Owings Mills Veterinary Center

Dr. Rick Paynter has been a true blessing to our family. My wife and I have two one-year-old female kittens — a Ragdoll (mink) and a domestic shorthair — and our experience with him and his team has been outstanding. At our first visit, we brought in our Ragdoll who was a little underweight. Dr. Paynter took the time to thoroughly assess her, explain everything clearly, and provide us with a thoughtful plan of care. Thanks to his guidance, she is now at a healthy weight and thriving. She is comfortable with Dr. Paynter and his assistants, who handle her with such care and gentleness. We’ll be bringing her back soon for her annual visit with complete confidence. More recently, our domestic shorthair was diagnosed with feline asthma. The level of attention, patience, and compassion the ent

Dr Paynter and Abby were absolutely amazing to me and my cat. My cat had swallowed something that I was nervous about and these two put my mind at ease. I felt frantic but they were super validating in my concern. For those of us who treat our pets like our children, it was super important to me that I felt seen and heard today from a nonjudgmental standpoint. My boy even got a treat 💙

We love this vet! While we were on vacation my mom brought our Teddy here when he had an emergency. She said the staff was so wonderful so we made the switch. Dr. Firestein is an absolute gem! You can tell she really cares about your fur baby! Also Kayla is a very attentive tech. She made Teddy comfortable during his appointment. What a beautifully renovated facility with a lovely staff! 🩷🩷🩷

Instead of telling me my dog needed immediate hospital care for AKI, they decided to line their pockets and give him subpar treatment and useless medication at their facility. By the time I took him to the hospital it was too late. Now he’s dead. RIP Marley, you deserved so much better. UPDATE to clarify the lie: I wasn’t told to take Marley to the hospital until I spoke to a second vet that at the facility (Dr. Franklin). I ended up taking Marley to the vet that day after she said he should’ve been receiving all of his treatments at the hospital from the beginning. So please SPARE me. You literally said “typically this treatment is given in a hospital but we can give 1/2 day treatment here” you never said he needed to be immediately be taken to the hospital because I would have done that

The Vet assistant was very gentle with my puppy. It was his first visit. They honored their first patient free visit discount. Dr. Franklin was very kind and thorough. They were attentive and addressed all of my concerns. The Doctor even provided me with a thorough breakdown of their neutering services. I really liked the private rooms. Although it was the vet, it didn't smell like a place for pets. :-)