After I found a tick on my dog's upper lip I took the tick off and immediately took him to Banfield. The vet briefly examined him and said he is ok. I went straight home and after I arrived and found yet another tick on his eyelid. Also the head of the tick was still in his upper lip.

Our second visit yielded another lackluster exam but with more fees due to medicine. I have the Banfield plan and honestly can say I ended up spending more not only monthly fees but whatever miscellaneous fees they decide to tack on.

I do not feel I am getting quality pet car service for my $. I might as well cancel my plan, pay the termination fee and take my dog to a private vet. This is not the first time I received negligent care at Banfield so I tried to stay loyal and try out another location. But the vet service is even worse at this one. I will not recommend them to anyone who wants a healthy pet.

NEVER TAKE YOUR PET TO BANFIELD. Our cat was given an ear wash for what was prescribed to be an ear infection at the Banfield in Chandler, AZ. During the course of the ear wash treatment, which was VERY ROUGH (in fact, our cat jumped and hissed for the first time in 11 years when the tech pushed the cotton ball way down into his ear), they RUPTURED HIS EAR DRUM. Within a day, he was severely lethargic and would not eat. His head was shaking uncontrollably and he could not walk without falling. We had to rush him to an emergency hospital and he stayed there for four nights. One month later, we are still having to syringe feed him, give him three medications and watch our perfectly healthy kitty (before we took him to Banfield) stumble when he walks and see his 45 degree head tilt to the right. He is unable to jump more than two feet without falling. We believe that he will eventually get better;however, it could take another month and his head may always tilt to the right. We complained to Banfield and they say 'he had the condition when he came to see us" THAT is ridiculous. In fact, during the course of his treatment at the emergency hospital we came to find out that he never even had an ear infection. BAD DIAGNOSIS;TERRIBLE TREATMENT - DO NOT GO THERE

Please read about Banfield before you take your pet to them. I am not the only individual with a horrible story. I can relate to so much that has been posted on them. They are a scam and are all about making money. With that said, I wish I was writing about how they ripped me off (which they did on several occasions). However, I am writing to tell my story about Charlie (a beautiful, strong Weimaraner puppy)
I took Charlie in on March 17th with all of the papers that the breeder gave me. One of the documents was specifically on "Immunodeficiency Syndrome". It basically, stated that this breed (among others) can have this syndrome and that there is no way of knowing which puppy does. So it basically talks about the risk of over vaccinating this type of dog. I showed it to them, the vet read it and did not say much more than "ok". It specifically stated which vaccines that are not 'recommended". To make this story a little shorter, they went ahead and vaccinated Charlie they way that THEY wanted (they said after Charlie died that it is THEIR protocol) Charlie received about four shots that they and three weeks later they had me back in there for boosters. Two days after his boosters Charlie had a severe reaction that left him, death, blind and neurologically damaged (to the point that he could not even walk) mind you that he was transfered to Annapolis Emergency Vet Hospital earlier that day because when I took him to Banfield that morning that he had a reaction, they couldn't do anything with him. He was bleeding from the nose, had a temperature of 106 and his eyes were shut close because his whole face was so swollen. Later that day they called me to tell me that I had to put him down.
Bandfield incorrectly filled out his forms that day. Wrote that his overall condition was "EXCELLENT", his vision NORMAL. When I brought this up to them they said that they were rushed filling out his report because of his condition. That because of his condition, the report was not the priority. Now, this is what they faxed to the emergency room. You don't fax something like that if it is not "correct" They have an excuse for everything. By the way if it was such an emergency then whay did the fax take over an hour to be sent to the emergency room? Their excuse, "we were having technical problems with the fax". What about the vet's response to my breeder when my breeder asked about Charlie's white blood cell count? He says, "normal". Paper work? 129. Range 17-60. What they said, "sorry" we should have looked at the blood work result instead of just answering. This is the vet saying this...
Anyway, today is 5/18. Charlie passed away 0n 4/25. I am still fighting with them. I have asked them to pay for my emergency bill and the bill of that day with them (which by the way the initial bill started at $900.00 and all of the sudden you question the bill and it was brought to 466.00. I questioned things like restraining Charlie for an x-ray (they wante dto charge me 44.00 just for that. I was like he is not even moving, that is when they started reducing and taking things of the initial bill. They have always done this. What does this say about them? If this is what the dog needs, then why do they change the treatment and bill when you question it? They are a scam.
Anyway, I have gone to them on several occasions. I am fighting this. They said that this is a rear condition. I don't disagree, however, you are the vet and when I brought them that document on that initial visit, you did nothing. And I don't care if it only happens to 4 in 1 1000. Charlie was one of them. They should have taken a different route to vaccinating him if the risk is there. I have done so much research and have found plenty of documments by other vets, that apperantly is there. They never gave me a choice. They never said, we really don't feel like is enough of a risk to take a different action. Therefore, you can trust us or go some where else. Or lets look into this and see what is the safest route. If you really investigate all the vaccines that they give in that damn place, you will find that some are not even recommended or realy even needed. It is there way of making money, for you to come back for boosters. They buy the shots for $3 a pop and charge you $50+ a pop.
They make me sick to the stomach. Where we are standing right now, is that they offered to pay for my medical bill at the emergency room, void the treatment that Charlie got there that day, void his well ness plan as well as my other dog's plan ( I asked for it too, since I told them that I no longer trust them).
For who ever disagrees with me... think about this...
why would they want to settle and pay for something if they were not wrong? I told them that it was mal practice, neglegience, from their part. I asked for them to also pay $1, 200.00 (that is what i payed for Charlie) they refuse. Tomorrow I am meeting with a lawyer at 9:00 a.m. and will be advice if I should take their offer or if I should fight this (to pay for everything that I have asked for). I told them after talking to them today and hearing what they had to offer that I would contact them after I speak with the lawyer. This is not about the money (money is needed, I invested a lot of money on this dog) With the wellness plan, their bills, and the emergency bill and what I payed for him it all adds up to $3, 000.
Buy them paying me back, is them taking responsibility for what they did. They can't give me Charlie back. I will log on again soon and will let you know the final result. I have been fighting this for over three weeks and have not stopped. They are rude, don't return calls. You have to physically show up at their door step for them to take you seriously. They realized that I was not messing around... and finally now they want to settle. Their reputation is horrible. Read around and you will see how everyone's story is somewhat alike. They are awful and should be written up. I will file a complaint with their license department. I hate them and I do also agree that their staff is rude and don't know what they are doing.
They don't care about the client. They act like they care for your pet, but they care more about how much money they can make from you. If they cared at all about Charlie, then they would have been more careful with all the vaccines... If you have something negative or feel that you have to write a comment on what I wrote to defend them. do your self a favor... read about Immunideficiency syndrome in Weimaraners first, and then tell me if there is not enough articles written out there for them to have been more cautios...
I hope this will save atleast one dog.

I placed my kitten on the wellness plan and a few weeks later he had to be put to sleep probably due to FIP. They told me to cancel the plan I had to call the main office. After being on hold for about 15 minutes I tell the rep that my cat died and she says I owe them $150.00. Guess I didn't make enough monthly payments to cover the money I saved on the plan. Felt like I was dealing with some HMO. We don't need that kind of thing spreading over to the animal care. Plus I'm starting to think a smart vet would work for himself not some big corp.

Two days ago we took aour dog to Banfield to cure her of Parvovirus.
Then one of the doctors told me that the medication cost $416 .
they also said that the treatment was going to last two days but they only had her for half a day when we picked her up they didnt tell us what was rong and they didnt know what to tell us.Then they told us that she had to go again and check her again when i went they told me that i had to pay $300 just for a check up and for some medecine called clavamox wich in the store only cost $20 and they wanted to charge us like 200 dollars for it.They werent responsable for giving our puppy the right medecine she needed .So i DONT recomend you to take your puppies there for NOtHING!!

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