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08-25-2011, 07:15 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FL
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| AAHA Accredidation In your opinion, is a vet hospital that is AAHA accredited worth the extra money? We recently moved to a new city and are looking for a new vet. The AAHA accredited place quoted us $122 for an exam, 3 year rabies, 3 year DHPP, and bordetella vaxes (heartworm/fecal up to date). Another vet that has good reviews quoted $74.10 for the same thing except the DAPP is only one year instead of three. So, do you think the AAHA vet is worth the extra $$? Last edited by LDMomma; 08-25-2011 at 07:18 AM. |
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08-25-2011, 07:24 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| I would say it depends and comes down to the individual doctors. In our area, I prefer my non-accredited vet to the AAHA one.
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08-25-2011, 07:26 AM | #3 |
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| From my understanding, there is no difference between a "1 year" and "3 year" DAPP vaccine. They are all the same. So even if you went to the non-accredited AAHA vet, that vaccine will still be good for 3 years. Maybe not according to that vets office. But DAPP is not required by law so you can kind of do what you want with it. I personally would never give vaccines every year. And AAHA recommends every 3 years. But I'm not even sure I'm comfortable with that as I don't think that many vaccines in a lifetime are necessary at all. Rabies I will be doing per the law every 3 years. I hope someone with more info will chime in.
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08-25-2011, 07:28 AM | #4 | |
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I haven't actually met either Dr. | |
08-25-2011, 07:53 AM | #5 |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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| I will only go to an AAHA hospital. I've been going to them now for the last 6 years and the standard of care to me represents excellence in veterinary medicine. I just won't go back to a non-AAHA hospital. The pricing sounds fine to me. Here, a visit is about $58 for a new client or new issue plus the costs of vaccines and off the top of my head I don't remember them. There is no need for more than every three year DHPP and any vet doing annual vaccines is MAKING A BUSINESS DECISION in my opinion. Rabies per state law. Bordatella is a non core and optional.
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08-25-2011, 07:58 AM | #6 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| ^^I agree that the pricing sounds right. We paid about $125 at both of our non-AAHA vets for physical & vaccs.
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08-25-2011, 07:58 AM | #7 | |
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In our previous city, we had a wonderful, honest, non-AAHA accredited vet. He followed the AAHA protocol about vaccines (every three years, no non-core unless requested or indicated). I can't seem to find an equivalent here. At my previous vets office shots were $89 for life (no additional charges) as long as you keep your dog up to date on annual visits. | |
08-25-2011, 08:14 AM | #8 | |
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08-25-2011, 08:30 AM | #9 |
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| AAHA accreditation is important. If I had to choose between two offices and knew nothing about either, I'd pick the AAHA one. But that doesn't mean AAHA vets are always good and non AAHA are always bad. Actually a couple-few AAHA hospitals that I'm thinking of wouldn't be allowed to touch my dog with a 10 foot pole. So there are most definately other things to consider. The $122 would be on the high side here.
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08-25-2011, 03:20 PM | #10 |
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| I tried two AAHA accredited facilities here and felt the vets at both were incompetent and rude. I ended up switching to a place that is non AAHA and I personally LOVE them. I fully trust all the vets on staff and am comfortable leaving my dogs in their care. The specialty hospital I use when needed is AAHA. So while it is something to take into consideration- it is by no means a deal breaker for me. However, I never even consider the cost of the visits- the education of the vets, the way they treat my animals, their willingness to consult with specialists, their continuing education, their ability to interact with me, their openness to new ideas, etc. etc are what decide whether I go somewhere or not- I have been places where an office visit was anywhere from $38-$100.
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