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Our Sweet dog Shep started having difficulty in the late fall with bleeding from a tooth that wouldn't stop. We took our nine year old Kelpie in to see Dr. Self. She did blood work and determined he had a very low white blood cell count. After time and various meds the count never approached a normal level. Shep was relatively active until Sunday evening when he took a significant turn for … + read more

Our Sweet dog Shep started having difficulty in the late fall with bleeding from a tooth that wouldn't stop. We took our nine year old Kelpie in to see Dr. Self. She did blood work and determined he had a very low white blood cell count. After time and various meds the count never approached a normal level. Shep was relatively active until Sunday evening when he took a significant turn for the worse. Monday morning while My wife Joanne watched he took his last breath. Dr. Self sent us a very "non-scripted" and sincere sympathy e-mail today. We cannot be happier with all she did for Shep. As well, all of the staff at Columbia were both professional and personally engaging with us and our dear dog, Shep. - read less

Really unpleasant experience here. A friend referred me and I wish I would have done my own research. They charged me for many exams, didn't have the ability to treat my dog on sight and referred me to another clinic that charged me 250 just to have an introductory consultation appointment. Had I known Columbia Vet would just take my money and not have the ability to treat my pet it would have mad… + read more

Really unpleasant experience here. A friend referred me and I wish I would have done my own research. They charged me for many exams, didn't have the ability to treat my dog on sight and referred me to another clinic that charged me 250 just to have an introductory consultation appointment. Had I known Columbia Vet would just take my money and not have the ability to treat my pet it would have made way more sense to have gone to the other clinic in the first place and save the over 500 I waisted at Columbia. I get that vets are expensive. That's not the problem. The problem is they didn't even have the ability to treat my pet and it cost way more money in the long run, and having to pay additional introductory appointment fees  that I could have saved, had I just gone to another vet in the first place. Columbia Vet is a money making racket. - read less

Love this vet clinic. Everyone that works here has been so nice and accommodating. Customer service is excellent here. Finding an aaha accredited vet is important to me. There are only 2 in Tacoma that I  know of, with this being one of the 2 places. I am fully confident that an aaha accredited vet has the best interest of my dogs, who I think of like my own children. I like the fact that they don… + read more

Love this vet clinic. Everyone that works here has been so nice and accommodating. Customer service is excellent here. Finding an aaha accredited vet is important to me. There are only 2 in Tacoma that I  know of, with this being one of the 2 places. I am fully confident that an aaha accredited vet has the best interest of my dogs, who I think of like my own children. I like the fact that they don't try to sell me things or push medications all the time. They always give me my options and always fully explain things to me. I appreciate that in a good vet! Only negative I can think of is parking can be tricky to maneuver sometimes when they are busy, as their parking spots fill up quickly. And sometimes it's harder to back out of the parking, as 6th ave is always busy with traffic! But that is just nitpicking. - read less

The woman veterinarian took my 3 week old kitten to the back without me, I heard the kitten screaming, minutes later she came back and said the kittens veins were too small , I allowed her to do what she said she needed to do on the kitten but I know now that a 3 week old kitten doesn't need needles in the body. This bitch had lines around her lips as if she's always angry. She may have been on dr… + read more

The woman veterinarian took my 3 week old kitten to the back without me, I heard the kitten screaming, minutes later she came back and said the kittens veins were too small , I allowed her to do what she said she needed to do on the kitten but I know now that a 3 week old kitten doesn't need needles in the body. This bitch had lines around her lips as if she's always angry. She may have been on drugs. they just want your money, I'm still upset about how she did that to my kitten. I go to value pet clinic off Center st. You go with them in the room with your pet, very friendly vets, cheap prices since it's first cm e first serve you wait until your see. But the wait never seems too bad - read less

We've been looking for a new vet for a while, having not been completely happy with our previous vet, and got a recommendation to come here, and its been like night and day. The staff is highly competent, courteous, and they truly care about the animals. The vet we worked with was super nice, and our cat came away well treated. I was pleased that she followed the philosophy of not overmedicatin… + read more

We've been looking for a new vet for a while, having not been completely happy with our previous vet, and got a recommendation to come here, and its been like night and day. The staff is highly competent, courteous, and they truly care about the animals. The vet we worked with was super nice, and our cat came away well treated. I was pleased that she followed the philosophy of not overmedicating for a problem, and was even more pleased to hear that they will do house calls, seeing as one of our cats is very uncomfortable with vet trips. I recommend Columbia w/o reservation. - read less

We have two cocker spaniels -- which means we go to the vet A LOT. Columbia Veterinary Hospital has a terrific all-female staff that provides expert care to all types of small animals. I appreciate that the vets here offer options for care and work to educate owners so we can make the right choice for our situation. The staff has a good relationship with specialists who are available for consultat… + read more

We have two cocker spaniels -- which means we go to the vet A LOT. Columbia Veterinary Hospital has a terrific all-female staff that provides expert care to all types of small animals. I appreciate that the vets here offer options for care and work to educate owners so we can make the right choice for our situation. The staff has a good relationship with specialists who are available for consultations or special surgeries. Everyone here treats my dogs with respect and affection -- that means a lot.  - read less

I recently had my first experience with Columbia. I was pleased to see female vets. Although I have had good experiences with male vets, the ladies seem to have a bit more gentle touch with small animals. I will be taking my dog back next week for more work, and feel confident letting them work on him while he is asleep. If my dog is not comfortable, I am not comfortable with those caring for … + read more

I recently had my first experience with Columbia. I was pleased to see female vets. Although I have had good experiences with male vets, the ladies seem to have a bit more gentle touch with small animals. I will be taking my dog back next week for more work, and feel confident letting them work on him while he is asleep. If my dog is not comfortable, I am not comfortable with those caring for him. He appears to trust them, and that's good enough for me. - read less

My pets have been clients at Columbia Veterinary Hospital for over 20 years. I currently have 6 dogs and I will NEVER take them anywhere else for veterinary care. In the past 20 years, some of my dogs have had some extremely complex pet health issues and the staff and veterinarians at Columbia Vet have been a wealth of information. They are compassionate and caring, have a phenomenal network of… + read more

My pets have been clients at Columbia Veterinary Hospital for over 20 years. I currently have 6 dogs and I will NEVER take them anywhere else for veterinary care. In the past 20 years, some of my dogs have had some extremely complex pet health issues and the staff and veterinarians at Columbia Vet have been a wealth of information. They are compassionate and caring, have a phenomenal network of specialists that they refer to, and I can't say enough about the professional care my dogs receive. In the past 3 months, just ONE of my dogs has had care with a neurosurgeon, interventional radiologist, general surgeon, and an acupuncturist - all recommended by my wonderful veterinarian, Dr. Virginia Wright. Her skill, combined with the specialists she referred me to, brought my 9-year old Lab/Great Dane through a very difficult health issue. If you have the opportunity to use the services of Columbia Veterinary Hospital, you will never go anywhere else for veterinary care. - read less

I have the agree with all the other reviews. My 10 yr. old yellow lab tore his ACL in Dec. 2005. They had a specialist (Dr. Everett, Gig Harbor) come in and do the surgery. It was a very traumatic experience. It's now been over and year and you would never know my lab ever at surgery - no problems whatsover! I always feel they spend enough time with me and my animals and their vet techs are… + read more

I have the agree with all the other reviews. My 10 yr. old yellow lab tore his ACL in Dec. 2005. They had a specialist (Dr. Everett, Gig Harbor) come in and do the surgery. It was a very traumatic experience. It's now been over and year and you would never know my lab ever at surgery - no problems whatsover! I always feel they spend enough time with me and my animals and their vet techs are terrific, especially Jeff. - read less