Just wanted to share this, in case it helps anyone else: Dr. Richard Stolper is one of the longtime veterinarians recommended on this list for the Valley -- including breeders/show people I've known for many years. I recently just took a bitch in for her hip xrays and met him. I was really very impressed. He was exceptionally patient, compassionate, deft in his handling, spent time as needed . . . able to obtain what we needed w/o general anesthesia/sedative. Costs were very reasonable, low for area. This is a young girl with GSD breed rescue, unaccustomed (in contrast to my dogs) to being handled all over, experiencing some significant pain. She was affectionate and sweet with the vet, but became very reactive once the more in depth examining began -- very guarded, flipping around, and did a fair amount of screaming in fear. I appreciated that the vet did not become irritated or impatient -- instead commenting that he could tell that she was not aggressive, just afraid, sweet and very "forgiving" (kissing his face all over after). A bonus to visit a practice very supportive of (good) breeders & with staff engaged in show activities (who chatted with me while I was waiting)! Cindy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================