anyone dosenior wellness checkups??

Jake is over 8 years old now and he is a #100 lab, I have been reading that because of his size he is considered a senior dog and should have a wellness checkup, which consists of blood panels for kidney/liver and thyroid to get baselines, so I am thinking of getting this for Jake.

also, I saw one vet online only charged $24 for the kidney/liver panel. When Midas had his done last month, it was over a $100. why the difference in price?

 

Rocky's not a senior yet but we've had wellness profile's done on him pretty much every year (the vet just takes a little extra blood when we go for his heartworm test).

Nothing's ever come back abnormal but I think it just gives my father piece of mind to know that nothings wrong (we lost our first dog to Diabetes pretty suddenly, so I think that's still on his mind). I think we pay around $60-$65 (Canadian).

Since he is an older dog I would get it just to make sure thing are working like they should be.

 

Yeah, I think a wellness panel wouldn't be a bad idea. If he does get sick in the next few years, you would have something to compare to. I am actually thinking of getting a wellness panel for my dogs this year, even though they are young.

When I had the cats done, it was about $100 for a full blood panel. To just get the kidney panel done, it was more like $30. The difference is the number of tests that they do.

 

Oh, and all animals should have a check-up every year. You don't necessarily need to do a blood panel every year and you all know I don't do vaccination boosters, but it is important for a vet to look the animal over and listen to the heart and all that stuff. My cat's heart condition was caught at a routine check-up (his first in years). He never displayed any symptoms, so he could have just suddenly died with no warning. He has been on medication for almost 2 years now and seems to be doing fine.