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04-15-2009, 08:35 PM | #1 |
Currently Suspended! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Atlanta
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| Your suppose to take your pup to the vet right after you get him right well about how much will a full check up cost |
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04-15-2009, 08:37 PM | #2 |
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| Regional differences will apply. In southern california a well puppy check was 60.00. |
04-15-2009, 08:44 PM | #4 |
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04-15-2009, 09:07 PM | #5 |
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| It will be between $40-70 for the first visit. But there is going to be many more expenses on the first 6 months including but not limiting to : get his shot , put him on sentinel/Advantage and get him fix. Good luck in your search for the perfect puppy! |
04-15-2009, 11:10 PM | #6 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hanford, CA
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| I would call around different vet places first. A lot of them offer puppy packages. This includes exams and all vaccines for one set fee. For example, I got mine for $140.00 total . This included the first visit. It covered ALL of her vaccines and exams and packet/and record keeping chart. Each time I brought Suzi in she was completely examined too. And they also her a flea protection. And anther one to take home with me. Typically, each vet visit alone would cost me $35 just for the visit. We are in central Ca. a much cheaper area in Cali, but, the place I take Suzi to is a fully certified Vet Hospital. Just call around . ANd check with friends, get some referals.
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04-15-2009, 11:15 PM | #7 |
Currently Suspended! | I was lucky enough to get her checked the moment i bought her by a legit doctor and i didnt have to go see one in another 3 weeks and she was perfectly in good health the moment i paid for her i got free food and free check up i liked that well it wasnt free if u think about how much i paid for her |
04-16-2009, 04:01 AM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Forked River,NJ
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| I don't remember how much Oscar's first appointment was, but I remember it was alot. He did, though, get a few vaccines because he was due. And just to give you an example, Oscar went for his yearly check-up a couple of weeks ago and we spent $217. This included the visit, a rabies vacc, his 5-in-1 vacc, the vaccine they do through the nose, a fecal analysis, a heartworm blood test, and a 6 month supply of heartworm meds (Interceptor.) Proper care of a Yorkie (or any dog) can be costly, but it's well worth it!
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04-16-2009, 04:12 AM | #9 |
YT Addict | Well I got my Bryan on Aril 19th 2008 and on the 21st he was at the vet for his first visit with his vet the cost was $57 but he had to go back for other visits up until he was six months old... A good breeder will recommend that you take you pup to a vet within the first 72hrs
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04-16-2009, 04:19 AM | #10 |
YT 2000 Club Member | You have time to call around to the vets in your area and interview them. I did this when I was waiting for my Jeter to come home from the breeders and I was so glad i did. I called the vets office first and then asked a few questions about their practice and how their experience with small dogs were and whet the price was for shots and other things. then if I liked how the interview was going, I asked if I could come over to check the office out. I got to talk to 3 of our local vets and then i made my choice with the one I wanted. Price was not a factor for me, instead i went to the vet that I got the best feel for and lucky for me he is just a block from my house!They vets were real impressed that I took the time before my puppy was home to line up a vet! And I learned a few things too
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04-16-2009, 04:22 AM | #11 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | Ours was only $21 and I was pleasantly surprised. It was simply a wellness check like a child getting a physical to play sports. We had to have it (within 72 hours, I think) to comply with our breeder's guarantee on her health. However, we also had a wellness check letter from the breeder's vet and a record of all prior vet visits/shots, etc. Our breeder is very thorough and even has the label from the vaccines placed on the paperwork so that it is easy to verify that the meds were not outdated when given. We go again this Friday for a vaccination. They would have given it last week but I wanted our first visit with her vet to be "pain-free" and it was. Our vet and his wife have a Yorkie, too, and he was wonderful with our Taffy. We left the office with a peaceful (non-traumatized) puppy and a new puppy kit which contained several neat things for her including her first flea and heartworm treatments. We would have gone to this particular vet regardless of cost (well, within reason...we are retired and on pensions) but before we went, I called and asked alot of questions including office visit costs, etc. (Plus, since I am so frightened of snakes, I also wanted to find out which branch of their clinics treated them. Thankfully, it wasn't the clinic closest to us!) |
04-16-2009, 04:42 AM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: buffalo ny usa
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| toby just had his well puppy visit and it was $35. he goes back for shots in two weeks and for the 2nd round of shots/boosters it is $42. When he gets neutered it will be $175. I'm in Western New York, and even here the vet prices vary a lot... so definately call around. I also have to add that I LOVE my vet and he is my best friends uncle, so if i ever need anything after hours they are always willing to help me out |
04-16-2009, 03:39 PM | #13 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: So. Cal
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| Puppy packages are a good thing to look for. The first vet I took Bailey to right after I got her was $45 for the simple office visit. But then I switched vets because that one gave too many vaccines. At the other vet I bough a puppy package, which includes 3 check ups, 3 sets of vaccines, and 3 wormings (if you need them). It cost about $130. Too bad I went to that other vet first or that would have been included.
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04-16-2009, 03:58 PM | #14 |
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| Here in my state, NJ, cost 225.00, 2 shots and advantage AND no puppy package. |
04-16-2009, 06:22 PM | #15 |
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| Ok well I think my pup will have all its shots and stuff |
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