Stay FAR FAR AWAY from this place unless you got plenty of money to throw away. My wife's English Bulldog got ran over in the driveway Last Friday evening and our local vet was about to close and sent us to this place in which he knew nothing about. They kept her overnight in stable condition, pretty much kept a morphine pump on her and put a plastic brace around her broke leg. It was ridiculous what these idiots charged and didn't even fix a thing!!!! Luckily a coworker told me about a vet in Pulaski that doesn't want to break one off in folks!!

The Pulaski vet is a good friend of ours. He is about as good as they come. Fine young man.

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I’ve heard that the emergency care clinic was noting but a money pit, and that they didn’t really do much for animals. Shame too.

Glad you got your dog to a good vet.

Man you driving from Danville all the wat to Pulaski Tennesse? Or Pukaski Pike in Huntsville? Either one is still a far trip. Aint no dang vets in decatur? Hartselle or Culman, Somerville, Trinity, Moulton? Thats a long way to huntsville. Tenn is crazy far.

If your talkin about the one on green cove rd, yeah they been known to be the highest in town. I live a few miles from the end of hwy 36 and use animal care clinic on south parkway. Im sure they aint the cheapest but its close and they always give us free service on small stuff. For example they will look at our dog for free anytime he has concerns, weigh him, trim nails and other small stuff that i dont recall. All i remember a few times was me askin my wife....well how much did they charge? She said nothing. Zero for that visit. And she has taken him a lot. All we ever paid for was routine shots and he is now over 1yr old. German Shepherd had him since he was 6wk old.


Yeah i remember now. He would limp for months on and off so we took him one day. They took x rays of his legs and said he is fine. Zero charge. And that was a walk in. No shot purchase or anything. I was in shock.

Decatur has an emergency vet

Killer Attack Dog is a customer of Animal Care Clinic too. He doesn’t necessarily approve, but he does trusts my judgment so he’s good with it.

I know a good vet in Morgan city if you want his number. Only one I use

Every time I see killer attack dog I get skeered.

Lol killer attack dog! I understand. He must live with a woman like mine lol.

I live 2 miles from a vet here but if it’s not to his schedule he doesn’t care to help! This place that ripped us off is right off the parkway charged over 1600 just for that Friday night stay there in which it was xrays, pain meds, anesthesia, splint and wrap her leg. She was there for a total of 16 hours! They was recommending some orthopedic surgeon in Huntsville to do a broke leg surgery for about $3000!!!! When we picked our dog up from there early and they asked where we were taking her they got pissed and became rude!! I can be at this Pulaski vet in about 80 mins. He kept our dog from Saturday about noon all the way up to Tuesday evening, performed 2 surgeries on her, anesthesia,meds,put leg in cast, cleaned her all for $438!!!! The guy was really intrigued by that Huntsville detailed receipt. He said the $189 plastic leg stint they charged for doesn’t cost but $5.34!! Said that place totally ripped us off!! Also said Huntsville hates him!! I’ll admit Pulaski is a mad house covered up with people and their phone stays busy, but it’s well worth the drive and wait IMO! The guy up front we paid said that 90% of their customers are from Alabama! After all this was said and done I went online and read reviews of each place, Huntsville had like 3.7 of 5 with a little over 100 reviews! Pulaski was 4.7 with several hundred reviews! We had to take our dog back Thursday as she started having trauma seizures, she is suppose to have stitches taken out Monday morning and we pick her back up.

Very few will. My vet will stay late if necessary, and will even make house calls if needed. Very reasonable on pricing too.

Don’t go up to Pulaski to that vet...and especially never go to an emergency clinic...if you want a really good one, go to berry animal hospital down in Ardmore...very reasonable prices and really good vets!

$1600 and they didn't fix anything? Wow!

They just recently saved my dogs life..so I like them.

The one guy was the partner at the Decatur Emergency place which has closed. He opened this place.

They are the only 2 board certified emergency veterinary surgeons in North Alabama.

They did a great job on my dog and hed of been dead without them so I thank them every day. Hes 100 % again.

He wouldnt have lasted 4 hours and all those other vets you all mentioned were telling us to watch him until the morning.Yeah..go look at his dead arse in the am..cause he would have died.

They are trauma surgeons there..not broken leg doctors. They handle LIFE threatening emergencies. We got there at 11 pm..they had him in surgery at 12 am calling in a whole surgical team within ONE HOUR.

If your dog wasnt going to die then another vet would have been a good choice...but if your dog is on deaths door they WILL save his life.

On the bright side..your dog was alive the next day wasnt he? I guess it was worth it then.

Also, They told us the price up front..and said the other alternative was putting him to sleep. I thought they were straight up. Best money I ever spent and my dog is still here.

He was alive and in a splint wasnt he? They tell you the cost upfront in my experience.

They will also euthanize them for a lot cheaper..they give you the choice.

People shouldnt complain about the bill if it all the alternatives were explained and there critter was alive and ready to go.

And Im sure they were..they even make you sign that you understand and give you a cost estimate. They did with us anyway.

I like my german shepherd but his arse is dead If he gets over $300. It will be a bullet between the eye balls. Then buried in the yard. Hell he has it better than me.

Our former vet once wanted to do bloodwork and x-rays "as a precaution" during the annual check and shots. I declined. Some people do that and more because they've bought into the entire "Fido is just like your child!" hooey foisted on the nation by the animal "rights" people.

You didn't get a pet at the pound, you "rescued" it from a "shelter."

It's not a "pet" because that denotes ownership and some kind of master-slave relationship. You have a "valued family member."

Your dog should have clean water and non-GMO "plant based" food, even though for eons canines have eaten meat and drank whatever they could find.


I love our pets. Have had a wide variety of them for 51 of my 53 years. We take care of them and treat them well. Our dog is curled up on a pink blanket on the couch right now. And I grieve the loss when one dies. But they're animals, not humans.

I grew up working at my Uncle’s veterinary clinic. He was renowned for surgery (especially ortho), and internal medicine, and is still highly respected even though retired for 10 years. I like to think I know what good vet care and surgery and post op care looks like. Try to keep this short, but my young lab bolted one night (cat?) and was run completely over. Tons of injuries. Lucky to survive the first night. Local vet nearby has on call, and stayed with her all night, pumping steroids into her chest to keep her alive. Set a dislocated hip, stabilized ribs, braced pelvis, etc.... in two trips under. A week later, out of the woods, we were referred to those surgeons in Huntsville, who did a good job reconstructing her destroyed elbow, but installed wimpy external fixtures on the joint, which broke while the dog was rolling over in her kennel. Had to be re-installed. Broke again, same way. Vet instructions followed to the letter. Surgeon accused me of mistreating my dog. Surgeon can shove it where the sun don’t shine. I had them remove the externals and went to my local vet and uncle for immobilization/recovery strategies and further care/procedures. Dog is near 100% again. Their attitude and arrogance far exceed their common sense. I wouldn’t let them work on anything but a rabid coyote or a skunk. I’ll find someone else. Local vet bill for WEEKS of board, anesthesia, meds, procedures, MRIs, Xrays, etc...was $1500, and they took care of her. Huntsville bunch was $3800 for a surgery that others had to correct, and they shoved her out the door for post op care. Now, I’d normally never have put that much $ into a dog hurt that bad, but I’ve got a wife and kids who are above and beyond on that one, and they wouldn’t allow me to put her down over $, if she had a chance. Their level of care and professionalism should be higher on post op, if they’re gonna charge a premium for their pieces of paper. JME.