When your little beagle starts hacking and coughing like someone who smokes 4 packs a day, you have to do something. I called around to some other nearby places to get price comparisons and the price to go to the University Animal Hospital was only slightly higher than others (not too much more, between 5 and 10 bucks) and they got me in the day I called. The other places, while cheaper, said I'd have to wait a few days. No thank you.
The place was much bigger than it looks from the outside. It was clean, the staff was friendly and they took good care of my little girl. (who had doggie whooping cough, by the way. She picked it up at the county shelter when I took her to get a rabies shot.)
University Animal Hospital opened in this neighborhood in Tempe in 1962 making them the oldest vet in Tempe and one of the oldest in the Arizona. Like I always say, if any business can remain in business that many years in this city, they must be doing something right.
My little girl got two shots, some medicine and a regular exam and it cost me about 140 bucks. I don't know if that's "too much" or "too little" but my dog is better, I didn't have to drive very far and I went on my lunch break. Seems worth it to me.