Banfield Pet Hospital in San Diego

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  Tamara Pryor

  :: 18 March 2018 22:26:05

  They take good care of our family pet! Everything from check ups to an IV when she became so ill she couldn't walk. Easy to make appointments and get right in! Friendly and professional staff too!

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  Franklin Moore

  :: 21 February 2018 17:10:56

  Have used several Banfields and this one is the best, IMHO. Always fits me in. But don't expect bargain prices.

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  Christopher Owen

  :: 17 January 2018 04:33:44

  They have great doctors and they're Nationwide so it's easy to be seen but they are pretty expensive as any vet is.

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  Adam Young

  :: 13 January 2018 02:15:55

  My wife and I had recently rescued an 8 week old puppy and everything was going well. About a week later, he wasn't acting right. He was very lethargic, slept for an extended amount of time, and started whining profusely. After some thought about where to go, I took him to Banfield to get some help. My experience started out well. It was a Sunday around 3 pm and Banfield had a skeleton staff working. The gentleman whom I started out with was alright. He wasn't very pleasant, but he was very knowledgeable. I was a bit on edge being a first time adopter, and to his benefit, he answered most of my questions. Then his shift apparently ended, and that's when things changed. The lady that took over, Dr. Friske, started recommending tests to run. I ran them all. Blood, fecal matter, etc. It ended up costing $680. I just wanted to find out what was wrong with my dog. By this time, my dog had vomited a few times and was swaying, so I was getting really nervous. She had taken my dog to the back room and I hadn't seem him in over an hour. Another appointment showed up, so Dr. Friske came from the back saw us waiting, and went into another room to help the other patients, purposely avoiding us. We had been there for almost 3 hours at this point. Another 30 minutes later, she came out and walked towards us to tell us what was going on. She let us know that all of the tests came back normal. Dr. Friske let us know that since everything was 'normal', she assumed he had distemper, which is a very serious disease. Even after we explained that he had had his distemper vaccination, she still believed that it had to have been passed through the mother. There was no other options given to us. She talked about long term care and that he was going to have seizures for the rest of his life. We were crying in the waiting room. She handed us brochures on care management and walked away. Another gentleman, that worked there, approached us and asked if we had any questions. He had mentioned that buying bells for our dog would be something we should do so that we could hear when he was having seizures. So there we were, in this waiting room with a 9 week old puppy that we were told is going to suffer immensely and have to be quarantined for the whole of his life. She had encouraged us to take the distemper test for an additional $400. We couldn't financially do it at the time, so we paid the $680 over 3 different cards and left. We contacted the rescue where we got him and they called us the next day with some options. Since he had 2 rounds of vaccines (distemper included) the head of medical doubted he had distemper. No other dogs in the liter had it either. He recommended another vet to go to and the rescue offered to pay for the requisite tests to rule out distemper. The second vet gave us 5 different possible causes with distemper being a very slim option. After the tests came back negative for distemper, we came to the conclusion that he had eaten something that caused his symptoms. He has shown no other symptoms or have we had any other issues. He is now 13 weeks old and is super healthy. Needless to say we will never step foot in Banfield again, in any location or any state. We feel like they took advantage of us being new to animal ownership and were very unprofessional in their approach. I would recommend you go to any other vet, just as long as you don't go here.

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  John Stillwagen

  :: 05 January 2018 15:47:44

  I really like this Banfield - it's clean, great staff and great vets. Always have had good experiences with this office.