Where would you file a complaint against a veterinarian? - Page 7

You are 100% correct, they accepted your dog knowing you did not want vaccines and for that reason they should not have given them. They could have turned you down.

But the solution to all of this is very simple. Don't use a vet. You seem to hate them, don't support them.
Let the holistic vet have your money and deal with the cancer issue. And despite the fact that this may sound a bit sarcastic, I am not intending to be.

I for one love my vets. But it took a while to find them and build a relationship that allows me to learn and them to learn about me and what I am looking for.

Honestly, Jenni, that's ridiculous.  Of course the expenses to run a physician's office, whether for people or animals, is of concern.  It's just that for a lot of people, their insurance foots 80% of the bill.  Vets don't have that luxury.

It amazes me that you expect to have all this knowledge at your disposal when you need it, and you're furious that you have to pay for it.  I have lived in a number of different cities in a number of different states, and have found fabulous vets in every one of them.  They, too, find the "root cause" of what is wrong with their clients' pets, and they don't over-vaccinate. 

If God forbid you have a hit-by-car or a torsion or a broken limb or a torn ACL, you are going to need a well educated PHYSICIAN, and in the USA, that costs money.  A lot of money.  Period.

 

 

"But the solution to all of this is very simple. Don't use a vet. You seem to hate them, don't support them.
Let the holistic vet have your money and deal with the cancer issue."

Exactly.  Good advice.

There's no charge for "intact" here.  I think they'd find they'd have a lot of people up in arms about it..Of course both of our dogs are spayed...Misty was an "Accidental" puppy...Oakley was spayed before I ever got her, at nine weeks of age.  The reason we spayed Misty is because we never intended to breed her or let an accident happen, and a neighbor who refused to keep his intact Malamute kenneled ended up with a litter of nine pups out of her when she was nine months old...Lost six of the nine.  So for idiots, spaying and neutering is the only option you have...But I believe that if responsible owners choose to keep their dogs intact they shouldn't be penalized for doing so.

The only vaccine required by law is Rabies...The vets I have talked to have said that the only others they really recommend are distemper and parvo.

Still, no vet should do anything with your dog that you do not expressly authorize...It's just not right.

Crys

 Let's not get ridiculous here.  Jenn has every reason to be upset by the way her particular situation was handled.  And from the way it looks she is correct in assuming it is all money driven.

Yes vets have to make money, but trickory is not the way to go about it.  I am lucky to have a wonderful vet who is willing to work with me and my holistic approach to my dogs event though she is not a totally wholistic vet.  Her prices are reasonable and there is no trickory involved in any of the charges I accrew.  Jen's dog was vacinated against her wishes. BOTTOM LINE

There are some vets who over charge for everything.  My dog was diagnosed with EPI and needed enzymes.  My OLD vet charged me 200.00 for a 12 oz bottle of viokase that cost her less than 100.00  That is quite a markup for something a dog needs for the rest of it's life!!!  To me that kind of management is what gets vets in trouble.  Now I by all of my prescriptions  online through other sources so they get no money from me for that stuff which if their mark ups were not so ridiculous I would support them and buy from them.  My current vet gets this and keeps her mark ups down, hence she gets my business. 

Tess, you somehow have managed to miss my entire point.  How you could come away with reading all this and thinking my point is that I don't want to spend money is beyond my comprehension.

I spend shitloads (yes, that's an exact figure, lol) of money on my dogs. Pretty much the largest chunk of my money goes to my dogs. More than my mortgage, more than my other bills. I spend the money on feeding them foods to keep them away from money grubbing vets, LOL. Just kidding, but seriously....some of you are suggesting that I just need to shut up and let them do what they want to my dog because some day I might need their help? Can you possibly be for real? They are in business. We pay them for WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO. Don't act like I'm complaining about charity workers, here. Drop the b.s. They're in it to make money, just like every other JOB out there. That's fine. But where else do you get away with inflicting potential harm against someone's wishes and then getting paid for it? I have no problem paying for services I want.

As to the "un" sarcastic comment about cancer and a holistic vet, if I ever had an animal with cancer, you can bet your last dollar I wouldn't put them through torturous treatments and if there was a more holistic way to ease their pain, I'd do it. Thankfully, knock on wood, all my animals are extremely healthy.

Lyn and Crys get what the problem is. I have the right to choose what I want done to my dogs. My dogs are not to be used to pay someone's student loan. Nor should I be made to feel guilty for being pissed that my wishes were flat out ignored by people supposedly interested in the well-being of animals. There are plenty of HONEST ways to make money, as Lyn pointed out.

Gee, perhaps if the vets were as smart as they were greedy, they would've realized that it doesn't pay to piss off a breeder who owns 7 dogs, 2 cats and 3 horses. They just lost approx $500 per litter in health certificates alone. All for $39.50. I hope they're pleased with themselves.

This thread is no longer productive...really. Like I said, I never asked anyone's opinion on whether I had a right to be upset. I simply asked for advice as to the most pertinent board to file a complaint with. Thanks to all who have extended helpful advice.

"I think the vets are just sick of hearing about all the "accidental" breedings. Nothing magic about it - they're brought up here on the pdb constantly, and you'd think these at least would be people who knew what they're doing, but nope, there's a lot of posts on here about "accidents." So it's frustrating for those of us who are responsible, but yeah, the vets have heard it all before....LOL, maybe I'll ask my vet how many "accidental" litters she's seen in the past 12 months from "responsible" breeders. Bet it's quite a few."

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Yeah, well, these same vets try to push Science Diet on me every time I come in and tell me that Orijen is bad food...and God forbid I talk about raw feeding or even home-cooked diets. I take a dim view of someone who thinks corn and soy are appropriate foods for facultative carnivores. Makes me question the rest of their opinions.

These are mostly urban, small-animal vets. I love all of the rural or large-animal vets I've been to.

Mollyandjack...you're right. the rural and large animal vets do seem to have a different outlook. Different values, too. Common sense approach to things, and they typically mind their own business much better. I also find them to be far superior when it comes to looking at a big picture and taking a more practical approach- they seem to have better intuitive diagnostic skills than their urban counterparts who emphasize expensive testing.

"Common sense approach to things, and they typically mind their own business much better. "

And apparently, they also know how to run a business better...don't do what the customer has explicitly told you not to do...they tend to go elsewhere. BTW, besides the vet-specific organizations, you might also be able to contact the state attorney general's office to file a complaint.