South Seattle Veterinary Hospital

After waiting more than 45 minutes in the car, they finally called my dog and me in. They sat me in a small examination room and took my dog to the back. I thought they would do X-rays and return her to me. But for 2 hours, they kept my crate-phobic dog in a crate in back and me in an inside office--in the middle of a pandemic. I got no info and no updates. After I asked the receptionist several times for news, eventually a vet tech came and said, don't worry, we are going to X-ray her now. Two hours later, and they hadn't bothered to check for a broken bone? Did they even give her pain relief? vet came into the room without my dog and with his mask dangling off one ear. I told him to put it on, and he did. Then he sloooowly reviewed her X-rays without first telling me whether she had a break. I asked about her toes, which weren't on the X-rays, and he looked embarrassed and had to go back and check! Then at the end (I still didn't have my dog yet), the vet mentioned, seemingly as an afterthought, that he could extend her leg only a little way, but he had heard a click, so it MIGHT be her ACL! Then I had to wait again to get my dog back, in a packed waiting room where people weren't social distancing in the least. Why couldn't we both have waited in the car until they were ready to see us? I could have kept my dog company and comforted her. I would not have been in a small inside room with the virus potentially circulating all around me. Needless to say, I took my dog to my own veterinarian the next day.

We called and told the receptionist what happened the Vet told her to tell us to bring our puppy in, we did. We waited some time and finally they took our dog out back, we were not allowed to accompany our dog. The Doctor made her vomit and said they wanted to hold her for 24 hours, I asked to see our puppy and the Doctor said she would not recommend it. They were going hydrate Stella (our puppy) give her charcoal and then do blood test they quoted us $750. We left the dog behind and then went home to look up the dangers of the Vit-D and it appeared not to be a big deal. When then Googled the hospital and found that the keeping the dog and $750 dollar price tag was the going rate for everything. We were also asked to put down a deposit for 400 before they would do anything. Stella's mother went back to get her first thing in the morning, she was at the hospital for about  8 hours. She asked for the dog back, they said that they wanted to run more test, she said no and wanted her dog and asked how much they would be refunding her credit card. Nothing. Not only nothing, but if she wanted the dog back another 250. She said it was highway robbery they had not done blood Test, basically Stella as there for the night and she demanded her dog back. She was told the only way she would get her dog back was pay the additional monies. She paid and Stella came out happy and frisky and there were no further problems.

This place takes advantage of your moment of vulnerability and ramps up the cost and claims to do tests that don't happen and why our puppy needed morphine after swallowing two Vit-D capsules.

Please save yourself aggravation and more importantly...your pet a stressful situations.

A housemate and senior citizen had an 18 yo cat. He was listless, dehydrated, urinating on himself, and too skinny.
-we asked to make him more comfortable. Is it his time?
-we let them know clearly the owner has a limited income
-the curt and rude vet from India yelled at the senior that the cat will get better
-teeth cleaning $200
-xrays $99
-medication, and iv another $225
-overnight treatments $315
The poor elder and Kamakazi-the cat, suffered through two weeks of painful IV drips and medication the cat couldn't swallow.
Injured mouth due to hack job of 'teeth cleaning'.
I found the waiting room decor to be that of a 1970's trailer with the same piles of dust and animal hair ALL over the room.
The loudly obnoxious front desk woman was swearing at people on the phone.
Other customers seemed to be on some kind of hallucinatory tranquilizer talking about how wonderful
the vets there are. Looking back I think they were plants.
Well, need I say the cat died two weeks later. He didn't have to suffer like that. These people should be very ashamed.
Just read the Yelp reviews. Those seem to match our experience.
Yes, my senior friend, an 79 year old man - Korea Vet was brought to tears by that disgusting so called animal doctor.

They're all pretty reasonable. Out of all the ones in this area when I checked around, they were by far the cheapest and that's actually the main reason I chose that vet. I just sometimes feel like they want to do things that maybe isn't necessary. That's why I don't give them an A. But, as far as the care, I think they do really good care. I've been in to take my dog there. I think the quality is good. I think they take really good care of the animal. If there's a problem, they're 24/7 where they give it all at no extra charge. They are so busy. If you have an emergency, they're right on, but going for the shots or stuff like that, you have to wait a bit.

It's a 24/7 animal hospital. The price of the service was very reasonable and actual less than quoted on the phone. For nail trims they do a have a window for this service normally.

They have amazing prices (with coupon) on Teeth Cleaning for dogs. The rest of the prices are not so much, but the teeth cleaning is the best deal in town !

We brought our dog here on a Saturday with a possible bowel obstruction. We were brought into an exam room and seen by the vet quickly. She did an exam and explained which tests she would need to perform to determine the problem and broke down the price of each for us. We left our dog there to receive testing, expecting it to take all afternoon, but we got a call about an hour later that she was ready to be picked up (it was only gas!) Anyway, once when we got there to pick her up it was super busy and the woman behind the desk seemed frazzled, loud, and unprofessional. She and another vet tech argued in front of a waiting room full of people a few times. We had to wait about 45 minutes to see the vet, who explained everything going on with our dog thoroughly and showed us the x-ray. Afterwards we were left in the waiting room for quite a while again until a vet tech came out with our medications and explained how to administer them. Overall, I think the quality of vet care was good, but the office seemed a bit disorganized and the person behind the counter wasn't very professional. I would take my dog here again in an emergency because it's close to where I live and I believe she was well cared for.

While they have some great prices for certain services. For example, my cat s dental cleaning there was only $100 all things included.
Unfortunately, the bed side manners and the expertise of the vet are inadequate. The last time I checked my dog, he was almost fearful to touch him, even though my dog is not a threatening one at all. I end up putting a provided heavily used muzzle on him, for the vet to examine him. And his examination was inadequate, in that he could not identify the source of limping, without asking me to shell more money on X-Ray. I went into another low-cost vet clinic in the U-District, and the vet there was able to identity the cause of my dogs limping, prescribe appropriate medicine, by just feeling my dogs' leg. No muzzle or X-Rays were required !

This is a fantastic, wonderful, caring vet clinic whose pricing is reasonable and competitive. They saved my dog's life! My dog was hemorrhaging blood when he used the bathroom and he had lost 30% body weight in 2 days. He was on his way out. I went to the vet without an appt. and I was helped by Dr. Singh. He was extremely kind, I felt listened to, supported and appeased that my dog's life was in his hands. Not thinking my dog was going to make it, I gave him a 50/50 chance of being able to help me. When I returned the next day, (poor dog had to stay overnight) doggie was himself again! It was incredible!! What's more, I didn't have to mortgage my bank account to save my old dog's life. AND it only took one day in the hospital. ONE day! It was unbelievable. So many vets take advantage of you. SS Vet Hospital doesn't. Oh, did I mention that they're open 24 hours in case you need them?? Phenomenal. Take your pets here. Not only do they care about you and your pets, they're pricing is competitive. You'll be happy you did!

Google all procedures and medications they give to you. There is not time for much hand holding or pampering clients. Prices and knowledge of vets are very good. They have high demand, lots of no appointment clients. I have taken my two dogs there for one year. They are in a very bad neighborhood but have excellent hours and they provide good professional services. One of my dogs had a cruciate leg operation on bones and leg tissue. The cost was 2500 considerably less than other vets. The technical service and our access was very good, but do your research on how to handle the diagnosis and meds, what questions to ask.
Front desk is very good dealing with constant crazy busy.

They are excellent--they are affordable and nice. They are open from early morning to late at night. Additionally, if you have an emergency they will assist you. They treat you with respect and are very genuine.

My only complaints were that the assistants did not tell me to remove the compression bandage that was applied over the IV site. The morning after I picked up my cat, her paw had swollen to three times the normal size. When I called the clinic in alarm, the assistant implied it was my fault, that I should have known, and that the instructions were on the invoice. There were NO instructions on the invoice -- not for the bandage removal and not for the 3 prescriptions or any other aftercare. While the prescriptions certainly had the instructions, there was no one document that listed everything to do or watch for.
The doctors are great, the staff could use some procedural review. However, they were all very nice.

I have been going to another veterinary hospital and I just changed to South Seattle Veterinary Hospital. They seem to be responsive. They take care of you when you come in. They do not have a lot wait time. They are reasonably price. The doctors seem to care. I would recommend them to anyone to give them a try.

For the are the prices are very good, the quality is good, they are good doctors, and the staff is very great as well. They are easy to work with and don't try to up sell you on anything.

It was all right. They have very good prices, the best in the area. The staff is friendly but I wasn't that impressed with the doctors. I didn't feel like they were listening to my questions. There were some complications and had to go back and it was difficult to get answers when I called, poor communication skills. They do care about the animals; they call back a week after the event.

I was fostering a dog from a shelter, with the intention of adopting her eventually. Although I later decided against the adoption (mainly due to her size and weight, and my fragile health), I did have to take her in to the South Seattle Veterinary Hospital, where Dr. Nagra practices, for treatment of a cold that turned into bronchitis that turned into pneumonia. I went to the hospital 3 times in a single week, including 1 overnight stay and one weekend stay for the dog.

Dr. Nagra treated my foster-dog, and was sincere about allaying my concerns about her health - explaining all the blood test results, and the treatment done at each visit, so I clearly understood the results and what to do in terms of medications for the dog. When I had to leave her in the hospital over a weekend, the entire staff, including the veterinarians themselves, was very sympathetic, helpful and ready to answer any questions I had. I called at least two or three times a day, each day that the dog was there, and even though they were so busy, they always called one of the doctors, and each time the doctor I spoke to would take his/her time answering my questions and allaying my concerns.

I was fostering a dog from a shelter, with the intention of adopting her eventually. Although I later decided against the adoption (mainly due to her size and weight, and my fragile health), I did have to take her in for treatment of a cold that turned into bronchitis that turned into pneumonia. I went to the hospital 3 times in a single week, including 1 overnight stay and one weekend stay for the dog, and each time they were super-polite, helpful and very friendly, from the front desk staff to the vet techs and the doctors.

I have no idea what the treatments cost, because I was still in the foster period, and the cost was borne by the shelter that the dog came from. That's the only reason Price is scored at N/A. The amount that I put in is just the specialized food that I bought for the dog.

Every customer of the place that I met while waiting with or for the dog and the doctor, was usually singing the praises of the vets at that hospital, and most were repeat customers. They mentioned that the prices charged were extremely competitive and the services they provided were superb.

When I eventually adopt a dog, I will certainly take him/her all the way there (I live about 30 miles away from them, and in bad traffic, it can take up to 2 hours to get there) if my pet should need emergency care, because they are just that good.

Dr. Nagra treated her (my foster dog), and was sincere about allaying my concerns about her health - explaining all the blood test results, and the treatment done at each visit, so I clearly understood the results and what to do in terms of medications for the dog. When I had to leave her in the hospital over a weekend, the entire staff, including the veterinarians themselves, was very sympathetic, helpful and ready to answer any questions I had. I called at least two or three times a day, each day that the dog was there, and even though they were so busy, they always called one of the doctors, and each time the doctor I spoke to would take his/her time answering my questions and making sure I didn't have any more, before hanging up.

I didn't want to spend super amounts of money to have my cat's teeth cleaned. I had used a coupon before and when I saw one that worked, I looked up the vet's ratings on Angie's list. Unfortunately, my sweet cat developed an abscess and so I had to take him there for that. I was shocked that it would be $500.00 but the quality of the surgery, the extensive stitching let me know that this was a serious job. My cat is fine. I need another surgery to rid him of his poorly functioning scent glands. And I trust that they will do a good job.

I got my puppy in 1998. Dr. Passmore was wonderful, helpful and professional, he knew his stuff. He gave Kendra all her puppy care, neutring her, found she had several diseases, ie. pancretitis, seizure disorder. He cared for her until he retired. Then Dr. G took over. He is great also. He was there to help when Kendra got bone cancer in 2008. He is very caring, compassonate, and knowledgable. I certainly would highly recommend him. The office staff is also very caring and helpful.

Everyone in the office is very nice and they do a good job. They have been able to provide my animals with good care. They have been responsive to me and they have offered good advice. The prices are a little lower than other veterinary clinics in the area.

Vets are usually pretty expensive, but they had a fair place. They were also honest about what needed to get done. They charged me for the test, but not for the visit. They also had a good location. Everybody there was nice. They resolved the issue with my dog.

The cat turned out to already have been spayed, but it did have fleas and ear mites, which it was treated for. This Veterinary Hospital is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day for emergency service. There are 4 veterinarians, and their prices are very reasonable. I have only worked with one vet from there, so I can not speak for the other 3, but Dr. Goraya did a fantastic job stitching up our dogs cut leg. The cut just missed the artery but his injury was still severe. My partner had taken the cat in so, I do not know who the vet was the took care of her, but both animals were well taken care of.

A couple of their vets are a little hard to understand because of an accent. They are open until 9 pm everyday of the week and holidays.

DOCTOR PASSMORE CARES ENOUGH ABOUT OUR FAMILY'S ANIMALS, WELL ANY FAMILY'S ANIMALS, TO TAKE THE TIME FOR OUR CATS AND OUR FAMILY. HE KNOWS HOW MUCH A CAT OR ANY ANIMAL MEANS TO THEIR FAMILY'S!

THEY ARE VERY NICE AND FRIENDLY AND DR PASSMORE TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF OUR CAT AS HE NEEDED TO STAY AND GET LOOKED OVER AND CLEANED UP. THEY ALSO GOT HIM UPDATED ON HIS SHOTS.