We haven't had him fully vetted. My horse vet looked him over briefly soon after Homer showed up here. We wormed him because I could see tapeworm segments coming out of him, but we haven't had him in for shots yet. I don't panic about shots in older dogs as much as we would a puppy. We don't have any rabies or distemper around here to speak of, and if he hadn't already had shots in his life he wouldn't have made it to 3 months old without Parvovirus vaccine. Adult dogs don't get it.
Our vet budget needed a break after the winter teeth and sheath appointment for the horses. We'll take him in when Gidget is due for shots this spring.
Shelley has been an expensive dog this year, what with the snake bite, tearing her side open on the agility field, and then a nasty tummy bug (which thankfully is on the mend - I never thought I would rejoice so much over a Normal Bowel Movement . . . < roll eyes > ). When our vet walked in the examining room, she led with "We've got to stop meeting like this!" All I could say was Amen. And the cats have had their fair share - my big Siamese male had to have all his remaining molars pulled due to gingivitis and gum infections, it's given him a new lease on life, he even plays with the kitten and stares down the dog - but OMG the bill!
My vet has a brand new toy - a fiber optic scope to look inside the ears. Shelley has the usual recurrent Lab ear crud . . . and the vet gave me a tour of her ears, it was neat - full color and the resolution is so good that you can see every little detail of the ear, including the eardrum. I'm sure if there were scarring in there from an old infection, the camera would pick it up.