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Originally Posted by ladyjane  So sorry....forgot to post the link for AAHA
You can find a hospital locator on that site. www.aaha.org |
Thanks for responding, ladyjane.
First, yes, this vet is AAHA accredited, as are the two in the closest town and the other one in this vet’s town. But I’ve had bad experiences with all three of the other vets (some with my own pets and some with animals through the rescue) … I could, but won’t, tell hair-raising stories about misdiagnosed animals and other issues. But I trusted the vet Jax saw at this clinic for his first three years, and now that she’s left I’m feeling queasy about it.
And, yes, I do understand that a preventative dental is about due. I wouldn’t have questioned it if the vet had simply said that. What bothered me … still bothers me … is her looking me in the eye and telling me Jax had severe dental disease — those exact words —when she hadn’t even been able to look in his mouth.
He does seem to be feeling a little better. He ate breakfast and dinner yesterday — both times boiled chicken. I had fed him boiled chicken over the weekend in an effort to get him to eat when he was refusing his regular dog food (Science Diet), and the vet told me on Mionday to continue to feed him boiled chicken for “a few days” until he was feeling better. But, again, she was pretty vague about everything, so I’m not entirely sure how long she meant or even what she meant by “feeling better” when he really — other than eating only sporadically and the bloody stool — wasn’t acting ill.
I didn’t ask for a copy of the blood work results on Monday … I was already feeling like I wss imposing and annoying them. But the tech did tell me specifically that it was a full blood panel, and the liver, kidney, pancreas and white blood cell readings were all normal
I’m waffling on trying to find a new vet … and wondering whether it would be pointless. Maybe all vets these days are more concerned with their profit margin than with the animals under their care and say whatever they need to say to protect that….