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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 691039" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Before we moved here, there was a very good Vet 30 or so miles from DFW Metroplex. Anyhoo, he did both large and small animals; however, he specialized in small animals. I took my dogs to him for annual vaccinations plus spay and neuter on 2 pups I rescued from a country ditch.</p><p></p><p>That aside, he had a "Tier System" for treating small animals. At the bottom end was good, reasonable, and effective treatment for a reasonable cost. At the TOP end, even for a minor surgical procedure (I didn't do it) he had a very expensive set of rates for the "affluent people". For example, if one wanted Fluffy to get a spay or neuter job, the fees incuded: Complete physical exam, normal sedation, EKG Monitor, Respiratory Monitor, complete Laboratory profile, etc. The "Low End (customary)" charges would be like $50 or 75. for the job. The "High End" (with all extras) would run several hundred dollars. HIS sales pitch was something like "If you REALLY love your pet...you'll agree to our 'Premium' Services". He also marketed Pet Caskets and Cemetary Plots (sub-contracted services) for those pet owners who needed quality final arrangements... He played on the sympathy and insecurities of the Fluffy lovers. [All I wanted, ordered and had done was a normal Vet surgery PLUS post-surgery antibiotics and pain-killers. The $50-75. "special". [My pups recovered very well and healthy].</p><p></p><p>Go figure....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 691039, member: 9"] Before we moved here, there was a very good Vet 30 or so miles from DFW Metroplex. Anyhoo, he did both large and small animals; however, he specialized in small animals. I took my dogs to him for annual vaccinations plus spay and neuter on 2 pups I rescued from a country ditch. That aside, he had a "Tier System" for treating small animals. At the bottom end was good, reasonable, and effective treatment for a reasonable cost. At the TOP end, even for a minor surgical procedure (I didn't do it) he had a very expensive set of rates for the "affluent people". For example, if one wanted Fluffy to get a spay or neuter job, the fees incuded: Complete physical exam, normal sedation, EKG Monitor, Respiratory Monitor, complete Laboratory profile, etc. The "Low End (customary)" charges would be like $50 or 75. for the job. The "High End" (with all extras) would run several hundred dollars. HIS sales pitch was something like "If you REALLY love your pet...you'll agree to our 'Premium' Services". He also marketed Pet Caskets and Cemetary Plots (sub-contracted services) for those pet owners who needed quality final arrangements... He played on the sympathy and insecurities of the Fluffy lovers. [All I wanted, ordered and had done was a normal Vet surgery PLUS post-surgery antibiotics and pain-killers. The $50-75. "special". [My pups recovered very well and healthy]. Go figure.... [/QUOTE]
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