Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic

In reality, our vaccines themselves have actually always been low-cost. In fact, in most cases, the vaccines themselves are priced lower at Kyle Animal Hospital than at many of the temporary vaccine clinics offered in the area. The overall expense in a standard appointment is greater due to the time involved in our standard office call, which includes a thorough physical systems exam, consultation on vaccine selection, and consultation on other wellness care issues such as blood testing, dental health, parasites, and so on. A visit during the vaccine clinic hours will not involve these in-depth consultations, evaluations, and associated charges.

At Kyle Animal Hospital, we believe in the value of communication, time, and a comprehensive examination. We are sure every client would agree that in an ideal world, every pet would have a complete wellness exam and consultation at least once a year. 

However, we do understand that it is not an ideal world, and sometimes (especially given the current economic climate), something has to give.

We are proud to be here 6 days a week for standard office consultations but are also gratified that we are now in a position to offer a low-cost alternative to the out-of-town, fly-by-night vaccine clinics.

The temporary, parking lot type vaccine clinics at times aggressively push vaccines that we feel are often not in the best interest of most pets, in addition to often being more expensive. Some of the cheaper vaccine lines have been associated with certain types of cancer in pets and some of the vaccines will cause misleading results on future tests. For more information, a simple internet search on "feline leukemia vaccine cancer" or "FIV vaccine positive test" will return volumes of information. 

Furthermore, some vaccine clinics attempt to unethically raise prices by advertising different rates for a "3-year vaccine" even though the vaccine is the exact same as the annual vaccine; it simply depends on whether the patient has had vaccines in the past. (Not applicable to feline non-adjuvanted vaccines--those are different vaccines). We assure you that the vaccines we use for our vaccine clinics are of the same high quality as those that we use during our standard office calls. Our choices of medication or vaccine for your pets are never, ever based on price alone. On this, we will not compromise.

We have private, off-street parking fenced from the major road. Our facility is indoors; your pet will not be handled in an insecure, outside area where they may panic and run off or someone else's pets may be running loose. This helps greatly minimize and in some cases eliminates the dangers inherent in the parking lot vaccine clinics. 

Once the parking lot clinic leaves, vaccine records are often very difficult to obtain if needed, especially in a timely manner. 

In addition, we have been a stable, contributing part of the local economy, employing local residents, since 1996. The vaccine clinics come in, take money out of the community, and leave.

During our vaccine clinic hours, we will see patients on a walk-in basis with no appointments. Our doctors will perform an examination sufficient to establish general health for vaccination. Your pet will receive the exact same vaccines as they receive during the week at the same low cost, without our office call, exam, and consultation fee. Routine wellness testing such as heartworm, fecal, feline-leukemia, or others, may be performed during these visits as time allows. If time does not allow, you may return any time during regular business hours for this testing at no additional office call charge.

We hope this service to the community will allow for more area pets to receive appropriate vaccines without clients being forced to use the services of an out-of-town, fly-by-night temporary clinic. As always, please feel free to email or call us for more information.