Debbie Lane Animal Clinic

"I do not recommend taking your dog here. My dog (husky/German Shepard mix) is not mean at all and has never bit anyone or any animal, he’s great around people and kids. I had an appointment for a checkup mainly because I wanted to see about him getting neutered and after waiting to get him seen by the vet he walks out to the waiting area and yes my dog closed mouth growled for two seconds and stopped. I don’t know why he did that, he’s always been great around people, he was nice to the staff and other patients. The vet tells me he needs a muzzle, dog training, to be more socialized and then inspected my dogs collar to make sure it was a good one. His whole tone was condescending and I was very uncomfortable. I’m not an idiot. If my dog was the type to bite people or was aggressive he would have a muzzle on. My dog is a little over a year old and is very socialized, and he’s always around people, kids and dogs. Long story short the vet didn’t take him back even though that was the whole reason I came to see him and even charged me for an exam! He handed me some anxiety meds (which I never asked for) in the waiting area then I paid and left. The front staff ladies were very nice to me and my dog, they even petted him."

"My dog Way J got his shots done here, and they were really good with him. It's was also affordable, so that's a bonus."

"This is the best animal clinic, I have ever been to! Dr. Cukjati treats your pet as they would their own! He doesn’t believe in overcharging like so many other vet offices and puts all his attention in what is best for the patient! We are now forever clients and will never go to another vet again! I am so thankful for everything they did to help my Louie!"

"Most of the reviews on here are mistakenly for Penny Paws or are years old. I am shocked this clinic had such high ratings. I took my recently paralyzed from a fall cat here simply for laser therapy as they quoted very cheap prices. They fairly required an exam prior to laser therapy. The moment i walked in for my appt everything went wrong. -forms/cases completely unorganized, they had no idea who I was, why I was there, and couldn’t find the info. - no exam rooms have working doors. They left doors wide open for other appts pets such as dogs to come in to approach my cat. I even tried shutting the doors and none latched. Some rooms merely had a curtain. -Dr. did examine xrays from ER from my cats paralyzing fall 4 months ago, stating he had found “fractures”-contradicting to the ER, primary vet, and neurologist who all agreed there were no fractures. Dr did not even consider or was willing to view current medications my cat was on before prescribing what he thought would work. I tried to ask questions and he ignored me completely, gathered expired medications, a new diet, expired supplements, and antibiotics all without my consent and sent me on my way to pay expecting someone else to explain things to me. -nurse and front desk attendants all stated they were recently hired and still figuring things out so they couldn’t be much help but tried. I denied all supplements,medications, and diet plan but paid for the antibiotics. I was able to afford them at a cheaper price at Petsmart. I gave them a second chance a few days later for another laser appt. Went even worse! - All I wanted was laser treatment. A nurse could have done this in 10 mins and sent me on my way. Besides they had two sudden dog emergencies so I didn’t intend to be looked twice at. All exam rooms were occupied, they wheeled out a platform for her in the hall with two dogs roaming. I asked to keep her in her carrier and do the laser and leave. They said no the Dr wants to see her. - Dr asked if I had seen improvement and I said no but that i followed the treatment plan- giving supplements, new diet food and waiting until my cats diarrhea cleared up before giving antibiotics. Dr agreed and said continue doing that. Dr did the laser treatment then looked at cats chart confused and asked again if I had followed his instructions. I said yes and repeated myself from earlier. He was then offended claiming he never stated to wait on giving antibiotics?! I then took the opportunity to ask if it’s safe to give the antibiotics on top of her current medications. He was then shocked and responded “what medications?! If you don’t want to follow my treatment plan then I need to step away from this case and can’t help you. Is that what you want?!”. I quietly backpedaled and said of course I want your help I just don’t know about crossing her medications like her GabaP or probiotics that she’s been on for months? ^ Dr then was upset he didn’t know cat was on these and said stop them immediately and continued to the treatment plan. ^^ at the end of the appt I echoed Dr. words of stopping the current meds and doing his treatment plan. Yet again Dr was offended and said no he never said any of that?! All of a sudden hes now saying taper cat off current meds then administer new treatment plan. I echoed this back to him in validation and went through the gaslighting circle again! He said no i never said that. Administer new treatment now and taper off cat on current meds. WHAT?! I asked him AGAIN is it safe to cross meds like that and he scoffed and walked away to a new patient. The nurse herself said “sorry hes older and has hearing problems” Dr and nurse pushed again all the same EXPIRED pills/food from the first appt and said just pay and go. Front desk lady was understanding as if she knew and I declined pills/food again and canceled future appts. DONT GO HERE. DR IS TOO OLD AND HAS HORRIBLE COMMUNICATION,HEARING,AND MEMORY ISSUES. NOT EVEN WILLING TO WRITE DOWN TREATMENT PLAN INSTRUCTIONS. Only good thing is they seem sympathetic and they’re cheap."

"Nothing but good things to say here. I brought in my river with concerns for a UTI that wasn’t being taken care of by a previous vet clinic. Quickly our world was changed in a few hours. River is a unique case being born with both male and female organs. With that being said finding a vet that is willing to treat her effectively is quite difficult as her condition is extremely rare and most never come across an animal like this in their vet career. Dr. C quickly went to work to save rivers life. We ran into complication after complication. Not once did he turn us away when her case got hard. He saved our rivers life. The entire staff was there helping her as she was fighting hard. We didn’t think she’d pull through this, but he knew she had a little fight left. He gave her the best care I’ve ever experienced with any animal. This man truly cares about the animals that’s comes in, and we are beyond grateful we found him, because we might not of come home with our cat if we went somewhere else. It’s been a very long recovery process, but I want to say thank you to the entire team at Debbie Lane animal Clinic and Dr. C for helping us bring river home. Here is River now living her best life happy! (River just celebrated her first birthday in November, is now 1y 4m)"