to pick up your animal when you are very short on time because it can be a bit of a wait, particularly if your pet is going home with medications. I can honestly say I would highly, highly recommend this practice for people who see their pets as members of their family and want a Vet who truly understands this relationship.
Description of Work: I have used Adler Vet group for pets ranging from a very rare Asian tortoise to dogs and cats. Craig Adler and his brother are both extraordinary vets with amazing diagnostic ability. I have many household pets and cannot afford Adler for my routine care, shots etc, however when my animals are truly ill, Adler is my only destination. Recently one of my dogs (one year old poodle mix) became ill. Refusing to eat, became lethargic and eventually started to vomit excessively. I took him to my "shots and misc care" vet, they suggested a diagnosis that seemed CLEARLY wrong. After going back the next day and getting another equally absurd possibility. I called Adler, explained the situation briefly to the front office staff, they asked that I hold and they gave the information to Craig Adler, he said, bring the dog in immediately. After a brief examination, he said this dog is very, very sick, perhaps beyond help but he would take my little guy into the hospital and do everything they could, while getting his lab work done asap. He was reluctant to make a guessing diagnosis, but said he most certainly didn't have any of the things the other vet mentioned. In the middle of the night I got a call from Dr Adler to say that my dog had taken a turn for the worse (which was hard to believe given his weakened state already), and he was very concerned he would not live through the night and wanted to give me the option of coming to the hospital to be with him in case he did die. He said they had moved him to the "acute" area of the hospital and he would have someone with him/watching him until his heart rate returned to a more normal level. He said, however the fact that he had crashed so quickly on standard IV fluid made him sure that the diagnosis he had been presuming was correct even though my dog was neither middle aged or a larger size animal. My sweet boy has Addison's disease (which causes life threatening electrolyte imbalance). During the night even before the labs came back he began treating him for Addison's which was confirmed by the labs in the early morning hours. About a month and a half later, he began to show the same symptoms even though he was on the medication for Addison's - however getting the right dosage can be a little tricky. When I called for an appointment, I was asked (as you always are is it a life threatening emergency) and in my mind this would be something like having your animal hit by a car, so I said, I don't know my dog has Addison's disease and he is vomiting, lethargic and weak. they booked me in for the next morning. When Dr. Adler saw the dog, he asked when did he start vomiting and I told him the night before last .. so he said why didn't you bring him right in, so I explained that when I called this was the first non-emergency appointment available, so he asked if I told the staff that the dog had Addison's and I said yes, of course, and he told me in the future if Casper had these symptoms I was to say "yes" to the is it a life or death emergency. This is a very, very busy practice and getting checked in and out can sometimes be a pain, the skill of the vets and caring quality of the vet techs when you have a seriously ill animal make it well, well worth the wait and the extra cost. A few do's make sure your animal is secured in a manner that would make waiting to get in to see the vet stress free for you and your pet. Make sure you are able to give a very detailed history of what happened prior to bringing your pet in (many human doctors do not ask such detailed history questions), make sure you are able to afford this level of care (they do accept pet insurance if you have it). Don't plan