VCA Blum Animal Hospital

Reviews

• LL

  Lilly

  Oct 26, 2025
  2.0
  Incredibly disappointing experience considering all the great reviews. I was stunned by the price of my visit and was given no estimate prior to services being done. The vet jumped to worst case scenario for my pet and every screening came back clear. Warning to first time clients to ask for a line by line estimate before it’s too late.
• JJ

  Johanna Johnson

  Aug 21, 2025
  2.0
  I've held off on reviewing Blum Animal Hospital, but after receiving yet another appointment reminder for our dog Penny, who passed away in December 2024, I felt it was time. We took our golden retriever to Blum for almost 10 years. The first several years of routine care were fine, though we noticed frequent staff turnover and rarely saw the same vet twice. Around age 5 or 6, they began recommending sedation medications for each visit due to anxiety, even though she had never been nervous or aggressive. For a clinic that promotes being "Fear Free," relying on sedation as the main solution seemed concerning. When Penny became seriously ill in 2024, we struggled to get timely diagnostics or even returned calls from Blum. It seemed that once we needed something beyond the typical annual exam or preventative care, they were totally unavailable. I understand that they need to contract out other services (for example ultrasound imaging, etc) but they were not willing to work with us on scheduling that in a timely manner. We ultimately sought care from two other local vets—both of whom were responsive and compassionate (and confirmed that she wasn’t anxious or in need of sedation for exams) while helping us establish a diagnosis and a care plan. Even after notifying Blum via phone of her passing, we’ve continued to receive appointment reminders 8+ months later. If you’re looking for basic preventative care and don’t mind seeing a different vet each time—this may be the clinic for you. But if you’re looking for consistent, compassionate care throughout your pet’s life, I’d recommend looking elsewhere. We definitely will if we bring another dog into our family.
• AM

  Ale McB

  Aug 5, 2025
  4.0
  Great doctors, great technicians and friendly staff. Perfect location. Clinic is quite busy at all times but waiting times at lobby are not too long. My previous dog passed away and they were so kind, caring and professional during the entire process until receiving the ashes. Clinic is expensive and my big downside is that they don’t do pet travel paperwork onsite (you work with an expensive third party provider), so my dog goes to two different vet hospitals as we travel a lot.
• SB

  Samantha Barnowski

  Aug 3, 2025
  5.0
  Dr. Hopper and Dr. Scott are great. They take the time to explain everything to you, and are very comforting and friendly
• BB

  Beverly

  Jul 20, 2017
  4.0
  Blum has become my cats' main vet clinic since it's nearby, and they're always very friendly. However, they are quite costly. My most recent visit was for a simple rabies vaccine, which ended up costing $175 for everything. Granted, they also gave him an anti-histamine in case he had a bad reaction to the shot, but it was about $20, as well as $15 for ear cleaner. My previous vet had just included the anti-histamine for free, which at $150 for everything else, would have been nice here, too. I've edited my review and deleted the comments about the wait time because they reached out to me after this post. I appreciate their attempt to alleviate my concerns. Again, they're friendly people and seem to care about your pets, and I did like Dr. Baker when we saw her. The only caveat to coming here is the higher prices.

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