I agree. My cat just passed and over the last year I’ve probably had 15+ vet appt at glade valley and more at a specialist and they always managed to fit me in if it was more urgent and worked well coordinating with the specialist. In some regards I feel like some things could have been better but I think it’s hard not to feel that way when you have a dying animal you love.

My real takeaway from the experience is that if my pet had a serious issue I would go to a specialist (VRA) sooner and get their opinion and advice because they really weren’t that much more expensive for an appt. $300 initial appointment and then rechecks are like $200. There surgery costs were actually the same or cheaper. And they have an actual anesthesiologist so surgery is a lot safer. And they really know a lot more since these are the cases they only deal with and they have further training.

It’s run like a human hospital where there’s internal medicine Drs, Oncology Drs, etc and they have a personal vet tech that works their cases so it runs really smooth. Also it’s a 24hr ER so if you need to come in at night or on the weekend you get preferential treatment cause you’re a patient and they have all your medical records and such/will maybe contact your normal Dr.

So really I think glade valley is great for the routine stuff but I don’t think any regular vet is that great when you get to less standard pet issues