Kindness Family Pet Clinic

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I want to provide feedback on my recent visits to Kindness Family Pet Clinic in Forest Grove, OR.



I am the caretaker and guardian to two older dogs – Gracie, age 12 ½ years Jack Russell Terrier, and Edie, a six year old Lhasa Apso. Both are rescues, so they each came to me with health issues.

On July 8, 2014, I took Gracie in to see Dr. Darrin Kortyka for help with her itchy skin, arthritis and overall health concerns of older dogs. He checked Gracie over thoroughly, ran the appropriate blood tests and asked questions of me to help pinpoint a diagnosis and treatment plan. Within just a few days of starting her prescribed meds, Gracie was itch-free, calmer and more content. She also is more playful and walks easier. It is nice to see my girl enjoying her life again.

Since then, on July 29, 2014, Edie had her turn visiting Kindness Family Pet Clinic and again, Dr. Kortyka. With his keen knowledge and extensive experience, was able to diagnose and treat Edie for a tear duct problem and help with her seasonal allergies.



I have to thank Dr. Kortyka, his wife, Dr. Leah Story and the staff at Kindness Family Pet Clinic. Since Dr. Kortyka and Dr. Story purchased the practice in February 2013, the clinic has become like a second family to me and my dogs. The entire staff is extremely compassionate and easy to talk with. They always have my pet’s best interest in mind all awhile keeping me informed as to what is most cost effective.



Overall, I am so grateful to Kindness Family Pet Clinic. Because of my personal experience with their service and how they value me and my dogs, I will go nowhere else for Gracie and Edie’s health care.

Anyone who brings their furry family member to this clinic will be so very pleased with the love and care that Dr. Kortyka gives. He has provided my family with the absolute best care for a few years now. He has seen us through the passing of a few of our precious pets, with so much compassion and and tenderness. A year ago, our little puppy was limping and having pain. Dr. Kortyka examined her, took x-rays, and told us that she needed to see a specialist. He referred us to an amazing surgeon that Dr. Kortyka called himself to set up the appointment and speak to her about our baby. Throughout the course of our puppies care, Dr. Kortyka kept in constant touch with not only the surgeon, but my family as well. Even though he was on vacation, he still took the time to make calls and see how our lil one was doing. Dr. Kortyka listens to our concerns, speaks to us honestly, is very thorough, shows genuine compassion, is very gentle, and always has a bright smile. He is a Doctor who truly loves his profession and it shows. He has cared for 9 of our furry family members in our short time with him, and every one of them are always so happy to see him. My family and I highly recommend Dr. Kortyka for the best care of any furry little one.

Their prices are cheap, sure, but you get what you pay for. I took my pregnant Boxer for an ultrasound and Dr. Bean ran it. He admitted to being out of practice with the machine, so I shouldnt really have been surprised when, having seen only 3 pups, she ended up having 9! That was the least of our problems, however. It was Dr. Kahl who ended up actually causing the most irreparable damage. We had two of the puppies with calcium deficiencies that we found out about the hard way. They each broke their right rear legs (in the same places and at the same time). Luckily we didnt realize one also had a break until a day later and were forced to seek another vet due to too short of notice for an appointment at Kindness. Long story short: the puppy taken to another vet (Rock Creek, run by Dave Barno - excellent, btw) was in and out of his single cast and completely healed in 3 weeks. The puppy treated by Dr. Kahl wasnt so lucky. She insisted on him being re-wrapped in mere bandages weekly. Even then the wrap was always placed so low that it gave him too much movement in the knee joint (to which Dr. Kahl actually said, "a little movement is ok"!!!) naturally resulting in a very slow and sloppy healing process. Even when I insisted she put an actual cast on she only hesitantly (and dishonestly) put on a sort of webbed netting beneath the bandage wrap. So, here we are after 6 weeks of treatment solely by Dr. Kahl, and we have a 5 month old puppy who will always have a leg slightly bowed in and that he favors/limps on and is unable to flex entirely because of the inexcusable ineptitude of a very stubborn vet. We did actually end up taking the pup to Dr. Barno to get him successfully healed up after Dr. Kahl´s botched work. We also took another of the puppies to Kindness with abdominal pain after ingesting some pebbles. When they took X-rays they stretched his front arms over his head so high they dislocated one and he couldnt walk for a couple days. This Dr. Kahl tried to make us believe was broken and subsequently shame us into believing was our fault and as much as accused us of abuse of our puppies. I found her attitude comical, however, as we spent thousands of dollars total caring for our poor puppies that they misdiagnosed and mishandled. I could go on, believe it or not, but I'll end it here as I feel this is damning enough evidence of their incompetence; specifically that of Dr. Kahl. I will say most the others were freindly. Only when Barbara Kahl had them thinking we were abusive for a short time did we notice a couple of the young office help snubbing us with their dirty looks and snide comments. All-in-all a pretty pitiful experience.

When calling to make an appointment, I asked to speak directly to a technician to get a feel for the hospital and get my questions about the neuter procedure for my dog directly answered. The person I spoke with was rude, stubborn, and unwilling to answer my questions. Apparently it's a bother to them to let me know over the phone whether they have an office with up to date equipment and friendly staff. The technician became very defensive when I asked what type of anesthesia they used. (There are many different types. Some are safer than others.) The technician absolutely refused to tell me what type of anesthesia would be used on my pet, and told me if I wanted to know, that I would have to come in and waste my time and money to find out! Type of anesthesia is not a national secret! I told her that if she was so uncomfortable with the anesthesia they were using, that I certainly would not be coming there!