the microscope and pulled out a book to show me exactly what he had. Acredale completely missed that and it is so common that the new vet didn't even have to look at them before correctly guessing what it was. That is just plain incompetency on Acredale's part. I could go on with a few more things like this (and yes there are a few more) where they really don't know what they are doing, don't play close attention or care about what they are doing or are prescribing but hopefully this makes a point. I love my boy more than anything and am thankful nothing serious came up while I was still using this Vet.
Pros: Didn't hurt my dog, that I know of
Cons: Too many to list, rude, rushed, wrong, careless to name a few
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