Hartwellanimalhospital

Did you know that Matthew Keifer, the vet at Hartwell Animal Hospital, doesn't even have a doctor's degree? As far as I know, every other vet in this area has a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), which is given out by all U.S. vet schools.

The degree that Keifer has is actually a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVMS), something that he seems to conceal. He got this degree overseas (in Great Britain), and until March 2015, vets with this degree over there weren't even allowed to call themselves "doctor"!

Why did he get such a degree? Well, it seems obvious that he couldn't get into any U.S. vet school, which implies that he was a *terrible* student. So, he ended up attending a vet school mostly with British students who were fresh out of high school. That means he actually ended up getting two bachelor's degrees—one from UGA, and then another one from Britain.

Why does this matter? Well, first of all, would you want someone who was a horrible college student treating your beloved pet? Second, the general consensus among U.S. vet schools is that foreign programs like the one Keifer got his degree from are not nearly as rigorous as the DVM programs here. This means that vets graduating from such schools are apt to have many deficiencies in their scientific background. But don't you want your vet to be as knowledgeable as possible?

Before we learned about Keifer's credentials (or lack thereof), we made the mistake of taking our cat to his office. The cat was about 13 1/2 years old. On the first visit, he diagnosed it with a certain condition, and then gave us some medication for it. Well, guess what? None of it helped at all.

So, we took our cat back to him in a few weeks. And this time, he gave a totally different diagnosis! We then asked him, "Did our cat not actually have the condition that you 'diagnosed' last time?" His response: "I guess not!" Unbelievable.

Keifer ended up giving us some more medication, which also didn't help. Sadly, in about a week, our dear cat passed away. Not only was Keifer of absolutely no help to our cat, but he charged some pretty hefty fees to boot!

Please do yourself a favor and take your pets to another vet instead. Since every other vet in the area (to my knowledge) has a DVM, I can't think of any reason why you'd ever want to take your precious animal to this quack.

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