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What you can expect from our Initial Examination:

The physical examination is the single most important diagnostic tool that the practicing clinical veterinarian has to best evaluate your animal's health status. During the physical examination, the veterinarians at BNA will ask you many questions, some of which you may never have thought to consider. You need to understand that the specialized training that the BNA doctors have received allows them to understand your pet in a slightly different way than it ever been analyzed before (unless it has seen a holistic veterinarian previously).

The INITIAL examination typically runs about 50 minutes (we don't clock watch, but of schedule has become so full that we need to keep things on as close a time schedule as unforeseen medical problems allow. With two doctors at BNA makes it easier to deal with unforeseen medical problems, and still stay close schedule. Please forgive us if we are not running on time. We know that your time is as valuable as ours, but we also know that you would appreciate it if it were your animal in urgent need of our time, and we were spending it with you. And your pet will get our 200% attention, if it needs it, when it needs it.

One of the hallmarks of holistic medicine is its use of increased exposure between the practitioner and the patient. The Dr's at BNA feel that the more they get to see your animal, the more they can deliver the most effective healing advice possible. Acupuncture can provide a good vehicle for the on-going opportunity for us to fine tune our programs for your animal's health. Often, our clients bring us their poor suffering pets who have been to quite a few vets prior to coming to us, and they bring with them quite complex and lengthy medical records and diagnostics. It may take a few more visits in addition to the INITIAL examination for our Dr's to get a better sense of completion about understanding everything that is going on with your critter, and to be sure that we are well on the path to recovery, or at least have a viable plan.