{"id":83,"date":"2018-10-19T10:34:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T10:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicpowers.net\/?p=83"},"modified":"2018-06-20T12:05:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T12:05:31","slug":"choosing-a-vet-to-care-for-your-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a Vet to Care for Your Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-86 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/magicpowers.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/302\/2018\/06\/dog-1912874_1280-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/302\/2018\/06\/dog-1912874_1280-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/302\/2018\/06\/dog-1912874_1280-768x680.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/302\/2018\/06\/dog-1912874_1280-1024x907.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/302\/2018\/06\/dog-1912874_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Outside of the family members, the next important person for your dog is going to be their vet. They don&#8217;t get the option of choosing who is going to look after their medical care, so the responsibility is on you. If you have other pets then this will be a simple task as you probably already have a veterinarian. If you don&#8217;t then here are a few tips to help you choose one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Close Proximity<\/strong><br \/>\nIdeally, you want to find a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bva.co.uk\/You-and-your-vet\/Choosing-a-vet\/\">vet<\/a> that is close to your home. In the event of an emergency, you don&#8217;t want to have to travel a long distance to get the proper care.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flexible Hours<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you are a working family chances are you can&#8217;t keep vet appointments through the day. Try to find a vet that has evening hours or weekends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Service<\/strong><br \/>\nSeek out a vet that is able to perform all of the likely services that your pet may need. This may even include advanced diagnostics like x-rays or perhaps minor surgery.<\/p>\n<p>You may feel more comfortable using a vet that is recommended to you by one of your friends or neighbours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outside of the family members, the next important person for your dog is going to be their vet. They don&#8217;t get the option of choosing who is going to look after their medical care, so the responsibility is on you. If you have other pets then this will be a simple task as you probably&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":85,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dogs","category-5","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicpowers.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}