Dr. Peterson at Friars Road Vet is awesome! The staff is extremely helpful and will answer any questions you have about your pet. I have been taking my Chihuahua there for couple years now and have had a great experience. Their prices are the best I've seen in San Diego, make sure you go to their website and print the coupons out for the Vaccines (only $9.90 each)

We have been taking our dogs and cats to Friars Road Pet Hospital since 2003. The care our pets receive is outstanding. Friars Road Pet Hospital has brought them through urinary infections, allergic reactions, Cushing's disease, cancer, colitis, infections. This year we lost 2 pets due to old age (23-year old cat, 18-year old dog) and 1 pet due to a 2nd bout with cancer (14-year old dog). We appreciated it very much when we were told honestly that there was nothing else that could be done and it was time. We firmly believe that the reason our pets lived so long was due to the medical expertise they received at Friars. We still have 3 pets, and we will continue to take them to Friars because we trust their integrity, their love for animals, and the excellent care that we know our pets will receive there.

While Dr. Petersen and his staff are nice and very knowledgeable, they extremely over charge for medication. For example, I took my dog there when he was sick and for the dewormer Drontal Plus, I was charged 52.31 for 1 pill. I looked up this medication on 1(800) Pet-Meds and discovered the exact same medicine for $15.99. I then called Friars Road Animal Hospital and asked about the disparity. I was told that they order directly from the manufactures, so they guarantee that it's the name brand medicine. I then proceeded to call 1(800)Pet-Meds and they assured me that it was the name brand medicine, and also guaranteed it. In addition, ABC Vet's online pharmacy has 5 pills of Drontal Plus for $87.95... Which is far closer to the Pet Meds price than it is to the exorbitant price of Friars Road Pet Hospital. I will continue to go to Friars Road Pet Hospital for Check-ups and the like, but I will refuse to purchase medication from them again at such an extreme mark-up even compared to other local Vets.

I don't know why the other reviews are so low! It's been ages since we've been to a vet, and it was our first time dealing with having a kitty spayed. SNAP San Diego referred us to this office as one of the lower cost spay facilities in San Diego. The receptionist was AWESOME! All fees were up front and the aftercare was explained in detail. The procedure went without a hitch, and Casey did not seem to be in any pain afterward. The icing on the cake? We got a call at home 2 days after the procedure to find out how Casey was doing! We were VERY happy with our experience. We were also very happy to meet Riley - their office kitty :) I recommend checking out the links on this page below, under "Reviews from around the web." There are other reviews at kudzu and insiderpages that seem to balance this out.

This is THE MOST AWFUL PLACE to take your pet. I would NEVER recommend it to anyone. If you want to be ripped off and told that you need extra vaccines then feel free to go. But NEVER let them perform surgery. Even a simple twenty minute spay for us turned into six hours of surgery, and then we were told that we had to take our puppy to an overnight vet hospital. Unfortunately she passed away after countless attempts to pump her stomache which was full of blood. The Vet killed my 7 month old puppy and skirted around admitting it but actually paid for everything and refunded our money for the proceedure. DO NOT TAKE YOUR pets here. GO ELSEWHERE. I will never again set foot in that place.