Dearborn County Animal Clinic - Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Amanda P.

This place always put a smile on my face every day I walk in, Dr.John Weininger & Dr. Caitlin Lawrence have always done great for all my pups (from my 110lb livestock guard K9 that basically works 3rd shift & to my 22lb front seat reigning supreme K9 princess). Plus seeing how the lobby is decorated passionately and yet simple for the holidays; to seeing all the staff dressed amazingly everyday and even seeing a cute boxer with a Squishmallow helps that smile even more. Very Thankful for Dearborn County Animal Clinic 💗

Robert R.

Super great friendly affordable zero complaints here very informative. Also, they informed me on multiple things that my old vet did not. Do not go to Tri point veterinarian clinic in Hebron

Bonzai B.

I have been bringing my furry kids here for years! The staff here is the best around.

Susan

Overall, a great place. But one of my dogs recently died and we had him cremated. We was supposed to have paw and nose prints with his remains. Upon getting his remains back there were no prints. I called the office and they said "it was not on the form so they weren't done". We paid for the prints. So, the prints are something I will never have or be able to get back. Highly disappointed. Hope this gets corrected for future pet owners.

Tina M.

Dr. Lawrence is great! I took my dog to see her because she was pecked in the eye by a hen with 6 babies, and she was very thorough and gentle with her. I would highly recommend her for your animal. Thanks

Diana S.

Dr. Caitlin Lawrence & her staff are always super friendly & helpful & truly have a passion, for caring for animals 😀 & our AKC BOSTON TERRIER , puppers all know & love her.
☆ We are in Versailles & it's definitely worth the drive to have our fur babies examined & treated if needed by someone who truly values their well being as a top priority 💕

Russ W.

On 10/26/24, my wife, our son, his fiancé and I went to Bright Veterinary Clinic (the same people own DCAC) to have our 14 year old mini Schnauzer, Frank, euthanized. The appointment had been scheduled for three weeks. A few minutes after arriving we were taken to a room and was told that the vet, Steve Hubbard, would be in shortly. As we waited, we tried to calm Frank, who was clearly having bad anxiety. After about 30 minutes, Hubbard and an assistant came in. He walked into the room practically yelling, in an extremely loud and boisterous voice, scaring Frank and causing him even more anxiety. The only thing he said to us was, “Didn’t I x-ray this dog’s leg a while back?” I said that, yes, he had. He then pulled out a small clipper and shaved the hair off Frank’s arm. His assistant grabbed Frank in what can only be described as a half-nelson, and Hubbard pulled out a syringe. As he started to move it towards Frank’s arm, I said, “So that’s a sedative, right?” He said, “No, this is it.” I said, “Wait!” and told him that one of us wanted to hold Frank at the end, and that I didn’t want the last people Frank would see to be total strangers. He said, “You can hold his legs, but she’s going to hold him”, meaning his assistant. I told him that when we had our first dog put to sleep there they put in a cathedrae, and I was able to hold her. He said, “Well, I’m pretty good at finding a vein”. I said, “I’m sure you are.” He then started to back pedal, “Well, I do it this way so we don’t have to take the dog away.” That’s total BS…it was obvious that he was just in a hurry. He thought he was going to run in, jab my dog, and then run out. Just then the assistant said, “Let’s put in a cathedrae.” Then both of them left the room with Frank. Hubbard’s demeanor the entire time was that of a loud, uncaring, uncompassionate bully, who had absolutely no regard for the fact that a grieving family was just about to lose a family member. He actually acted like he was irritated that someone would question him and what he was about to do.

About 10 minutes later, Hubbard and the assistant came back with Frank. They sat him on the table, and Hubbard said, “Are you ready now?” I rubbed Frank’s head’s head while my wife, son and his fiancé stroked and rubbed his back, and said, “Yes”. The second Hubbard started administering the solution, Frank screamed out in agony…we had never heard him in so much pain during the 12 years we had him. Never. Hubbard should have stopped immediately and gave Frank a sedative, but no, he just kept going. Within seconds Frank was gone; his last minute on this earth screaming in agony while looking right at the person who would have NEVER done him any harm. The only thing Hubbard had to say was, “Sorry ‘bout that, I’m not sure why that happened” and, “He might take a breathe in about two minutes.” He then walked out the door and we never saw him again.

The four of us were in absolute shock. We were all literally crying our eyes out over what had just happened, and this monster just vanished. We knew going in that it was going to be hard, but this abominable excuse for a human being made everything 10 times worse. I was actually having convulsions I was crying so hard. For the next 10 or 15 minutes we stayed with Frank, just absolutely gutted, holding him, kissing him, and petting him. No one ever came back into the room. Since we were having him cremated, we left him in his bed, on the table. As we walked out no one even said, “We’re sorry for your loss.” Looking back, I regret not taking Frank with us and burying him in the backyard…mainly because I have ZERO confidence in Bright Veterinary Clinic, especially Steve Hubbard.

Since then I’ve confirmed that Frank should have been sedated before being given the lethal injection; allowing him to simply drift into a deep sleep, eliminating the horrible pain he unnecessarily went through, but I guess Hubbard had more important things to do. He gave no words of comfort, made no attempt to make Frank’s transition peaceful, no condolences, NOTHING.

Lauren

I thought Bucky's nails were pretty short. I looked at them, and all of his quicks are exposed. I cut his nails, and I know how short to cut them. It doesn't take rocket science to cut a dogs nails. I called them, and they said, "we cut them as short as we can get them." So down to the blood supply and nerves, right? I told them he isn't in pain until I felt him while on the phone. I told them he is in pain and the receptionist said "well I just asked you if he was in pain and you said no." Well I'm telling you now. I had to give the phone to someone else because the receptionist was shrugging it off. Whatever vet technician did his nails either doesn't need to care for pets or needs to do better to care for pets.