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Washington DC Consumers' CHECKBOOK (CHECKBOOK.org) will get your pet the best possible care while saving you trouble, time, and money. It's the independent, non-profit, no-advertising source of ratings and advice on hundreds of types of services you use in your everyday life. See list of services covered.
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3900 Rhode Island Ave Brentwood, MD
Phone: 301-864-3164
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Veterinarians Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Veterinarians.
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Subscriber from RESTON, VA wrote about a local veterinarian:
We have used them for several dogs over the years and have always been satisfied..........
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Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about a local veterinarian:
They require payment before surgery of the high end of the estimate in full either..........
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Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote about a local veterinarian:
Not cheap........
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Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote about a local veterinarian:
I have been going to Village Vet since 1989. The care of the animals is..........
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Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about a local veterinarian:
the key is getting the right vet. Try to be consistent. Charity Van Aker is..........
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Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about a local veterinarian:
Alexandria Animal Hospital is more expensive than most but they are a 7X24 facility with..........
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Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about a local veterinarian:
Small clinic, personal service. They know my dogs by name........
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Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote about a local veterinarian:
expensive.......
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Subscriber from FALLS CHURCH, VA wrote about a local veterinarian:
Ive taken my dogs here for the past 15 plus years. When my previous dog..........
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Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote about a local veterinarian:
We had had a troubling situation with another veterinarian and were very pleased to find..........
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Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about a local veterinarian:
Their doctors are very caring and knowledgeable........
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Subscriber from FALLS CHURCH, VA wrote about a local veterinarian:
personal and concerned care........
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Subscriber from CENTREVILLE, VA wrote about a local veterinarian:
Our dogs love the vets at Clifton-Centreville Animal Clinic. They are all competent and understanding..........
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