I'd give them a -25 if I could!!!! Greedy, money grubbing, heartless business! I had my dog in for surgery at the beginning of the year to get 2-3 teeth pulled. They pulled 15 teeth! I was NEVER gi... Read More
I'd give them a -25 if I could!!!! Greedy, money grubbing, heartless business! I had my dog in for surgery at the beginning of the year to get 2-3 teeth pulled. They pulled 15 teeth! I was NEVER given an estimate on this work whatsoever. They told my wife $300-500 for the few teeth she'd have pulled. We should've gotten that in writing.
So much to my dismay they told me that it would be over $1,000 to take her home once I got there. They were kind enough, that's being generous, to let us set up payments. We put $500 down.
After that we came back for a post check-up and my dog was fine. She had more pep in her step like she did when she was a pup. I let my bad feelings go. My dog is worth more than money to me, so I thought, well I'll get it paid off and we'll be good.
I left town on January 27th and my dog got really sick on the night of January 28th. I feel having to pay for an office visit of $50 is ludicrous, then to be told they wanted to do blood work and x-rays totaling $500 is asinine. That was to even determine what may be wrong with my dog. My wife was sobbing and said I can't afford that. We quite literally less than 3 weeks ago were taken by surprise when our last vet bill was $500+ more than we expected. Now you're telling me we have to shell out more money? You're not even overly concerned for my dog, you're more concerned with the money?! They wouldn't even work with us to do a payment plan. We could've put some money down in good faith, but that wasn't even an option.
My wife sadly took our dog home to see if she could help our dog. Our dog actually got worse, but they did give us some donated medications to try out. I tried to be positive and say that my dog just has pancreatitis which she's had before. She's also rebounded as well from that, with medication of course.
My wife had to take her in again that Friday once we got paid, which was 4 days after the first visit since she got sick. So that way we could get the X-Rays done at least. Mind you, my dog has been puking, peeing uncontrollably, not eating, but they wanted money before they could do anything for her. When my wife took her in, the said they'd recommend having her do x-rays, blood work, a hospital stay and see if they can stabilize her. She got an estimate for $1,500 dollars, oh I forgot to mention, they'd do 2 examinations while she was there too. I'm not even sure why it should cost that much?!
Ultimately I was forced to make the decision to put my beloved dog down and I wasn't even in town for this. My heart was broken, but more importantly my heart breaks for her, because they wouldn't help her. Not to mention, I felt helpless, because I couldn't help her! They put a price on her life. They were more concerned about the payment than anything else. Everyone I've talked to has had the same experience here as far as the money situation goes and the charges for their services. Would a hospital do this to a person?! Well you have to pay up front before we do anything for you. HELL NO, they wouldn't do that, it's inhumane!!!
I went to pick up her ashes, which they charged $250 for and my wife paid for they day we put her down and they had the audacity to tell me we still owed them money for it, but they were "kind" enough to put it on our payment plan from her 1st surgery. So, you're telling me now that my dog is gone, you'll gladly put the cremation fee on my past bill, but you wouldn't set up a payment plan to see if she could be saved?!
This is why I say they are heartless, money grubbing, inhumane and downright awful. I will never take another of my animals to this business ever again. BEWARE to all others that feel their pets are like family. They see dollar signs and only want to help if it's lucrative to them. I'm a positive person, but in this situation and with this business they've made me feel negative and heartbroken. Read Less