VCA Baring Boulevard Animal Hospital

Reviews

• AH

  Ashley Hunner

  Apr 19, 2026
  1.0
  Rooms are disgusting blood left on the floors, pet hair all over the floor and even urine. This place has really gone down hill staff is not friendly and they try to sell you on Trupanion “free 30 days” where trupanion emails you saying you get full money back within 30 days of cancellation well that’s not true at all they are scammers! VCA needs to have higher standards to help customers and cleaner rooms. Get janitors! You obviously don’t pay your staff high enough to pride themselves in a clean hospital!
• JA

  Julie Atlas

  Apr 11, 2026
  1.0
  VCA Baring Vet did not care about my little Aki. After expensive urgent care spot and 10 day medication, no calls from the urgent care t car doctor, Dr. polar or anyone. A recheck would cost 50 to 80 dollars more and no one reached out to see if he was ok. He is not! I have been a faithful customer for over 5 years with 4 pets that are patients. This vet only cares about money and has list its empathy for their customers. My little 11 year old doggie Aki is their customer. I feel if you are looking for a vet hospital that really cares about your beloved pets, don’t choose this vet hospital. They have forgotten how to reach out and see if their patients are ok after they have taken your money and given You medicine. With so much sadness, this is now in my humble opinion, a 1 star vet. Julie A
• JA

  Julie Atlas

  Apr 11, 2026
  1.0
  The VCA Baring Boulevard Corporate Animal Hospital has changed. It is now, in my humble opinion, a place that has forgotten how to care about your pet. I just spent over 300.00 for an urgent care visit for my little 11 year old chihuahua Aki His skin is very bad and I didn’t know how to help him. I was given a 10 day supply of amoxicillin and I gave this to him as directed. I also have him baths in the medicated shampoo. No one from my vet had called to see how he was doing. Around day 5, I called and asked the urgent care doctor to call me back because I felt the medicine was not doing anything. I was told by a very robotic asst manager that Dr. Polvar was too busy and she did ask her asst reach out to me, but the asst was a student and forgot to call me. I again asked for Dr. Polvar to call me back. The answer was no. I doctor follow up or any follow up. I asked if my doctor, who was on maternity leave and was just returning , could call me back. The asst mgr said she would leave a message. I received No calls from Dr. Clark as of now. The10 days of medication are completed and my little doggies skin is still really bad and his ear is worse. So told this to the asst mgr with no empty from her at all. I actually asked her if she was a robot! I had also asked this asst manager if I could have a free recheck around day 5. She said no. It would cost me another 50 to 80 dollars to be seen for a recheck. I told her I didn’t have anymore money, I already gave the baring vet 300.00. That was all I had. She was like a robot and just said she would leave a message for Dr. Clark. No doctor ever called me back! Ever!!! It is now day 15. I am telling you all this story because I know you have beloved pets and I know you all have vets to take them too. I also know you love your animals! I have been devastated and my poor little doggie looks so bad and his ear is not looking good, with no help from my veterinary hospital of over five years. If you are looking for a vet that has not forgotten empathy and care, and requests more money to recheck your pet after you gave them 300.00 for the urgent care visit, please consider another vet. The VCA baring vet seems to be a money making machine and has lost its ability to reach out to their own patients to see how they are doing after you paid a large amount of money for your urgent care visit. When you choose urgent care, there is obviously, a problem, your pet is having. That’s why you choose urgent care! The urgent care doctor, Dr. Polvar had no urgency to call to see if her patient was ok. Little Aki is not ok. Under her care, she did not care about him or follow up. I am saddened as a pet mom and I still don’t know how to help him. This is a 1 star Vet Hospital and I say this with empathy and sadness. I have been a Yelp Elite All Star and a Google reviewer for over 5 years and it is rare that I ever give 1 star reviews. This is a 1 star Vet hospital. Look elsewhere if you love your pet. With sadness, Julie A
• WD

  Watch Dog

  Apr 3, 2026
  5.0
  Dr. Tampira and VCA Baring Hospital are incredible. Front office staff were both professional and knowledgeable. Dr. Tampira recently performed surgery on our 12-year-old American Staffordshire terrier and did a fantastic job. When we had questions both pre- and post-surgery, she promptly called us back and provided valuable needed advice. I can't say enough on how good Dr. Tampira is and how pleased we were with VCA Baring Animal Hospital as a whole. Our sincere Thank you.
• VM

  V M

  Mar 15, 2026
  1.0
  When I first started bringing my dogs to Baring Boulevard Animal Hospital years ago, they were still locally owned, and the practice was wonderful. In recent years, however, since their acquisition by mega corporation VCA, the prices have gone up and the standard of care has gone downhill. Dr. Perera is no longer there, so our favorite vet is long gone from this corporate practice. Some of the vet techs are still pretty cool, but the veterinarians don't seem to care as much as they did before this became a big corporation with obligations to shareholders and monthly revenue goals. After nearly 12 years, we will be switching to a locally owned practice. Can't tolerate this corporate crap anymore. At our last appointment, I expressed three concerns about my senior dog, and only one of these concerns was addressed during our exam. She didn't even get a full exam like she used to get every year: * Nobody listened to her heart or lungs, * nobody looked in her eyes or ears, * nobody took her temperature, and * nobody looked up her nose--even though I expressed concern about some new gurgling noises in her sinuses and an increase in reverse sneezing episodes. What made it worse, when I called afterwards to let them know that her last exam was not at all thorough, I was given some lame excuses about the doctor "probably" doing exam things without me noticing (seriously?!) and then I was told I would get a call back from the doctor who saw us--but days have gone by and we never heard from anybody again. It's become obvious that we're nothing but a set of numbers to this mega corp now. Sad. I really dislike giving bad reviews, but after several chances in recent years, things at this practice have only gotten more disappointing. Big corporations are methodically swallowing up and ruining good businesses now.

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