Kodabear
New member
Seeing as how I just moved, I have started the search for a new vet and it is SCARY. My last vet was an absolute dream so my first visit today at this new place made me uneasy. Or maybe I was just spoiled to begin with...
I took Koda up there to talk about getting her spayed and because she has a yeast infection in her right ear(smells lovely.) My last vet stood behind the fact that it is best to get my dog spayed after her first heat. As I was telling the new vet this, he corrected me when I said that their joints do not close until after their first heat. He said no, a Newfoundland's joints are closed at 8 months and he also said that in their clinic they spay dogs around 7 months to prevent mammary cancer. From what I have read this is NOT TRUE!!!
I went ahead and got her Bordatella vaccine updated and added on a Leptospirosis vaccine, which they told me was necessary. Hopefully that is the case. They also billed me for a Venipuncture.. I have no idea what that is and they didn't ask me if I wanted it, I suppose I missed that on the bill. I also declined the Lyme Disease vaccine, because it seemed unnecessary, given that Kodas flea and tick stuff should keep the ticks away.
Now that I have typed this all out, I'm thinking I need to find a new place, however, this stuff may have been needed. Anybody have advice on this, maybe these guys were right but after paying 400 dollars today I get the feeling I should at least trust the people who are offering their medical advice...
I took Koda up there to talk about getting her spayed and because she has a yeast infection in her right ear(smells lovely.) My last vet stood behind the fact that it is best to get my dog spayed after her first heat. As I was telling the new vet this, he corrected me when I said that their joints do not close until after their first heat. He said no, a Newfoundland's joints are closed at 8 months and he also said that in their clinic they spay dogs around 7 months to prevent mammary cancer. From what I have read this is NOT TRUE!!!
I went ahead and got her Bordatella vaccine updated and added on a Leptospirosis vaccine, which they told me was necessary. Hopefully that is the case. They also billed me for a Venipuncture.. I have no idea what that is and they didn't ask me if I wanted it, I suppose I missed that on the bill. I also declined the Lyme Disease vaccine, because it seemed unnecessary, given that Kodas flea and tick stuff should keep the ticks away.
Now that I have typed this all out, I'm thinking I need to find a new place, however, this stuff may have been needed. Anybody have advice on this, maybe these guys were right but after paying 400 dollars today I get the feeling I should at least trust the people who are offering their medical advice...