I know I’m very spoiled living in an area where I do have a lot of options. Being near Boston I can go right to Tufts (one of the best vet schools) in an emergency.
There’s so many different vets and emergency animal hospitals. I guess I assume it’s common.
Believe me I know phone consults can be very expensive. As if vet care isn’t expensive enough already.
Personally I wouldn’t change foods w/o slow transition, but you know your dog better than anyone. Even the vet. Follow your own instinct.
Remember you are your dog’s advocate. He needs you to be his voice. Make it heard. I’m not a confrontational person, but eventually I ran out of patience. I told them that I was done seeing my girl sick and they needed to stop blaming everything on Lyme and find the solution. Doctors don’t like to think they are wrong. Sometimes they need to be humbled.
While I still ended up with an umbrella diagnosis at least I got them to successfully treat the symptoms without pushing their agenda.
