Reasons Your Pet Should Have Regular Veterinary Check-Ups
Routine veterinary visits help your pet live a long, healthy, and happy life. Annual or biannual exams nip emerging health problems in the bud and are key to extending your pet’s time by your side. Early detection and intervention allow your veterinary team to treat a disease in the beginning stages and then manage the condition with medication or simple lifestyle changes. Your veterinarian also can give you pointers that will help your pet live her healthiest life and stave off potential medical conditions. Pets age more quickly than people do. They have a faster metabolic rate, faster heart rates, and shorter life spans, so physiology and pathology go a little quicker as well. Many people have a physical check-up once a year by their own doctor or they get screening blood tests, ECGs, ultrasounds, and other tests. Many conditions can be detected early and dealt with. If you would be checked yourself once a year, shouldn’t your pet, who is growing, aging, and chan...