Carreras Thomas, DVM

For ten years we had been taking our dog to Dr. Carreras’s office. Last month we had to put my dog to sleep. She developed a heart murmur and had a huge tumor in her chest. Her last visit to this office was mid August. Somehow, four veterinarians in this office missed what was obvious within five minutes to the vet at Bay St. Animal Hospital on August 23. An x-​ray revealed that my dog’s condition was grave, and so we had to make a very painful decision.
In May 2013 Dr. Carreras conducted a full check up – physical, vital signs, blood, urine and stool analysis, extraction of fluid from a fatty lump she had under her left leg – all negative. While I know tests can be false negative, I don’t know how they missed the development of the murmur and dismissed the signs of her inability to stop breathing and panting heavily, and loss of appetite as signs of old age, arthritis and her allergy. He even told me to exercise her a few times a day because of her arthritis. The vet at Bay St. said she could have suffered a heart attack from over exertion because of the heart murmur and tumor. Imagine if that had happened during our daily walks!
I read the other review that referred to Dr, Carreras as the closest thing to «St. Francis.» Well, St. Francis wasn’t a doctor and took a vow of poverty. I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t have charged exorbitant prices for an incorrect diagnosis, and I don’t think he would have forgiven himself for imparting wrong information concerning a beloved pet.

This man is the closest thing you’re getting to St. Francis in the tri-​state area. My family has had many many dogs for many many years. Right now we have five chihuahua mixes and one pomeranian… and this is a different set of pups than we had when I was born (when we had another seven). So that’s thirteen right there, and let me tell you there have been myriad small dogs prancing through that house over my twenty-​six years and Dr. Carreras has taken care of almost all of them.
This man has come in at the crack of dawn for my dogs and he has stayed late into the night. He calls my grandma back at all hours when she has an emergency and she trusts him completely with her most prized possessions because he truly cares and goes beyond the call of duty. Don’t hesitate to make Dr. Carreras your vet, though I think he might be overbooked with patients.