Callahan Drive Animal Hospital
In Business Since 2004
(865) 938-0243
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HORRIBLE, BEWARE
Posted byanibodieon 3/13/2010
I would rate Callahan Drive Animal Hospital -- the one on Barger Pond RD in Knoxville, just so the vet can't come on here and claim some mistake, as the WORST most INCOMPETENT veterinary service I have ever been to in 30 years of owning pets. As a new patient, I brought a senior aged dog into the clinic for a dental proceedure, in which the largest tooth in the mouth had to be removed. The removal went fine, but upon picking my dog up, the vet never came into the patient room to talk with me. And, the incompetent assistant insisted that my dog did not need to go home with an antibiotic. Good thing I was persistent. I insisted to see the vet, because I knew this was incorrect. Sure enough, the dog DID need an antibiotic. The vet never apologized for the screw up by the way. So, I took my dog home, and no body from Callahan ever even bothered to call to check on how the dog was doing after surgery. This dog is old. I can tell you that my regular and, thankfully, very considerate and competent vet called me several times to check when one of my young dogs got injured from another dog. But, Callahan's never even bothered to check on a senior dog after a major, three hour surgery. Today I met a lady with a G. Pyranees pup who told me that the morons at Callahan's told her she would stunt the dog's growth if she neutered him before 13 months. Totally untrue and dangerous FALSE information. First, Great Pyranees are known to become potentially aggressive at sexual maturity -- so telling this girl to NOT neuter this dog before then is simply irresponsible. Second, neutering a dog before sexual maturity certainly DOES NOT stunt its growth! What a load of utter bunk! Dr. Hilla's practice is too chaotic and he is just too unplugged for words. Please, please, please beware and be wary of this incompetent veterinarian. AVOID and please, spread the word to others. Warn them. Because I would hate to see someone else's dog go home without needed medication and I would truly hate to learn that another well-meaning pet owner was dissuaded from spaying or neutering their pet. Callahan's is DANGEROUS.
BEWARE of Incompetence!
Posted byani b.on 3/12/2010
I would rate Callahan Drive Animal Hospital -- the one on Barger Pond RD in Knoxville, just so the vet can't come on here and claim some mistake, as the WORST most INCOMPETENT veterinary service I have ever been to in 30 years of owning pets. As a new patient, I brought a senior aged dog into the clinic for a dental proceedure, in which the largest tooth in the mouth had to be removed. The removal went fine, but upon picking my dog up, the vet never came into the patient room to talk with me. And, the incompetent assistant insisted that my dog did not need to go home with an antibiotic. Good thing I was persistent. I insisted to see the vet, because I knew this was incorrect. Sure enough, the dog DID need an antibiotic. The vet never apologized for the screw up by the way. So, I took my dog home, and no body from Callahan ever even bothered to call to check on how the dog was doing after surgery. This dog is old. I can tell you that my regular and, thankfully, very considerate and competent vet called me several times to check when one of my young dogs got injured from another dog. But, Callahan's never even bothered to check on a senior dog after a major, three hour surgery. Today I met a lady with a G. Pyranees pup who told me that the morons at Callahan's told her she would stunt the dog's growth if she neutered him before 13 months. Totally untrue and dangerous FALSE information. I cannot believe that Dr. Hilla would give such utterly false information to a dog owner who A.) has a breed that is known to become potentially aggressive at sexual maturity B.) wants to avoid bringing unwanted puppies into the world. It is totally FALSE that neutering a G. Pyranees before 13 months would stunt his growth! Unbelievable just how incompetent this vet is. AVOID and tell everyone you know to AVOID. He is an idiot.
Horrible and sad experience
Posted byGuest G.on 3/6/2010
Dr. Hilla is a nice vet "to talk to." He is a good vet for minor things....giving shots, updating your prescriptions etc. However, do not use him for ANY or MAJOR surgeries. We ended up paying a huge amount of money and he lied to us about the results. If you love your pet do not have him do surgery on your pet! Otherwise, he is a nice "general practitioner."
Horrible....pet died...unprofessional
Posted byGuest G.on 12/29/2009
Good: It was clean.. Bad: They charged us $250 to "treat" a Guinea Pig and assured us that w/the treatment he would recover. 4 hours later he died. Upon calling to discuss the matter w/the office manager, she became irate and broke down in tears on the phone! Totally unprofessional, and out to grab a buck!. Improvements: Maybe some compassion for the owners as well as the pets..an appropriate charge and treatment for the type of animal involved.. Other: We only went here because they were the only "Exotic Vet" (hamsters etc) in Knoxville. We have since found out that our regular vet (we have 3 dogs and 2 cats) Dr. Butler, has an exotic vet on staff ..
Amazing
Posted bympickelson 7/31/2009
Dr. Hilla has to be one of the top turtle experts in the world. He will be the only vet for any reptile I'll ever own.
