We have used Dr. Hammett for several years. We had to call him on an emergency for our lovable doggie on a Friday night. He met us at his office at 11:30 at night. He has always been wonderful with our baby, but he just made feel so much better knowing that he was there. He saw our dog and made a diagnosis right away. Gave us the medication needed and told us to bring her back on the following Monday for x-rays. His diagnosis was right on. He's the best and would recommend him to anyone.

Wow, where do I begin...I don't trust any other Vets then Doctor Rick Hammett. I live 60 miles away from Strausburg, that is a hour and a half car trip, and I wouldn't go anywhere else. Last year my roommate's border collie dislocated his shoulder. We went to a vet near the house who charged us $650 to put the shoulder back in place and bandage the dog up so he would hobble until it healed. It didn't work so we took him back and the vet said we had three choices. Try to put the shoulder back in again ($650), amputate the leg ($1,130), or put the dog on pain meds for life ($80 a month). We took him to Doc Hammett and he told us that the pain should pass. We didn't need to give him medicine every day just when he needed it. He also showed us that the dog was getting around fine on the dislocated shoulder ($55). Today we have not needed to give the border collie pain meds in 8 months and he gets around wonderfully. I rescued a kitten and took it to a cat clinic which quoted me $650 for a spay/neuter and a grand total of $900 for first shots plus spay/neuter. Doc Hammett did it for a quarter of the price. I took 6 animals to Doc Hammett and all went home on different medications ($500). We took the Australian Shepard to the local vet and they told my roommate we had to put her down. We took her to Doc Hammett and he said that it wasn't time yet. She lived happily and pain free for another 6 months. I boarded 6 animals at a local vet because we were going out of town and the electricity went out unexpectedly. The local said they needed bordetella and 1 rabies shot for a cat to board them ($850). The vet also said my elder cat needed to have his tooth surgically removed. He quoted me $800 so I called my local pet and they quoted me $1050. Doc Hammett quoted me a quarter of the price. I took the elder cat to Animal Care Center for the surgery then came back the next day to pick him up. The total was $85 and they said the surgery never took place. Doc Hammett apologized for having to charge me for sedating him. I found out that they put the elder cat under and went to do the surgery just to find out it was an unnecessary surgery. Doc Hammett explained that the other vet was just trying to make more money off of me. I have also friended him on Facebook so any time I have a medical animal question I write him. I am never taking my animals to another vet ever again!