I took my Frenchie to Pet 911 after she started falling down and couldn't get up. Based the reviews, I dodged a bullet. I even was grateful, the bill was only $900. I was prepared to pay whatever it took. They took her right in under urgent care, told me she had consumed THC. I realized she must have found one of my wife's Dr. prescribed medical THC gummies. She has lupus and just had her leg amputated. They recommended keeping her for 24 hours on liquids. I readily agreed. The gummy was huge and my dog is tiny. Anyway, the techs were great the front staff was great etc. I must have gotten lucky. I'm only giving them one star because of their discharge policy. I left my elderly mom at home and my wife who in bed who needs me for everything. I promised all I had to do was run to McAllen pick up our dog and run right back. When I got there no customers were there and I thought I'd be in and out. Well, the owner came up with an asinine policy that he pulled out of his butt, that is, only the tech handling the pet can discharge the pet. There were 3 and 4 girls up front and no customers and I had to sit there over an hour waiting. I went up 4 times asking what was taking so long etc. They're response was the tech is in an emergency, we have absolutely no idea how long it will take , shut up and sit down. The said it in a polite way and none of them were rude but, after and hour I finally went up and loudly said, "Ma'am WOULD YOU PLEASE GO GET SOMEONE OUT HERE, I CAN'T KEEP WAITING" She then said, with a smile, "you're tech is right behind you" . I unloaded on the poor tech, who was great and took really good care of our dog. I picked up my dog and said, "your discharge policy is horrible, absolutely horrible, we've been sitting her over an hour, there are no customers and the whole time there have been 3 and 4 girls up front and all of them are perfectly capable of getting my dog. " the tech apologized and said she was in an emergency, it seemed she was trying to hold back her emotions and tears and I felt really bad because I knew it was her fault. I told her I understood she was in an emergency and that I knew it wasn't her fault but I was venting to her. I told her the discharge policy was just awful. One girl behind the counter said, "it's the policy and we have to follow policy" to which I responded, "It's an horrible policy and it should be changed and I can post a bad review" she gave me a snarky, "that's fine" as if they could care less. My goodness, that's like going to your kids school to pick them up on your way to soccer practice and dance practice and having the school say, "only the teacher can discharge you kids, she's in a meeting, we have no idea how long it will be , shut up and wait" Man, the owner of Pet 911, would go ballistic on the school treated him that way. He'd probably call the police and accuse them of holding hid kids hostage. Which is exactly what his moronic policy does. I was on the verge of call McAllen PD to see if they could come help me. The employees at Pet 911 aren't allowed help. I felt bad for the tech because she seems to really care about the animals and she seemed to be very empathetic and apologized many times. I told her I didn't want her to come off of the emergency to get my dog, I wanted one of the 4 girls up front who were doing a little work and a lot of talking and laughing to go get my dog. I went from a raving fan of pet 911 to someone who will never go back because discharge policy, which is the height of idiocy. If someone opens another 24 hour pet vet service, this place would lose most of their customers. I know I won't be going back. I rather drive to corpus or San Antonio in the middle of the night. read more