Made an appointment with Dr. Codner AFTER inquiring what the office visit charge would be ($45 per dog). At the end of the appointment, I was informed that Dr. Codner charges $130, PER dog, just for the office visit. I brought two dogs for examination and walked away with a bill for over $600. Apart from a couple of skin scrapings and being sent home with a 3-WEEK course of antibiotics, how can MUIR OAKS VETERINARY HOSPITAL justify this blatant extortion? Dr. Codner refused to reduce the office visit charge. Even after being billed that exorbitant amount, she was unable to determine the cause and, therefore, correct treatment for the dogs. I'm sure that there are more reputable vets out there who are not filled with such a sense of self-importance. Vets that actually want to help animals and charge a FAIR price. I will never go back.

There are several excellent Vets in the area, Muir Oaks is NOT one of them. I have been going there for years with both our dog and cats and the service and care has down way down hill. They are extremely over-priced and expect to wait a lot, before, during and after the appt. They seem to make-up whatever suits them ie: we are the only ones who can fill the prescription, this is the only option for treatment and "by law, you can't have your pet's remains, you have to pay us to depose of the body." Don't let them take your pet to the back alone for tests. The assistants are well meaning but pointed out the wrongs lumps to test, two out of three times. They extracted our dog's tooth and broke off 2 of the 3 roots and said nothing when we returned for repeated swelling/infection in our dog's face. They just keep prescribing antibiotic over and over. We did go elsewhere and the 1st thing the new vet said was let's check for a broken root! It was two broken roots and the infection went into the bone and sinus. Yes it could have killed him! He had to have extensive surgery to correct this as the pieces of tooth had migrated through the bone. We used to board our dog with them and in the last year our pet came back in worse shape than when we left him - skin infections, no medication consumed for days - they charged $4.00 a pill to toss the pill in with his dry food twice a day and were surprised to find the pills in his cage days later. The front desk staff seems to always be new and not yet trained. But you have to argue with the manager when they charge you for something the staff told you was "no-charge." They often forget to include everything when you leave. So you have to come back and get the rest of the medications. Check what they tell you and where they refer you or you'll pay through the nose and it could jeopardize you pet. It's a struggle to get your records sent to other doctors. The attitude toward clients is not good, expect to be put on-hold/hung up on most of the time.

More than friendly. Accomodating. Just all around pro's. Not a backyard give your money setup. Even checks vacination records. Nice.

They are to high

Read warning from another reviewer about how expensive Muir Oaks is, but was I stupid to disregard it. Exam & test set me back a few hundred. Young vet was nice, but I don't feel it necessary to pay for an overly renovated lobby or hourly wage for staff whom made me feel I was imposing on their time. Definitely do your research for a much more affordable vet at 1/3 the cost -- I did and it included the prescribed meds!!!