A wellness exam is the appointment that makes every other appointment cheaper. Forty minutes, unhurried, with the first ten of them spent listening to you.
We examine nose to tail: eyes, ears, mouth, lymph nodes, heart and lungs, abdomen, skin, joints and gait. Everything is recorded against last time, because a single reading tells us far less than a trend does. Weight in particular — two extra kilos on a labrador changes a joint’s future more than any supplement will.
We finish by agreeing what happens next: which vaccines are actually due for the life your pet leads, whether the dental score has earned a cleaning, and when we want to see them again. You leave with that in writing.
