Pet Peeve #?

Madeleine Jacobs

I’ve lost track of how many things pet my peeves, but there are more and more as I get more ‘mature.’

This time, the rant is about pet medicine. We have a really good vet. We got Sentinel (a heartworm+med) from him for Amber and have been giving her one tablet a month for a long time. We also need to save money where we can, so we have been getting the refills from Chewy.com for several years now.

I tried to order a new supply for Amber last week. On checkout, I discovered a new rule: you have to provide your vet’s information so that Chewy can get the vet’s okay before the medicine is shipped. I gave the information and paid for my purchase. At the end of last week I got a phone call from Chewy that my vet said he would rather we go through HIM, rather than buy the medicine from Chewy.

So now I have had to

• go through Chewy and Paypal in order to get the order cancelled and the money I paid refunded.
• go to my vet’s office to buy the medication now, costing us quite a bit more money and time.

I guess this is yet another example of our government ‘protecting us.’ That’s one of my pet peeves. I just want to

• do what I want to do without interference.
• The other peeve I will try to solve when we see our vet at the end of the week. If he did, in fact, deny my ability to go through Chewy when he highly recommended Sentinel for Amber, I want to know WHY.

End of rant.