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Where we use to live I loved the vet but when we moved (20 miles south) 2 years ago we looked for one near our new house . We took Stretch & Ellie for their shots in February and they needed their teeth cleaned. Now I do need to say neither dog weighs more than 15 lbs. Then since Stretch is "elderly" at 8 years old they wanted to run some special blood tests on her. It cost us over $700 for shots, teeth cleaning and heartworm biscuits for 6 months. Now we get constant emails from the vets office that they’re both overdue for their Bordatella (sp) booster. Our old vet gave it once a year and that was it.
When we got Rascal we decided to look around. We called PetSmart and they have Banfield Pet Hospitals. We went there and it was a HUGE mistake. Last week it cost us $65 for the office visit and antibiotic. Today they gave him his first round of puppy shots, de-worming and it was a whopping $104.65 PLUS tax. They also tacked on a $3 medical waste disposal fee. Banfield’s has a Pet Wellness Program they tried to talk us into. It’s $99 to enroll then $23 a month and that covers all office visits and routine shots. Anything else is extra but you get a 10% discount on medications. The vet talked to us for an hour last week and today we had 3 separate people talk to us about it for a total of 5 talks today alone. We can’t afford that with 3 dogs. It would be over $1100 a year and we don’t spend near that much. If it covered everything, even emergencies and surgeries we might consider it but not just for routine care. They made us an appointment for 3 weeks for his next round of shots at $29.95 for the shot and $24.95 for the office visit. That doesn’t include Rabies, fecal exam and another de-worming (vet said it should be done 3 times) That would come to a total of $95.40 plus tax. Then we’d have to go back for the rabies and pay another office visit.
I called our old vet today to see what it would cast. Today’s visit would have been $56.50 and the next visit would be $61 and that INCLUDES fecal exam, de-worming and rabies. They don’t charge for an office visit, just for services rendered.
Guess where we’re going in 3 weeks.
Took Rascal for his follow-up today and he’s so much better. Walking straighter on even ground but still stumbles when he walks in the yard but that could be puppy clumsiness since the grass or should I say straw and weeds are long and the ground’s uneven. When he runs, watch out, he comes barreling toward you so fast then he hops like a rabbit.
I just got an email from the publisher that my copy of the book is on it’s way. It’s been available at Amazon to order with a delivery date of today but didn’t hit the bookstores until today.
I’m reviewing it for a product review site I have so when I’m ready to write it up if anyone that’s read it wants to add to the review I’d love to have other opinions on it as well.
The publisher emailed me in September and said I was on the list for an advanced copy last month but never received anything. I didn’t think it was due to be released until the 9th unless they’re taking pre-orders. She’s working on 2 other’s in the series.
I’d read that Soapnet would be going off in January 2012 so we’ve still got a year for some other network to step in and do the soaps.
Mine are on Heartguard and it’s the biscuit and they both love them. They had fleas a few months ago and it was awful. Ellie’s tummy between her legs was full of little red bumps like prickly heat. I reviewed the FurMinator earlier this year and using that on her I’d bring the fleas to the top of the fur and would remove at least 15-20 fleas a day. Stretch was hardly scratching but we did find a couple on her. Called the vet and got Comfortis which is a once a month pill. Within 4 hours we found dead fleas around where Ellie was laying. They said to give it for 3 months to get rid of all of them. It’s about $80+ for 6 months but our vet was letting us buy it a month at a time for $15 which was easier on the pocketbook.
We also treated the carpet and furniture but my understanding is they can get them just by going in the yard where squirrels, racoons and other animals can get to.
I’m guessing she had it drawn up before she was arrested and became fast friends with EJ and never thought about it again.
I saw in 6-B that Ben is there. That’s the new doctor right? Maybe something will happen and he’ll be trying to get Caroline’s organs and the jig will be up. My only question, if the church scenes are Parker’s Christening then why is Caroline there? It’s not like she’s that close to Chloe and Daniel.
When I first told Don about the little puppy that nobody wanted his first reaction was "we can’t afford another dog" He said the day to day for food and such was no problem but the vet bill for shots and such will break us. We use CareCredit for dental and vet if we need to. Last February we got both dogs their shots, heartworm biscuits and teeth cleaned (Stretch’s breath will gag a maggot and she needs her teeth cleaned at LEAST every year but they try to talk us into 6 month intervals). Cost was a little over $700 and that isn’t including the subsequent heartwork biscuits and 3 months of Comfortis for fleas on both dogs PLUS treating the carpet and furniture.
Someone posted on one of the boards that Nadia is more comfortable and prefers to wear dresses. My question is: are the dresses she wears every day as tight and revealing as the ones she wears on the show?
