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lickthestar · 01-15-2005, 05:53 AM

I need to get Archie neutered, and it's going to be about 300 because the vet wants to do blood test, etc. But it's not cheap to have a dog in NYC...

I know what you mean about vets, though. The vet that Archie was going to before I got him was horrible. Every time I went, there was a new vet and I'm not even sure half of them had finished school because they were so young. At one point, they misplaced his paperwork (well, let's be truthful...INDEX CARD) and almost gave him the same shots again until I told them that he already had everything. There was a woman there (a customer) who HIT her dog in the face everytime the dog looked around at other people or dogs. One teenage boy had a baby pit bull, not on a leash, who he was picking up by the rib cage! My boyfriend got so angry at the vet and the clientele that he stormed out of there saying that that place was $%*&. We now go to a vet we know and trust but I knew beforehand that it was more expensive because the vets there are all highly qualified from Cornell U. and have done extensive internships in good hospitals in surgery and other veterinary care, and the it's clean and professional. More important than money is how qualified, trained, professional and caring the vet is. It's the same as if I were going to choose my own doctor. But yeah, a little research goes a long way.

01-15-2005, 05:53 AM	#4
lickthestar YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NY Posts: 360	I need to get Archie neutered, and it's going to be about 300 because the vet wants to do blood test, etc. But it's not cheap to have a dog in NYC... I know what you mean about vets, though. The vet that Archie was going to before I got him was horrible. Every time I went, there was a new vet and I'm not even sure half of them had finished school because they were so young. At one point, they misplaced his paperwork (well, let's be truthful...INDEX CARD) and almost gave him the same shots again until I told them that he already had everything. There was a woman there (a customer) who HIT her dog in the face everytime the dog looked around at other people or dogs. One teenage boy had a baby pit bull, not on a leash, who he was picking up by the rib cage! My boyfriend got so angry at the vet and the clientele that he stormed out of there saying that that place was $%*&. We now go to a vet we know and trust but I knew beforehand that it was more expensive because the vets there are all highly qualified from Cornell U. and have done extensive internships in good hospitals in surgery and other veterinary care, and the it's clean and professional. More important than money is how qualified, trained, professional and caring the vet is. It's the same as if I were going to choose my own doctor. But yeah, a little research goes a long way.