Portland’s about to become home to a new kind of business: VetPronto. The company's founder describes it as an "Uber for veterinarians." VetPronto is scheduled to arrive in Portland at the end of January.

The pitch is that you can have a vet come to your home, instead of taking your pet to a clinic.

“Actually, house calls are not any more expensive than vet visits and it kind of makes sense when you think about it," Waltman said. "We don’t have any overhead of a hospital like rent, idle staff and big expensive equipment.”

Would you consider making house calls?

Will it be expensive?  Click the link to read the full article from kuow.org.

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