McEwan Lynn C Dr

I have been taking my birds & animals to Dr. L. McEwan since I moved up to the AV 16yrs ago. He is the best veterinarian I have been to in many years, & I’ve been to a lot of them! Over the past 35+ years I have raised & showed, Birman cats, Shelties, Rottweilers, Golden Retrievers & Canaries. If I know more than the vet, I don't go back..

I no longer breed or show anything; I just rescue, spay & neuter animals that have been dumped out here in the desert! :-{ All of them go to Dr. L. McEwan first, for what has to be done to make their lives healthy & happy.

I am highly recommending Dr. L. McEwan only, not the other vets that work there. I’m sorry but I know nothing good or bad about them. I’m sure they are good, but I personally don’t know that.

Linda

THE WORST EXPERIENCE EVER! I had a 13 year old Golden Retriever(my second one) who could barely walk was not eating or drinking for 4 days, could hardly pick up her head, So I knew it was time... I had never been to Palmdale Veterinary Hospital before but they could get me an appointment rather quick. When Dr. Lynn McEwan came in to find my poor Sadie not able to get up from laying on the floor, he said" we're going to give her an overdose of anesthesia. He proceeded to bend the needle on the syringe in order to get it into her vein (note: I'm a nurse, and it is NOT good to do this to a needle) But for $100 he couldn't even put a IV catheter in and then connect a needless syringe! Then just before he stuck the needle in and was going to put her down, I asked to be the one to hold her head while he let her go to heaven, because the tech had her entire head and was holding her like she was going to bite. Mind you, this dog couldn't even pick up her head and she is a Golden Retriever! she would suffer a broken leg at the hands of man, then bite him for doing so! When I told Dr. Lynn McEwan (the old bat) that I wanted to hold her head, he said" I'M SORRY BUT YOU CAN'T, OUR TECH IS TRAINED TO DO THIS AND I WILL NOT RISK GETTING SUED BECAUSE SOMEONE GETS BIT" (in caps because he yelled and was loosing his patience) Trained?? seriously! the tech had her arm around Sadie's head and in a hugging fashion! It's my dog and I should have been the one holding her in her last moments! Heck if she would bitten someone, it surely wouldn't have been at me, but I could bet my life on the fact that biting was not in her nature EVER! It's gets worse! Then when Dr McEwan put the tip of the syringe filled needle into the vein and drew back to make sure he was in the vein, he blew the vein(i.e. the vein wall was punctured in one side and out the other causing a rupture in the vein) When I asked him what happened, his reply was " I blew the vein, but it doesn't matter at this point" he pulled the needle out and proceeded to put it back in slightly higher. All I could think was this old guy is going to botch up the process of putting my poor dog to rest! If it were not for the pain my poor dog was in, I would have told him to get the hell away from my dog and took her out of there! There's more, after he injected the solution into her he grabs his stethoscope and starts listening for a heart beat while saying loudly" there's no heart beat!, there's no heart beat!, there's no heart beat! she's gone" no S#!* really! then Dr. McEwan reached for my dogs eye, and I asked what are you doing? his reply " I'm testing for eye reflex" THERE'S NO HEART BEAT! Sadie is not going to have reflex in her eye, and even if she did, why on earth would he have or need to put his finger into my dogs eye? what would that matter now?, she has NO HEART BEAT! I finally told him to leave the room! or I was not going to be responsible for what I was going to do. The man needs to retire, his level of compassion is NONE! and the fact that he flipped out when I wanted to hold my sweet dogs face to tell her that I loved her while she took her last breath shows me that it's time... Time for this so called vet, Doctor, care giver of our pets (family) to give it up and retire! I'm sorry Sadie that your last moments were under the horrible care of this person!

Dr. McEwan is absolutely the BEST veterinarian I have ever been to. After leaving one vet in Lancaster that I realized was not doing things right, my cat is now, after only two weeks...a new cat. Dr. McEwan knew what to do ,and it was simple...fix the med dosage. He explained how it affected other organs and I am blessed to have found this doctor and Palmdale Vet Hospital. He has been a Vet for 25 years and we felt so comfortable with his treatment of our pet that all of our cats and dogs will now be in his care. ONce you are inside the hospital area, you will see how advanced and clean it is.

I payed for both the wings to be trimed on my bird, they only trimed one I was told to bring her in when she could fly again for another trim. When I got home the birs could fly!!!! Beware they will rip you off!

I took my 17year old cat there and asked that she be sedated and then her hair shaved, (she is a long hair). I was told by the doctor that they could do this job. When I picked her up she was shaved only in her buttocks area. The technician told me that my cat was being difficult. "I said, I thought you put her under sedation". Well, they kept her there all day the sedation wore off by the time they finally got to her and then tried to shave her. The staff told three different stories to me and the end result was that I took my cat the way she was and only paid for the office visit. I found them to be dishonest. If you take your animal here, be sure to write down exactly what you need done. My experience was horrible.