Downey Veterinary Hospital

First visit to this office and it was a great experience. Reasonable pricing and the doctor was very nice and wasnt pushy like most of them. Staff is great as well, Really good atmosphere. Dont hesitate to come here!

I have been going to Downey Veterinary Hospital for 8+ years and they are consistently great. The staff is awesome and provides excellent customer service and the Vet. takes his time to explain things. I currently have a chihuahua who has a heart condition and when he was initially put on heart medication I appreciated the follow-​up calls from the vet to check how everything was going. Because they are great showing up without an appointment during peak hours is not the best but in an emergency I don’t mind waiting because I know my dogs will be treated great.

What can I say about Dr. T and his staff? They are like family. They also treat you like family. About 3 years ago I was having financial challenges and was ready to put my dog down due to him suffering from bladder stones. Doctor T saw me crying in the wait room and knew what Chico meant to me. He talked me into not putting him down and suggested a surgery that would be a bit unaffordable at the time but he understood and worked with me on a payment plan. 3 years later Chico is enjoying his golden years in our home living a healthy and great life. He’s the joy and pride of our house. Thank you so much Doctor T. I look forward to many more great years with Chico because of you.

HOW I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! I began my relationship with this hospital many many years ago. I brought my senior blind baby here. I remember a woman telling me «Alondra» was awesome with her cat. When i met her I understood why. She was so awesome with my baby. In fact, i always made it a point to take My Disco in when Alondra was there. she would hold my baby for everything. I couldn’t do it. i’m no good around needles!!! Disco had many medical issues so we frequented this place many times. i can honestly say i love them all for taking such great care of my girl. She’s passed. And i now have another furbaby who is a patient here. I wouldn’t go anywhere else. I’m so glad i have memories of them and her. They really care about our babies!

Had an amazing first visit with the female veterinarian. She was great, friendly, and made the appointment all about my dog which why we were their. Wait time was a bit long but once I got in their i thought it was worth it for her.
I went back for the second time for check up shots and the male veterinarian that had seen us was not worth the 2 HOUR wait! He was kinda of rude and did not even look at my dog. I asked about some rash I had seen on his chin and he just looked really quick and was like oh okay he is fine. Was a horrible experience with him.
1 Star for the first visit
1 Star for them being open on Saturdays
and last Star for the female veterinarian.

I take both of my four legged sons to this vet and I never had a problem. Everyone is friendly and professional! I never had a major emergency with my little ones. So I can only rate them on vaccinations and yearly physicals and I’ve always had a good outcome on his services. They are very affordable!
I gave them a 4 star because the wait time is pretty long. Other than that I definitely recommend there services !

I never write reviews. I had too on this one. They just murdered my Dog! Took her in for teeth clean up, get a call back that she passed away! What kind of lack of attention goes behind closed doors. Only has the nerves to say «I’m sorry can’t do nothing about it» I hope your business goes down the drain!

I have been coming here for seven years. Of those seven years, I’ve only gone home disappointed once and that was only cause Dr. T was not the doctor in, it was some other guy who was pretty rude to me. I haven’t seen him again because I literally only go when I know Dr. T is in. Hes extremely professional, knows what he’s doing. He answers all of my questions, explains thoroughly whatever he is going to do to my beloved dog, Chiquita. The staff is very friendly too. The only thing that sucks is that parking can sometimes be a pain in the ass and if you’re a walk-​in depending on the day it can be a pretty long wait. So bring a magazine or something to distract you. I normally socialIze with the other pet parents in there lol price is a little high but you are paying for excellent care and quality. Best believe it!

As an animal rescuer I bring dogs coming from Downey Shelter to this vet as they usually have a respiratory infection. I am impressed with the attention to the animals needs that this office gives, They are very professional and a special friend to rescues! Not many vets will take credit cards over the phone or set up an account this way but they do this for rescues!!! Awesome!

Friendly people, except for the woman that bills you. The vet doesn’t seem very knowledgeable about more complicated animal diseases like cancer. I brought my dog here because a mass was discovered in her abdomen during an emergency surgery that the surgeon recommended be seen by my dog’s regular veterinarian. Well, I had just moved to Downey so I brought my dog here to have the mass checked out and to remove the sutures from the surgery. I gave the vet all the paperwork the surgeon gave me, prior to the exam.
When we walked into the exam room, Dr. Taguinod didn’t know what we were there for… so he obviously didn’t read the surgeon’s notes. Not until I told him what I brought my dog in for, did he bother to read the paperwork. After reading the notes, he turned to me and said «well it might be cancer then huh? I guess all we can do is wait and see.“That was the most ridiculous thing I ever heard a Veterinarian say. This veterinarian knew there was a possibility that the mass in my dog’s abdomen had the potential of being cancer and his recommendation was to «wait and see»? I asked if there was anyway to find out if it was cancer or not and he said only a biopsy. I asked if he could do that, he said no, and refer me to a full-​service hospital that had cancer specialists who could. Had I not asked questions and accepted to «wait and see» as he originally recommended, he likely would not have given me the referral.
Dr. Taguinod also seems to be afraid of dogs and prefer cats. He seemed afraid of my dog (a retriever mix), and kept his distance from her as much as he could. The vet tech who removed the sutures on the other hand wasn’t afraid. He also didn’t perform a thorough physical exam on my dog until I asked him to… probably because he was afraid.
One last thing — they are not punctual. I made an appointment, arrived early, and still waited almost an hour.
Only reason I gave 2 stars was because the vet. tech was nice to my dog.

This place is awesome! I’ve taken all three of my dogs here and the people that work here are always so kind! One of my dogs was there for 5 days getting treatment for parvo and he actually made it! Best of all is they don’t over charge you. I highly recommend this place.