Bakersfield Large Animal Hospital

THEY KILLED MY DAUGHTERS HORSE!! DO NOT USE THIS HOSPITAL!! Came for a shoulder wound on my daughters 15k quarter horse, gave us smz’s and no TAT (Tetnus) shot. Horse was dead within 7 days then they proceeded to say it was because we have a cow around and not I’m so sorry. No accountability with this place, multiple calls and emails and last day of horses life they said he should have been getting stronger antibiotics from the beginning then they still don’t come out when the horse has a 106.5 degree temperature

They've always helped me out never had any bad experience with them my family has been using them my whole life and I will continue to use them for the rest of my life I highly recommend them and thank you for the help that you provided for my animals.

We took our horse with vet Gonzalez he saved his life very professional and he explain the process of the treatment he is awesome we are grateful that we found him

There's just no way to describe our experience with Dr. Edgardo other than he guided us through a terrible moment with the utmost of kindness, empathy, compassion and professionalism. We left Sedona, AZ to go to Monterey, CA, just planning to board one night at a horse hotel near Bakersfield. We unloaded our horses that evening and we could tell one was in distress with breathing. We tended to him for a bit thinking it might be choke. It became clear it probably wasn't. We were able to get in touch with the hospital phone abut 10:30 PM. Dr. Edgardo came out very quickly and did some initial treatment on site. He recommended we reload the horses and follow him to the hospital. In short order at the hospital, he determined our horse was having a cardiac event where one of his heart v

I've had to use this equine hospital 3 times for 3 different horses who had sand colic. The care and immediate response I've received all 3 times have been impressive. Within 5 minutes of my arrival with my emergency's, my horses were examined and within 10 minutes of my arrival aggressive colic treatment was started. They do thorough examinations, and never took my emergencies lightly. I lost my first horse but not because of them. He was under another vet at the time and wasn't getting better after a barn treatment. The vet treating him couldn't get back out because of his other emergency calls. My horse was very sick when he landed on their door step. We had to travel either 2 hours to Chino or 1.5 to these guys. His heart rate was 104. They told me my prognosis wasn't good and called