Camden Pet Hospital: Hoge Jeremy DVM

Mar 2024

Thank You Camden Pet Hospital for saving my Fuzzy Son Toby Cat. I can't express how much I appreciate Dr J. deciding to say that Toby is too young and before his major health issues too healthy for him to be put down. Tuesday, Jan 30 was the start of Toby's recovery and I owe my gratitude and thanks to Dr J and the staff at Camden Pet Hospital. When I woke up on that Tuesday I saw that Toby was even more sick than the prior days and I called Camden Pet Hospital to make an appointment for them to see him. I thought this was to end his life, that I would have to have him euthanized. I didn't think that CHP could save Toby for an amount of money that I could afford. To my wonderful surprise when I met Dr. J and told her the situation, fairly quickly she said that Toby is too young and healthy to be put down. She came up with a treatment plan that I could afford, around $650 that would basically follow what the other vet companies said they would do, treat Toby for 3 days, for a much higher cost, over $3000. The only difference was that I would take Toby home each day at 5 PM and then return him the next day for additional treatment to cure his urinary blockage. As with the prior 2 days, they continued with his treatments until I came at 5 PM Thursday to pick Toby up at the end of his care at CPH, and bring him home. Dr J. said that his urinary blockage had been cleared and the problem with his liver was fixed. All we could do now was to keep an eye on him. Try to get him to continue to eat and drink water. They gave me some special cat food, both dry and wet food for him to eat. This food was a urinary care type of cat food, Hills Urinary Care cat food. All during the time of his illness, I was praying to GOD to help save my Fuzzy Son Toby. I was so afraid I was going to lose him and it was very difficult to hold it together. I was a mess. That night Toby slept with me as he always does and I had the strong belief that he was going to eventually fully recover. From the time I brought Toby home from CHP, he slowly and steadily regained his health. Each day, his recovery progressed. He started eating his cat food and drinking water. It was not a lot at first, but each day he ate and drank more. Also, he started using his cat box. In fact, I set up a separate cat box, food and water dishes in my room as Dr J suggested. More major positive changes happened. He started walking around the house again. He wasn't just staying in my room. At the end of the first week back home, he wanted to go outside again. The things that really showed me that he was getting better is he started acting like my Fuzzy Son again. He was purring often again, playing with his sister Sophie cat, and looking at me like the old Toby Cat, full of LOVE and LIFE! It's now been about 1 1/2 months since the start of this journey and I'm so HAPPY to say that Toby has FULLY RECOVERED! Of course, none of this would have happened if not for Dr J at CPH. Her decision to help Toby, her treatment plan and the care that she and the CHP staff gave Toby is the major reason why he recovered and is healthy again. THANK YOU DR. J AND EVERYONE AT CAMDEN PET HOSPITAL FOR SAVING TOBY'S LIFE.

Aug 2023

We love seeing Dr. Hoge and the friendly staff at Camden Pet Hospital! He is so gentle and loving with our dog - even when she's a little nervous or upset. We've been coming here for years and love it. I highly recommend Dr. Hoge! Wouldn't take our sweet pup anywhere else for care.

Jun 2022

Been taking my dogs here for about ten years. In that time, they have had yearly check ups, one has needed surgery, both have had their teeth cleaned, and I have made the occasional emergency call. I am very confident in care and advice provided by Dr Hoge. I believe he has the experience to know when to act and when to wait. In terms of the office staff, I have emailed them and they have always provided a timely response. Many pet owners talk about the price of teeth cleaning. I appreciate the detailed estimate I received. There were no surprises. In the early years, I was able to get same day appointments for the unexpected but like others have noted I find they need to refer to other facilities. I don't know whether this still the case, but they did seem to have new vets, come through over the years and I found them hit or miss. A hit might be the vet who came into meet the dogs and pet them first, spent a lot of time answering questions. Clearly an animal lover. The miss would be the vet who advised us to see the eye specialist for an unresolved tear. We were fortunate to get a next day appointment, but the ophthalmologist could not see a tear and said everything looked healed. Happy for the results, but that was a few hundred dollars and when asked if it seemed likely it would heal in less than 24 hours the response was a laugh and something non-committal. Their Covid protocol is to pick up the animals from the parking lot with the vet calling for a summary. It's a very smooth process. When I have had questions for the doctor for an upcoming appointment they clearly always pass it along. I would recommend Dr.Hoge but can't speak for the other veterinarians. I have not had enough consistent interaction.