Central Texas Veterinary Speciality and Emergency Hospital - Austin, Texas

Flavio Aportela

Buen lugar para tus mascotas con cariño y respeto está abierto por la noche gracias por su ayuda

Ramon Prieto

Un hospital super y adorable xq amo a los animales

Rosa AMÉN DIOS LESBENDIGA Silva

Para nada bueno

Antonio Carapia

Lugar tranquilo y limpio

Raquel DJ

Excelente atención!!

M Wolfe

In my opinion, this is the ultimate place for a critical pet. And even when things don't go the way we pray and we have to say goodbye, the Vets are so patient and kind. Thank you for trying your best. Love, Sterling the Dane.

Dylan Teur

I’ve held off writing this review for over two years, but I think it’s important to share.

My pup was suffering from a severe allergic reaction, and after waiting over two hours, the staff and vet treated us with dismissive, condescending attitudes. The vet told me, “this is an emergency room,” as if to justify her lack of help and imply I was somehow in the wrong place. To this day, I’m still baffled by that comment. Whether heartless or socially-inept, there’s really no excuse.

The following day, I took my dog to his usual vet, who decided it was time to say goodbye. His pain was too much to manage.

This wasn’t an isolated incident. Over the years, I’ve noticed the same rude and unprofessional behavior from both the staff and the vets here.

This was a horrible time, only made worse by the staff here. Looking back, my dog deserved better care and compassion in his final moments.

Johnny K

Our 14 year old dog Yoda was brought to the ER by our Rover pet sitter after he suffered multiple seizures, and unfortunately had to be euthanized while we were over 1000 miles away.

I have never met a medical professional in my life who has treated us as incredibly cold, callous, judgmental, and with zero compassion as Dr. Elizabeth A Tawny has. While I don’t doubt her and the staff’s medical capabilities are top notch, she has singlehandedly made this experience much more traumatic than it needed to be.

Upon first contact with Dr. Tawny, she seemed to have made it her mission to judge us on how we have been medically treating our dog’s diabetes, and chastised us for not properly monitoring his blood sugar, stating that this is the reason why he ended up here. When my wife asked for clarification on his condition (as we were out of state when this happened), she coldly and bluntly stated he came in “seizing and foaming at the mouth”. When my wife tried to ask her further questions, bawling her eyes out, she heavily sighed, and said in a stern voice, “I CAN’T understand a word she’s saying, can I PLEASE speak to someone else?”. We have spent close to $10k on Yoda in veterinarian bills over his lifetime, which includes regular checkups / visits to our local vet, blood glucose monitoring and diabetes checkups with a Freestyle Libre, and visits to a pet specialist oncologist and internist. Dr. Tawny spoke to us as if we were irresponsible pet parents when she knows nothing of Yoda’s history and our ability to care for him.

On our second contact with Dr. Tawny, she coldly summarized that the treatments weren’t working, and that his brain had “melted” due to his diabetic seizures. Her tone instantly changed, and she said in a sarcastic, high-spirited manner, “so, are you guys ready to euthanize?”

In my opinion, the number one requirement of someone in a position that deals with difficult end of life decisions and loss is compassion and empathy, and we received neither from Dr. Tawny.

When the decision had to be made to euthanize, we had to provide verbal confirmation to the second veterinarian present, Dr. Roxanna Khorzad. Dr. Khorzad was extremely compassionate and empathetic in the short (roughly 20 seconds) we spoke with her, sincerely apologizing for our loss. When the phone was handed back to Dr. Tawny, we got a short, insincere “sorry”, and asked us to call our pet sitter if we wanted to facetime her during the euthanasia. The difference in attitude between Dr. Tawny and Dr. Khorzad was night and day. Dr. Tawny seems to be in the wrong profession, as she appeared to be incapable of showing any compassion or empathy during an extremely difficult situation.

The loss of Yoda has left a huge hole our hearts and in the hearts of our family, and we have been robbed of any ounce of peace and comfort in his passing. Instead, we are left only to replay the traumatic imagery placed in our heads by Dr. Tawny. Her judgment and callous demeanor over the phone was unnecessary, unprofessional, and unwarranted in any situation.