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Originally Posted by capt_noonie

How old is your puppy? I know when I first got Uni they tried to sell me the Wellness plan too. If your pup is over 6 months old it is waaaaay less than if your pup is younger than that.

Also in order to take advantage of the Wellness hour vaccine prices, yes your pup has to be healty and not sick, otherwise you pay a $50 office visit fee. Also the Wellness vaccines hours does not discount the price of the shots, only waives the office visit. BUT if you work your charm, sometimes the lady at the front dest will give you a voucher good for a free office visit, sick or not. I got one for Uni that way, and they are good for 6 months. I ended up never using it b/c I found I like her vet at the humane society better. He is really good, remembers what she was in for the last time, and office vists are only $15! And vaccines are cheaper than the Wellness hours at Banfield. Her DHPP was $10 and her 3 yr rabies was $6.

Also, with other pets I had before (cats) Banfield ALWAYS try to sell you something you did not go in for. They always try to sell me advantage. My pets never have fleas, they are always indoors, and when I've found some on them, a simple flea shampoo solved the problem.

The first time I took Uni there for her shots they gave me an estimate of all the stuff they "suggested" I do, and it was $403, what I ended up doing, came out to $98, just for shots!

That's why they WANT you to get the wellness plan. If you go to Banfield and you don't you will go broke. That's why your friends say they are saving a lot of money. they are saving a lot of money compared to what they normally would pay there without the plan. IMO you would save more money going somewhere else.

Oh might I add that they are just like Kaiser. A vet STUDENT will do 95% of the exam and the DVM will come in for like 5mins tops, if you're lucky. No thanks.

Yea I paid 200 today for what I believe would have only been about 75 at the private vet. They told me originally it would be 350 because he needed a full blood work up to make sure he didn't have diabetes or anything of that nature, but I opted out of that testing. I thought it would be useful for his shots because he will be due for his one year shots in Oct and without the plan or anywhere else there will be the 30-50 fee per visit plus the cost of shots. There are so many opinions, I don't know what I should do.