Twice-Yearly Exam Benefit

Recommend at least 2 exams yearly because:

1. Pets age faster than people.  Dramatic health changes in a dog or cat or any other specific can occur in as little as 3 months or less.
    

2. Taking a pet to the veterinarian once a year is equivalent to a person seeing his or her physician once every 6-8 years.
    

3. A two-year old pet is physiologically equivalent to a human teenager.  By age five, many pets are considered "middle-aged".  By age seven, many dogs and cats are entering their senior years.
    

4. As pets age, they are at increased risk for diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, kidney disease, cancer and other serious conditions.
    

5. Twice-a- year visits give the veterinarian the opportunity to detect, treat, or help prevent problems "before" they become life-threatening.
    

6. When possible and a candidate, patients are placed into a 3 year vaccine protocol.  There are some exception such as the Bordetella vaccine (Kennel Cough).  Since protection against a bacteria is trying to be achieved, it is recommend vaccinating every 6 months.  Alternating between the intranasal and injection vaccines when possible is recommended.
    

7. Recommend doing yearly bloodwork and urinalysis.  And in older patients it's recommend doing radiographs, EKG and blood pressure check and Cardiopet proBNP.

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