Vets office
Wondering about current vet office trends. We signed up with our first vet because of his training and experience. It was a 40 minute drive from our home to his office. He saw our pup for all the well visits. We booked directlywith him for the neutering procedure. When we picked our pup up, I noticed the discharge orders had another vets name on the form. I was advised after the procedure that another vet had done the procedure. ( A new vet to his office we had never met.) We sure understand that if an emergency or other important situation arose, our vet would reassign cases. According to his staff this was not the case. I feel we should have been advised prior to the surgery that there had been a change. My advise is to interview more than one vet office to compare. Our new office is in a small town, I feel that we are known, not just a number in a drivethru type office. |
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| That has happened to me also not the neuter but the switch. If I like the human or animal doctor in a group I just ask for an appointment with them specifically. Same with a hair salon. In this case if you wern't told there was a group I would be hopping mad. |
| We made the surgery appointment directly with the primary vet,
our understanding was that he would do the surgery. In our inital appointment, he explained they were a group and rotated weekends and on call. Our understanding was that he would be our pups primary vet except if he was not on call. |
| Hi Zahra,
We have ran into the same problem at our vets office. When we went there we fell in love with one of the vets. She is wonderful. It was our understanding that if it was an emergency that we may or may not get her. But I thought if we called and made an appointment that we would still see her, but it hasn't been the case. I raise Ragdolls, and she was very knowledgable about them. The other vets are not as knowledgable. I am unsure of what to do. CJ, my husband thinks we need to find a smaller practice and interview the vets in the practice to make sure we feel comfortable with them. It has been hard to do so far. I need a vet who will perform early spay and neuters, and most here won't. The ones that I have found that do the spay and neuters, they don't do the other things we require for our kittens. We are still on the search for a vet, luckily no kittens will be here for awhile so we have time to keep looking. Stormi and c. |
| Trust here is the key issue. If the vet has comprimised his/her professional trust with you, #1 I would tell Him / Her, calmly, then find a new vet. I have had he best luck with very established 1 or 2 person practices, they usually have already made their money. THe argument is the younger ones have more current knowledge, but nothing takes the place of an experienced hand. |
| I agree with Roger's Dad. Gut instinct and trust. I also like the one or two person offices. You may have to wait longer to be seen, but the reality is you will know who is seeing your pet and be present at the exam.
My Vet recently added a new Doctor to the office and she fit in very well and has a very good hand with the animals. So I feel that I have the best of both worlds, old experience and new knowledge with the new Vet. Tyler is especially fond of her, but then again she wasn't the one who performed the bladder stone removal surgery on him and he is like an elephant, and never, ever forgets. |
| Rogers dad and Stormi,
Thank you so much for your comments. Rogers dad- We feel more appreciated at the new smaller practice, and not lost in the shuffle. We felt our pup was turfed off to the unknown vet, because she was brand new (1year) to the practice. She also was a fairly new grad. Our pup did well, and we wish her well in her practice. It was the way things were handled that bothered us. Stormi- We wish you luck. Rogers dad is right, it comes down to trust. You might want to seek a smaller practice, where someone has the experience you are looking for. You are giving your pets loving care, and a trip to the vets should be supportive, not a stressed out experience. |
| I'm a pain in the a** when it comes to dealing with our vets. I don't know a lot but have done my due diligence in learning about nutrition and several other areas.
So when I go to a vet I expect that because they have degrees that they will know more than I. That isn't always the case. Example - in many vet schools the nutrition course is sponsored by pet food manufacturers so what the students learn is basically what the pet food mfgrs want them to learn. And here silly, me I was expecting the socratic-oriented learning process. I now know that I have to be as diligent in pursuing knowledge about illnesses and healing methods for our 4-legged furchildren as we do for our 2-legged fur-challenged children. <<stepping off soapbox now  >> |
| Heather said: Quote: So when I go to a vet I expect that because they have degrees that they will know more than I. That isn't always the case.
That is where I am having problems too. Not all the vets are up to date with the latest technology. I need my kittens early spayed and neutered before they leave my home. I have contracts with other breeders that the kittens I produce will be done. The other problem is I found a couple of vets that will early spay and neuter use a certain anesthesia called Ketamine. The Ragdoll as a breed can not handle that type of anesthesia, other breeders are having them die on the operating table. These same breeders, dozens of them, are speaking with their vets and paying extra to have a different anesthesia called Isoflourine that doesn't have the negative effects on our Ragdolls. The vets I have spoke with think I am crazy. There are other requests such as not giving live vaccines only killed vaccines and most of them will not accomodate. We are planning on writing a detailed letter to different vets and see if anyone can meet our needs. I am really surprised at how difficult it has been. I am on a ragdoll breeders list and most breeders are finding no problems in communicating their needs with the vet. I am sure I just went on a way off topic ramble, but we are hoping to find a vet that we can stay with and feel comfortable with. I wish all of you good luck in finding a vet. 
Stormi and co. |
| The vets office I take my animals to is the one I used to work at, so I know them all quite well. There was a new one that joined the clinic more recently, I didn't know him, but after he saw Sky for one of her puppy check ups I just loved him, so I now request that he is the one to see my animals now. I trust them all but some more than others, and there is one who I don't really like that much, but I don't doubt his skill, just his personality...lol.... |
While we have two of only three sheepdogs that our vet's office sees, they are very knowledgable about the breed and their needs. They are a 5 or 6 vet practice but they try to stay with specific sections of 'patients'. We generally have two different vets that see us for routine appointments but for emergencies we could get anyone. The owner of the practice usually does the surgeries. When we had our cat nuetered he personally brought him out and made sure that we didn't have any questions. (I was so amazed that this big time doctor took that trouble that I was speechless. He thought he had brought us the wrong cat when I didn't say anything.  )
When we brought our pup in for his first check another doctor did the shots because they were backed up but our regular vet made sure that she came down to look him over and get acquainted with him. Just until recently they were also the vets that serviced the humane society in the area. Keep looking and you'll find the perfect practice. |
| Hi Zahra,
Quote: Stormi- We wish you luck. Rogers dad is right, it comes down to trust.
You might want to seek a smaller practice, where someone has the experience you are looking for. You are giving your pets loving care, and a trip to the vets should be supportive, not a stressed out experience. Thank you so much for your words. It means a lot. I am going to keep trying to find someone we feel works well for us. I should mention that there is one vet inside the practice where we go who has worked with 2 sheepdogs. She is great and when we thought we were going to be breeding Jack and Annabelle, she was a great help in finding numbers to the different vets in our area who specialized in some of the certain tests we were planning. I wouldn't hesitate continuing going to them for the sheepies, but we do need to find someone else for the kittens/cats. I have only been calling local vets, but I live right outside OKC, so I am sure the city should have someone that I would feel comfortable with.
I hope that in the future you feel more comfortable with the your vet. Hopefully, now that they know you were concerned, they will make more effort to let you know if "your" vet won't be performing the surgeries, ect. Good luck, Stormi and co. |
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