Friendship Hospital For Animals - Brandywine Location

I brought my cat in yesterday for a hypoglycemic episode and every staff member I interacted with was absolutely wonderful. The intake staff were very friendly and immediately responsive to her needs. The vet tech was incredibly kind, thorough, and understanding. The vet, Dr. Danny Capasso, was beyond amazing. He was transparent and honest, explaining both the potential best and worst case scenarios in a clear and understandable way, and gave me multiple updates on her progress throughout the evening and night. He also was aware that I had financial restrictions and ensured that he took that into account at every stage to the best of his ability. I have been to a LOT of vets, internists, and animal hospitals and he is one of the best I’ve ever encountered.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I cannot say enough good things about Friendship Animal Hospital in DC. My 13-year-old Staffy woke up with a suddenly lame back leg, and I was understandably worried. From the moment we arrived, the team listened carefully, treated us with kindness, and made my dog feel comfortable. They promptly diagnosed the issue and were able to treat her the very same day, which gave me so much peace of mind. The level of care didn’t stop there — they followed up afterward with both emails and phone calls to check on how she was doing, which truly speaks to how much they care about their patients. The entire staff, and especially Dr. Eringis, provided the best possible care for my dog. Compassionate, thorough, and professional from start to finish. I’m incredibly grateful and would highly reco

I started taking my large, anxious, dog-reactive dog to Friendship a year and a half ago and have been very pleased with the care I have received, in particular from Dr. Goldberg and her team. The veterinary staff is kind, compassionate, knowledgeable, and genuinely invested in my dog and her wellbeing. We are in every couple of months for my pup and her various issues (GI, allergies, mast cell tumors, and more) and I always appreciate their attention to detail. They have a form that I fill out before the appointment to give some background on the issue my dog is experiencing, and their staff is always very prompt and thorough when helping with administrative requests (ex. Medical records, pharmacy needs, etc). When I send emails, they are responded to promptly and my concerns are always a

This is a hard one to write because as of today my cat is fully recovered despite the poor care she received at Friendship. It was going to be a two star review because her healing did progress as it should but after their negligence almost caused her to lose her paw, I feel the need to warn others about Friendship Surgical Specialists and Dr. Glassman. Four visits ended up with an unscheduled follow up visit including two trips to the emergency vet. Long waits and deprioritizing of her care in favor of procedures like surgery that make them more money, meaning at times she waited 8-10 hours in a cage there without food. They almost never answer the phone and take a business day to respond to emails. My cat is permanently traumatized and hides under the bed multiple times a week when she

I would REALLY advise against Friendship Animal Hospital (the one on Wisconsin Ave in Tenleytown that’s also an ER hospital). We took our dog here for many years, and had good experiences. However it looks like they were acquired by some huge conglomerate and (likely) fired staff and doctors to increase revenues and lower costs and it has really impacted their ability to provide decent care. Our 15 year old dog had acute pancreatitis and wasn’t eating. They recommended we keep her there for treatment overnight. We brought a huge cooler of her favorite (low fat) foods and were told to come back in 24 hours while the staff worked on getting her to eat. When we returned we found the staff (the new shift that took over after we left) didn’t even know about the cooler, hadn’t tried to feed her