I take my dog to a group vet practice so I don't see the same vet each time, though I have seen a couple of the vets multiple times. Some are more friendly than others and some are more knowledgeable, not always the same one. I have been going there for over 25 years, so I guess I am satisfied with the care my dogs have received over the years. I like that I can consult with the other vets if I want another opinion during the same visit.

Yes, very friendly. So is his wife & their 4 children. If my husband is not with me he always asks about him. Plus we have a friend in common that I stay in touch with that he does not see very often any more, he always asks how she & her husband are doing. So he keeps in touch with them thru me. His staff is just great. Oh most important is they are wonderful with our pets.

We take our cats to a very special Vet...He is the owner of the Vet hospital and does have others working for him but I always request him....He treats the fur babies as if they were his own, makes a big fuss and gives them lots of lovin...Even when he has to give a shot, the "kids" don't even know it and I've told him many times, next time I need a shot, I'm coming to him...He laughed and said, he tried giving a couple of the girls in the office their flu shots and he had a hard time, wasn't able to grab hold of the fur and will stick with fur kids....But, he is wonderful......

Yes! DH (being retired) always takes our big chocolate lab to the vet and he always comments how happy they are to see him. He's one of their favorite patients because he doesn't mind his visits. He's had to have a lot of blood work in the past couple of years (thyroid and lately diagnosed with Cushings), and a large fatty tumor removed, but he always takes things calmly. The vet calls to give us test reports and she is great explaining everything, & reassuring.

The office we go to has a team and we like everyone of them. One is 70+ who has seen it all so knows a lot. One has new age tendencies and we've follow lots of her advice. One takes great care to educate. Another is a pet dentist and the last is into orthopedic biz. Reasonably priced and have been going there 20+ years. Rose-Rich Vet, I have no affiliation.

It's simply good business for a provider to be 'friendly' to the people paying the bill.

Our former vet was very outgoing. He was also featured on the cover of "Money" magazine.

Our vet's clinic was sold last year to 2 women vets. They are wonderful! They, and the whole staff adore Smudge. He's so calm, and doesn't even put up a fuss when they draw blood. He's had several examinations and checkups for his hyper-thyroid and is on medication. He also had dental surgery. The previous vet wasn't as friendly, and she seemed to be a pill-pusher, and these ones strived to get him off of the steroid he was previously on.

I did a review search and purposely picked an established vet in an older part of town. They are friendly enough. They have a competent staff. We only go in once a year for shots or twice a year or more if we have a problem. They got me in right away when my dog was bitten by another dog. I can't say I have a close relationship with them, but no complaints either.

We take our cat to a group practice, too, but we are able to ask for a particular vet if we choose. It's a great group of people and I've been very impressed with their knowledge and willingness to educate me when I have questions.

I do ask for the same vet each time so that he can become familiar with Paco and his heart murmer; I have complete faith in him.

Friendly? I don't have that kind of relationship with him. He and the other vets are all warm and personable, but utterly professional.

Paco is a challenging heart patient.....his constant purring makes it difficult to hear that tiny irregularity in his heart! He's a complete love at the clinic, even through shots, nail trimming, blood drawing, and the other extremely annoying things that they might do to him.

My vet and her staff are very friendly, in fact they greet my dog by name before they acknowledge me...

Our vet and her staff are like family. One dog we had made such horrible loud screaming sounds if anyone ever touched his feet that she started coming to the house. We didn't want other clients to think he was being tortured! She left her family Thanksgiving one year to come and see that same dog when he was very ill. Whenever we have lost one she cries as much as we do.

I find our vet to be rather cold and somewhat rude. I thought it was just me but several friends and neighbors have told me that this was their experience also. He is very good with the animals though. The next nearest vet is two hours away so we just tolerate this vet.

Chisue, we think the same on this issue. Although on my last visit, the vet kept us in the office pretty long, which surprised me. I tend to be in and out so, awkward for me because I don't like to linger. He was very friendly and curious about our new pet. Just a cat, nothing unique.

Very friendly. I've never had a vet that wasn't very personable. Wish I could say the same about some of the doctors I have been to for myself.

Over the years we have been lucky to have wonderful vets that always become good friends. Here we had a great lady vet we quickly became friends with. She was taking care of our precious harlequin Great Dane that she had diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma. We got very close to her and the staff during that time. When it was time she closed the office and the entire staff came to the house and we but a blanket down with Majic in the center and all of us sitting beside him surrounding him. He loved them all. They took a plaster impression of one of his giant paws which was made into a ceramic keepsake for me. We all pet him and talked to him as she administered the sedative and then the final injection. I held his head and my husband and I told him how much we loved him. It was a very peaceful passing. We cried and hugged and they left. Later that day I received a huge arrangement of beautiful flowers and a sympathy card from them. That was a very special touch.

I hate to tell you the rest of the story. Shortly after that she separated from her husband because he became erratic and paranoid and aggressive to her and their 2 young children. She was terrified and was sure he would try to kill her she just wanted to protect the kids. He showed up at the office a few times with a gun. The law was no help, she had a restraining order but it didn't help. A summer weekend she and the kids were swimming in their backyard, he snuck through neighbors yards and jumped over the fence. He confronted them in the pool, she shoved the kids and said run to the neighbors. She put herself between him and them. He started shooting trying to get the kids. She blocked them while they escaped. He shot her 7 times. Then shot himself. The kids were safe with the neighbors but saw their mother getting shot by their father and knew she died saving them. Such a horrible tragedy. I have a hard time going back to the office. She knew it was coming. She had in place a plan for another vet to take over the practice. She is so very missed. I just don't have a bond at all with the new vets. All her staff left it was too difficult for them to stay.

Friendly until my dog got old and they put her down for me, so that I was no longer a customer. Maybe they got mad or otherwise put off about something late in the relationship. But really I think they are just one of those people that puts on a friendly act as the occasion demands, to their own benefit. And is not actually sincere, apparently.

To illustrate when I saw them at a warehouse store later, with one of the technicians in tow she came over and talked to me. The vet on the other hand acted like I wasn't there, in complete contrast to their routine of many years at the clinic.

Such seemingly contradictory behavior always catches me by surprise, makes a lasting impression. I've encountered it also being demonstrated by three different people that have been gardening media personalities in my region, two of them in particular all chuckles and joy when taping. Observed off camera they proved to be completely different people. One was downright aloof and unfriendly - I still see them in my memory standing there looking as though they had a cloud over their face, both as I walked up and after we started talking. And this was when they were manning a booth the organization they worked for had set up at a big gardening show. In fact if I remember correctly they were in charge of public relations for their department! Yet while in the booth anyway they appeared as though they absolutely hated being there, talking to people.

When our last longtime vet retired, we spent several years searching for a good one to take his place. Went through several not-so-great ones in the process. And then we found Dr.A. He is, by far, the best, nicest, most caring, most personable vet we've ever had. Love him!

This office is friendlier now that it's been sold to another couple of vets, both are nice....the last ones (husband and wife) didn't seem to like animals as much as we did.

I have a great relationship with my vet. I do go to a group practice but in any non emergency I prefer one of two vets there. All the vets are excellent , I just click well with my favorite because I am very hands on in my dogs' care and he understands that. I spent hours in the (hospital) back with my last Black Lab. I won't use a vet that does treatments outside of surgeries out of my sight. I learned a lot from an older now retired vet who had his own practice because he apreciated my wanting to be hands on and took a lot of time to educate me. My current favorite is like that too. There is only one vet there that is rather on the cool side personality wise but she is excellent at what she does. I prefer to avoid her since she is more likely to order expensive testing without discussing alternatives.

Maybe that's why she's on the cool side, she's self conscious about ordering expensive tests etc.

We had to see an emergency, after-hours vet when our cat was much sicker than we had realized and something had to be done quickly. Our Ellie was quite elderly and although she had rallied somewhat, we knew that her time with us was limited. We hadn't seen the emergency vet before but she was very patient and compassionate as she explained that the humane thing would be to euthanize Ellie. It was a sad situation made much more bearable due to her approach.

I love our vet, which is why I don't mind driving 1 1/2 hours round trip. They know us by name, know most of our animals by name. All of them were great support to us with Maxwell's cancer and Quincy's seizures. I have a lot of respect for how they run their business.

We did have a problem about 8 years ago with them sending the wrong RX instructions to the drug store. The drug store called me and said they had talked to the vet's office and was assured the RX was right. It wasn't! Their new Dr, who had just graduated, made a mistake. We didn't hold it against her and she blossomed in the year she was there.

We do have a closer clinic, which I sometimes take my pets to when necessary. But, as watchme mentioned, they are quick to go for those expensive tests.

If I go to the Dr. with what I think is strep and the test comes back negative, I'll go home, rest and drink plenty of liquids. I don't need a whole battery of tests unless something is suspect or I don't get better.

Raven, That's such a sad, sad story. Devastating, really.

Our Vet. is very friendly, she gets down on the floor and talks to Georgy, and we have conversations at great length. Staff is very pleasant also.

I am really impressed by the warm relationship that most of you have with your vets.

Despite spending thousands of dollars on my dogs, I've never met one that even came close:(

I've had a number of vets over the years, and I've had a great relationship with all of them.

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Despite spending thousands of dollars on my dogs, I've never met one that even came close

Maybe try butting them with your head. That should get their attention.

Whether vets, medical doctors, or other professionals, #1 on my requirement list is that they be exceptionally good at what they do (as I can best determine) and #2 is that they are able to communicate their thinking to me so that I can understand them. I have family members as trusted advisors (and service providers) in a few health related fields, including a vet specialist, and that helps me enormously. I'm always friendly and I hope anyone I'm seeing is the same, but that's not a high priority for me.

I live in an area that has a good choice of practitioners of all types but I'm willing to drive for expertise. One specialist I've seen several times is nearly 60 miles away, at a medical school. There's a closer medical school I drive past to get there that isn't as prominent in this specialty as the one farther away. The last surgery done on my dog was done by a surgeon at a specialty center an hour away, because she was a former colleague of the vet in my family and was recommended for the procedure that was done.

Good one, Embothrium!

They haven't succumbed to any canine antics either:(

Took Oski to the vet today for shots and check-up. The vet is friendly but it's all "dog talk," no personal chit chat. He told me I need to be careful not to let Oski eat too much fat, even tho' he is trim and fit. Pancreatitis can be life-threatening. Oski loves cheese.

Our 75ish age vet is really great at being a vet but when he speaks to us, he is blunt and talks to us as if we were learning challenged :-) I don't care about that as long as he's a good vet. He always takes the time to explain what's happening with the pets health and we have no issues with understanding his message and instructions. We trust him completely with our cat and dogs.