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The staff at the reception desk are very friendly. You are greeted by either a receptionist or veterinarian technician when you enter Fort Lauderdale Veterinary Care. The receptionist or veterinarian technician will clearly demonstrate they are thoroughly capable of receiving you and your pet for whatever reason you are there. If you have an appointment, the staff will recognize your pet's name right away. If you do not have an appointment, the staff will register your pet quickly. The reason for my most recent visit to Fort Lauderdale Veterinary Care was to see if the doctor would agree to prescribe Chloe anti-anxiety medication, ahead of our cross-country trip four days later. After Dr. Gonzalez saw Chloe was in good health, he prescribed her 10 milligrams (about the weight of a grain of table salt) tablets to ease her journey from Miami International Airport to San Francisco International Airport. After I left the examination room, and returned to the receptionist desk, the veterinary technician chatted with me some more. She echoed Dr. Gonzalez’s recommendation that I should give Chloe half a dose of that medicine first to see how Chloe would react. But it very much behooves me to share here and now that the veterinarian technician halved for Chloe all five of the 10 milligram tablets and placed the halved pieces back into the medicine container. That thoroughness of care/concern is rare and unexpected! The veterinarian technician could have simply instructed me to halve the pills myself. I’ll be returning to Fort Lauderdale Veterinary Care again. The very next day I gave Chloe half a dose, to see how Chloe would react. I am happy to say Chloe reacted well to half a dose. On a follow up call with Dr Gonzalez, I was advised a full dose should do the trick to ease Chloe’s airplane trip. She rested soundly as you will see in the last image below. The staff at Fort Lauderdale Veterinary Care never have me wait a long time. Soon after we were checked in, we sit in the waiting room, and almost immediately whisked away to an examination room. In the examination room, I rarely wait more than a few minutes before a veterinarian technician asks questions about Chloe. Soon Dr. Gonzalez will come into the examination room to speak with me, and a few minutes later Dr. Gonzalez will carry out a physical examination of Chloe. When Chloe needed her rabies shot – Dr. Gonzalez was kind enough to take Chloe to another room, and quickly returned with Chloe newly vaccinated against Rabies. Dr Gonzalez recognized I would be upset witnessing Chloe’s reaction to getting a jab. A visit to Fort Lauderdale Veterinary Care is made special by the bespoke design of the waiting room, the sincere (and sweet) care from the staff, and a clear respect for your busy schedule.
I tried to make an appointment and Dr Javier picked up the phone. He sounded awful. Cero interest, cutting me off, super transactional and not nice at all. I have a rescue bunny that I want to take care of and he sounded like he couldn’t care less because he kept interrupting me.
Dr. Gonzalez showed a shocking lack of compassion and care for my pet. Rushed, cold, and unprofessional—definitely not someone I’d trust with animals. Would not recommend.
My experience at Dr. Gonzalez's veterinary clinic was nothing short of a nightmare. From start to finish, it was a rollercoaster of incompetence, dishonesty, and outright hostility. It all began when I called to schedule an appointment for my girlfriend's dog to receive flea medication. I explicitly stated that we only needed an examination and a prescription. The receptionist assured me that the total cost would be $79, which seemed reasonable. However, this was just the beginning of a series of blatant lies and deceit. Upon arriving at the clinic, my girlfriend was ushered into a waiting room while I stayed outside. Dr. Gonzalez barely glanced at the dog's coat for less than five seconds before disappearing, promising to return with an estimate. What followed was a jaw-dropping revelation by a different receptionist that the examination and medication would cost a staggering $260, more than three times what we were quoted over the phone. When we attempted to address this gross discrepancy, Dr. Gonzalez himself emerged, displaying an appalling lack of professionalism and integrity. Instead of acknowledging the mistake, he outright accused us of lying and threatened to fire the receptionist who had given us the initial quote. His behavior was beyond reprehensible, culminating in a threat to sue us if we dared to leave a negative review. The audacity of Dr. Gonzalez's actions left us speechless and utterly disgusted. To be treated with such disrespect and contempt is unacceptable, especially from a supposed professional in the field of veterinary medicine. It is abundantly clear that Dr. Gonzalez prioritizes profits over the well-being of animals and their owners. I refuse to be intimidated into silence by Dr. Gonzalez's baseless threats. I will not hesitate to warn others about the abysmal treatment they might encounter at this clinic. If Dr. Gonzalez wishes to take legal action against me for speaking the truth, then so be it. But I will not back down from exposing the despicable practices of this establishment.
Dr. Gonzalez has been a well known Vet for our family pets, did multiple surgeries for multiple of our dogs. Around 30,000 thousand dollars later, we chose to refuse blood work for one of our older dogs. Just because of that Dr. Gonzalez requested we leave, Sure no problem! fast forward to today. We made an emergency visit for our dog, who has a giant hole in his leg from an abscess. On our way there we get a call stating Dr. Gonzalez refuses to see our dog because we refused blood work one time, when we needed a refill on an anti inflammatory for our dog.. I’m sorry, WHAT?! He couldn’t get a couple more hundred dollars from drawing labs ONE visit, he wants to refuse care? As someone in the medical field, I believe we have a right to refuse any lab we do not want done. Beauty of America am I right? I am sorry but when you take an oath to treat animals, you do your damn job. I’m sure this emergency visit would of made up for the money you would of made for that blood work. Dr. Gonzalez, I hope animal lovers like myself read this and take all of there animals to a Vet that is passionate, and loves there job because clearly all it is to you is a paycheck.