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February 2012
Aldie Vet is a great place to take your animal... I worked there for 5.5 years and still take my dog there because he loves everyone there and I trust them! Facebook, Jessica P.

January 2012
I moved into South Riding about 2 years ago.  For over the first year, I still drove 30 mins to my old vet, but it was very inconvenient... especially because I'm at the vet's office very often.  Reason being is that I show and breed dogs and their weight is very important... either to maintain or to monitor growth.  I decided to give Aldie a shot and I went with one of their newer vets Dr. Pattie because she embraced a similar philosophy that I do with respect to preventatives and treatment.  She also balances Eastern and Western medicine... which I have taken advantage of as I currently have one of my dogs receiving accupuncture.

Over-vaccination is a problem.  Most vets will pump your dog with a 7-way shot each year and charge you a bunch with it (big profits here too).  Most people just accept this as appropriate.  Wrong.  My dogs get rabbies accordingly to the law and they get a distemper/parvo puppy series (which takes two years to complete).  After that they are titered every three years to check their resistance and get a booster if needed.  The other shots are HORRIBLE for your dogs as many are preserved with heavy metals.  I also don't give the Lyme shot.  This was originally made for humans, but was pulled for its adverse effects.  Now they want us to give to dogs?  No thanks.  There are many cases and studies (Search Dr. Jean Dodds) for more information as I'm not here to preach.  Anyway... Dr. Pattie supports and respects my decision and works with me to maintain optimal health with my dogs.  She is well educated in all the vaccination news and understands both sides to the argument.  Some vets will not treat your dogs if they are not fully pumped, which is very sad, but Aldie will.  We see this trend with more and more vets each year, which is nice.

As I am very neurotic about my pets' health, I have anything and everything checked out that is not normal.  The staff there are always nice and greet me and the dogs warmly.  I'm sure they are probably sick of seeing me all the time for weigh ins, but hey... that's just the way I am.

Last point... Dr. Pattie has never been one to push anything or try to treat things in an expensive fashion.  What I mean is... a lot of vets will go the most expensive route in treatments and you'll pay a fortune.  I don't see this at all with them.  Yes... vets cost money.  If you're not willing to spend the money, don't get a pet, but I am comforable with their prices and the fact that they don't overdiagnose, overtreat, and over medicate dogs.  Oh... if you don't have pet insurance, it's so worth it.  Don't worry about coverage for routine things.  Get one that covers 1) breed specific items and 2) the Oh &#%@ emergencies.  Yelp, Kris F. 1/23/2012

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