Would Your Vet Take Payments???????

Yes. I've specifically cultivated a relationship with my vet for the "just in case" scenario. Not only that, but I consider paying the ever-so-slightly higher rate for flea treatment that my vet charges to be a way of helping support his business.

I should mention- my vet is in no way out to shaft anyone with his prices. An emergency c-section ran me just under $1000. He doesn't charge for ANY animal's first visit (which allowed me to take my FIL's dog in for his first check up in years), he taught me a new trick for doing dewclaws (superglue) and when I brought the pups in for their 6 week check up he handed me their vaccinations to be started at 9 weeks. I like him. I want him to stay in business.. and part of making sure he does that is to bring my dogs in for their yearly checkups DESPITE the fact I know they are healthy.

I support him, he supports me.

I do have an emergency account for dog expenses. I contribute to it regularly rather than paying for doggy health insurance.

After an emergency this summer I was referred to a different vet clinic by the boarding facility. They were close to where I was and I had a good reference. I trusted the boarding kennel owner so of we headed to a nearby town.

I actually sent the boarding kennel owner a thank you card for referring me there. Our regular vet there is different than the one that handled the stitching of the puppy that first time. But she's awesome.

She takes the time with you, other vet clinics seem to rush you in and rush you out. When I asked about titer testing at our old clinic they told me I was trying to be cheap, and refused to even look into it. Not our new vet, she did some research, called around and figured out where they could send the blood. Considering the titer test is $50 plus the office call, i wouldn't say I'm trying to be cheap. Anyway.

We've developed a good relationship over the last 6 months or so. And yes they would take payments from me if an emergency should come up. It is fully worth the 20 minute drive to get to our vet, Its kind of funny that the route to our vet takes us right past the vet clinic in town.

ETA: We also have an emergency fund in the bank for the dogs.

I'm know that he would take payments. back when my dog was a pup, he got into some stuff and had an obstruction. at the time we didn't have 250 dollars to pull out of our pockets for the surgery. but he went ahead and did the surgery the following day and allowed us to pay our bill over the course of 2 weeks. it was kind of a tough time financially in our home at that point.

EDIT: and yes we do have a great relationship with our vet. i also started my first job this past summer, and i saved about half of what i made each week, and now i have about 600 dollars sitting in the bank if there were ever an emergency like that.

Are you kidding? I love my vet! I can walk in his office with any problem and he gives me his time and expertise. How could I not pay him!

I took a dog in for a neuter appointment at 7 am one morning along with my cat who was hit by a car. I sat on the parking lot with the broken cat as the vet pulled in. I showed him the cat and he rushed him in to assess the damage. He took the cat treated him for shock and then reset his leg. By the end of the day I had a fixed cat and a fixed dog and a bill. My vet said: "Pay when you can because you are a responsible owner and a good client. Most would have left the dog un neutered and the cat to die."

I paid the bill right there but thought if I didn't have the money, I could still count on my vet because he knows I'm not a risky client. I appreciate him as my vet and he appreciated me as his client.

Yes , my vet would take payments from me or my kids... but I think that $ 20 - 30 a month for pet health insurance is pretty cheap for people who don't have thousands in reserve for emergencies.

Breeders have to have a credit card or credit line open just for emergencies, but now a days, some credit is being taken away, just because the banks want to offer less credit.

A breeder friend of mine, just had her American Express cancelled , and she'd never made a payment late. They told her that it might cause a bad mark on her credit score, but be sure she made all her payments on time and paid off her balance. There was no reason of her fault.

My American Express lowered my available credit by $ 1500. So far my Visas are keeping my credit line the same.

So, if people are counting on open credit to cover their emergencies, it might not be there. Maybe think again about pet insurance.

no, mine do not. and it isn't because I don't have a regular vet relationship with them. I have a lot of rescue cats and they go in for regular vet stuff. the reason my vet doesn't is because they are the only vet in the area and choose to be greedy. I only use them because they are the ONLY vets in a 40 mile radius and I don't want to stress out any of the cats during a long car ride, especially when they are sick. the vet also does not do any after hour emergencies, nor do they do any house calls unless you are a farmer with 30 or more head of livestock to treat.

I have a separate account set up for vet emergencies.

My vet will take post dated checks. But they don't take payments.

I love the vet I take my pets too! The vets that work there are totally nice and I can trust them. The last vet I had i couldn't trust and they wouldn't take post dated checks so we had to find a vet that would look at my cat Pepper and take a post dated check and that was the vet I go to now!

I have had this vet since January of this year! My mom and I both like this vet! I like this Vet better then the Vet I used to work for!

I have gotten my dogs shots there and I have gotten my cats spayed and neutered at the vet I go to currently!

My vet even told me how to get Duke's weight down which no other vet did!

My vet also has good hours! They are open on the weekends both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday they are open in the morning til noon and Sunday they are open from 1-6 pm.

When Dakota cut her foot I took her to my vet and they stitched her up and she went home the same day!

My cat's vet will artwork with a shopper that has been a solid responsible shopper with them. they gained't provide "credit" to easily all people who walks in off the line, yet to the purchasers that they comprehend, they could be versatile. i've got seen them take a million/2 genuine away and then a million/2 after the subsequent paycheck. My pal's vet won't do this. they seem to be a vet that has dissimilar people who can't discover the money for scientific care and could no longer possibility it. They do furnish education on Care credit and comparable mortgage/credit courses to assist the guy get the money they want. My expert has a huge sign at their table that asserts that they don't have fee plans and that one and all money are predicted on the time of provider. for my section, even while i became a starving college scholar, I continuously had a credit card for emergencies. I by no skill did no longer take my animals to the vet while they mandatory it because of loss of money. that's what taking responsiblity is all approximately.

My dogs are insured so l wouldn't need to pay for their treatment, but l have had the same vet for years and l feel we have a good relationship, l am there every month for Milly's allergy injections, so if for any reason l had to pay, l am sure that the vet would treat them first and then arrange a payment plan.

l think you need to have a vet you can trust, and know that in an emergency your dog is going to be given the best treatment possible, regardless of if you can pay the bill there and then.

No, in fact the vet has a sign right above reception clearly stating that payment is due immediately after treatment. This is fairly common in the practices where my dogs have been registered.

In England canine insurance is fairly common now, with a policy to suit most pockets. On some policies insurance eliminates the need to wonder how you are going to pay for veterinary treatment.

Almost the first question I was asked when I registered my dogs with a new practice was "are they insured?"

First of all hands up, I have no 'regular relationship' with my vet - and no divorce is pending either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously though, my previous long-standing vet allowed us to stage-pay if we ever had a seriously large bill. She knew we had a bunch of dogs and weren't going anywhere soon!

It's different now because we've not been registered with our current Practice long enough. And I'm finding it hard not having a monthly bill come in to settle (because we have less than 2 dogs), but have to pay up front. I just hope we don't have this sort of emergency quite frankly, although for once in our lives, we do have savings (within reason!!) so it wouldn't be quite the disaster it sometimes might have been, over the years without the ability to stage-pay.