Breaking in a new veterinarian isn’t something one does every day.  Our vet of over 20 years suddenly retired due to ill-health, we weren’t warned ahead of time so were a bit in shock when we tried to make an appointment for Patty with him and got the surprising news that he was no longer there.

     The clinic has two new vets that we’ve never met so we had to make a quick choice.  We chose the one our vet had mentored and who has two terriers, a Westie and a Cairn.  Patty’s appointment was with her yesterday. We went with a great deal of concern, it’s been a long time since we’ve had a new vet.

     We shouldn’t have worried.  Patty liked her.  Patty kept giving her kisses.  That’s a huge plus. She checked Patty’s arm pit lump and decided that it was most likely a fatty tumor and we should just monitor it.  If it grows larger in size, we’ll have her remove it.

     Next we get to see what Gavin thinks of having a new vet.  Since he does love women it might be easier on him.   Knowing him, that should be a very interesting appointment.  We did warn her about him and his quirks.