Hudspeth Animal Hospital at 510 Pio Nono Avenue, Macon, Georgia.

One star only to leave a comment. I took my dogs to Dr. Giles many time over the last few years. Last Oct one of my old girls started having serious health problems, not eating and just not herself. I took her to the office on Wed and they ran blood work and the Dr said several of her levels were high and made me believe she had pancreatitis and she needed to be on fluid. I took her back on Thurs morning before work and left her there that day and they said she should come back the next day for more fluid so I did it again on Fri, by that point her breathing was labored but I was told it was from having so much extra fluid. By Sat she was head pressing and still not eating, I was NEVER told she was in full kidney failure and her body was shutting down. Had I known that I would have made very different decisions about her end of life care rather than leave her where she was in a cage and stressed during her last days. While that was happening my other elderly dog started to rapidly decline, I ended up putting both my dogs to sleep that weekend with the other vet. He told me that he was aware of her situation and he was told she probably wouldn't live through the weekend so he wasn't surprised I was there. Livid does not begin to describe how angry I was at that moment. On top of already spending over $300 for treatment that week I then spent another $300 for them to put both my dogs to sleep. We were there almost 2 hours because an emergency came in which I know couldn't be avoided but it was agonizing to be there holding my dogs just waiting for them to have the time to give them the injection. I had already asked the receptionist a few weeks earlier how much it would be to put a dog to sleep and was told $101 so I was then shocked to find out it was actually $175 each. It's been months but it still makes me so angry, I don't want anyone else to leave there feeling like I did. Oh and that $175 was just to put them to sleep, I took their bodies with me to bury on family land so that doesn't even include cremation or them disposing of the body. Absolutely ridiculous.

I expected more from Dr. Giles and can not understand why he didn't feel the need to fully explain to me how sick my dog was even after I questioned him about several things and what I could do to improve her health. The weekend vet did say that at their age and being a bonded pair their entire life it wasn't unusual for them to hold on for each other then go down together but it doesn't make it any easier when you are standing in the room with both the dogs you've had your entire adult life. So not only did I loose my dogs I also feel like I was robbed by paying for days of treatment they knew would not help her and only prolonged her suffering. My friend who recommended this office also had a bad experience recently so it seem the quality of care has decreased with all the new changes.