I have been using Dr. Fried for about 3 years since I adopted my dog, Peanut. He is a 50 pound mutt that means the world to me, she has cared for him his whole life. What I like most about Dr. Fried ... Read More
I have been using Dr. Fried for about 3 years since I adopted my dog, Peanut. He is a 50 pound mutt that means the world to me, she has cared for him his whole life. What I like most about Dr. Fried is that she is very practical as well as attentive. Peanut goes to daycare maybe 3-4 times a month and at any point if he even LOOKS like he may cough I immediately call the vet and see what I should do. Frequently I am told that I should do NOTHING, and if he ACTUALLY starts to cough, I can give him this specific child's cough medicine that he seems to like. And other times if it seems like he needs attention or if the medicine doesn't work, she'll ask me to bring him in. He LOVES going to the vet, they've got a little fenced in yard in the back that he can play in if we've got to wait a while and they have a few cats that live at the clinic that peanut likes to bark at . Some times she'll just look at peanut and decide he's fine and we go home, other times she's needed to draw blood or take an X-ray, the X-ray is obviously done in another room but the blood draw is usually in front of us. She brings in another person and one person holds the paw and Dr. Fried draws the blood, I like to hold my dogs head but if I didn't I'm sure she'd just get someone else in there. It's quick and with just a little poke, my dog never cries or yelps! And I love that she tells him he's a good boy, like I would, it's really a good predictor of what I'm sure happens when you have to leave your animal over night or something. Recently peanut had a coughing problem and X-rays were taken and it was discovered he had some sort of dormant version of bronchitis that flared up every once in a while, she put him on a schedule of steroids that started strong and then weened him off slowly. It made his cough go away COMPLETELY, he didn't have ANY side effects and no weight gain either. She tells me the dog is fine when he is and fixes him when he's not, I'd never go anywhere else. Read Less