Visiting a new vet.
I've been in town for 5 1/2 months now, so it was time & past for Shadeaux & Hobbes to meet the local vet. They were both due for some vaccinations & I wanted to have their teeth checked out & nails trimmed.
Our local pet doc is the Ridgway Animal Hospital, & they are the only vet in town. I made an appointment, filled out the new patient forms & emailed them in, & drove the doggos down the hill this afternoon for their checkups. When I got there, they didn't have my new patients forms so I had to fill them out again. I couldn't go inside with them, so a vet tech dragged them in from the front door.
The vet came out a short while later & said they couldn't do anything with Hobbes. They couldn't examine him, couldn't give him his vaccinations, nothing. OK, he is a pretty anxious little beastie, but you couldn't give him treats & play with him for a few minutes? Nope! They gave me two prescriptions for anxiety meds (trazadone & gabapentin). I will have to dose him two hours before a return appointment next week.
The vet said she examined Shadeaux, but she told me she wasn't lumpy & Shadeaux is as lumpy as a toad! I replied that I was surprised that she said she wasn't lumpy, so she re-examined her & decided that yes, she's got quite a few lumps, now that I actually looked for them. They also didn't trim her nails.
This wonderful visit cost me about $180 - but I don't know exactly how much, because they haven't emailed me a bill yet, which they said they would do.
AND - as I'm writing this up, the vet called me. She had some more questions about some of Shadeaux's lumps (good thing she found them?). She offered to trim Shadeaux's nails for free on our return visit next week.
Maybe it's worth finding a vet in Montrose.
Our local pet doc is the Ridgway Animal Hospital, & they are the only vet in town. I made an appointment, filled out the new patient forms & emailed them in, & drove the doggos down the hill this afternoon for their checkups. When I got there, they didn't have my new patients forms so I had to fill them out again. I couldn't go inside with them, so a vet tech dragged them in from the front door.
The vet came out a short while later & said they couldn't do anything with Hobbes. They couldn't examine him, couldn't give him his vaccinations, nothing. OK, he is a pretty anxious little beastie, but you couldn't give him treats & play with him for a few minutes? Nope! They gave me two prescriptions for anxiety meds (trazadone & gabapentin). I will have to dose him two hours before a return appointment next week.
The vet said she examined Shadeaux, but she told me she wasn't lumpy & Shadeaux is as lumpy as a toad! I replied that I was surprised that she said she wasn't lumpy, so she re-examined her & decided that yes, she's got quite a few lumps, now that I actually looked for them. They also didn't trim her nails.
This wonderful visit cost me about $180 - but I don't know exactly how much, because they haven't emailed me a bill yet, which they said they would do.
AND - as I'm writing this up, the vet called me. She had some more questions about some of Shadeaux's lumps (good thing she found them?). She offered to trim Shadeaux's nails for free on our return visit next week.
Maybe it's worth finding a vet in Montrose.