King Veterinary Hospital

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Been taking care of my pets for over 10 years. Awesome and compassionate staff. Dr. Bowen is wonderful

Dr. Bowen and his staff were kind and competent looking after our dogs and cats for over 10 years. We have had to have two dogs euthanized at age 12/13 in the past few years, and they handled it with love and concern for us and our dogs.

I just moved from Georgia to NC. My dog was extremely sick and we had not established ourselves with a vet yet. I called King Veterinary Hospital to get an appointment early on Wednesday morning and the receptionist said that they could not get me in until 5:00 that afternoon. When I arrived at the office there were no other patients there. I arrived 15 minutes early because my dog had progressively gotten worse throughout the day and the receptionist joked that they never start early, so I would have to wait. I waited 20 minutes with no other patients there in the waiting room, while my dog got worse, and the receptionist and the aide stood around joking and laughing. They finally turned on the light to a waiting room & the doctor came out at 5:05 and they had to carry my dog into the waiting room because she couldn't walk by then. She had become jaundice and clearly was in critical stage. The doc took some blood work and told me that he would call with the results the next day, but he wasn't sure what exactly was wrong. He said it could be liver failure or an infection. The aide took my dog and put her in the car for me because she still couldn't walk. They sent me home with no pain meds, antibiotics, nothing! I called the emergency care unit because my dog was now very disoriented when I got home. The E.R. couldn't believe that this doctor did not help my dog. Finally, THE NEXT DAY, the doctor called me at 3:00p.m. to let me know that he knew the results of my dogs blood work, and also to let me know that he was about to leave the office for the day! I informed him that I found other care for my dog and if I would have relied on his lack of care and compassion, my dog would have died last night. He told me that the reason that he did not call sooner is because he had other emergency animals to see that day!! Like my dying dog wasn't an emergency to him! I would not go to this office. I wrote this review because I don't want anyone to experience what I experienced with him. He is a terrible doctor and his lack of concern for my dog was shocking. I have never seen a veterinarian with such lack of concern/care until I went to him. Oh, and the reason that I waited in the waiting room for twenty minutes, while my dog was severely bad off, was because the doctor was eating lunch!