The Integrative Second Opinion
The second set of eyes your pet deserves. A written analysis of what is actually going on,
followed by a working session with someone who reads trends, not snapshots.
Simie at twenty years of age. One of the oldest living dogs, now living in Switzerland. Once labeled unadoptable at eight.
If we are doing everything right,
why are pets living shorter lives?
Most pet parents leave the vet with more questions than answers.
The labs came back "normal" but something is clearly off. The diagnosis is vague. The plan is a half-sheet of paper. Every question gets a version of "let's watch and see."
That is not because vets do not care. Most of them do. It is because the conventional veterinary system is built for throughput and shaped by corporate and pharmaceutical incentives that were never designed with your individual pet in mind.
Dogs used to live to fifteen, eighteen, even twenty. Thriving. Until they weren't. Today the average Golden Retriever makes it to nine.
Something has to change. It starts with a second set of eyes.
What the Integrative Second Opinion is
It is a structured review of your pet's health, delivered in two parts.
Part one: a written analysis.
You send me what you have on your pet. That might be one set of labs. It might be three years of records, imaging, specialist notes, and a binder full of observations. It might be nothing but your own notes on what has been off. Current diet, medications, supplements, recent issues, the things that have been nagging at you.
Whatever you have is the right starting place.
Within 48 to 72 hours of receiving your intake, I send you a written analysis covering:
Trend analysis across your pet's lab history
Flags the standard reference ranges may have missed
Tests that should be running but likely are not (UPC ratio, SDMA, blood pressure)
A prioritized next-step list, specific to your pet
The exact questions to bring to your next vet appointment
Part two: a working session.
We get on a call. Phone or video. Usually forty-five minutes to an hour. Sometimes longer if we need it.
This is not a sales call. It is the conversation the vet appointment was supposed to be. We walk through what I am seeing. We talk through your pet specifically. We build out what comes next together.
You walk away with clarity, a written record, and a direction.
What you are actually buying
You are not buying an hour of my time.
You are buying a different trajectory for your pet. A real read on where things are heading, before it becomes the thing nobody caught in time. The second set of eyes the conventional system is not set up to give you.
The offer
The Integrative Second Opinion
Normally $350. Available to new clients at $247 while I build this practice.
What you get:
A written analysis of your pet's health, delivered within 48 to 72 hours of your intake
A forty-five to sixty-plus minute working session, phone or video
A prioritized next-step list specific to your pet
The exact questions to bring to your next vet appointment
Clarity, a written record, and a direction