Here is the story and why I am not recommending Banfield to my friends.\r
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My dog was critically ill and was vomiting and pooping blood. He was not moving. Banfield gave me two prices for care. One without their wellness plan and one (cheaper) if I upgraded my current wellness plan. (The wellness plan has a one time set-up fee of $69.95 and I am now paying a monthly fee of $36.95 for the optimum for one year. By the way, when they provide the estimate, the one time fee and the monthly fee is included. This inflates the estimate by nearly $100.) I had signed up for the wellness program a month earlier when my pet had an abscess removed from his foot. During this visit, the Banfield vet provided intravenous fluids and at the end of the day I was sent to an excellent emergency clinic as Banfield closes at 6 p.m. South Peninsula Emergency Clinic diagnosed my dog's issue as hemorrhagic gastroenteritis. He needed a transfusion of blood and antibiotics for the next 7 days.\r
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