How do you keep your vet records organized?

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

I gave up on this.

Ellie has a three ring binder. Older records at the back and newer at the front. Records (for record of things done), doctor notes, lab reports, and vaccine records mixed throughout. Things were already getting out of order between test results in weird format, things needing to be by each other for comparison, or whatev, then we got Rylee. His papers just got ossed in the front. lol. He should have his own, but if they go in together there is onereceipt that I have no deire to bug them to break in half. So whose record does it go in? I guess I could make copies, but that sounds...like unnecessary work. I could not have a separate binder for illness and one for routine because of overlap. And if I was just to take an illness binder with me, there are then no vaccine records on site.

Two people other than me know my dogs' histories (to a reasonable extent) off the top of their head, and one f us is aways with them or reachable. When my friend watches Ry she gets a short summary of history, current meds and doses, and vaccines given all written down along with rabies certificate for proof. Ellie has too many issues to be away from family or vet. For her, whether I or someone else took her to a vet, I couldn't imagine handing them her file and having it all scanned in. No vet could even go over that much history in an emergency. I just yank current labs, etc. if needed. Most everything I do by memory though. Most labs are emailed to me anyway, so I save them and can see them from anywhere.

Yup Uni has a lot of stuff that overlaps also. So they just get tossed into a drawer at work. =/ All of Uni's old papers I don't even know where it is since the move. But if I need something important, my vet has the charts and info saved in their computers.