[NAGDU] Teeth cleaning

[Tracy Carcione]

My 11-year-old lab could use a teeth cleaning, but I'm not willing to
sedate him.  I'd be interested in a no-sedation option.
We have a tartar-control gel that helped in the past to remove much of the
tartar from his teeth.  We have been using it a couple days a week for
maintenance, but now we're kicking it up to every day for a couple weeks
to see if it does the trick again. It's called Pets Life tartar control
gel.
Tracy

> If your dog is a lab or golden, get another vet.  Because of their
> chewing habits, Labs and Goldens rarely need to ever have their cleaned,
> unless there is something else wrong with them.
>
> David and Claire Rose in Clearwater, FL
>
> On 2/22/2016 12:59 PM, GARY STEEVES via NAGDU wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> Well, until my current vet, I had pretty good arrangements. At Bogart's
>> first vet she would only charge me for one of the two checkups I needed
>> each year for the school. When we had to come in for a rabies shot
>> before going to the UK, she didn't charge me for a visit, just the shot.
>>
>> A few years ago I moved to the subburbs of Vancouver, a city called New
>> Westminster, and found a vet 2 blocks from home. Yippee! There they
>> didn't charge me anything for my vet visits, just for the things I
>> needed like flea meds etc. Sadly, they went out of business last year
>> probably due to the fact that another vet opened a block away. Bogart
>> went there for the first time last month and perhaps my approach wasn't
>> solid since all my other vets gave me such a good deal but she didn't
>> seem so open to either of those previous scenarios. She is giving me 30%
>> off a visit charge which makes it about $30 now which I guess isn't so
>> bad.
>>
>>
>> the thing with vets is without trust I'm always suspicious
>>   of them when they suggest things. She thinks Bogart needs some teeth
>> cleaning and they sedate them for this. That costs $500. There is a
>> $200 necessary  blood test before as well to ascertain his over all
>> health. By coincidence we stumbled on information at our pet store for
>> people who clean the dogs teeth without sedation for about $150. Has
>> anyone had experience with this? I talked to my school and he agreed
>> to give the non-sedation method a try first and see what the results
>> are.
>>
>> Curious on others thoughts.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Gary
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jody Ianuzzi via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Jody Ianuzzi <thunderwalker321 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 09:02:50 -0700 (MST)
>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Vet costs
>>
>> Oh Tracy,
>>
>> Your vet costs are out rages! I took Walker in for his annual check up
>> and his rabies and other vaccinations and it cost me $51! If he had had
>> a heartworm test it would've been $36 and if I were to buy a years
>> supply of Sentinel it would be $88.
>>
>> I shopped around and found an old country vet who still follows the old
>> model for charging his customers.
>>
>> It really does pay to shop around for that!
>>
>> JODY ??
>> thunderwalker321 at gmail.com
>>
>> "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."
>> DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker)
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 19, 2016, at 8:15 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I took Ben to the vet for his annual checkup yesterday. The old boy is
>>> doing just fine.
>>>
>>> It cost $950 for the checkup, a year's worth of Heartguard and
>>> Nexguard,
>>> plus a year of Nexguard for Krokus. Good thing I've got a good job, or
>>> I'd
>>> struggle to afford these guys.
>>>
>>> Didn't someone say they'd used an online prescription place that was
>>> less
>>> pricey? What was it, and how did it work out?
>>>
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>>
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