Shouldn't your pet receive first class Veterinary Treatment AND be relaxed in their loving home environment whilst receiving that treatment from your Vet?
Actually, that is exactly what Mark The Home Vet offers.
Animals, understandably, feel stress when they are taken out of their comfort zone and asking them to travel in a car, sit in a waiting room with other stressed and noisy animals heightens these levels of anxiety. Your pets then have to undergo an examination with stethoscopes to listen to the heart and lungs and probing thermometers whilst standing on an unknown and strangely scented table in a small room. I know how I feel waiting at the Doctors despite the fact I can at least understand why I am there and what will happen. Pets can also feed off how you are feeling and start to feel similar emotions, for years I have watched worried owners sitting anxiously with their pet waiting to be seen by the Vet.
Now, transfer that same pet into its comfy, warm bed when the door knocks and you, the owner, calmly opening it to a smily Vet. The Vet is still there to examine your pet but this time your pet has not felt the stress and worry beforehand. We have time to listen to your pet’s body language, we sit on the floor with them, we ensure that they feel relaxed and comfortable before and during the examination. We have extra time to spend with your pet.
We strongly believe in treating pets holistically, in looking at the pet as a whole and not just treating the disease it has. We build a relationship where there is mutual respect. Your pet is much more than its disease, it has things its likes and dislikes, it has had experiences both positive and negative that cause it to behave in the way it does. When we work holistically, we listen to your pet, we want to learn about it, we want it to be calm and relaxed when we ask it to sit for its treatment or examination.
In Veterinary Medicine, there are times when your pet is poorly and that gentle loving hand to lift a head, or cuddle a crying sob away, works miracles in a healing journey. How does a human feel when they cry and they receive a kind word, or a warming touch or a hug is received? An upset cat that doesn’t want its blood sample taken can be eased through the process with love, care and attention by the people handling it if they have the time, compassion and empathy to do so. Veterinary practice is a busy place! and unfortunately, Vets and nurses cannot fix and help every pet that comes through the door.
But to that one pet, how you treat them is the only important thing to them and to you, the owners. The popular quote by Karen Davison explains that “Saving one dog will not change the world but for that one dog, the world will change forever”. How your pet experiences its Veterinary care can change “its world”, its whole experience. Your pet is not just a disease, it is a dog, cat, rabbit, a friend, a companion, a support, a trusted, loving, respected animal. It has lots of layers and these layers all need to heal.
If a Vet had the medical knowledge and experiences, the compassion and empathy, the time and your support as an owner, wouldn’t the overall experience for your pet be richer if we listened to them, let them be themselves in the relaxed environment of their own home? This is our vision. This is Mark The Home Vet.