Just moved from Arizona to the area. Let's just say this doctor and staff don't care about the animals nor the client. Went in for my cat and dog ... He pushed everything on me! I was overwhelmed and went with it all without feeling confident! Went home that evening and then went back the very next morning to return some meds that I decided I didn't feel were necessary for my dog and they refused to refund me. The foil is still sealed on the container ... The front desk lady said I "should of decided I didn't want it at the time of service before walking out the door!!!" I am writing the Better Business Bureau and contact anyone I can to warn them! Holistic ... What a joke!!! This doctor is trying to push more meds ("natural stuff") on my dog for seizures then what he actually is on...he has been seizure-free for 4 years! And his thyroid meds cost $60 for 120 pills (2x a day)... And he changed the brand. My old vet in AZ gave me 380 pills (2x a day) for $28... This place is a joke!!! Shame on me for believing in this place!!! It's a scam!!!!!!!

Dr. Shawn Messonnier will be the death of your pet and will leave you and your family heartbroken. I took my pug dog in for an exam because he had a wet cough and rattling wet breathing. “Dr.” Messonnier listened to my dog’s lungs, heart and throat and diagnosed him as “perfectly healthy,” but then went on to sell me multiple “natural” supplements to “support his immune system.” I kept saying “are you sure?” even asking for antibiotics at one point just to be on the safe side. He refused to prescribe them because he said he believed they are prescribed too often and he wanted to take a wait & see approach. I trusted his diagnosis because I thought his degree along with multiple framed “D Magazine” articles about him on the wall, along with other endorsements were more important than my gut feeling. A member of his staff called days later to inquire as to how my dog was doing. I told them he was the same, no better or worse. They seemed surprised that he wasn’t worse. I asked about antibiotics again. The staff member told me the “Dr.” said that if my pug dog starts coughing and doesn’t stop, to bring him in again and then he’ll put him on antibiotics. The symptom described never took place. Later that night I had to rush my pug dog to an emergency vet in the middle of the night because he suddenly had trouble breathing. The emergency vet refused to treat him because they were unsure of the reactions between the medications and the “holistic” supplements that Dr. Messonnier put him on. They kept my baby in an oxygen crate where he remained stable until “Paws and Claws Animal Hospital” opened at 8am. I rushed my dog over at 8am. He was getting worse. When I walked in the front office staff were indifferent and rude and told me they had a patient scheduled so the “Dr.” couldn’t see us. I had to plead with her and the “Dr.” finally came out. I HAD TO CONVINCE HIM TO HELP US. He took my pug dog back and had no idea what to do. His vet tech, who was more of a bored teenager, had no clue how to put an iv in, and neither did he! They didn’t even have an oxygen crate. Dr. Messonnier injected a couple medicines into my dog and then fumbled around for 15 minutes, then finally told me that I’d have to take my dog to a specialist “just up the road” because he didn’t know what was wrong. Then, as my pug dog is barley clinging to life, he tells me to “go upfront and take care of the bill first, and then you can take him” $233.27. I raced as fast as I could, but my pug dog, my friend, my baby, slipped away while gasping for breath on the way to the place “just up the road.” My pug dog died, looking up at me, gasping for breath, years before his time, from a pneumonia that was misdiagnosed by “Dr.” Shawn Messonnier. Either that “Doctor” lacks the ability to diagnose & treat a simple infection early on, or he wanted to give himself the opportunity to make money by selling me some useless supplements first and then antibiotics days later. Research him and you’ll find that Dr. Messonnier is a veterinarian who thinks he is a real doctor. He writes books about how to cure you of breast cancer using holistic supplements, and he gets away with it because there is no regulation in holistic medicine; not in human medicine and not in veterinary medicine. He is incredibly narcissistic, egotistical, and arrogant. Dr. Shawn Messonnier will be the death of your pet and will leave you and your family heartbroken.

My cat has Irritable Bowel Disease and had pretty poor health with traditional medical treatment; Dr. Shawn was able to provide a natural herbal support that has not only stabilized his condition but greatly improved his health.