Edgewood Animal Hospital

I am so very grateful for the entire staff at Edgewood Animal Hospital and Dr. Milburn after the successful surgery he performed on our nearly 17-year-old Australian cattle dog today. We lived with the mass on Bingo’s eyelid for a year because, as Dr. Milburn often advised: Why operate on an old dog if you don’t need to? But it was beginning to obstruct his eye, so we needed to remove the mass. I was terrified because Bingo hadn’t been under anesthesia in seven years. But Dr. Milburn said he was in great shape, and he took extra precautions to protect Bingo's heart and health. The overall care and love Bingo got from the entire staff was obvious. When they brought him to me after surgery, Bingo looked like it was just another day at camp playing with other dogs. I can't praise the Edgewood team enough, especially after using five other vet practices in Greater Portland in the past. Edgewood is far and away superior — and yet, they charge less than the Portland vets! It doesn’t make sense. We feel very lucky that our move to Buxton five years ago introduced us to the Edgewood team whose compassion and animal-first ethic is such a lovely experience, for both people and animals.

posted: 02/20/2025

Our dog had an acute reaction to something that caused facial swelling, vomiting and distress. They took her in immediately and cared for her compassionately, professionally and physically. So grateful to be patients of Edgewood! Thank you!!

posted: 04/17/2025

Our pets have been patients of Edgewood for forty years. We could never have asked for a more caring or more capable vet. From routine health checks to end of life care, they have always had the best advice, the most caring treatments, and the most consistently excellent customer service. I cannot praise them highly enough.

posted: 01/20/2025

I've taken my pets here for years. 3 cats and 2 dogs. I've never had the same vet. Prices have gone up and pushing so many new vaccines now that I've never heard of before that "are so important and if I don't get them it could kill my pet". I'm kinda over it. Yes the vets there are nice for the most part, but I can't say any of them work there for more than 3 months,.??? Edit *** after being shorted prescribed medications and the staff seemingly fine with it, I received the attached letter. No explanation - no reason, so I am left to wonder if it's this or they saw my review? Either way, I will find another Vet clinic for my pets.

posted: 11/29/2022

Let me preface this with; I experienced nothing but kindness from Edgewoods vet techs. Every time I had an appointment with a vet tech it went well. The vets, on the other hand, are unbelievably unprofessional. I'm currently living a bit farther away than I typically would be (I was meant to live in Portland this year, but health issues got in the way so I'm staying with family temporarily) and so I planned on trying to go to a closer vet clinic when my cat needed her updated shots. Unfortunately, she started to exhibit asthma symptoms over the past month and so I decided to get her checked for asthma. I'm familiar with the process of diagnosing a cat with asthma, so I knew she'd almost certainly need an xray- something that would cost significantly more at my local vets than Edgewood, who I'd had good experiences with cost wise in the past. So I made the tough choice to schedule an appointment for my cat to get checked for asthma, along with getting her shots (because why not do both?), at Edgewood for a Friday afternoon. This seemed perfectly fine with who I scheduled with, so I assumed it would be no big deal. When I got there my appointment was continuously referred to as being for shots. No one, including the vet, seemed to have any inkling that my appointment was meant to be primarily for checking for asthma. The vet who I saw, who was a man (he never introduced himself so I do not know his name), was immediately judgemental about me having driven from where I live (a 45 minute drive) for the appointment. He was then judgemental that I had waited a month from onset of symptoms to get my cat checked out for asthma (Xrays, inhalers, & bloodwork are expensive. I needed to wait for a paycheck or two to make sure I could cover it all before my cats insurance approved the claim. The symptoms were also not emergency level symptoms). He then told me that they don't do xrays or bloodwork on Friday afternoons, rendering my entire visit pointless. I was then left in the room, with no offer to help me put my carrier adverse cat back in her carrier, alone. I don't necessarily blame whoever scheduled my appointment for this, but in the future maybe don't schedule people for things you can't do at the appointment time. No need to send me a letter. You can email me her updated shot records and then leave me alone. Other places may be pricier but at least they'll be professional and respectful.

posted: 11/29/2024