Winnie's time again

At certain times of the year the vet requests the dog of the house come to the surgery to get her check up and be pumped with a booster and her worm/ flea dosage. This is getting to be a pricey ordeal as she has to have more than just the usual stuff.
There is the Ear drops and cleaner due to a condition which Labrador' s suffer with.
Eczema to which creams and washes need to be applied daily.
Then they change the dried food that she has known since she was a pup has now been withdrawn from sale and a new meal under the same brand has been brought out.
What else will they do to upset the poor pup who only wants to enjoy her time chasing Pheasants, foxes,and other animals around to keep fit and her nose tuned.

 

I "THINK", you need to keep up certain visits for boosters etc. if you have insurance, but not certain.
As for a lot of the other stuff, I agree vets are a rip off.

 

When our labrador was younger, had exactly the same from our vet and interestingly he also had ear problems!! The vet also wanted to castrate him, why? in case he got cancer???????? The dried complete foods are not a good natural food for a dog (though we were brainwashed into thinking they are) After much research we changed our Lab to raw tripe for his main meal, the ear problems ceased as did the tummy upset problems he kept having, never looked back since, he is 14 years of age soon and still very healthy!!

Val

 

Well if it can achieve your dog balancing a treat on his nose .... Bravo!! (Handsome dog you have there, Landi! )

Does your vets have an annual treatment programme? Mine does and it covers annual boosters, flea and worm treatments plus a few other little "extras" and applies a discount for the booster/flea/worming with no extra charge for the marketing extras.