Vetco Total Care Animal Hospital

4 (198)
10190 W McDowell Rd, Avondale, AZ 85392, USA

Hours:

Monday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Thursday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Friday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Saturday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Sunday: Closed

How to Save Money at Vetco Total Care Animal Hospital

Schedule Regular Vet Visits

One of the best ways to save on vet bills is to prevent expensive health issues before they develop. By scheduling regular wellness checkups, your vet can detect health issues early, helping you to avoid costly treatments and surgeries down the road.

Price Shop for Pet Prescriptions

Oftentimes our fur babies are prescribed human drugs off-label. Your vet is apt to charge more for these medications than you would pay at your local pharmacy. In fact, big-box or chain pharmacies can offer steep discounts. So it’s best to price shop.

Pet Insurance

Most pet insurance providers will pay between 80% and 90% of the vet bill. You can even get coverage for routine care and things like vaccinations and dental cleanings. If you do the math, you’ll most likely find that pet insurance makes financial sense in the long run as well as gives you peace of mind.

How Do You Choose the Right Pet Insurance Provider?

Pet Insurance Review makes it incredibly easy for pet parents to select an insurance provider they feel good about. You can use our handy comparison tool to get the gist of what a company offers. We’ve also collected over 150,000 reviews of insurance companies from real pet parents like you to rank the top providers in the market. Here is the current ranking of each:

Top Pet Insurance Providers of 2025
Rating Provider Total Review
4.4 AKC 895
4.5 ASPCA 12,058
4.9 Embrace 20,315
4.9 Fetch 27,432
4.1 Figo 2,788
4.5 Hartville 177
4.9 Healthy Paws 10,754
4.8 Lemonade 815
4.6 ManyPets 2,428
4.6 MetLife 5,862
4.8 Nationwide 21,417
3.9 Pet Assure 15
4.4 PetPartners 117
4.9 Pets Best 14,139
4.7 Pumpkin 2,566
4.6 Spot 9,884
4.8 Trupanion 62,958
4.8 Prudent Pet 2,463

Or, you can simply get a fast quote from multiple providers and go from there.

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Getting to Know Your New Vet: Essential Questions to Ask

Choosing a new veterinarian is an important decision for any pet owner. You want to find someone who is competent, compassionate, and a good fit for you and your fur baby. To help you get the most out of your first appointment, here's a list of essential questions to ask your new vet:

Tell me about your experience with [pet type].

Different vets have different areas of specialization. Some are experts with cats, some dogs, some pocket pets, and some horses. Knowing that your vet has vast experience treating your specific type of pet can bring you peace of mind.

How do you handle emergencies?

You must know what to do in case of a pet medical emergency. Inquire what after-hours policy the clinic has, whether they have on-site emergency care available, and if they have a relationship with any nearby emergency animal hospitals.

How do you communicate with pet owners?

Good communication is key to building a trusting relationship with your vet. Ask how they prefer to communicate (phone calls, emails, online portal) and how often you can expect to hear from them.

Are there any breed-specific health concerns I should be aware of?

Some breeds are predisposed to certain health conditions. Knowing what to watch out for can help you catch problems early and get your pet the treatment they need.

Do you have any questions for me about my pet?

This is a great question to ask because the answer will show that the vet is interested in getting to know your pet as an individual and is willing to listen to your concerns.

Bonus question: Can I take a tour of your facility?

Getting a feel for the clinic's environment can help you and your pet feel more comfortable during your visits. Remember, you’re not just looking for a veterinarian, you’re looking for a partnership. Do not be afraid to ask these questions and any others you can think of. Any vet worth their salt will be happy to answer them. Because the more informed you are, the better equipped you'll be to make decisions about your pet's care! And that should be every vet’s top priority.

Reviews from Google

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Jewel Anna

I have never been more pissed in my life. originally I had two appointments one of them was at 3:30 and another was at 1:15, I canceled the 330, I drove 25 minutes to the 1:15 Appointment just for them to tell me that both of them were canceled. I don’t have any other time to be able to get to the vet and they couldn’t even make time to see me even after showing my confirmation for the 1:15. I am so irritated. I will never come back to this location ever again.

posted: 06/15/2024

Violeta Limon

Racist doctor!!!! Bad doctor!!!!! Dr. Cole is a really bad doctor. Things/traffic happens in life and we got 5 minutes late. They did not take in my dog for his shots. The clinic does not close until 6pm on Friday and they closed the doors at 4:40pm, unbelievable! They not care for our pets health. They just want to go home.

posted: 07/28/2023

joseph colombo

Staff is so friendly. Did an amazing job on my dog surgery. Kept me informed on progress and followed up afterwards several times. Prices were very reasonable as well. Couldn’t be happier. Thank you for your compassion during a difficult time.

posted: 03/22/2024

Kelsey Kaptur

It's taken me a little while to write this review while we grieved the loss of our sweet Lucy, but I felt the need to write this for the sake of other pets that may be taken here. Vetco is not our primary care vet, but we sometimes take our cats here when we can't get an appointment soon enough with our other vet. However, I no longer trust this vet with anything other than maybe vaccinations. We brought Lucy here a little over a month ago because she was breathing very heavy/quick and was having some coughing/wheezing fits. The vet was not overly concerned with her symptoms, thinking it was maybe a virus, but offered to do pretty much everything – antibiotic shot, antibiotic pills, Xrays, tests, etc. which amounted to hundreds of dollars. We opted to just go with the antibiotic shot and bring her back if her symptoms didn't improve in a day or two since the concern was very low. Her coughing fits subsided after the shot but her breathing did not. We couldn't make a follow-up appointment at this same location soon enough so we ended up calling our primary care vet (Desert Ark Veterinary) and literally after one phone call describing her breathing, without even looking at her, they said we needed to take her to an animal hospital and get her in an oxygen kennel (which they didn't have there). We went to Blue Pearl as a walk-in emergency and they immediately brought her back to an oxygen kennel when we checked in. It turns out she had been in heart failure that whole time. The hospital diagnosed her with a rare heart disease with very low prognosis that was the underlying factor and we had to make the difficult decision to put her to sleep. While I don't think the outcome would really have changed considering the heart disease, I still find it incomprehensible that the vet at this Vetco did not know she was in heart failure when a single phone call with Desert Ark was all it took for them to know the situation was very serious. It breaks my heart to think that perhaps we could have gotten her out of heart failure if we tried sooner or at least made her more comfortable and made it easier for her to breathe while we figured out next steps. Vetco almost always seems to have a lot of availability, which is why I started going here because it can be hard to make a short-notice appointment with our primary care vet, but it's just not worth it. I thought seeing "a" vet would be better than seeing no vet/waiting for an appointment, but now I will always just take them to Desert Ark or Blue Pearl. Both have fantastic vets that are very caring, attentive, and most importantly, knowledgeable.

posted: 03/22/2024

Ev Silva

I've taken my two dogs and cat here since November, they've received good care in all that time which I'm very thankful for. My Chihuahua used to have allergies so bad she would scratch her skin raw but now she no longer scratches and fur is growing back in places she was balding from. My favorite thing about Vetco Total Care is how I get points from my vet visit that get me rewards to use throughout Petco!

posted: 08/26/2022