Melrose La Brea Animal Hospital

(626) 400-6669

7116 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046 34.0835 -118.3445

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Neighborhoods: Melrose, Central LA

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Years in business

Established in 1971

Hours:

Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 8am - 6pm / Wed , Sat 8am - 6pm / Closed 8am - 2pm.

Last updated 6.04.11

What People Are Saying About Melrose La Brea Animal Hospital

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Melrose La Brea Animal Hospital

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In over 30 years of practice, Melrose - La Brea Animal Hospital has helped thousands of dogs, cats, birds and other pets achieve happier, healthier lives from our Los Angeles office. Our staff treats pets like family. We look forward to building a relationship with you as your life-long pet care provider. Any lover of animals and owner of pets can tell you how stressful an emergency can be on both the pet and the owner. Please keep his number in your book under "Animal Emergency"."Our veterinarians and staff speak English, Korean & Russian and our professional interpreters speak over 150…

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ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. All my pets get very excited when I pull into the parking lot because they love Dr. Jordan.
service
73.33000183105469% positive
  1. His staff is very friendly and he spends as much time as needed with me and my
  2. His whole staff was so nice, and compassionate, towards my little dog and I. Being a new dog owner; I have a lot of concerns for my dogs wellbeing, and when he got a little cold rencently; I took him to see Dr. Jordan, and was so thrilled with the results
  3. would recommend this entire staff.
  4. Knowledgeable and kind, great staff
  5. I've had cold vets over the years and I was so impressed by the compassion and heart the entire staff showed me.
value
25.0% positive
  1. This vet was outrageously expensive, and put our cat under anesthesia without our consent.
  2. Way too expensive!
  3. The office is old and unorganized, and my phone calls were unreturned when I called for the very expensive (and unnecessary) test results.
  4. Although it can be a bit pricey- I'm getting the best care.
wait time
0.0% positive
  1. For example, he checked for corneal abrasions in my cat, Millie (she has chronic conjunctivitis due to a herpes virus that she contracted while she was a stray) and sent us home with an antibiotic (she did, indeed, have abrasions, which he showed me), a d
1 Star Rating: Poor

08/04/11

License was revoked and then stayed

by catcrazy17 at Citysearch

I worked an animal hospital that got his patients after seeing him just once. I was in the courtroom when his license was under investigation, which eventually was revoked and, unfortunately, was stayed. Check out the Better Business Bureau for his history. I would never bring an animal to his practice.

1 Star Rating: Poor

07/23/11

WORST EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD

by J Fiske at Citysearch

Although it has been a few years since I made the mistake of bringing my puppy to Melrose La Brea Animal Hospital for emergency care, my experience was so terrible that my family and I still regularly discuss it to this day, so I felt I should report it. From the looks of it, I was not alone in my negative experience.

I have never, I repeat, NEVER, had a worse experience in my life. I was helping my daughter move into her new apartment in Laurel Canyon. We had a 3-month old Australian Shepherd puppy at the time, so we took him with us rather than leave him alone all day.

Unfortunately, construction on the apartment had only been completed a few days prior, and we didn't notice all the leftover nails lying around the area. Our puppy stepped on one and sliced his paw. He didn't even yelp, but we saw huge drops of blood covering the floor, so we thought we should be safe and take him in to a vet.

Being new to the area, we looked up the closest vet using the yellow pages. I wish we'd had internet access! Dr. Jordan was the most incompetent man I have ever encountered. He put a MUZZLE on a 3-month old puppy because "you never know what they'll do when they're in pain." I had been poking, prodding and examining the bloody area for at least 20 minutes and our puppy didn't even notice.

He noticed the muzzle though. He went from calm and sweet to absolutely terrified. Just a quick side-note- I have had several dogs, and none of them, including this one (who is now 3 years old) have EVER needed a muzzle, and I've been to at least 10 other vets. At legitimate veterinary establishments, muzzles are reserved for truly aggressive dogs.

His assistants (he need TWO to hold down a 3-month old, 15 pound puppy) clearly had NO training at all... I'm not exaggerating when I say I think he picks them up at day-labor sites. The entire episode was turning into a circus act, so I stepped in an calmed our puppy down. It was unbelievable (my daughter later said it felt like a prank, or some reality show called "Punked.") A total joke.

When inspecting the wound, Dr. Jordan couldn't even figure out what was going on. His eyes are so bad he couldn't even see where the blood was coming from, or that there was a HUGE flap of skin that clearly needed to be trimmed off of the paw pad. When he began bandaging the paw, I interjected and suggested we cut off the flap and put some antiseptic ointment on the area first. With a surprised look, he exclaimed, "Oh, yeah! That would be a good idea."

Even though I did most of the work and the bill was far too high, we just paid and got out of there as fast as possible.

There was one upside to the whole experience- I learned that if I don't feel comfortable in a doctor's office (pet or human), I have the right to leave at any time. I should have left this place right away. Going here was surreal, to say the least.

DO NOT COME HERE.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

03/04/10

Great Doctor & Great Employees!

by bertygirl at Citysearch

Dr. Jordan took care of my kitty so many times & with so much love & compassion, I am forever grateful.

His staff is sweet, professional, loving & caring.

After years of crappy, high priced, fancy Vets., Dr. Jordan is a down to earth relief!

  • Pros: Most Compassionate Vet Ever!
  • Cons: none
1 Star Rating: Poor

02/26/10

Do not take your pet here! The worst vet ever!

by pet lover LA at Citysearch

This man is evil! Do not take your pet here! My poor puppy cried and wimpered as he shoved an instrument down his throat for a regular checkup. He yelled at me for not holding my dog tightly by the throat as he was analy taking his temperature and checking his heartbeat at the same time. My poor puppy was shaking and he's been fine at 3 other vet visit at another vet, reason why I went here was that I got an appt right away and now I see why. This place is awful and he's a weirdo. And my previous negative review was erased! Any positive review must be rigged. Oh and he was ridiculously over priced.

  • Pros: feel sorry for the girl that works there
  • Cons: everything else
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

02/11/10

Lovely vet and nurses

by Starrlette at Citysearch

I took my cat here after receiving horrible treatment at ADVANCED CRITICAL CARE in Culver City and the Dr Jordan took great care of my cat. He even let it stay an extra day free of charge because he was concerned about my kitty and knew that I had already spent a fortune at ACC. I will always take my pets here for the lovely people that work here...the nurse was so sweet as well, looks like she really adores animals. What a find!

  • Pros: Exceptional loving service
  • Cons: Place look old

The Details on Melrose La Brea Animal Hospital

Place Categories:

  • cold vet
  • best vet
  • great managed care
  • compassionate whole staff
  • wonderful dr jordan
  • sick cat
  • horrible treatment
  • poor puppy
  • great doctor
  • slow dietary supplement
  • not bad consultation fee
  • helpful tips
  • incredible insight
  • wonderful caring staff
  • too expensive way
  • best veterinarians
  • great general practitioner
  • good resource
  • very expensive test
  • sick pet
  • cold rencently
  • incredible wisdom
  • loves animals
  • awful place
  • recommended definately

Message from Melrose La Brea Animal Hospital

  • House Calls & Boarding Svcs.
  • A full Pet Hospital & Clinic.
  • Day, Night & Emergency Svc.

In over 30 years of practice, Melrose - La Brea Animal Hospital has helped thousands of dogs, cats, birds and other pets achieve happier, healthier lives from our Los Angeles office.

Our staff treats pets like family. We look forward to building a relationship with you as your life-long pet care provider.

Any lover of animals and owner of pets can tell you how stressful an emergency can be on both the pet and the owner.

Please keep his number in your book under "Animal Emergency"."

Our veterinarians and staff speak English, Korean & Russian and our professional interpreters speak over 150 languages.

Consultations

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Treatment

Private Cremation Available Upon Request

7116 Melrose Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90046

(323) 937-5120

Clinic Hours

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday : 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday and Saturday : 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Closed Sun

Melrose La Brea Animal Hospital
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