South Lamar Animal Hospital

Best Vet We Have Had. I have been working with rescue dogs for over 20 years and over this time have had alot of experience with veterinarians. We took out beloved Suzie to 2 vets over the span of one month but her condition continued to worsen. We were recommended to go here from some other rescue dog lovers we trust. We saw Dr. VanTrease when we went there. He went through all of Suzie's records, and there was alot. He examined her and suggested what he thought the problem was. He was right. She had a rare autoimmune blood disorder. Dr. VanTrease was extremely available. In fact he gave us his cell phone to call over the time it took Suzie to get better and that was 3 weeks. There is no doubt that Suzie would not be here today, doing all she loves to do, had it not been for the amazing help Dr. VanTrease gave us. We can't say thank you enough. I have seen the other female vet and our experience with her has been the same. We recommend this veterinary practice to all our friends. Several have gone there and they too have found the doctors and staff amazing.

They are our vets for life.…

NEVER HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE--ALL GOOD. This clinic cares for all of my foster dogs--and there have been quite a few since we moved close to the SLAH in 2006. The doctors have taken care of everything from missing toes to heartworms, and I have gotten loving care for my animals from everyone in the clinic.

Dr. Buck even spoke at a seminar that I organized for my clients--after hours, on his own time, at no charge.

Dr. Vantrease's knowledge and willingness to share it have helped me greatly as I care for so many animals at one time.…

AVOID!. I went to this vet because my puppy had worms in her stool and our normal vet was closed for the day...mistake! After explaining to them that I wanted something to treat the worms and to keep it as cheap as possible, they explained to me that I could get some package deal that included everything for a puppy or some nonsense. I was foolish enough to ok this proposal and ended up paying $86 dollars for shots that my puppy did not need...the gave her a kennel cough shot...WTF! I just wanted something for tapeworms!! Basically I went, paid, and got absolutely nothing that I wanted and left confused and broke!

That's not the worst part: Dr. VanTrease is a friggin nutcase!!! I swear the first thing I said to my wife after bringing the dog home was...wow, that guy is weird! I was even commenting playfully to my puppy on the way home how strange "Buck" VanTrease is. I feel almost bad saying this but it is honestly like he had a child's mind. He would start sentences without finishing them, talk about the most random stuff, explain things over and over, mumble nonsense, say half of one word and half of another, I just cannot explain to y'all how weird this man is: by the end of the visit he was trying to explain my dogs personality to me: "you see, she's a little shy but maybe also a little dominant..." etc. no joke.

"Uh, um, you, got, we're gonna, you see, um,if she, I'll, how'd you name her?" - Dr. Buck VanTrease (average sentence)

He just jacked her full of a couple of shots and then talked to the stars for about 15 mins. He made the tech go get something that he seemed pissed she did not have in the room just to show me an advertisement for some medication with pictures of worms like I was a child or something. Just read the other reviews!! This guy is crazy! It only takes about 2 sentences to come out of this guys mouth before any sane person can see that he is mental.

I also thoroughly made it clear that the only reason I was there was that my normal vet was closed and I just wanted to treat the worms..."Dr" VanTrease got out a pad and paper and started outlining a plan for my puppies future visits as though he had no idea what I had just said. I just ended up smiling and nodding to him by the end of the visit half out of confusion and half out of desire to just get out of there!!

Wow, I could go on and on but I am tiring of even thinking about that man and his clinic. DO NOT GO THERE UNLESS YOU WANT TO TRUST YOUR FAMILY MEMBER TO THE HANDS OF A MADMAN who will not listen and not make sense.…