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Originally Posted by kalina82  typically its 8 years old for a small dog. The price goes up because they need to do more pre-op testing before they can be put under. That's the way it was when i worked as a tech in general practice. |
They are probably adding wxtra bloodwork and some vets just start doing preop bloodwork when a dog turns seven (scary). IMO, the price should not go up a ton because most of the precautionary testing needs to be done on every dog.