I just moved to Utah a few months before my visit to Draper Animal Hospital with my 14 year old Golden, who had cancer (with huge tumors) and cardiomyopathy/heart failure. She had been chronically ill for a long time and was being managed very well by our old vet prior to moving. I went to Draper Animal for a refill on her prescriptions and to get some pain meds for her because it was getting obvious she was getting uncomfortable and heading down that path quickly, so my main goal was to keep her comfortable.
The vet pushed changing very expensive tests and wanted to change her meds, which I declined since she had been managed very well over the last couple years on the meds she was already on and I feared changing anything would cost her dearly. I explained that my goal was to keep her comfortable and there was nothing different we could do with the results of any expensive tests, but I left feeling like a horrible mom because I didn't want to put her through those tests to ""help"" her any way I could. She was 14!!
I took her to a different vet who gave me pain meds which came in very handy to keep her comfortable as she died a couple months later. I felt this place was much more expensive than our previous vet and was pushing for expensive treatments that were unnecessary and made me feel horrible for not wanting to do them. I will definitely not be taking my other dog there.
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