Two things down!
Got the garage cleaned out enough that I can actually get the car in it before it starts snowing - still had piles of stuff to get tossed or donated from when I rearranged the house in August, and lots of cardboard and tools and debris from when I made the catio. It's not what you would call *clean*, by any means, but at least there's a big open space in the middle now where a car will fit.
Also took Gandalf and Toast in for their vaccines today - I used to use the local PetSmart/Banfield store clinic, mainly because they were really nearby and convenient, but I got a little disenchanted with their whole "plan" thing (if your pet dies, you can't cancel the rest of your vet care plan payments, even if you won't be using those services - I had to pay monthly fees for Kettle for almost 8 months after she died, which included coverage for dental cleaning and vaccines she didn't get that year), and the vet I liked there has moved on and the new ones...don't really seem like they like animals all that much? Maybe just exhausted and overworked and I got them on off days, hard to tell, but I didn't renew Gan & Toast's plans, and never did one for Bones.
Anyway, since shots were due and everyone seems healthy, took the lads to the low cost clinic downtown (Bones isn't due for shots until spring), which is not close or convenient at all, but definitely a lot cheaper, and they always do a great job with the various strays and waifs I've taken there over the years. It's first come first serve, and the waiting area usually has 30+ humans and dogs and cats: cats are yowling, dogs barking and dragging their owners around, small kids getting bored - it can be a chaotic place! Today was no exception, it was super busy and waited about three hours before my turn came up, got to watch a lovely but completely over-excited 85 pound pup with a busted abscess on her head bound around and bark at everyone and flail her bloody head all over her owner when he sat on the floor with her to try to keep her calmed down, among other things, poor guy.
And somehow the staff managed to give Toast and Gan as good a check up as they ever got at the other place, took their time letting them come out of the carriers on their own and made friends first (Toast was rubbing against the vet and tech's legs even after he'd been nabbed and jabbed three times, lol), cleaned some wax Toast had accumulated in one ear to make sure it wasn't anything else and double checked Gandalf's weird tooth thing that he did when he was a kitten to make sure it wasn't causing any problems, even though it was just supposed to be a vaccine-only, not a medical appointment. They don't handle complex medical issues, and Mom really likes her vet that she's been taking all her cats to, so might check them out next year or if anything weird comes up healthwise, but for now I was very impressed by the quality of care, and how the staff was able to deal with anything and everything under the sun that walked through the door.
Oh yes, and I changed the furnace filter, so that's three things down! Go me! :D
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Also took Gandalf and Toast in for their vaccines today - I used to use the local PetSmart/Banfield store clinic, mainly because they were really nearby and convenient, but I got a little disenchanted with their whole "plan" thing (if your pet dies, you can't cancel the rest of your vet care plan payments, even if you won't be using those services - I had to pay monthly fees for Kettle for almost 8 months after she died, which included coverage for dental cleaning and vaccines she didn't get that year), and the vet I liked there has moved on and the new ones...don't really seem like they like animals all that much? Maybe just exhausted and overworked and I got them on off days, hard to tell, but I didn't renew Gan & Toast's plans, and never did one for Bones.
Anyway, since shots were due and everyone seems healthy, took the lads to the low cost clinic downtown (Bones isn't due for shots until spring), which is not close or convenient at all, but definitely a lot cheaper, and they always do a great job with the various strays and waifs I've taken there over the years. It's first come first serve, and the waiting area usually has 30+ humans and dogs and cats: cats are yowling, dogs barking and dragging their owners around, small kids getting bored - it can be a chaotic place! Today was no exception, it was super busy and waited about three hours before my turn came up, got to watch a lovely but completely over-excited 85 pound pup with a busted abscess on her head bound around and bark at everyone and flail her bloody head all over her owner when he sat on the floor with her to try to keep her calmed down, among other things, poor guy.
And somehow the staff managed to give Toast and Gan as good a check up as they ever got at the other place, took their time letting them come out of the carriers on their own and made friends first (Toast was rubbing against the vet and tech's legs even after he'd been nabbed and jabbed three times, lol), cleaned some wax Toast had accumulated in one ear to make sure it wasn't anything else and double checked Gandalf's weird tooth thing that he did when he was a kitten to make sure it wasn't causing any problems, even though it was just supposed to be a vaccine-only, not a medical appointment. They don't handle complex medical issues, and Mom really likes her vet that she's been taking all her cats to, so might check them out next year or if anything weird comes up healthwise, but for now I was very impressed by the quality of care, and how the staff was able to deal with anything and everything under the sun that walked through the door.
Oh yes, and I changed the furnace filter, so that's three things down! Go me! :D
This entry was originally posted at https://playswithworms.dreamwidth.org/191172.html. Please comment wherever you wish.