Ken Cooke
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Can my dog see a vet in Baja for $less$???
I have a Chihuahua named T.J. who has bowed out rear legs and will eventually need both knees to be fixed. Money is something I don't have much of,
and if I could travel to any of the border towns to get T.J. the help that she needs, I am all for it. This dog means so much to me that I will do
whatever it takes, but I don't want to rack up huge credit debt if I can help it. Any suggestions anybody???
-Ken
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Dave
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While vet care generally is much cheaper in Mexico, it's preventative and basic emergency care that's mostly provided. Elective surgery is uncommon.
As a whole, the general public and veternary community just aren't bent that way.
I may be proven wrong but I don't think your going to find this level of care in available in Baja. Maybe in DF where there are lots of folks with
more money than they could ever spend...but not here.
Good luck, Ken.
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bajabound2005
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There is a Veterninary School in Mexicali -- and we can recommend an excellent vet in TJ, Rebeca Serrano. Her phone is 664 215 0854. She works on
the Spay & Neuter Clinics in Baja. She speaks perfect English (and Spanish!). If she can't give your dog with the best care, she will recommend
someone who can.
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Bajavestruz
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Good luck with your puppy. Hope you are able to find someone. If anything happened to either of my doxies, I'd be shattered
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Oso
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Echoing the above, my experience is that basic care is much, much cheaper but I'm not too sure about the availability of the high tech stuff. Our vet
in SLRC is a guy everyone calls "Yeyo". He is fully credentialed with diplomas on the wall etc., but his practice is almost a sideline. His main
income is his feed and grain store with vet clinic in a small room in back. Last time Chu got his rabies/parvo shot there, it was $5 usd and he threw
in shots for heartworm and ticks as well. BUT, I was later irritated to find that the County dog license "authority" on this side does not accept
rabies certs from Mexico. Customs doesn't have a problem with them though.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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fdt
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Hey Ken
Check yur U2U, my wife Simone can help you or better guide you
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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Paulina
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Ken,
I also know of a vet in Ensenada that has done ortho surgery on my English Mastif. He fixed a very bad diagnosis made by another Ens. vet. who claimed
to have fixed our dogs leg, only to send him home with a cast hiding the surgery he didn't do. I guess he figured we lived in the states and were only
passing through and would figure it out once we got hom.
Dr. Antonio also was going to do surgery on my Bulldogs knees but Charlie didn't live long enough to have the opportunity to become bionic. It can be
done, you just have to find the right doctor. It sounds like ftd has some leads for you. Dr. Antonio has moved from the location we used, so I could
try to do some digging and come up with his number if need be.
P<*)))><
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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