I will tell you a little background on my wife and I first, we have six rescued dogs, and my wife volunteers at a animal sanctuary in Llano. we love animals!! recently the animal control in the Antelope valley has been knocking on doors and collecting money for lisence fees etc. Our most recent rescue, ( found running in the middle of 170th and Palmdale blvd) has not been spayed yet. So we like everbody nowadays called around for the best price for a spay. Mission animal hospital quoted a price of 60$ which seemd very reasonable, and so we went. well we got there and 60$ was just for a spay. the vet tech came out, and recomended, that we do a blood sceen to determine if our papion was okay to spay. ( an addition 50$ ) then we are recomended to use anistetia for our dog, so she can be asleep for the proceedure that is an additional 25.00. then we were told that it is recomended that we get pain pills for her, an additional 25.00. the vet tech then proceeded to explain to us, that in case of an emergency, he would recomend that we put a cathider in her for an addition 25.00. ( see where I am going!!) we also found out that they have done thirty one spays and neuters that day already!! this was 1;00 pm in the afternoon ( WHAT A MILL!! ) . needless to say, 60 bucks sure turned out to be a lot of money! and to top it off, we care to much for our papion to leave her in the hands of a vet hospital that belives in speed and profit over the care of our dog. the vet tech, Carmen, was very rude also when we questioned their practises. We found out later through our community that there are lawsuites against this vet hostpital for killing pets through negligence ! Please do your homework, and reliaze that the best place to bring your pet is not always the cheapest!! If you have any questions please feel free to call me at 661-718-5928 thanks
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