Veterinary costs? how much is reasonable?

[sabad66]

We use McKnight 24 hour and no complaints, but I’ve heard Beddington is the best priced in the North

[nzwasp]

I used to use mcknight as well and then I got a dental estimate for my dogs teeth cleaning from them at $2500 - went to beddington and it was $400.

I asked mcknight what the difference between me paying $2500 with them vs $400 at beddington and they said "your dog wont die here", I took my business to Beddington.

[killramos]

Most vets are on meth when it comes to dental costs. Beddington way to go for dental for sure but expect to be on a waitlist for MONTHS

[R-Audi]

Worth noting on Dental, I got in the Didsbury vet for a dental check up same week and the tooth removal 2 weeks later. (Which also included them volunteering that March had a special on dental work that got me 15% off to wait 1 week) WHen I booked for the actual tooth removal, they gave credit for the exam as well.

In total my insurance covered something like $14k.. pnemonia twice and 1 knee surgery, to go along with dental and other small meds..

[schurchill39]

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edit: $170/visit seems to be the high end of what I've seen. I'm pretty sure I recall paying significantly less than that for vaccinations, but it's been a couple years so my memory may be off. edit 2: $175 for annual wellness exam is very high. Cost of convenience though.

Yep you're right, its 100% the cost of convenience and I will gladly pay the extra $50-60 every time instead of dealing with taking my Shiba in the car and her complete melt downs. Thankfully she has been extremely healthy so besides a yearly exam, one minor dental surgery, its worked out great.

[Brent.ff]

I’d also say that if your dog has Berner in it.. you’ll likely have some expensive visits. Those dogs are dainty AF

[gmc72]

As others have stated, get insurance. We have a 7 year old malamute/char pei mix and she has had many issue. She was a rescue dog from the reserve, but still. Hip dysplasia, arthritis, char pei fever, and most recently, she tore her CCL (ACL in humans), which alone is $2500. And that was the cheapest we found. She had her hips repaired (FHO - chop the top of the femur off)= $3500/side. Multiple joint issues with arthritis and char pei fever. And this is on top of the costs for our Pug that is fighting cancer ($400/visit x 8 visits, and counting). But they're worth every penny so far:

[01RedDX]

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[rx7boi]

Hey Chris,

I use Cochrane Lake Small Animal Clinic run by Dr. Carolin Koebisch. Our 10 year old Shiba just had some teeth cleaning done this year.

teeth cleaning + 3 teeth extraction + 2 vaccinations + IV + post-op meds

Came to just under a $1000. Highly recommended because she's also a super compassionate vet.

Text me for more info.

[loweg]

I'm in for beddington as well, had my duck toller break a big molar and it was bugging him Glamorgan vet quoted iirc 1900-2200 for removal, couldn't get him in for 2 weeks for extraction.

Went to beddington, they did not charge me a checkup inspection , although performed one seemed better than glamorgans (checked his joints a little more carefully, and talked to me about genetic duck toller stuff). Tooth extraction booked for 2 days later and was 400.00

When I asked my vet if they were willing to work with price as I had gotten a much cheaper quote they said that they do financing .

Nuts absolutely nuts .

I have moved all.my business to beddington since

[CompletelyNumb]

Everyone's covered it. But as a pet owner, I say:

1) always get insurance
2) go to beddington. It will save you a ton.
3) feed them well. Raw is great for some, but give them bones for their teeth as well.
4) if this is your first, go to puppy training with your pup, especially for your mix.
5) be prepared for a good walk, every day.

[ShermanEF9]

To kind of push on the issue of insurance or not:

We have it and thankfully have yet to use it. Our dog has done some dumb things (ate 13 dark chocolate chip cookie balls) but so far it has been cheap enough we have paid out of pocket. A friend of ours has an 11 month old golden retriever, and he ate an entire bra. They were nearly on the hook for $6000 surgery to help.him, or make the decision to put him down. Luckily for them he ended up pushing it through, but it could have easily been very expensive, but would have been covered had they had insurance.