Ocean County Veterinary HospitalReviews of ocvh.com

I've been taking my cats to OCVH for decades. They are very compassionate and everyone there cares about the animals' comfort and care.

I tried this new vet office because it was much closer to my home then the vet I was currently using for 25 years and was happy with. The office in Pt. Pleasant was very clean and bright and the staff was wonderful to deal with. My problem was for the advised treatment plans I would have to travel to the main office which is further from my home than my current vet. I also found the prices to be significantly higher for example medication-old vet prednisone 10mg for 30 tabs=$8.40, this vet prednisone 10mg for only 20 tabs=$18.45. Ear drops old vet $40.58 this vet $49.60. Also since the dog needed to be given anesthesia for an ear hematoma and she is less than 2 years old my old vet did not require any pre-op testing since she is a young healthy dog but this new vet required a couple of pre-op tests that added about $300 to the bill which was estimated over $1,600. I am just not able to afford this new office on a fixed income. I did have the dog treated at my old vet for under $600. Cost is the main reason for sticking with my old vet unless a real emergency occurred and the 3 minute car ride out weighs the cost.

Office staff very welcoming and helpful. The doctor was amazing

The best care for my pet Lucy. Dr Koenstein ( hope name spelling is correct). Dr Koenstein is compassionate, professional and understanding. I trust her opinion and recommendations regarding any care for my dog

On Thursday, September 17th, I took my 7 month old puppy to get spayed at Ocean County Vet. We've taken our bird there for about 10 years so of course I had to take my new puppy there. She received all of her shots there and I've never had any issues with them until last week. The spay procedure itself went well and the doctor was great. After I picked my dog up on Thursday, we came home and she slept for the rest of the night. On Friday I noticed a thick scratch on her stomach and thought it was from her nails because she kept crying, trying to itch it. Saturday morning I looked at it again and it was a large burn; like razor burn from when they shaved her before surgery. I called immediately and was told on the phone that this is common (I've never heard of this happening before) and it would be free to come in to have a doctor look at her, but if any medication needed to prescribed, I would have to pay. I know plenty of people with dogs and puppies and those who have had this surgery have never told me their dog got razor burn from being shaved. Also, if I did take her, I should not have been responsible for paying for anything. They also told me if I chose to not come in, to use a small amount of neosporin, which I ended up doing and it is healing now. I wish I could attach a picture in this review to show the burn she had. I was very satisfied with everything up until this. If this was so common, I should've been informed that before leaving that within a few days, she might develop razor burn from being shaved. I've been a loyal customer to this vet for years, along with my mom, and this incident might turn us to go to another vet.

Awesome people. They treat your pets with gentleness and concern. Never have to wait forever to get in.

Dr. Briggs was so compassionate and gave my bird Harley and extremely thorough check up I thank him so much for putting up with my emails great and putting my mind at ease, such great doctor

this is the second time I brought my beloved puppy to OCVH in a year and a half this is the ONLY place I would recommend my family have been going there for over 40 YEARS the doctors there are amazing my pup was very sick didNT eat goto the bathroom or take the over the counter garbage medicine I got from a large retailer she just layed there shaking for 2 days I was afraid to take her there I though they would put her down after a thorough exam and care from the staff they gave her the right medicine and 2 days later she was back to her self DR GOTTILEB was the best thank you soo much for saving my puppy and the prices were reasonable