Do your research on Banfield!! A lot of people have said they don't like it.I guess they are really keen on pushing their "plans" that they have...and that they don't always give the best vet care, outside of the routine type stuff.
I pretty much stay away from chain vet clinics like that. I just went to a VCA vet clinic and was not happy. They basically only had packages i could choose from instead of just diagnosing and treating dogs on an individual basis....and i didn't need all of the stuff in the package, yet I had to pay for it anyways. I had to pay for a Heartworm test that I didn't want. Thank goodness I needed the rest of the stuff though. I guess my dog did need the heartworm eventually, but I would have preferred to wait until April to get it instead of getting it done in January. They tried to get me to do the deluxe senior package that included x-rays and I was getting my dog checked for diabetes....Um...you don't check for diabetes with an x-ray...and I've already had chest x-rays done twice this year, along with an ultra-sound, so why suggest I do it again??!!?? Because they try to sell it to everyone!!
You'd think that a place like that would be cheaper as well, but it's not. The VCA ended up being more than most vets in the area in the long run. |