Linell Margaret DVM

Sep 2023

I had been happy with them for the last 4 years however, we recently had a dangerous situation with 1 of our pets and they were more worried about not putting our pet down humanely than they were the safety of our family. Shame on them, we have a young child in the home, and who knows when he would have turned on her. Needless to say, I will be looking for another vet. Thank God AWS in Kennebunk was quick to act/help us with this situation. They took our vets information as well as the rescue who refused to take the dog back.

Jan 2021

I am told that Dr. Linnell works there on Tuesdays now. If she does work there please clarify. I can't understand how any veterinary practice can accept a vet who took pain medicine out of the mouths of terminally ill and suffering animals. At the time she owned the practice, she billed insurance companies for medication not actually dispensed to my pet. Had I known she was going to start again I would have filed an AG complaint. Of course, the diversion of narcotics from my dying pet to her as detailed in my original evaluation was far worse, but perhaps there is high staff turnover because there have been multiple issues which are documented by the state. Dr. Linnell was sanctioned three times by the Board: for diverting narcotics from animals and filling syringe with saline or colored water and also giving the wrong dose of heartworm medicine to a dog, and was found guilty of negligence. She also used another's vets DEA number. Don't use her. She killed my cat with a slow painful death -- again see Maine Veterinary Board. Her problems extend nearly a decade but she is still allowed to practice---unbelievable.

Aug 2019

My husband, daughter and I brought our 13 year old corgi to this vet to be put to sleep. He was no longer able to use his rear legs and was going down hill quickly. The vet said he still saw "life in him" so we took him home with a bunch of meds. He still continued to decline and could barley move. After two months we made the painful decision (again) to put him out of his suffering. The vet took him out back and we sat in the waiting room and listened to our poor dog scream in pain as they poked him multiple times trying to put an IV in his poor old veins, until I had enough and told the receptionist to get the vet immediately! I told him this was supposed to be humane and he was hurting my dog. He then brought him into an exam room where we could be with him and gave him one shot to put him down. They should have trusted us the first time we told them our dog was ready and not make us go through this twice and then to have to endure the trauma of they way hurt him. We will never forget that our dog had a great life that had to end in this awful way. Heartbreaking.