Animal Clinic of Poplar Grove

"Dr. Malik has taken good care of our full standard Poodle, Bailey."

"Dr Malik is a very caring vet! He spends time to really understand your animal and your concerns about their health. I’ve been going to him for years now and am very happy with his care for my 3 cats and dog."

"The veterinarian took 45 minutes to see us even though we had an appointment. Felt rushed. Even though I was charged for the office visit, he didn’t even do a check up on my dog to make sure everything else was okay. The only reason we came here was because everywhere else was booked and we needed to get in fast."

"Do not recommend taking your pets here!!! I had to take my almost 10 year old dog here a couple weeks ago because my vet happened to be closed that day and I didn’t want to wait. I had noticed a massive lump (about the size of a softball) on the side of my poor dogs neck/jaw area along with swelling around the area. This is something that popped up over night. I hug and squeeze my dogs several times a day, and would have noticed it before hand. I brought my dog in, and the Doctor was extremely rude to me and not gentle with my dog at all. He kept feeling the lump and said that it’s probably cancer, but “we can try to drain it”. He didn’t look anywhere else on my dog at this point. I asked if the lump and swelling could be an abscess from a bad tooth and he ensured me “no”. I asked him to look in his mouth to just check. He had me stick my fingers in my dogs mouth to pry it open and then looked inside for about 2 seconds. He then said that he would try to drain it. I had to hold my dog still while he did this. He got blood and a bunch of pus but then stopped and said he couldn’t get anymore. He said that he was certain it was cancer so he wanted to put him under anesthesia to cut it open and biopsy it. He mentioned doing the surgery about 3-4 times and said there was nothing else he could do. I asked if he could at least give him a course of antibiotics to start until I could get him in to see his regular vet. I had to ask 3 times for antibiotics. He finally agreed and gave me a 10 day course. I left there paying $267!!!! I called my vet the next day, I was able to get my dog in to his regular vet 11 days later. While waiting for his vet appt, the swelling completely went away, and the lump started to go down. By the time his normal vet appt came around, the lump was almost completely gone. Our vet did a thorough exam and found that it is a back lower molar that is bad and loose. He gave me another course of antibiotics and we have scheduled a dental procedure/teeth cleaning. So that all being said, this vet doesn’t care about your pets….he just wants to be able to bill you as much as possible! Even if that means putting your pet through an unnecessary procedure! I would rate 0 stars if I could! Avoid this vet if you can!!"

"We highly recommend this vet clinic. Everyone is so great, caring, and kind at the Animal Clinic of Poplar Grove!!! This time we had to take our Chihuahua in, he was acting weird, etc. They knew exactly how to relate to him which is no easy task. He's getting to be a grumpy little old man, but they were able to even clip his nails."