What a formal transfer usually includes
Most practices will send core clinical records on request, diagnoses, treatments, vaccination history. What's less consistently included is the informal context, the notes a vet made mentally rather than officially, or the day-to-day pattern you've noticed that never made it into a formal record.
Why it's worth keeping your own copy anyway
- Transfers can take time, and a new vet's first appointment often can't wait for paperwork
- Your own daily observations were never going to be part of an official record in the first place
- A record you control moves with you regardless of how any single practice handles transfers
What to actually bring to the first appointment
Current medications and doses, known conditions, recent vitals trends, and anything currently being monitored. A new vet forming an accurate picture quickly depends heavily on what you're able to bring, not just what eventually arrives from the old practice.
Why this is easier with a running record already
If Halo has already been tracking medications and vitals, switching vets doesn't mean losing anything, the record lives with you rather than with any particular practice, and the same Carer's Pack built for a sitter works just as well handed to a new vet.