Titers cost more than the vaccines themselves!!! Yes, immunity typically lasts longer than 1 year (3 years if the DHPP or Rabies), but blood testing is expensive.

For those of you complaining about cost of vet medicine, but want little Fluffy cared for with the intelligence and comprehensive diagnostics and treatments, do you realize the paradox?

You want the best care for your pet, yet you are unwilling to pay for what that costs....

If you are okay with no true examination - go to a Doc-in-a-box vaccine clinic and wrap your arms around that fact. It will be cheaper - in more ways than one.

If you want quality care, you need to pay for quality care. Why is that surprising?

More and more, people want their pets to live longer, happier lives....that doesn't happen by accident.

The veterinarians and staff that provide that care deserve to be paid for their time and expertise.

Anonymous wrote:It’s usually $1100 for an annual visit. Exam is $120, but bloodwork, vaccines, and flea/tick/heartworm for the year bump it way up.

Are you doing yearly vaccines? Once an adult you can do them every 3 years or longer if you do a titer and their immune levels are appropriate. Also are you buying their hw and flea meds all at once for the year?

Anonymous wrote:Quit getting so many vaccines at once? So bad for your dogs too.

Quit with your anti-vax nonsense. The dogs are fine, thanks.

Quit getting so many vaccines at once? So bad for your dogs too.

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Anonymous wrote:I think my vet charged $400 during the pandemic, maybe there were more vaccines to take care of that day, or maybe he was in need of money (he's a one-man operation). But the most recent ones were significantly less. $200 per visit. He's very reasonable, never pushes any extra services, and altogether a treasure.

That’s how much our vet charges. If you go to a clinic, it would be even less.

This is the way: https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/vaccination-clinic

The only downside is getting the appointment slot, which is first come, first served and opens on Tuesday morning for the Thursday of the same week.

They recently opened up a community veterinary clinic in SE, too. MUCH cheaper for annual visits, and even sick visits. Not great for emergencies, though.

For emergencies, I've heard that Apex Vet in Silver Spring is a great option (dogs and cats): https://apex.vet/

This is the one I’m planning on going to, for those in Maryland:

PetVet at Tractor Supply Company
Poolesville
Vital Health Package
Vitals Check (quick exam)
5-in-1 Vaccine + Lepto
Bordetella Vaccine
Intestinal Parasite Screening (fecal test)
$118 + $38 Lyme = $156

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Anonymous wrote:I haven't had a dog in a while are these insane prices from covid or inflation or what?!

Most vet offices are owned by venture capital now. Prices will need to come down though. Even puppies are being euthanized are record rates at shelters now because everyone is dumping all their pets.

I haven't heard this at all. Where do you hear that?

https://www.venturecapitaljournal.com/cuddling-up-to-the-157bn-pet-care-market/

Go ask your vet if they are a partner in their clinic. Most will say they are employees of a larger group. They even buy up vet clinics and say nothing about the clinic changing hands. A despicable practice if you ask me. At one clinic I had been going to for 8 years I only knew because the address on the dogs rx label changed to an office in Boston where the company was headquartered and not the local clinic.

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Anonymous wrote:I haven't had a dog in a while are these insane prices from covid or inflation or what?!

Most vet offices are owned by venture capital now. Prices will need to come down though. Even puppies are being euthanized are record rates at shelters now because everyone is dumping all their pets.

I haven't heard this at all. Where do you hear that?

Exam - $100
Rabies - $47
Lyme/lepto - $129
Bordatella - $53
Lab work - $170

So $500? And then I get a prescription to take to Costco for the tick prevention meds because those are ungodly expensive for the ones that work best. This is a 3 year old dog, so nothing fancy.

It’s usually $1100 for an annual visit. Exam is $120, but bloodwork, vaccines, and flea/tick/heartworm for the year bump it way up.

Our vet is the Fairfax 'burbs is about $250 for our one golden retriever. That's for the check-up, vaccines, whatever random tests are needed. (I order the flea/heartworm pills online.)

Anonymous wrote:I haven't had a dog in a while are these insane prices from covid or inflation or what?!

Most vet offices are owned by venture capital now. Prices will need to come down though. Even puppies are being euthanized are record rates at shelters now because everyone is dumping all their pets.

I haven't had a dog in a while are these insane prices from covid or inflation or what?!

Wow. I pay $800 for the exam, lab work, and vaccines each year.

Then I order the heartworm prevention and flea/tick topical, which sets me back another several hundred dollars. It's definitely well over $1000/year per dog, and I have two dogs.

$639 for ONE dog

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Anonymous wrote:You guys pay a ton. For our 90 pound GSD I’ve never paid more than $280 for his annual appointment. His vet retired and I dread getting a new one.

Whatever you do don’t go to VCA. It’s like the jiffy lube of animal medicine. Try to find an independent vet clinic-not one owned by venture capital

Exam/$152.00
Bordetella $82.75
DA2P-Pv 3yr $133.55
H3N8/H3N2 (Flu) $123.20
Lyme Vax $103.45
Rabies 3yr $93.10
bloodwork, urine, fecal, heartworm and lyme testing $252.00

VCA pricing, for the curious. I actually like my vet there, but yeah, it's not the cheapest.

Still better than Friendship though...

$940 for a yearly work up is insane.

Yes. Yes, it very much is.