Dr. Shadi Ireifej reflects on what veterinarians wish their clients knew – and some things they wish clients would just stop doing!
By Pet Pro Supply Co. Featured Veterinarian,
Dr. Shadi Ireifej DVM DACVS
Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer at VetTriage
All service professionals are frustrated by the number of things they wish their clients knew. Vets are no different. Some things may appear to be common sense in pet care, but not all pet parents grasp them. Here are some of the most frustrating ones!
Last-minute health certificates for airplane travel
It is all too common that when a health certificate is needed for traveling with your pet, the request for such a certificate arrives at the veterinary facility too late. It can often take 10 days or more from the time a pet visits the veterinarian (for a physical examination, vaccination updates, and any necessary testing), to the time where a health certificate stating that the pet is healthy and free of infectious disease can be issued to the traveler.
Since this process requires multiple steps, it is vital that the moment a pet owner plans or schedules a flight with their pet, that an appointment is made with a federally accredited veterinarian. This may require seeing a different doctor at the practice a pet owner normally visits or even making an appointment with an entirely new veterinary facility to meet with an appropriately licensed vet. Not every…
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