Brighton Animal Clinic

Always a caring place.
Mar 7th, 2024

This is my favorite clinic. As a new pet owner they have been my best partner, always kind and ready to assist.
Mar 1st, 2024

Nice facility, clean, stuff is very friendly and knowledgeable. I was need emergency supportive medication prescribed after my kitten was diagnosed with dry FIP and doctor was extremely fast and considering situation!
Feb 28th, 2024

Reasonably priced. We left the area but still come back here.
Feb 11th, 2024

I decided to write this in order to not only inform people of our horrible experience but to educate people regarding a deadly condition many dog breeds are susceptible to. We had a three-year-old male Pembroke Welsh corgi named Cooper. Cooper was a sweet little guy that we loved and really enjoyed having him as part of our family. Around the mid part of Jan (actually Jan 18th 2024), Coopers back left leg was experiencing a slight twitch. We took him into the Brighton Animal Clinic in Brighton Colorado and the doctor diagnosed him with a muscle spasm. At that time the doctor gave us some Rimadyl which is an anti-inflammatory. It appeared to help for a short time until Feb 7th 2024 when the situation appeared to get worse. We took Cooper back to the Brighton Clinic on Feb 8th 2024 and the doctor decided to do a CBC blood panel and told us his white blood count was slightly elevated and there was a little blood in his urine, however, he was not concerned. Thinking Cooper could have a urinary tract infection, he also gave us an antibiotic. They also checked his sugar levels and thyroid levels during that visit and those were normal. Cooper was not getting better and by the night of Feb 11th 2024, we took him to the Urgent care in Commerce City. We were asked to get Coopers weight and he could not stand on his legs. They got us in a room and started to check his vital signs. We told them we had taken Cooper to the Brighton Clinic twice and relayed what they had told us. They did a basic chemistry blood panel and once again told us his sugar levels and thyroid levels looked fine. They also thought it was more than likely a muscle spasm as a slipped disc would cause him not to be able to walk at all. Many time corgis can have back problems due to being so long. We were sent home with some pain killers and told to cage Cooper for two weeks. All day Feb 12th 2024, Cooper laid on my wifes lap which is pretty unusual, however, we attributed his inactivity to his diagnosed leg issue. The next morning Feb 13th 2024, Cooper could not stand to pee. We quickly decided to take him to the Emergency Vet hospital in Loveland. They put us in a room and started to do a check of his vitals in addition to a CBC blood panel. It did not take too long for them to come in and ask us if we were aware that the Brighton Clinic had noticed his blood platelets were 1000 vs. a normal count of between 150,000 and 350,000. We both looked at each other and were totally shocked, as the vet at Brighton never mentioned it. Their platelet reading was zero and they diagnosed Cooper with a condition called IMTP. IMTP is where the dogs immune system starts to attack the body and in this case; it attacks the platelets. It leads to internal bleeding and in Coopers case the unnecessary delay led to him bleeding into his spinal cord, brain, eyes and stomach. The internal medicine doctor gave Cooper less than a 50% chance of survival. His condition got so much worse from the time we walked in the door. As much as we both hated making such a horrible decision, we decided to put Cooper down as, he was obviously suffering and probably had been for several days. My wife sent the Brighton Clinic an e-mail describing what had happened. The Vet who treated Cooper called to apologize and said it was totally his error. He thought the low platelet level was an artifact and that is why he did not tell us. If we had known this information, we would have taken Cooper to an Emergency Vet ASAP. It might not have changed the end result; however, it might have and that is what is so upsetting.
Mar 4th, 2024