It wasn't suppose to be a vet check up per-say, considering he was just going in for a haircut. But now vet's require every dog to have their blood work on heart worm, rabies and everything else done before a groomer touches them. So Charlie, our Standard Poodle had quite a tiring day. I dropped him off at 8am and he wasn't ready until 3pm. If you have a dog and have gone through all this, you probably know how stressful dogs get when some strange people are poking around their bodies.
Before Charlie / After Charlie - I think he loses 5lbs of hair every time he goes.
I head over to grab the dog at 3pm and I'm preparing myself for the whole sales pitch on everything to "love your dog better". Which in vet's language, is to spend hundreds and thousands of dollars to inspect every organ, vein and blood cell. Whats made me happy is that they have several new vets that's taken over the retired vet's practice. Which is good news to me because I hated her with a passion. She was arrogant, didn't listen to our questions and basically gave us the most expensive routes for treatment of any kind. "End of rant"
She goes over what she thinks is a "heads up" for us on Charlies health. His back legs are stiff, his teeth aren't the best and he has a mole on the left side of his nose she wanted to check out. I mean, he's 10 years old and for poodles, he's getting up there for the type of dog he is. So doing any crazy surgery or treatments is kinda ridiculous for me considering poodles typically live only untl 11-13 years old.. Other then that, she said his blood work is perfect, he's happy, and for being over 60 years old, is in excellent health. She also put on our chart that he's a very sweet boy that constantly kept giving the vet kisses.
Good enough diagnosis for me!
At work now, Charlie needs his sleep from all the stress yesterday.
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