Curlew Animal Hospital - Palm Harbor, Florida

Steve Calabro

Dr. Smith and his staff are great people. We recently had to put our dog down. The staff there were very compassionate to us and made it as easy as can be expected. We brought our little guy there for over 12 years and never once were we upset with the services. Thank You Dr. Smith and staff.

Jennifer Rooney

Five stars just isn’t enough. Awesome Doctor, awesome staff. I am so grateful that I found Curlew Animal Hospital.

Alfredo Betancourt

Very nice staff ? and great Dr. Takes care likes their own pets and explain with details about the exam and care of Your love ones. Thank you for everything with my furry pal.

Meghan F

Dr. Smith is wonderful, passionate about his work and beyond caring for his patients (and their owners). Years ago, when I brought home my first puppy, I become totally overwhelmed with all the things I was reading on the internet regarding feeding, vaccinations, etc. Dr. Smith actually took the time to explain to me the science behind what he recommends and was open to working with me in a way that would make me feel most comfortable. I've never experienced anyone in the medical field (human or animal) with so much understanding and compassion for my concerns. I used to take my cats to a cat only hospital, I've since moved them over to Dr. Smith too - highly recommend him and his staff.

Gunther Meyer

Dr. Smith is amazing, as well as all of his staff! Very caring and loving. We were so happy to find them. We give Curlew Animal Hospital 10 Paws up!

Alexis Cooper

Avoid this place unless you want to spend mountains of money. Brought my cat and dog in a year ago and spent an astronomical amount on a basic visit. Then our cat was incredibly sick (no fault of curlew) but we spent thousands on exams and unfortunately got no where and our cat ended up passing away. Again no fault of curlew, HOWEVER the amount of money we spent to get no answers, then we when we refused to pay another 2-3000 on an ultrasound and hoped that the medication we already spent hundreds on we NEVER received a follow up from the doctor. Which considering he called me on Christmas Eve while I’m with family to talk to me for 45 minutes on why one of the many test didn’t work and my cat had no hope, BUT we could try more test for more money. It seemed every time we got a call it was to spend MORE money, and these weren’t cheap test. I’m talking 100s to 1000s of dollars. So the fact that there wasn’t even a follow up on the medication we were still using by the doctor was beyond me. Then a year later I get a follow up card in the mail on a checkup. Again, not curlews fault my cat died, not what this post is about. We are fortunate now, we have a healthy kitty in our lives but I will not be taking them in to pay 600 on a basic visit. The vet is a good vet, but only when there is A LOT of money being spent. For that I’ll go to another vet in the area. The vet I did bring my cat to after was amazing and even did follow up after my cat passed away. Cost me a fraction of the price and better care. AFTER RESPONSE:
AGAIN this is not about the state of my cat. I knew he was a pretty sick kitty and NOT putting the blame on curlew. This is a review on the amount of money spent and the follow up. We came in very aware of our animals issues. I’m not sure why our dogs issues were brought up as this was not a part the review. We had our dog on medication from other vets that we said were not working. The response comes off as if we didn’t put care into our animals. Where was the need to add that? Not sure. Since that was in their response - the changing of diet and medication didn’t help his skin issues so we had to go to yet another vet. Only thing that somewhat helped was his medicated shampoo. Now back to my cat, Per my last conversation with Dr. Smith we were in fact quoted around 2000. Now, this may have been for ultrasound and a few more tests then. So we said we couldn’t afford spending more and would try to continue what they just prescribed. Back to the purpose of the review, after thousands spent at curlew we never once received a follow up on our animals. Not our dog or our cat, which as I stated we spent 1000s on. It is no fault of curlews of the state of my cat, we rescued him and he was sick from the beginning. Curlew was the 5th vet we went to in his 2 years of life. So this was not a cat that was not cared for. The response I received from this review was the tone I received from the doctor and staff majority of the time. The empathy lacks. As my review originally states: For the amount of money spent, no follow ups, and neither one of our animals issues resolved, I would recommend going elsewhere.

John DeLisa

An amazing team! Our Aurora (mini Aussie) has a lot of anxiety.

That took care of her like no other vet has.

I’m so happy I came here as a new patient.

We’re here to stay!

Special shoutout to Ashley who gave Aurora the princess treatment and helped to curb her behavior challenges.

On day ONE no less!

Jutta Bernsdorff

I have been fortunate to have encountered Dr. Smith and staff for the past 22 years. He is the most caring, compassionate and knowledgeable veterinarian I have met in Over 80 years. So grateful he is our doctor and he is loved and appreciated by animals and their owners! There is no kinder and thorough one!