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Vet visits, finding vets, costs

vet quoted us fifty four hundred dollars for emergency foreign body removal on our seven year old lab tonight, then we found what is almost certainly the swallowed rubber ball in the yard four hours later, looking for the calibrated read on what to do about the scheduled surgery in the morning

Otis is our 7 year old chocolate lab, 78lb, healthy, no prior surgeries, the dog whose only chronic condition is being a labrador retriever who eats things. tonight at around 4pm i caught the tail end...

Posted by corgi_obsessed_mel•
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vet recommended TPLO surgery for our 6 year old labs torn ACL and the orthopedic surgeon she referred us to wants to schedule next month, but i want a second opinion before we commit $6000 and i genuinely dont know the etiquette for getting one without burning my relationship with the vet weve had for 9 years

Murphy is our 6 year old black lab, 78lb, otherwise extremely healthy, who tore his left CCL three weeks ago jumping off the back of my husbands truck the way he has jumped off the back of that truck...

Posted by oldlab_steady•
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we are moving across the country in three weeks and our eleven year old dog has a complex medical history across two chronic conditions and a previous surgery and i am trying to figure out the right way to set up the relationship with a new primary care vet so they actually engage with the existing record rather than effectively starting from scratch on a senior dog who does not have time for that

Some context on the dog and the situation so the question lands with the right detail. Hazel is an eleven year old spayed female lab mix, about forty seven pounds, who has been with us since she was...

Posted by oldDogNewTricks_Mara_10•
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how do you actually find a good vet after a relocation when your dog has a complicated medical history and you no longer have the fifteen year relationship that was carrying you, the published advice on vet selection treats this as a checklist of questions to ask at a meet and greet and that is not the structural problem when you have a senior dog with chronic conditions and no chart history to bring with you

We moved three weeks ago from a city where we had a fifteen year relationship with a small two doctor practice that knew our dog Goose from the day we brought him home as a puppy, knew his entire...

Posted by new_to_town_vet_search_panic•
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after three different veterinary practices in eight years with our senior beagle we finally found the right one, sharing the criteria i wish i had used the first time because the conventional advice on choosing a vet misses the things that actually predict whether the relationship will work

Murphy is our 13 year old beagle, we have had him since he was a puppy, and we are on our third veterinary practice in his lifetime. Practice one was a corporate chain we chose because it was a mile...

Posted by switched_vet_three_times•
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How much does your vet visit typically cost?

Just moved to a new city and need to find a vet. Got quoted $350 for a basic wellness exam with vaccines for my adult dog. Is that normal?? My old vet charged maybe $180 for the same thing. Is this a...

Posted by SITTER101•
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Vet bills are genuinely out of control

I am so frustrated. My dog ate something weird at the park and has had diarrhea for 3 days. Took her to the vet thinking it would be a basic visit. $450. Four hundred and fifty dollars. For an exam,...

Posted by anxiousashley2022•
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Vet bills are out of control

Just paid $400 for my dog to eat something weird and have an upset stomach. They did xrays (negative), gave fluids, and sent us home with some probiotics. I get that vet care is expensive but man it...

Posted by beagle_buddy•
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