Amy's Groom Room

09/21/2026

October will mark my 34th year of working with dogs and I still just can’t with harnesses…🤣🤣🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤣🤣

09/21/2026

09/20/2026

Lots of side eye action this week🫣🤣

09/17/2026

Where are my chihuahua people?

09/13/2026

This is coming up soon! I still have 4 tables to fill! This is going to be a ton of fun and all proceeds go to an amazing organization! Even if you only have a couple people, I promise to pair you up with people you will like! Please share if you can’t make it!

09/12/2026

Busy weekend celebrating my niece and new nephew, a stop at Primantis for my favorite sandwich and a week full of dogs! ❤️❤️

09/08/2026

It’s fall y’all!!!

09/05/2026

Good morning all! I have my second surgery scheduled! I will be getting my right knee replaced 1/7/27 and will be restarting work 2/22/27. Please feel free to reach out to schedule your appointments to work around this!

09/03/2026

Curtis,

Thank you for your review.

Thank you for illustrating why we have the surgery deposit in the first place. We allocate a certain amount of time to each procedure so individual pets get the proper care that they need. As such, cancelling one of two anesthetic procedures less than 48 hours from the procedure date makes it very difficult to find a replacement. We have this system in place so that owners can plan to get a second opinion before their animal’s surgery. You had well over a month to plan accordingly. It would also be wrong to charge every other client’s surgery and dental more to make up for the lost revenue from a last minute cancellation.

As far as cost, we intentionally overshoot our estimate so that you’re not taken by surprise. A lot of invoices end up falling below the low end of our estimate as a result. Most of that price goes directly to wages, and our doctors and staff who are part of the care team deserve a fair wage. Not to worry, we still don’t charge enough for our services for them to make anything close to their human counterparts.

Speaking of human medicine, this notion of veterinary bills being more expensive than the human equivalent is factually incorrect. Anesthesia on a human would be multiple times pricier by itself than the entirety of your dog’s procedure. Humans see what they pay for healthcare after insurance and conflate that with what the procedure costs. Your bill with us would be a lot lower if you had pet insurance that covered for your animal’s procedure.

Sincerely,
Dr. Hung Vu
Kempsville Veterinary Hospital

09/03/2026

My first 2 weeks back were filled with doodles!! Ooodles of doodles!!!