There Are Still Some Awesome Vets Around!

[noisymina]

You just have to find them! :D

I was in schock a little while ago.

Got a phone call from the Vets. I think it was one of the vet nurses.

Asking how Kaisie was going. After I got over the shock, we did have a good chat and the lady was very helpful with the medication strategy.

I ended up having to apologise for my initial shocked reaction.

So yeh.....for about the tenth time here, I have to say I our (now not so) new vet!

[matilda1]

it doesn't take much to make the difference does it.

it's nice to see some clinics take the time to make follow up phone calls. unfortunately in Emergency we don't have the luxury of this time, but in general practice I believe it should happen more often.

good on your clinic for making the effort and for genuinely caring :D

[Giveitago]

I love my vet also. We get frequent follow up phone calls. And he'll do follow up consults over the phone if he's made an initial diagnosis in person.

I trust his judgement and really believe he tries to do the best by each individual patient. There were some 'easy options' available when it came to treating my girl, but it would have put her through a lot of pain and it was quite risky. So he made the effort to try and find alterior methods prior to putting her at risk.

I really do appreciate everything he does for us.

[B-Q]

I love our vet. When we lost Sophie it was on a Sunday so we went to the E-Vet. Next time we had to go into our regular vet for something they said they'd heard and they were sorry. Its just nice when they make the extra effort to remember who you are and who your animals are.

Another time when Buster had been very badly injured when he got attacked he was already at the vet before I got there, I ran into the waiting room and they recognised me and just pointed me straight towards the back where he was. I might have been a bit obvious, I came in covered in dirt (had been out with the horses) tears streaming down my face looking paniced but I just so appreciated that they let me go straight through before they put him under.

My only problem atm is everytime I take Quinn in they want me to book her spey. She's geting chipped this week and I think I'll have to make it quiet clear I do not plan to BYB with her because of her pretty blue eye and she WILL be desexed, just when she's finished growing.

Edited October 18, 2010 by busterlove

[Everythings Shiny]

A lot of vets push the desexing because of BYB, We will send the owner a reminder letter if they are fine with it (We generally ask if they'd like a desexing reminder when they get a vaccination etc)

Our clinic, we try to follow up as much as possible but with big practices it is really hard and time gets away from you. We send out condolense (sp?) cards when either a pet is PTS or we hear that they have died recently.

It's good if clinics can follow up with patients It makes everyone feel more confident that they care

[Hairy Maclary]

After moving interstate we have finally found an awesome vet. He has a great rapport with animals, seems very knowledgeable, broadminded and open to discussion - he doesn't talk us like idiots (like our last vet). This one's a keeper

[OSoSwift]

I have never been pushed to have my dogs desexed, but I used to work there and they know I show them.

I have recieved cards when my pets have died, although come to think of it I didn't last time, but that was a different vet that I don't see often.

I do think it is good that vets are on to people about desexing as the average Jo Public could get a bit lax and the result could be puppies. So as more average Jo Publics go I think that is a good thing.

I really liike my vets, One of the vet nurses could dissapper into a cloud of dust never to return and I would be quite happy, but alas she is still there!