text: I am very sad to be writing such a poor review for Desert View Animal Hospital I have been taking my dog there for almost years and the previous Vet was wonderful Sadly she retired I have been to see Dr Derksen times now and I am not impressed nnThe first few times I noticed how prone she was to push medication on the problems with my dog I also noticed a significant increase in the price of the medications I have no problem spending as much money as needed to help my dog However I am a nurse and I know some of the choices of medications could have been different saved me money and still treated my dog I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt because I really like Denise at the front desk She is the only staff member I recognize now All the vet techs I knew and really liked no longer work there The other good thing about this office is they always schedule me in a timely manner I got in right away today I enjoy the convenience factor but now I am wondering if that is because they do not have a lot of clients nnThe last visit was my last straw When I got to the office the vet tech did not even say hello to me She was very nice to Finn but did not make eye contact with me once nnWhen Dr Derksen came to assess Finn she did a focused assessment Once she was done she prescribed an antibiotic and was literally trying to walk out of the room when I was still asking questions She then said try this antibiotic and if that does not work we will test him for valley fever My dog is very important to me and telling me he may have valley fever but we will wait and see is completely unacceptable to me The prescription she gave me was doxycycline I am a nurse and I know this medication is extremely extremely expensive When I went to fill it at Walgreens they told me it was going to be I call the office back during regular business hours to speak with Dr Derksen but she had left for the day I was then told by the front desk about a pharmacy that is significantly cheaper Why would they not provide that information when I was at the office nnI then spoke with a family member who is a vet tech in another state and she said Amoxicillin will treat Finn the exact same and it is dollars My family member also said that all the Vets she works with knows that doxycycline is very expensive right now and Dr Derksen should have known that Whether she knew about the cost difference and did not care or she is incompetent I do not care I will not be going back to see her again