Our Dog is just over a year old and is very healthy. It's not our first dog so I know generally what a dog will run you for Vet care.\r
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Anyway, I have had it with this Vet and will not be going back ever. Over the past year I have become increasingly annoyed with the staff's deliberate efforts to spread the usual services accros multiple visits thus charing office visit fees for each visit when many of the services could eaily have been done in the same visit. When we asked about this they said sure we could do more in one visit but sometimes its more comfortable for the dog to spread it out. Hello how about discussing that with the OWNER!\r
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Most recently we went in for annual shots. Our dog goes in and comes out and we get almost $500 bill. What! Turns out they found some ear wax in his ear and decided to culture it, clean his ears further and give him medication for it. They said it was minor but just in case. Hello, how about talking with the owner. The cost of all this was over $100. We probably would have done it anyway but where is the communication?\r
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Finally, I was so upset over the bill I drove to the vet down the street and went in with my dog and the bill and asked them to tell me what they would charge and how they would proceed. Turns out several of the many ancillary charges on the bill they don't charge for at all (i.e. the non-specific ""Haz-Mat"" charge) or were included in the office visit charge, like the ear cleaning I mentioned above. To top it all off everything else was cheaper by a good 10% to 20%. After all was compared I figure I was almost double charged for the services obtained. \r
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If you are looking for a Vet I strongly urge you to go elsewhere unless you like paying double and being scammed into repeated visits so they can hit you with more fees.\r
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