Oak Country Veterinary Services

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DO NOT USE THIS VET. We had Dr. Aarons put down our beloved Pluto in May. We paid extra to have a private cremation and a couple weeks later we were called to come pick him up. Several months later we had Lucy put down because of cancer and also had her cremated. By a different vet. A couple weeks later we picked up her remains and there was a note from the cremation place assuring us that Lucy was treated with respect. I called them up and thanked them for the reassuring note and we didn't get that certificate with Pluto. From there we learned Dr. Aarons had taken our beloved family member to the landfills and gave us the ashes of someone else's animal that had not been picked up. He threw him out like garbage without a second thought. We found out we weren't the only family he has done this too.

I have a bull dog whom seems to get sick a lot due to allergies. Well one morning after I woke up I notes that my dog's face was completely infected! She had green goo running down her face down to nose and I don't even know how that had happened to her due to her not having an infection the night before. So I called Dr. Aaron to see when I can get her in and he was fast to tell me get her here as soon as I can. After I got there he took her right back and started to exam her. After giving her a good look over her, he had informed me that due to her having allergies if she gets any cuts and doesn't leave them alone that they have a greater possibility of getting infective. Once he was able to identify what the problem was, the Dr. gave us medication for my dog and gave us an idea of how she may act and how to take care of her infection. He made it clear to us that if we need more meds to let him know and to bring her back if at any time it gets worse. Thank you Dr. Aaron & staff

I recently adopted a 7 year old cat. A few months after having her, I noticed something wrong with both of her front paws. I took her to my normal vet, he diagnosed her with a botched declaw job. The poor cat had been declawed as a kitten and the vet left behind some of those cells that regrew new claws and were now breaking the skin to grow out.



I called the previous owner who told me Dr. Aarons preformed the first declaw job. I then contacted his office and made arrangements to bring her back there.



The day of surgery, when I came to pick my cat up from her second declaw job, the office gave me absolutely no at home care or talk about what to expect and do. The doctor was already gone and therefore not available for questions. I was instructed to come back the next morning for the cats pain killer prescription and could talk to the doctor about my questions at that time.

*Questions I felt should have been answered at or before pick up were:

- how long will she be drugged up

- how long do the wrappings stay on

- how long does the cone stay on

- what kind of at home care should I expect in terms of medicine

- does she need a follow up appointment



The first few hours I had her home, she was VERY drugged up laying on the couch beside me. As still as a dead animal. At one point I went to the rest room and she had managed to kick the bandages off and I saw the open wounds. They were horrific. This was about 9pm and I called the vets office. It rang the doctors home line, which I was grateful that he picked up. He rudely assured me that everything was fine and to bring the cat back in the morning. He seemed miffed that I had called.



Later that night, I noticed she had gone into her little box, which I set up next to her. There was now tiny bits of litter stuck in her wounds. :(



The next morning I took the cat in at opening time. I left this appointment in tears!

- Right in front of me, the doctor called my cat a little B*tch because she was too scared to come out of her carrier.

- The doctor complained to the nurse that I called him the night before and made him miss 10 minutes of his show and asked her what happened in the show… again, this was RIGHT in front of me.

- I had to ask him and the nurse to clean the cats paws three different times from the litter because each time they did it, it was sloppy and spots were missed.

- He refused to re-wrap her paws because he said “she is just going to kick them off again”. He then said “that’s what she did last time too!” Well, that would have been helpful information for me to know ahead of time!

***No one even told me before that I needed to buy special litter to prevent her paws getting dirty!

All in all, the doctor showed absolutely no compassion during this appointment.



I was absolutely not going to bring her back into his after the way Dr. Aaron handled the cat and the situation.



I had a few follow up appointments with my one doctor in which he prescribed extra antibiotics because the paws were not healing well. He also said the incision on one of the paws was excessive. Also, her paws did finally heal but due to the larger than necessary incision, they do not look normal.



I would NOT recommend this vet.