I brought my dog in for a routine foxtail removal. they gave me an appropriate estimate and i left them to it. 2 hours later they called me claiming that it would cost an additional $300 (never mentioned as a possibility before I left my dog there). the reason for this, as I have come to know, is that they had sedated my dog improperly, tried idiotically to get up his nose when he was awake and now they needed to put him completely under because they weren't successful. of course they couldn't get their tools up his nose when he was awake! the next vet I took him to removed the foxtail within 10 minutes, easy as pie -BECAUSE MY DOG WAS PROPERLY SEDATED- and it didn't cost me anywhere near what Clovis Veterinary Hospital wanted to charge me. anyway, I had to pay Clovis Veterinary Hospital $118 to get my dog back after they had done nothing but intoxicate him. he was hardly able to stand when i took him home and he was miserably sick all night. I have since contacted them to contest the bill and they basically told me to screw off (great customer relations right?). so now i'm stuck with 2 vet bills instead of one because i made the mistake of taking my dog to Clovis Veterinary Hospital. don't make the same mistake yourself.
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