Carbon Valley Veterinary Clinic

We gave this place a chance on our new puppy despite the bad reviews, but wished we didn't. I can understand being cautious, but it's like they've never dealt with dogs before. They would rather pump your baby full of drugs than just spend quality time with them to get them used to being there and gain their trust. This is under the guise of being "fear free" and humane. They gave us bad advice, barely did anything in the exams, and accused our puppy of being wildly out of control, but she has been to other vets before and since that handled her completely fine and had zero issues at all. She is also very well socialized and trained, but they doubled down and gave us pamphlets on training. When we expressed our disagreement, calmly and without being irate or threatening or anything, we got a passive aggressive talking over us to explain that our business is not wanted. Don't have to tell us twice, but they did in email and letters anyway. They gave us our "paperwork", which was just long, made-up stuff about our apparently terrible dog mixed in with the vaccine and service history. I guess it was suppose to embarrass us or make us look bad to our next vet or something? I don't know. It was unnecessary and unprofessional. It felt needlessly petty and toxic. Luckily there was no reason to even use it. I understand now why they always have so much more open availability than other places here. Never saw anything but the facts in vet paperwork before and never got kicked out of a business in my life, let alone for simply disagreeing. We have since been to a much better place that offered us quality advice and thorough exams with no trouble at all, something Carbon Valley simply didn't do. Our dog is also calmer at our new place and happily played with staff and other dogs, and without any drugs, which makes me wonder if she sensed something at Carbon Valley that was wrong from the get go. I know they can sense our fear and energy and that can affect how they behave. We also suspect the drugs they pushed made things worse. We have since been advised by our new place to never, ever drug puppies unless an emergency. Please note that Carbon Valley is not actually Fear-Free certified, or at least, are not list as such. However, there are plenty of locations that are listed as certified and are also better rated for pricing, kindness, knowledge and pretty much everything else. Please find a place that makes you feel safe and cared for. I cannot recommend Carbon Valley though.