Hey motherfucker I’m your vet you could have just left me a Google review instead of blasting me on here.
Just kidding, I’m not you vet, but I probably know who you are talking about.
That’s generally what you will get in West O, unfortunately. They are catering to the rich couple in Elkhorn who spent $4,200 on a Bernedoodle and won’t blink and eye at being gouged, not the guy who adopted middle-aged dogs.
I’d recommend going to a more rural vet. Not sure where you live but if you tell me in general, I could pass along some recommendations. Also, you tend to get more down-to-earth vets at a clinic that does both large and small animal.
General rule of thumb is that if your vet has been elbow deep in a hoofed animal sometime in the last week, he ain’t gonna gouge you.
Edit: also, during Covid, the vet I’m pretty sure you are talking about implemented a policy where you stay in your car, they take your dog in, do whatever they see fit, and bring you the dog and the bill when they are done. I get that a lot of vets did something similar and had to adapt during Covid depending on location, but they took it ridiculously far in the name of being “safe,” stole a lot of people’s money imo, and kept the policy in place for far too long after Covid.
Personally, I said fuck you to the health department and kept completely open, invited people in, and didn’t change a thing, and it was so worth it.