What do you look for in a vet?

[Dixie Belle]

Sorry you lost your job. Happened to my husband the day we brought our new baby home from the hospital.

My vet. Lets see. To me the most important thing is how he interacts with the dog. We only had one vet in my town for years, but I never really cared for him. We finally got a new one bout 10 yrs ago. I switched to him because my dogs liked him, and he liked my dogs. He has horriable allergies, but that doesn't stop him. He is also very good at explaining what is going on when our dogs are sick. And they work well with you if you don't have the money right then.

[cyber-sibes]

Good luck finding another job, you'll probably find something even better!
I switched vets last year. I would say, trust how you feel there and how your animals react. After moving here, I took our dogs to a vet that was highly recommended, close by, and state of the art. However, every time I went I got somebody different. The last girl seemed deathly afraid of animals - and Star actually snapped at her, which she has NEVER done to anyone! I requested someone else my next trip, but got that same girl. So I started looking around. I found a wonderful vets office a few miles further away, and it's an old fashioned place, a bit small & cramped, respectably clean but not "clinical" - the thing I like best is that the people are great! our new vet now gets on the floor with them, lets them sniff her face & give her kisses, she hugs them, they LOVE going to see her. You can tell she genuinely loves animals. She seems very down to earth in her approach. I think she's buying the business from the elderly vet that's retiring, and he seems like a sweetheart too. Plus, they're flexible about payments, know me by name, and were very compassionate when it was time to put my sick kitty down. They have four or five cats lounging around in there all the time.
I'm very happy I changed vets and found someone kind, competent, and caring. (BTW- the first "fancy" clinic I tried? They were sued last year because they performed a surgical procedure on a show dog, fudged and didn't use the correct size implant, and crippled the dog )