Dog dental work
Discussion
Our vet has told us our miniature Dachshunds need some dental work, one a tooth extraction, and the other a very thorough descale, but probably no extractions.
They are fully insured and covered for dental, but the insurance company have said a a scale and polish won’t be covered, the vet has said what he needs is a bit more advanced but naturally the insurance company are non-committal and have just you’ll have to submit a claim and see what happens.
The vets are also very non-committal on cost, despite diagnosing them they’ve said it will be anywhere between £500 - £1000 each.
This seems a bit steep to me, but I’ve had a terrible experience with this vet so far and they have generally charged us an arm and leg for everything, including £139 twice in January because their vaccinations were 3 months late, so they said they therefore needed two doses one week apart, so nearly £300 for two tiny dogs for vaccinations.
Just wanted to sense check the above price and see if anyone has any experience of similar dental work and what they paid? £1000 for a scale and polish just seems like a piss take.
Also of the figures are a piss take, does anyone have any recommendations for vets around Berkshire/Surrey area?
They are fully insured and covered for dental, but the insurance company have said a a scale and polish won’t be covered, the vet has said what he needs is a bit more advanced but naturally the insurance company are non-committal and have just you’ll have to submit a claim and see what happens.
The vets are also very non-committal on cost, despite diagnosing them they’ve said it will be anywhere between £500 - £1000 each.
This seems a bit steep to me, but I’ve had a terrible experience with this vet so far and they have generally charged us an arm and leg for everything, including £139 twice in January because their vaccinations were 3 months late, so they said they therefore needed two doses one week apart, so nearly £300 for two tiny dogs for vaccinations.
Just wanted to sense check the above price and see if anyone has any experience of similar dental work and what they paid? £1000 for a scale and polish just seems like a piss take.
Also of the figures are a piss take, does anyone have any recommendations for vets around Berkshire/Surrey area?
Edited by Berger 3rd on Wednesday 22 November 10:25
Berger 3rd said:
Our vet has told us our miniature Dachshunds need some dental work, one a tooth extraction, and the other a very thorough descale, but probably no extractions.
They are fully insured and covered for dental, but the insurance company have said a a scale and polish won’t be covered, the vet has said what he needs is a bit more advanced but naturally the insurance company are non-committal and have just you’ll have to submit a claim and see what happens.
The vets are also very non-committal on cost, despite diagnosing them they’ve said it will be anywhere between £500 - £1000 each.
This seems a bit steep to me, but I’ve had a terrible experience with this vet so far and they have generally charged us an arm and leg for everything, including £139 twice in January because their vaccinations were 3 months late, so they said they therefore needed two doses one week apart, so nearly £300 for two tiny dogs for vaccinations.
Just wanted to sense check the above price and see if anyone has any experience of similar dental work and what they paid? potentially £1000 for example, for a scale and polish just seems like a piss take to me.
We only switched to this vet because they said they could do the keyhole spaying procedure on our girl because our previous vet couldn’t, she got booked in once for it and o got a call later that day to say they couldn’t do it because a tool they needed was broken. She got booked in again and they again called me later that day to say, actually, she’s too small for that procedure anyway!
Also of the figures are a piss take, does anyone have any recommendations for vets around Berkshire/Surrey area?
They are fully insured and covered for dental, but the insurance company have said a a scale and polish won’t be covered, the vet has said what he needs is a bit more advanced but naturally the insurance company are non-committal and have just you’ll have to submit a claim and see what happens.
The vets are also very non-committal on cost, despite diagnosing them they’ve said it will be anywhere between £500 - £1000 each.
This seems a bit steep to me, but I’ve had a terrible experience with this vet so far and they have generally charged us an arm and leg for everything, including £139 twice in January because their vaccinations were 3 months late, so they said they therefore needed two doses one week apart, so nearly £300 for two tiny dogs for vaccinations.
Just wanted to sense check the above price and see if anyone has any experience of similar dental work and what they paid? potentially £1000 for example, for a scale and polish just seems like a piss take to me.
We only switched to this vet because they said they could do the keyhole spaying procedure on our girl because our previous vet couldn’t, she got booked in once for it and o got a call later that day to say they couldn’t do it because a tool they needed was broken. She got booked in again and they again called me later that day to say, actually, she’s too small for that procedure anyway!
Also of the figures are a piss take, does anyone have any recommendations for vets around Berkshire/Surrey area?
Chasing Potatoes said:
Sounds about right. Ours had similar a few months back and the vet basically quoted worst case scenario (heavy dental) which was £950. Ended up being £750 and insurance covered it. Same size dog and area.
It’s quite a person intensive job which is where the cost comes in.
Thanks for the quick response, did that involve any teeth being extracted? The one that needs a tooth out doesn’t seem so bad, but the other one apparently isn’t as bad and won’t need an extraction, just a clean up.It’s quite a person intensive job which is where the cost comes in.
Chasing Potatoes said:
Sounds about right. Ours had similar a few months back and the vet basically quoted worst case scenario (heavy dental) which was £950. Ended up being £750 and insurance covered it. Same size dog and area.
It’s quite a person intensive job which is where the cost comes in.
Rubbish.It’s quite a person intensive job which is where the cost comes in.
The figures being quoted here are obscene. Admittedly it was about 4 or 5 years ago, but we paid about £300-400ish for our aging Labrador to have a couple of teeth removed and a polish.
Our old Welshie had some teeth out just before Covid.
It was a rate of X for the first one and then Y for additional extractions. In the end they removed over 10 and also removed a load of benign grows off his back when he was under. I was s
tting myself at the final cost but it came to only £188!!
Some vets bills are just obscene when it comes to pets. (this obviously was not)
It was a rate of X for the first one and then Y for additional extractions. In the end they removed over 10 and also removed a load of benign grows off his back when he was under. I was s
tting myself at the final cost but it came to only £188!!Some vets bills are just obscene when it comes to pets. (this obviously was not)
toasty said:
Note to self - get more Dentastix for the doggoes.
Just buy some dental tools from Amazon and give them a clean once a quarter. If you don't leave it for ages all the plaque just flakes off. Best £5 I've ever spent if vets charge a grand to clean their teeth.
This thread just reminded me to do it. Takes less than 5 mins per side. Rodders is 8 years old.
- especially as he was already under.Zetec-S said:
Rubbish.
The figures being quoted here are obscene. Admittedly it was about 4 or 5 years ago, but we paid about £300-400ish for our aging Labrador to have a couple of teeth removed and a polish.
So my experience and cost 2 months ago in the same area as the OP is rubbish but yours is valid even though it was 4-5 years ago. The figures being quoted here are obscene. Admittedly it was about 4 or 5 years ago, but we paid about £300-400ish for our aging Labrador to have a couple of teeth removed and a polish.
Okayyyyy.
To the OP yes. 8 out (not unusual for a 6 year old of her breed and 6 were very small).
Chasing Potatoes said:
Zetec-S said:
Rubbish.
The figures being quoted here are obscene. Admittedly it was about 4 or 5 years ago, but we paid about £300-400ish for our aging Labrador to have a couple of teeth removed and a polish.
So my experience and cost 2 months ago in the same area as the OP is rubbish but yours is valid even though it was 4-5 years ago. The figures being quoted here are obscene. Admittedly it was about 4 or 5 years ago, but we paid about £300-400ish for our aging Labrador to have a couple of teeth removed and a polish.
Okayyyyy.
To the OP yes. 8 out (not unusual for a 6 year old of her breed and 6 were very small).
Sounds a bit steep to me.
My elderly shepherd was in yesterday to have what we thought was 1-2 teeth out, big ones too. Vet had quoted us approx £500 but said it might get a bit worse if they have to take more.
In the end they did 5 extractions, cleaned everything that was left (still plenty), dog was on IV fluids just to help because of age, and taking advantage of her being knocked out (bit hard to examine when awake) had a check of a couple other bits, trimmed a bit of butt fluff to keep that tidy and clipped all her nails.
Was stting it stood at reception waiting for the bill (no insurance), came out at £525 so was pretty happy with that!
In a big town in Wiltshire.
My elderly shepherd was in yesterday to have what we thought was 1-2 teeth out, big ones too. Vet had quoted us approx £500 but said it might get a bit worse if they have to take more.
In the end they did 5 extractions, cleaned everything that was left (still plenty), dog was on IV fluids just to help because of age, and taking advantage of her being knocked out (bit hard to examine when awake) had a check of a couple other bits, trimmed a bit of butt fluff to keep that tidy and clipped all her nails.
Was s
tting it stood at reception waiting for the bill (no insurance), came out at £525 so was pretty happy with that! In a big town in Wiltshire.
Red9zero said:
We have recently paid £6k for an ACL op on our dog. My Mothers vet laughed and said he could have done it for half that. I like to think the vet we used took twice as much care to justify the price, but I doubt it
£6k. Yikes. Our Standard Poodle had an ACL done at our local vet school by a Professor of Vet Medicine and the cost was £3800.irc said:
Red9zero said:
We have recently paid £6k for an ACL op on our dog. My Mothers vet laughed and said he could have done it for half that. I like to think the vet we used took twice as much care to justify the price, but I doubt it
£6k. Yikes. Our Standard Poodle had an ACL done at our local vet school by a Professor of Vet Medicine and the cost was £3800.My dog is on a painkiller / anti inflammatory every day for arthritis. Its the std painkiller they give to all dogs so nothing special - a 100ml bottle lasts maybe 3 months.
Cost online for 100ml bottle £13.64, cost from my vet £52.00.
Its fecking crazy what some of them charge - im looking for a new one.
Cost online for 100ml bottle £13.64, cost from my vet £52.00.
Its fecking crazy what some of them charge - im looking for a new one.
If your vet is part of a national chain of extortionists vets, then expect open wallet surgery at every opportunity.
I am not in your area of the country, but have just moved from a national chain to a local 3 surgery practice.
First thing is that the consultation fee has dropped from over £60 inc VAT to under £40.
Surgery to remove a tumour and deal with another problem under general anaesthetic was around £500.
Previous vet charged £183 to put euthenase my old dog in the back of my car. No burial fees etc.
The vet I had 12 years ago charged £47 for the same service.
The only thing that was slightly OTT with the new vet was a £180 out of hours charge for seeing my dog at 7am amd make him vomit up something he had stolen off the worktop.
I complained because the vet had given me no indication of the size of this charge, and went halves with them on it.
Interestingly, the senior vet I was routinely seeing at the national chain left them a few months ago, having kept giving me private prescirions because she didn't approve of their meds charges. I was sad she had gone. She turned out to have moved to my new practice, and is my vet again.
I am not in your area of the country, but have just moved from a national chain to a local 3 surgery practice.
First thing is that the consultation fee has dropped from over £60 inc VAT to under £40.
Surgery to remove a tumour and deal with another problem under general anaesthetic was around £500.
Previous vet charged £183 to put euthenase my old dog in the back of my car. No burial fees etc.
The vet I had 12 years ago charged £47 for the same service.
The only thing that was slightly OTT with the new vet was a £180 out of hours charge for seeing my dog at 7am amd make him vomit up something he had stolen off the worktop.
I complained because the vet had given me no indication of the size of this charge, and went halves with them on it.
Interestingly, the senior vet I was routinely seeing at the national chain left them a few months ago, having kept giving me private prescirions because she didn't approve of their meds charges. I was sad she had gone. She turned out to have moved to my new practice, and is my vet again.
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