[NAGDU] re teeth cleaning

Mon Feb 22 20:44:00 UTC 2016

The most important thing you want to check for in blood work in older dogs is liver function.

These things would be the BUN and ALT  tests.  Not sure if you could just get a liver panel done versus an entire work up.  Probably depends on the vet and the lab.
Caitlyn

> On Feb 22, 2016, at 2:46 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Gary.
> I'd be interested to hear about your no-sedation teeth cleaning
> experience, if you do that.
> 
> The vet gave Ben a geriatric blood work up when he was 9 or so.  Not sure
> it proved anything at all, except that he's a healthy dog.  I could see
> anything at all, except that he's a healthy dog.  I could see
> having a base line, but you have that from when your boy was a pup.
> The geriatric blood work is supposed to be more thorough than usual--I
> don't know.
> Tracy
> 
> 
>> 
>> Hi David:
>> 
>> bogart is a poodle and poodles (and sometimes their crosses) are more
>> prone to tartar build up. So I am concerned since gum disease can lead to
>> other more serious issues  such as infections and heart disease (just like
>> in humans) but I also don't really want to sedate Bogart.
>> 
>> I will probably try this non-sedation teeth cleaning method and see how he
>> does with it.
>> 
>> Part of me thinks getting a base line blood test done since Bogart is 7.5
>> might not be a bad idea in case anything changes with his health in the
>> future. Bogart had a issue two weeks after I came home from the school and
>> I just got that emergency clinic to send me his blood work from then so I
>> now have  a base line of 2 year old Bogart.
>> 
>> Does anyone think there is value in such a blood test ($200) or is it just
>> throwing money away and not worry about such a test until something goes
>> wrong with Bogart (knock on wood it doesn't).
>> 
>> Gary
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: David via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: David <david at bakerinet.com>
>> Sent: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:24:44 -0700 (MST)
>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Vet costs
>> 
>> 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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