We came into Hillsboro animal hospital to have the cats claws capped. We brought in the caps with us and let the front desk know that the cats had been clawing the furniture and needed their claws tr... Read More
We came into Hillsboro animal hospital to have the cats claws capped. We brought in the caps with us and let the front desk know that the cats had been clawing the furniture and needed their claws trimmed and capped urgently. The cats were being isolated in one small room until we could have this done, which is unpleasant for them. "Can they cap the claws?"They asked us about vaccinations and said they only could be seen if they are up to date on their shots. We knew they were slightly out of date, so needed shots anyway, so we agreed to the shots.Service agreed to, shots and claws trimmed and capped. Since we were a walk in, they asked if we could come back for them and we were fine with that. We left them with the cats and the packages of claw caps. We get a call about Huggy and his weight problem. Amongst other things, Dr Ladd wanted to know if we wanted to run bloodwork or other tests. We declined for now. Now we needed one thing and that was capped claws. We get there, and the bill is approximately 125 per cat for each checkup, because "shots" has morphed into a full exam somehow, however, we see the caps clipped onto the top of the bill, still not put on.Why are the caps still there? We ask?They responded, "We don't know why" "You didn't ask" "Yes they did" disagreed one front desk person. Yes we did. They eventually came back with, apparently the adhesive was dried out. they said return them to petsmart and tell them.That is not the point though. We asked why no one told us. They seem unperturbed. The woman that had initially checked us in, actually asked if checking out had been interrupted, and made sure that I had paid the 250 before allowing us to leave. Of course we had paid the fee. We both value honest and ethical business practice. If anything, we pay first and we can always consider a legal dispute later. So, we went there. Got services we did not ask for (and paid for them because shots apparently means a full checkup, which is something we could have misunderstood.) we however, did not get what we had come in there for. Most odd, nobody in the office seemed to think this was a problem, whatsoever. A woman took us to the back and said, " I am sorry it happened that way. I wish it had been different." In short, they were employing active listening techniques. We found this approach both condescending and passive aggressive. We booked a service that was not performed. Other services were performed and the vet tried to get us to consider even further services.The office had absolutely no intention of putting things right. I asked the woman straight out if the office intended to address or correct the problem? We come in for one service and get another, along with the bill, and a call from the doctor asking if he can do more hefty prices testing, but no call regarding the adhesive, or what we had actually come in for. Now we understand that our cats lives are not at stake here, however they have to be sequestered uncomfortably until they get their claws capped. Furthermore, the idea of full checkups happening and the vet following up on those checkups, and yet no proper attempt to render the initial service is somehow dishonest. Apparently the vet, Dr Ladd, did not think it important to call us and let us know that the adhesive was dry and that he couldn't do what he was actually being paid to do. We had clearly told the front desk what we needed done, and if there is any doubt in that matter, we had brought the caps with us. They were clipped neatly to the bill when we returned. As a side note, do vets offices truly not have pet safe adhesive superglue, available regularly? Read Less