When our year old Lab ate the camping candles that we had just purchased and foolishly left in the front car seat, a DT Vet saw him as soon as we arrived. One shot and he vomited almost a pound of candle wax. The Vet carefully explained symptoms to watch for and the price was very reasonable. Thanks to DT Vet Hospital for being there when we needed you.

We were vacationing in Lake Tahoe with our two English Bulldogs when on the second night we noticed our 4 1/2 yr. old male limping with impaired breathing. We took him to Donner-Truckee Veterinarian Hospital as soon as we could get an appointment. He was diagnosed as having a sprain, $350.00 later and a splint, and the doctor trying to "upsale" us on expensive palate surgery, facial fold surgery and referral to a dentist where we live, we left with our dying dog in acute distress. His condition continued to deteriorate that evening and we called their office THREE times and over 24 hours later before a doctor would talk to us about our dog's worsening condition. Not once did anyone return our call. We left an already paid for vacation just after two nights so we could return home and get our dog help. Unfortunately it was too late and we had to put him to sleep.

I have twice had to bring my dog in on a Sunday night when she developed an illness. I thought the place was great, albeit very expensive - I think expensive is the name of the game with emergency vets as much as doctors. The vet that took care of my dog talked to me a long time about what the problem was, the prognosis, the alternative treatments I could consider, when and whether I would need to bring her back vs care for her at home. They sent the info on my dog over to my regular vet and never tried to get me to shift to them or anything weird like that. Actually, the vet there gave me better info than the vet I saw at my usual practice ( I later saw another vet in that practice and got the info I needed so didn't switch to D-T Vet as I was considering). So, at least the emergency vet is great.