Adventures of a routine Vet Check

[WYOgirl]

That would be wonderful! Does it cost a lot more? I know the chiro we used for Della makes house calls and it was really nice.

I don't think so. I am not sure because they are friends so they don't charge me for their time. I am very spoiled by that! They are JUST getting started. But their dream isn't to make millions on the convenience side. It's to work together, set their own hours, not have to commute the 45 minutes to an hour one way to their current respective clinics, not have to worry about lay-offs, etc. They have lived in the community for a very long time so they know many people and recognized it is a "need" in the area. Animals do better in their own homes rather than clinics with strange smells and distractions and even the conditioned fear some of them develop. It's great for animals who don't travel well. Not to mention how nice it is for me compared to either finding a sitter or wrangling the entire circus of 7 year old and 11 month old kids with four dogs into a clinic setting! I can walk the circus, and I can manage them at home, but going to a vet clinic is an entirely different situation! Thankfully I hadn't had to attempt it...and I may have just ended up finding a sitter and splitting the dogs into two different appointments. ha! So even if it DID cost more, it would be worth it for me! And likely wouldn't cost more than two babysitting appointments and two separate vet appointments and the timing logistics of that!

 

[MyBuddy]

Pace back and forth like a mad man! Let it go!

Yea, I guess as much as I wish Buddy would 'let it go', I'm glad he is not a pacer, or a puker, or a chewer! LOL! I hate to see an animal uncomfortable but at least he's not a danger. haha!

I did find this though.
http://www.examiner.com/article/nexgard-a-new-option-parasite-prevention

Oh, and yesterday I was watching Kali sniffing at her bed by the back door. She looked like there was something there so I inspected it, didn't see anything and forgot about it. Later, after dinner, I see her doing it again so I watched. Then I saw something move and it was a damn TICK! I told my husband, "Wanna get a tick?" He's like, "Sure. Where's the tweezers?" I brought him the bed and said, "You don't need them this time!" If the dogs ever get a tick and hubby is home, I 'let' (ok, make ) him remove them. He loves to do it and I He likes to make sure they are deader than a door nail and never coming back.

When he took the one in the sink last night, his last words were, "Ok, he's in three pieces. "

And I immediately gave the Nexgard. I explained to him that the tick has to bite them first and then they fall off and he's like, "In our bed probably, huh?"

 

[JanS]

LOL. Yesterday when I was driving to work I felt one walking around on my leg and kept feeling it all day but couldn't find it. It wasn't until last night I found it stuck after migrating up to my torso. That's enough to make you insane when you can feel them but can't find them. I don't mind them otherwise, but to feel them all day is annoying.

 

[salisa826]

Oh no! Yuck!! I don't like bugs!!

 

[Oh Little Oji]

LOL. Yesterday when I was driving to work I felt one walking around on my leg and kept feeling it all day but couldn't find it. It wasn't until last night I found it stuck after migrating up to my torso. That's enough to make you insane when you can feel them but can't find them. I don't mind them otherwise, but to feel them all day is annoying.

Oh man, yes that sounds not so nice.

 

[MyBuddy]

Oh man, yes that sounds not so nice.

Nice way of putting lol!

My sister just told me the other day that she was dozing off and felt something crawling on her neck. She reached up, tried to feel it, felt nothing, went back to sleep. Never even opened her eyes. Then she felt it again and did it all over again. This time she got it and she got up to look. Yea, it was a tick.

She was also telling me that the Heartgard kills from 45 days back, and she doesn't feel you need to have them on it all year, like some Vets suggest, so she was suggesting something 3-4 months of them on it. I bought 6 months worth and she thought I didn't need to give that that much. She's anti-meds too.

I also read that giving them every 45 days is fine too.

[DOUBLEPOST=1432666194][/DOUBLEPOST]

That's enough to make you insane when you can feel them but can't find them

I'd be stripping!!

 

[JanS]

She was also telling me that the Heartgard kills from 45 days back, and she doesn't feel you need to have them on it all year, like some Vets suggest, so she was suggesting something 3-4 months of them on it. I bought 6 months worth and she thought I didn't need to give that that much.

I've heard it will go 30 days back and 30 days forward so I give it once a month during the summer months, starting in May and ending in Sept. or Oct.

 

[MyBuddy]

Some Vets are suggesting it year round and still requite the test. I think that a little overkill.

 

[JanS]

Some Vets are suggesting it year round and still requite the test. I think that a little overkill.

It is for the cooler areas like anywhere in the northern half of the country when there are no mosquitoes anywhere for months.

 

[Archer]

Loved being along for the ride

Faith is due for her first semi-annual exam, which makes me sad because that means she is now officially an adult in their eyes and to me, she is still my baby. Booo hoooo!!! She goes in tomorrow for her first HWT, titer and full lab panel. I'll walk away $400 poorer as on top of all that I'll have to pick up HWP for all 4 kiddos.

I gave up bitching about vet costs when Archer was diagnosed with Addison's and GI issues. Now I'm just glad we can afford to keep him healthy

The Dobes love to ride along on errands. They all look happy until I turn the corner to the Vets....then Archer looks exactly like Buddy in that picture. So funny because he loves going there, even if it means he's gonna be messed with. I think he pulls the depressed Telly (from Sesame Street) face for attention. Silly boy!! Such the attention whore

Nice way of putting lol!

My sister just told me the other day that she was dozing off and felt something crawling on her neck. She reached up, tried to feel it, felt nothing, went back to sleep. Never even opened her eyes. Then she felt it again and did it all over again. This time she got it and she got up to look. Yea, it was a tick.

She was also telling me that the Heartgard kills from 45 days back, and she doesn't feel you need to have them on it all year, like some Vets suggest, so she was suggesting something 3-4 months of them on it. I bought 6 months worth and she thought I didn't need to give that that much. She's anti-meds too.

I also read that giving them every 45 days is fine too.

[DOUBLEPOST=1432666194][/DOUBLEPOST]
I'd be stripping!!

heartworm preventative works 30 days retrospectively. Tick/flea works 30 forward. 45 days is the longest duration they are tested to safely cover, but it depends on dose concentration, how much of the dose the dog absorbed and each individual dog's drug metabolism.

I don't risk it. I give HWP year round and test annually. We keep ticks later in the season here and they don't completely die off in the winter like most people think. It is possible to have ticks in the winter months anywhere!! Nasty freaking creatures!!

 

[JanS]

It is possible to have ticks in the winter months anywhere!! Nasty freaking creatures!!

Yes, with ticks that's very true and we have seen them in the winter, even though it's rare. They can live and reproduce on deer and other wild animals year round so many hunters find them on deer in November.

 

[MyBuddy]

They all look happy until I turn the corner to the Vets....then Archer looks exactly like Buddy in that picture. So funny because he loves going there, even if it means he's gonna be messed with. I think he pulls the depressed Telly (from Sesame Street) face for attention. Silly boy!! Such the attention whore

Haha! I get such a kick outta the look on Buddy's face when they come in the room. It's a little wide eyed, completely complacent ! I think he's enjoying the attention too! When they let go of him, he's immediately nosing their hands and leaning!

I don't risk it. I give HWP year round and test annually. We keep ticks later in the season here and they don't completely die off in the winter like most people think. It is possible to have ticks in the winter months anywhere!! Nasty freaking creatures!!

Do you do both all year? Heartworm and Flea and tick? I know I've seen a tick or two late in the season here. Sometimes as late as November. But in the dead of winter, no.