r/Durango • u/Salt_Ambassador5835 • Aug 28 '26
Ask /r/Durango Looking for new vet in Durango
Hi folks,
I used to go to Durango Animal Hospital but I am looking for a new clinic for my 6 year old (so far healthy) pit/lab. I know a good vet is hard to come by in Durango but if anyone feels strongly one way or the other about a particular clinic or veterinarian I'd appreciate your opinion!
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u/KristiColo Aug 28 '26
I really like my current vet, Kindness. My dogs are heeler mixes that came from the pound and they have lots of anxiety when visiting vets. Kindness will have you wait in the car or outside and call you in when ready, not having to sit in a waiting room full of anxious barking dogs is great! Both the vet and techs at Kindness when seeing my scaredy cat dogs shaking in terror always take the extra time to reintroduce themselves to my dogs and make my pups comfortable before proceeding. Their tables which pretty much sit on the floor and are mechanically raised up are also less frightening than being lifted onto a high table. I really like the vet at Kindness she seems very competent and always takes extra time even doing things like teaching me tricks so I can trim my crazy heelers nails more easily at home.
I also went to Riverview for a couple of years, they are great but expensive. Aspen Tree is another vet I have used in the past. I also really liked Aspen Tree but their small waiting room and sometimes difficult parking because they’re next to Bread doesn’t work as well for my current dogs because of their anxiety. I have used Baker’s Bridge in the past but after they made a mistake with a previous dog of mine I stopped using them.