We just recently started to take our dog Casper and cat Oreo to Norwalk Animal Hospital. Since I have always owned dogs and/or cats, I am no stranger to vetenarians. I must say this this animal hospital is by far the very best! The staff is extremely caring, friendly and warm and the vetenarians are fantastic. I brought my cat Oreo to Dr. Strecker last year and he was terrific! Oreo was also seen by Dr. McLaughlin another time and again, he received such fantastic care and down to earth treatment. I then brought my dog Casper to Dr. McLaughlin and I must say he is the best there is! He is so kind, honest and knowledgable and will work with you and not pooh pooh your ideas. My dog was very sick and he always made time to see him and did whatever he could to get him better even though it was against the odds. He never pushed expensive and useless treatments but was hoping against hope that maybe it wasn't as bad as it seemed and he might respond to less drastic treatments. My dog was thought to have cancer at the age of 10yrs old although it was never 100% verified. Only a biopsy could have given us the definite answer. But, taking his age into account, Dr. McLaughlin agreed that he was too old and sick to put him through anything painful and risky. Casper didn't make it but did put up a fight thanks to the help and care of Dr. McLaughlin. I have had many pets euthanized but never by someone so caring and comforting. He is a credit to his profession, and more vets should take a cue from him. After it was all said and done, he sent us a hand written sympathy card, which really meant so very much to us! He is one in a million! Thank you Dr. McLaughlin and staff , you made a very tough time much more bearable!

When I go to a veterinarian clinic I want to have a good professional. How often they laugh it is not important and how kind they are depend about their education. To me a veterinarian has to be a professional and in this case I can not say they are. I come from Spain with my dog, which has his own passport where there is a record about his vaccination since he was 3 months old. He was absolutely healthy but I wanted to put him the lyme disease vaccination (which does not have because in Spain we don´t have this disease) and I wanted to ask to the vet for a brown spot that recently appeared on one of his eye. They told me that they have to make him an exam comprehensive physical at the beginning and they did. It was 83$, and you have to believe me that you don´t need to study a degree to do that exam and to say "yes, the dog is healthy". He put the lyme vaccine but they did not want to put the stamp of this vaccine on the dog´s passport because they used it for their records…They just gave me a paper wich said that the dog was vaccinated…but that kind of paper doesn´t work on the bordes!! Hey!!I paid for the vaccine and they did not want to give me the stamp!! (in fact they did not give me) The worst was that he did not see the brown spot on his eye (imagine how good was the exam) but I showed him and asked about it. He did not give too much importance but he did a proof to make sure that it was not a ulceration on his cornea (good!! something well done!!). He sold me a medication for the eye but after the treatment the brown spot continues and besides he has some white new spots...so, I went again to the vet for a follow up and he only took a look of the eye..and he told me that I did not know what was that and I had to go to a specialist for the eyes. And do you know what? The cost of the exam follow up was 64$!! Just to tell me that he did not know what is wrong with the eye!! Unbelievable!!! Sincerely, I can't understand why someone study a veterinarian degree to use it just to do that. To sum up, the place is good, the people is always laughing, they are very kind and the vet looks very professional but that is only imagen. To me they are thieves that dress up like vets.

I have used Norwalk Animal Hospital for 9 years with my dog. They are always quick, accommodating and helpful. I have seen all of the doctors and was impressed with all of them. I have also used them for boarding and was happy with that as well. Everyone there seems to genuinely love animals.

I do not have enough words to describe how grateful we are to Dr. Harlan McLaughlin, Dr. Greg Stecker and the rest of the staff at the Norwalk Animal Hospital. Dr. McLaughlin is the greatest veterinarian I have had the pleasure to meet; he treated our beloved cat Lolita for renal issues, and continues to be our Vet for our Tomasa. Dr. McLaughlin was not only sweet and kind to Lolita, but helped us thru all the difficult moments of her disease. He always took the time to explain in detail Lolita’s condition, treatment options and logical next steps, all with a compassionate attitude and the utmost kindness. I could always count on a call back from Dr. McLaughlin when he had promised one. We have recently lost our Lolita, and there were no better people to have by our side than the staff at the Norwalk Animal Hospital; Anna, Kiki, Sandra, Dr. McLaughlin were there thru it all, gave us the strength to deal with this terrible disease, and helped us say good bye.

They are very quick, efficient, friendly and less expensive than most Vets.