I took my dog to Animal Medical Clinic and changed to a different vet after about a year...the veterinarian was condescending, and refused to explain procedures. Additionally, my dog began to have stomach problems and like other reviews, he gave my dog B12 shots monthly, charged me for the office visit each time, and refused to explain why the shots were necessary. Needless to say, I switched to Prytania Veterinary and haven't been happier - they treated my dog immediately and fixed the problem after one visit...turns out I had wasted a lot of time and money going to repeated visits at Animal Medical Clinic.

I have been going here for a while but I am currently in the process of finding a new vet. I have been so disappointed with Dr. Saacks mostly because initially I deemed him to be honest and maybe caring (although I wasn't sure about the last part). Now I realize how wrong I was. Not only is he rude and often insulting to both me and my pet, he tacks on hidden prices, as other reviewers have noted, and refuses to explain procedures such as why he thinks it necessary to give my dog a B12 shot (which he wont tell you the price of). Furthermore, getting a "vet's visit" from him is completely useless as well. He takes your dogs temp and tells you what you already knew. He is rude and speaks in a derogatory manner to both me and my pet. Probably the most concerning aspect of this vets behavior is that he doesn't ever remember my pets name or anything about my pet despite the fact that we had been going to his clinic for a year. Dr. Saacks also does not keep up to date information about your pet, the charts he keeps often lack critical information which, despite being given said information, Dr. Saacks neglects to keep record of. IF YOU LOVE YOUR PET DON'T GO HERE.

When I first started going to Dr. Saacks I liked him enough, but I had a funny feeling. Little did I know I should have listed to that funny feeling and run away as quickly as possible. Since I didn't, here is my experience: Dr. Saacks diagnosed my dog with a Thyroid disease 3 months ago. He put her on a higher dosage of thyroid medicine than a dog her size should be on. She became extremely frail and skinny. I called him 3 months into her taking the medication to see if she needed to be re-evaluated. He then informed me she probably should have been reevaluated already. Well, I never received any notice from him regarding that. Had I not called, I would have never known she needed reevaluation. This got me thinking, and I began to search out second opinions and I let him know I was searching for second opinions. During this time I needed a refill on heart worm medication. My dog had been tested 3 months prior by Dr. Saacks and the result was negative. He refused to write her an RX or sell me any heart worm medication because I had not physically shown him my left over heart guard pills at the previous vet appointment. At that same appointment he neglected to tell me when that if I did not show him the pills he would not give me more when I ran out. I called 3 other vets for second opinions regarding the heart worm medication. All 3 vets, told me that was outrageous and they would give any of their patients heart worm mediation refills in that situation, they just needed to have a negative test within the prior year at their clinic. I decided to go back to my previous vet, Dr. Nathan at Prytania Veterinarian clinic. I cannot say enough wonderful things about Dr. Nathan and Prytania veterinarian clinic. They called Dr. Saacks and tried to get my dog's files faxed over for proof of her previous negative heart worm test. Dr. Saacks was "busy" so I drove over there myself to pick up her information. He proceeded to chastise me, and refuse to pay a credit I have on my account with him from being charged for a medication twice within 5 days. Then once I left his clinic he proceeded to text messaged my phone telling me he would make sure Prytania Vet was going to make me do a heart worm test. Which they did for FREE, because he made such a big stink about it. My dog's test came back negative, but what impressed me most was Dr. Nathan took much time and care to explain why we might as well just do the test to be extra safe, whereas Dr. Saacks exact words to me where, "I can't believe you're so cheap you'll risk your dogs life over $27". Keep in mind heart worms normally can't be detected for 6 months after being infected so my dog wouldn't even test positive for 4 or 5 more months at least!!! If you like yourself and your pet, you won't take them anywhere near Dr. Saacks and Animal Medical Clinic.

I didn't like the way we were treated here. They seemed to be the cheapest, but they tack on lost of hidden prices. He would explain things too fast and didn't help me to understand. He would give shots and medication without discussing it with me, and then charge me for all of it. Would not recommend.

This vet was 20 minutes late and gave my dog a $25 B-12 shot with out disclosing the cost of the shot before hand. He never made any follow up call, knowing my dog was very sick. There are so many vets in the area to chose from, I would not return here.