Banfield Pet Hospital

Dr.Coffeen was CONFIDENT my dog had a torn ACL and wanted me asap to cough up 1500 bucks for this emergency surgery. Thank god I went else where. Come to find out my dog has fine knees and actually has hip issues and I would have undergone unnecessary surgery, 1500 bucks, hurt my poor dog, and subjected him to 3 months of physical rehabilitation for nothing. Not only that, but being that Dr.Coffeen was under the impression my dog had a torn knee ligament they sent him out completely drugged up after their "inspection" to where he was falling all over the place and could barely walk. My dog is 80 lbs.. now does that make sense for a vet thinking a dog had a busted knee to let the dog out all drugged to where they could damage it even further? I went to Battleground Animal Hospital instead. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM... they actually care and know what they are doing.

This veterinarian, G. Patrick Coffeen has no business practicing Veterinary Medicine. He was caught performing surgery while intoxicated. This was on the local channel 4 new a few years ago. I know this man personally, in fact I worked for him and was sickened by his work ethics, I have no doubt that the news story was acurate. I do not understand why this man is able to practice medicine today. I suppose when you have money and have a big corporation behind you, you can get away with anything. I have been a registered veterinary nurse for over 20 years and have worked with the best. I am also sorry to say that I had worked for the worst as well, G. Patrick Coffeen, it does not get any lower then that.