The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center in New York, New York, is known for its cat-related services and has received detailed feedback from visitors. One visitor noted: 'DO NOT TAKE YOUR PET TO THE ER HERE! I brought my dog in for breathing trouble. She has a heart condition, but it's well managed by her cardiologist. Instead of listening to me--or her cardiologist--the ER doctor repeatedly pushed for euthanasia, even in front of others, while I was in tears. I asked for an x-ray, but he said I'd have to sign an AMA, against medical advice, because she wouldn't survive if they tried. After insisting multiple times, he told me my only options were euthanasia or admit her to the AMC hospital for $10k. I admitted her, and sure enough.. they were able to do the x-ray without issue. She was treated, discharged in a few days, and a year later she's still doing great. The cardiology team was kind, but the ER experience was traumatic and as a female by herself, I felt unheard and pressured. I later wrote to the board of AMC who dismissed my experience with this particular doctor and the ER. What about people who can't afford $10k or don't know better? They'd trust the ER doctor and euthanize their pet unnecessarily. Absolutely disgusting. Please learn from my experience--DO NOT bring your pet to this ER.' Another review mentioned: 'Our visit to the emergency room nearly killed our dog. We brought her in because she was having difficulty breathing. This had happened before. They diagnosed (after bloodwork, echocardiogram, x-rays) hypertension. She had previously been diagnosed with it as a possibility but (with approval from AMC cardiology) had been weaned her off blood pressure medication. She was re-prescribed the medication in the ER, but prescribed more than double her prior dose, which we did not realize at the time. Less than 24 hours after she was released, she was not eating and could hardly stand. After 2 days of this, we reached out to the cardiology team to ask whether it could be the medication (we reminded them that the dose was more than double what she was on previously). The doctor responded that the symptoms were not part of the clinical observations (even though commons sense would tell you low blood pressure could lead them) and that we should go speak with our primary care vet---who would have done what given she had had all of the possible tests already?? Well, if we had waited to do that, our dog would be dead. We ignored those instructions and immediately reduced the dosage and within 24 hours our dog was MUCH better. This is what we got after spending $5,000 for an overnight stay.'