Current Clients
Follow-up Appointments
Follow-up appointments are an important part of treatment success. Clients and their pets who have seen Dr. Sherman or Dr. Gruen at the Animal Behavior Service will be monitored by office recheck appointments following the initial consultation. The fees vary depending on the amount of time required:
- 30-45 minute recheck $90 (updated treatment plans)
- 60 minute recheck $120 (involving complex problems or demonstration of behavior modification techniques and annual recheck for long-term clients)
Prescription Refills
Medication may be recommended for your pet, as part of the behavioral program. We would be glad to manage the prescribed medication for a year following the initial visit. If a refill is needed during this time, please call or e-mail with your specific request (your name, pet's name, pharmacy name and number, medication name and amount of medication given daily), and a note indicating how your pet is doing. Thereafter, we will need to see your pet in our office once each year in order to continue to prescribe medication.
Long Term Clients
Some patients continue to do best on medication after the first year. For these patients, we would be glad to continue to prescribe medication but require an annual office recheck visit to the Animal Behavior Service. We also need to know that your pet is in good health and is monitored annually by his/her primary veterinarian. If we have not seen your pet in over a year, please call us to schedule a 60 minute recheck appointment. Prescriptions cannot be filled for patients whose records are not up-to-date. Please bring with you to that recheck appointment the following:
- Your pet
- A copy of your pet's medical record, from your primary veterinarian.
- A copy of wellness lab results (CBC, Chemistry profile). This may be performed by your primary veterinarian at your pet's annual wellness visit.