Taking new dogs and cats
Your first visit
Plan on 40 minutes. A first exam is $72, and you’ll know the price of anything else before we do it.
What to bring
- Your old vet’s name, so we can ask for records
- The food and any medicines, or photos of the labels
- A fresh stool sample, if you can
- Adoption papers for a new rescue
Bringing a cat
Leave the carrier out at home for a few days so it’s not a warning sign. Put a towel over it in the car.
Check in at the desk and go straight to the cat room. No dogs go in there.
Nervous dogs
Tell us when you book. We give you the first slot of the day, let you wait in the car, and examine on the floor if that’s easier.
Bring them hungry. Treats help.
In the exam room
You stay with your pet the whole time.
- HistoryA technician weighs your pet and asks about diet, habits and anything you’ve noticed.
- ExamThe vet checks eyes, ears, teeth, heart, lungs, belly, skin and joints, and tells you what they find as they go.
- PlanWhich vaccines are due, whether any tests make sense, and what can wait. Each with a price.
- Follow-upA summary by email the same day, and reminders when the next thing is due.
New puppy or kitten?
Come in within a week of bringing them home. The first visit is $129 and covers the exam, first vaccines, deworming and a written schedule for the next four months.
The puppy and kitten plan covers every visit in that first year, paid monthly.
Ready when you are
New patients can usually be seen within the week.