Brentwood Animal Campus

Excellent facilities — doggy day care, vet services, grooming — top notch!

Love this place! Everytime I come with my dog Nate, I can feel the love and attention in that office from the front office ladies to the Vets. They really teach you about caring and medical maintenance for your pet. There not just trying to rush you out the door.
Backstory: We live in Milwaukee and the prior place we used there was awful. We researched this place and it’s worth the 30 min. Drive for us.
Keep up the awesome work.

Be very very careful when choosing what vet to use at animal campus. Not all vets are equal! lots of vet turn over don’t know know why. Over vaccinated our small dog to the point she went in to shock and need to be taken to emergency vet to be stabilized. Lastly recorded keeping has my other dog as a cat and our kitten as a 15year old. Please use extreme caution if you choose to use animal campus veteran. Hopefully nobody goes through our experience again.

I wish there was a way to give 0 stars. That is the rating this facility deserves. I had a bad experiences in the veterinary office; this decision resulting in the death of my dog, Diesel.
I brought Diesel to the vet because he had eaten the legs (2) off of a stuffed toy and they got obstructed in his bowel. His usual doctor was full and was unable to perform the surgery to remove the obstruction. They called and asked their senior veterinarian to come in and perform the surgery. I was so appreciative because otherwise I would have had to go to the animal hospital for the surgery ($$$). I now wish I would have chosen the latter. The doctor informed us that he removed one foreign body from Diesel and that he was doing well. When we showed up to pick him up however he was in bad shape. He was not willing to walk, he was very lethargic, and was nothing like the dog I dropped off. The doctor inform us that he would usually keep him because he’s not bouncy back as he would expect but they closed in 30 minutes and he was sure that he would be fine. He sent him home with the following; his temperature is lower than it should be (an initial sign of a perforated bowel), he had no desire to eat or drink (also a sign of a perforated bowel), if he was forced to stand up he would walk very slow (this is called guarding probably from the perforated bowel), and he wasn’t «bouncy back» as expected. Diesel was actually walking so slow to the car that the doctor picked him up and put him in the car. Within 4 hours I had him at the animal hospital in hypovolemic shock (96.5, normal 101). He was lifeless. Within 24 hours from that time he was put down. It appeared that only one of the two legs had been removed which broke the incision to his bowel and from that he was diagnosed with a septic abdomen. The doctor called me Monday to apologize stating verbatim «I know now I made the wrong choice. I thought it would be ok.» I called the owner to request my money be returned to me because it was the doctors negligence that resulted in the death of Diesel. She didn’t return my calls for 4 days. I then placed a review on their Facebook page and heard back from her within hours. She was made aware of my availability and only called me when I was not available. After two weeks I finally got a hold of her. She informed me that she was not responsible for the doctor’s mistakes and that I would need to take that up with him. She also told me that I pulled a «stint» with my post on Facebook and lastly told me that I misperceived the doctor telling me this occurred at his misjudgment.
Not only should this woman never receive another dollar of business in her life but I would hate for anyone to lose a loved one at the hands of the doctors that they trust. This has been a traumatic experience and I couldn’t bear to have anyone else go through it.

First impression glow wore off after picking them up after a week stay.
I would recommend Animal Campus for their day play and one or maybe two night’s stay, but not longer than that really. Day after day of playing hard and minimal human contact really took it’s toll on my dogs. Also, remember to give them more food (like double) while they are there because they are burning so many calories playing so much — I saw noticeable weigh loss with my Weim after a week’s stay.
For the price they charge I think they should include a bed for the dogs to sleep on instead of the cement floor. I also think it’s lame that they charge you for an whole day if you pick up in the afternoon (e.g. drop off at 8am and pick up at 5pm the next day and you get charged two nights). The logs they keep for your dog while they stay there are vague, generic, and for the most part repetitive. Finally, like I said in my previous review, I don’t like that they leave at 8pm and there’s no staff on the property until the next morning.

I have used both the Vet and Boarding facility here.
The boarding is great. My dog gets to spend a good amount of the day out in the Day Care area. Which has tons of grass, trees, and even a pond for him to swim in. On down time, he stays in a good size, very clean kennel. The best part is that when I pick him up, I get a detailed report card for what he did while he was there. It is also nice to have my dogs vet on site when I am gone in case of an emergency.
The Vet clinic is just as great. Dr. Gidlund and Dr. Bissen are extremely friendly and take the extra time to make you know that they care. I went last night and got the pleasure of meeting the new vet they have on staff. She seemed to be a newer vet, but just as personable. I have no problem leaving my dogs in their care.
The facility is only a few years old, and very well cared for. Everything is very sanitary.
I have recommended Animal Campus to several friends, and they have all been very happy with their experience.