PLEASE READ. The 1 star is simply for the kindness of everyone at the petco hospital, if it weren't for their kindness I'd give 0 stars if I could.
My dog was sick and I had no idea what was wrong. I took him in twice. The first time was blood work, everything came back normal and I went home with nausea meds. The next day I brought him back for X-rays since he continued throwing up. There was a fill in Vet (he was nice as well) the X-ray showed something that could possibly be concerning, but they weren't too sure.
I couldn't do the ultrasound there that day due to a technician not being available and having to schedule it another day, so I tried to go somewhere else. I did not end up going to the place that I had them call due to cost being too high. (the place I had them call was my choice not theirs, I didn't ask for a recommendation and they didn't give me one) Eventually I went to a different place that was more affordable. The vet at this new place felt my dog's abdomen and immediately felt something in it and said he doesn't need tests we need surgery. He cleared his schedule and did surgery the same day.
That doctor at the Vet (not petco) told me in 2 minutes what the petco vets could not. I wasted $900 on pointless tests and valuable time that could have cost my dogs life.
The people at petco are not rude, but I will NEVER bring my dog back knowing that I spent $900 on services that could have been avoided while another Vet was able to tell me in 2 minutes my dog needed surgery and there's no point in doing any tests.
Not to mention, I took my dog to this vet on Sunday for blood work, when I came back on Monday, I had to pay the initial visit fee even though he had been checked the day before and I just asked for x-rays.
I also need everyone to know, it is VERY hard to get your dog seen at another vet after being seen by anyone else. The only reason this is an issue in this case is because petco is not able to do everything, and if you need to go somewhere else it makes it extremely hard unless you want to go to an emergency pet hospital.
Please do yourself, your pet, and your wallet the favor of going somewhere else. read more