Farmhouse Veterinary Hospital

These people are angels on earth! I am homeless due to an abusive ex husband. We live in our car. And my dog Monkey had a severe ear infection and after calling every vet clinic around for an emergency appointment Mike saw her that same day and treated her. Upon doing the examination I mentioned I thought she had some dental issues and he found that she was desperately needing extractions. They helped me out and took such good care of monkey. I will only use Mike and Jenny for any veterinary care from now on. They are truly compassionate and caring people who understand that sometimes in life people can’t always pay for vet care but still desperately love their animal and don’t want them to suffer! I cried more than once in their office because after doing my very best to come up with the money for Monkeys care I fell short and they were there to help me in my time of need! Jenny even pulled 20 dollars out of her purse to help me cover the remaining 14.00 of my bill. These two will forever be in our hearts and you’d be crazy not to take your precious pet to them!

posted: 03/31/2023

I will not be going back. Years ago I had good experiences, but after moving back to Olympia and reestablishing Farmhouse as my primary vet, I was sorely disappointed. It’s obvious that the care and consideration for the human element is gone. Before I was treated with respect and given the time and attention necessary to instill trust. I still believe your pet is probably in good hands. But the human contact has become less than helpful. I have a very specific flea medication that works for my service dog without making her sick. I was given a complicated process to obtain said medication because their clinic has a deal with Advantage, so the barrier to get my medication was ridiculous. While traveling in Colorado I ran out of flea medication and thought I could simply have them fax or call the prescription into a local pharmacy. They said I would have to bring her in for a checkup because it has been a year since her last visit. It was 7-8-22.. so exactly one year later, and now I have to bring my dog into a expensive animal hospital to get a full check up because farmhouse won’t just send the prescription. Now I have to pay over $100 and waste my travel time for a check up for flea medication!! Americans have become so used to being scammed by pharmaceutical companies that the typical workarounds have become unthinkable. It’s this rigidity and unhelpfulness that have become normal at Farmhouse. They have lost me and my dog permanently as a client, and judging by their constant negative attitude towards humans, I’m sure they don’t care.

posted: 07/08/2023

The best vet in town. They truly care. They saved two of my dogs and they remember their customers and their pets as if they are family. Michael is fascinated by medicine and is truly the best veterinarian I've ever met. He knows a lot about human medicine as well. Like, a lot. Don't bother going anywhere else in town. I sincerely mean that. Thank you guys for taking care of George and Eddie Spaghetti and being great friends to my father and I. - Jon

posted: 03/28/2023

My cat had been to another vet who had told me that my baby would just be sick for the rest of his life. Within two visits to the farmhouse vet clinic my cat’s health issues were resolved. Six MONTHS of horrible diarrhea every single day was fixed so quickly, it felt like a miracle to be listened to and have my cats issues being treated seriously. These guys CARE, it’s not just about money with them. They want your babies to be happy and healthy, I took my second baby there and Dr. Widener could instantly tell he had a rough life in the woods before I’d adopted him. They really are wonderful, I will stay with them unless I end up moving. They’re worth every dollar!

posted: 04/01/2022

Our 5yr old guinea pig, Penny Lane started passing blood. We couldn't tell if she was leaking blood or if it was in her urine. We just knew it was a lot of blood and she has always been a happy, healthy, plump piggy. So we were devastated when we realized she was sick. I started calling vets in town who see guinea pigs. None of them would see her because bleeding is an emergency. And I won't name names but multiple exotic pet vets in town told me to take her to one of the two emergency vets in town. Which I already knew don't see guinea pigs. But the staff I spoke to said they did so I called both emergency vets anyways. Of course when I spoke to the emergency vets they told me they don't see guinea pigs so I kept calling and was super scared and discouraged thinking no one would see us. Them I called Farmhouse and they were able to work us right in because it was an emergency. I got Penny right over there and Dr. Widener did her exam. He listed a few possibilities and said we can confirm with an x-ray but the x-ray really wasn't within my budget as the exam and medications were already a surprise expense since I didn't factor sick guinea pig into our monthly budget. I knew if we found something on x-ray it would require surgery which we really couldn't afford so we decided to start with antibiotics and see if that would knock it out. Within 3 days on the meds her bleeding stopped and it's been over a month and it hasn't come back. She's eating and voiding normally and is her sweet, chonky piggy self. We know Penny is getting up there in age and she gave us a scare. But we're grateful to Dr. Widener that he treated this as the emergency it was even though we weren't established there yet, got us right in, got her proper medication and saved our sweet Penny girl. So thank you Dr. Widener!

posted: 07/06/2022