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Pender Veterinary Centre
- Veterinarians
- Fairfax, VA
About this business
Not Your Typical Animal Hospital For more than 40 years, Pender Veterinary Centre has been a place where pet owners bring their beloved animal friends to receive care from an established team of passionate, experienced veterinarians. Today, Pender stands out amongst other animal care centers for its 24 hour, round-the-clock veterinary care, innovative and compassionate boarding and training, and for setting the highest standards for all veterinary teams through our philanthropic and development programs.
Location details
4001 Legato Rd., Fairfax, VA, 22033, United States
Get directions| Weekday | Schedule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. | |
| Tue | 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. | |
| Wed | 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. | |
| Thu | 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. | |
| Fri | 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. | |
| Sat | 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Sun | Closed |
The Vet yelled at me because my dog was a few pounds overweight. Although I think it is important to keep my dog at a normal weight, I don't think I need to be yelled at. I am not sure I will return. Lauretta Garrett
Pender is amazing at emergencies and surgery! I have a problem with some of the technicians. I have an anxious older dog. One of the vets took the time to write very specific instructions for how to handle her. They must never read them because techs always bring her back to me extremely agitated, saying they couldn’t do all procedures. She is more afraid of going to the vet because of this. Looking elsewhere.
Very bad experience with technicians. I am coming to Pender for more than 2 years, but this time have to return without vaccination service for my dog. Technicians who took my pet for the Vaccination in lab area, did not know how to handle large dog and tried to put muzzle on him during the vaccination which created panic situation to the dog because he is not used to the muzzle. I have to take reappointment with Vet for the vaccination again and it was sheer waste of my time.
Not happy with this pet clinic. Vets are rushing us out the door and the bill is always pretty high. Lack of communication from the vets and other staff. Plus their system of getting flea and/or tick preventatives is poor. They only want you to get it from them and they sell it at higher rate than other pharmacies. They used to be better. Now, quality is low and price is high.
No stars really....I took my miniature poodle to Pender Veterinary clinic in May of 2024 for vomiting. They charged me over 700 dollars for an emergency visit for an ultrasound and sent me home with medication to stop him from throwing up. I brought him back 4 days later because he was still sick. Then, they told me a million seriously terrible things were wrong with him that they somehow did not catch in the first sonogram, but NEVER did they say that he had anything wrong with his heart. He died from cardiac arrest 4 days ... read more
I got a bit of sticker shock yesterday after bringing my dog in for a routine nail trim About 6 months ago a nail trim was $25; yesterday it was **$51.** That’s more than double and our inflation isn’t anywhere close to that. The cashier explained $31 was for the trim itself and - get this - $20 was a fee for using the technician to do the 10 minute trimming!?! Doing the math, the fee means the technician is paid $120 an hour or $246,000 a year. I’ve asked NextDoor if there’s a place that’s reasonably price. I lucked ... read more
Dr. Denny & Nurse Torey were wonderful. I was asking the Dr a couple of questions and seemed he didn’t directly answer me. Also, I had to asked twice about the anal glad to check. It hasn’t been expressed for a long time. They prescribed me the heart, flea, tick chewable tablets (6 pills) and the charge was $390.86. I never checked the invoice because I was more careful about my newly adopted dog. When I got home I flipped out when I looked at the invoice. I checked with Chewy.com and they sell it for $189.89. Half the ... read more
While I appreciate not being harassed they could do better with reminders. Also I think it was a little deceptive bc I brought both of my dogs in for nail trimming and one had another visit so for one i expected but the other they charged me $31 plus another $20 for tech fee without first informing me of the extra charge or increase in trim cost. Had I been informed of this prior to the appointment I would not have used them and would have paid a groomer $25 only for nail trim. And I think the nails could have been cut shor... read more
All of the amazing vets they have no longer seem to be around and they never have availability when you call or seem to care. The last 2 times I came in (once for my cat having a bloody ear, the second time I came back in with the same cat and his eye was closed shut with pus) - both times they handed my cat back still as is, with no diagnosis, and they didn't even clean his eye/ear out. The first time the vet noticed the ear and cleaned it herself, the second time I cleaned my cats eye myself and the tech watched. The atten... read more
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How is Pender Veterinary Centre rated?
Pender Veterinary Centre has a 4.5 star rating with 2,554 reviews.
When is Pender Veterinary Centre open?
Pender Veterinary Centre is open now. It will close at 9:30 p.m.