New Client Records – Set-up fee:
We charge a $95 per pet non-refundable records set up fee at the time the appointment is scheduled. The deposit required may be more than $95 if the visit involves a health certificate or surgery (see below). Regardless of the amount, the non-refundable set up fee is applied toward the first visit assuming you don’t cancel, no-show, or reschedule the appointment after the 3pm window the day prior to the appointment. Otherwise it is applied as a cancellation/late cancellation/missed appointment fee.
Appointment Cancellation/Missed Appointment Policy:
The Pet Doctors is committed to providing exceptional care. Unfortunately, when one client cancels their pet’s appointment without giving enough notice, they prevent another clients pet from being seen. Please call or text us at (818)-981-1899 by 3:00 p.m. on the day prior to your appointment to notify us of any changes or cancellations. If the prior day falls on a holiday or it is a surgery, dental, or anesthetic procedure please call us by 3:00 p.m. two days prior to your appointment to notify us of any changes or cancellations. If you do not show up for your scheduled appointment or you are 15 or more minutes late it is considered a missed appointment. For all Health Certificate appointments we require cancellation notification of at least 8 days prior to appointment date. If prior notification is not given, you will be charged $95 for the missed appointment &/or Domestic/Canada/Mexico Health Certificate appointments, $165 for International/Hawaii Health Certificate appointments, and $325 for surgery, dental, or other anesthetic procedure appointment.
Deposits are required at the time of scheduling for the following appointments:
- $95 Deposit - New Patient &/or Domestic/Canada/Mexico Health Certificate appointments
- $165 Deposit - International/Hawaii Health Certificate appointment
- $325 Deposit - Surgery, Dental, or other anesthetic procedure appointment
These deposits will be applied toward the cost of the visit, unless you cancel, or reschedule outside of the acceptable time frame, or miss your appointment as outlined above. In which case the deposit will be applied to the late cancellation/missed appointment fee.
- Cancellations – Clients are required to cancel by 3 pm the day before the appointment. Surgeries/Holiday Closures require a 3 pm cancellation 2 days prior, Health Certificates Require a minimum of 8 days notice.
- No Shows - clients who do not call to reschedule and fail to show up or are 15 minutes or more late for their scheduled appointment.
- Existing clients will get 1 courtesy fee waiver the first time this happens. If it happens a second time we will then charge the appropriate cancellation fee. If you refuse to pay the fee on the second instance we will then require a $95 deposit for all future appointments.