As a child we always used Linwood, they were the only game in town. As I got older I moved away, moved back etc. and Linwood kinda got lost in the shuffle. Apparently I became attracted to the newer, shinier version of a Veterinary practice. Fast forward several years and I realized after leaving the vets office I always felt like I was being up-$old on everything, guilt-ed into more expensive treatments where other approaches might be just as effective. Many of these "shiny" practices feel to me like they're trying to model healthcare on some franchised system. After becoming frustrated with this approach I remembered the Vet. of my youth...Linwood and decided to give them a shot, and only then realized how much I missed real family practices. Linwood reminds me of an old-school family practice where the Dr.'s know and care for their patients. By the way, I had the complete opposite experience that the previous poster mentions. In fact he's describing exactly the OTHER vets that led me back to Linwood.

This practice has been leading this way for awhile, but they have truly made the transition from compassionate veterinary office to animal apothecary. Veterinarians, uninformed about the compounds they prescribe and putting animals at risk. Saddling up to Big Pharma and prescribing only certain medications. Additionally, resisting to provide written prescriptions forcing you to purchase their overly marked up meds from their office. If you manage to wrestle a written scrip from one of their doctors, then they flat out refuse to fax it to your online pharmacy for immediate filling, regardless of the need of the patient. Greed has fully replaced compassion. hostility and the most atrociously horrific customer service imaginable. I had been overly patient with this business, as I tend to do. After giving them the benefit of the doubt and switching vets within their practice several times, I have found the situation hopeless. Whenever this practice is challenged by someone knowledgeable, or a customer states that what would make their experience better is if they provide written scrips and fax them to the pharmacy (like a real doctors' practice) the reactions is sheer hostility. Face to face meetings are conducted behind closed doors so that the other customers that aren't as knowledgeable continue to be fleeced by these mountebanks. If you do now, or plan on attending this practice in the future, keep this in mind, and then verify for yourself. I wish you did not have to lose your money to verify it, but it is so astonishing that this practice continues successfully like this with such disdain and contempt for its patronage and such disregard and neglect for the health of the animal over the almighty dollar, that I invite anyone to challenge these facts. I have since interviewed three other practices, who were astonished when I told them these things. One is in Pelham, NH, on in Dracut and one in Lowell. Their charges are competitive to this one, and they are kind, care about the animals health first, support the patients' owners' rights to choose where to buy their pharmaceuticals (faxing scripts, etc...), offer alternatives, referrals to specialists with discounts, multi-pet discounts, first health check free, willing to fax statements to trainers - day cares and groomers requiring health verification, and more. I had my eyes shut for too long. A vet who will write scripts only for a very few, select products that cannot be purchased outside of a vets office due to new tracking and counterfeit protections that some pharmas are putting in place, only to force the consumer to purchase at a grossly inflated price benefitting the veterinarian and big pharma is an unethical practice and conterintuitive to humane service to the animal.

Linwood Animal Hospital has the best Doctors, so compationate, you can tell the love of animals is really there! Most reasonable prices compared to other vet hospitals in the area. Great hours, they go out of there way to fit you when its convinient for you! There is really not a bad thing I could say! I've been taking my animals there for over 10 years, Would never go anywhere else!

I took my puggle cause she had a really bad rash an they got her right in an i thank them for everything thing they did.... The only thing they didnt offer my dog any treats i found that weird but other then that ill alway go there... Thanx Linwood!!!!

Took my cat there for many years and the doctors took great care of him . I was always happy with the service I got there and the care they gave my best pal. And in the end they took care of him with great compassion and gave me great comfort when he passed .