Is it deja vu?

I recently changed vets for my dog.  It's a long story but I had changed vets around 5 years ago and I liked the vet initially.  Over the years though I've come to realize that she's really in the wrong profession.  She's afraid of dogs and I believe her negligence contributed to me losing one of my dogs.  Attributes I would think you'd want to avoid when looking for pet care.  So, at the end of last year when we were in the middle of getting my dog, Harley, off of steroids and she went on maternity leave, I decided to find a new vet.

I reached out to a friend of mine who I would trust my dog(s) with if something happened to me and she referred me to the vet she went to when she had pets (she lost both of her sweet babies within the last year and a half).  I took Harley to see this person and she was quite competent and nice and immediately addressed an issue he was having and he was like a new dog.  Perfect, right?

Well, last night I was reading through blog posts from my other blogs (yeah, this isn't my only blog - it is, however, the only one I've posted on in years) and apparently I "switched' vets about 7 years ago.  It's not specific and I only have vague memories of the incidents I mention but I'm pretty sure I had switched to the vet I'm currently taking my dog to.

It wasn't pretty.  After one visit and a few phone calls I went back to the vet I had moved from.  I didn't have an issue with the first vet, it's just he's so far away and it was making getting treatment for my dogs difficult.  It got bad enough that I did have to change vets 5 years ago.  At first the vet seemed good and competent but over time and a series of issues later, I realized I had to move again.

Finding good pet care is as important to me as finding good doctors for myself but the sad thing about it is, it doesn't seem to matter if they're a people doctor or an animal doctor, they just don't seem to provide the same quality care you know they'd expect if they needed medical attention.  I'm going to stay with this new vet for now but I'll be keeping my eyes out for any issues and I won't wait so long to make a change the next time.