Why Vets Are Getting Away With Murder - Page 3

Blitzen, et al:

I was in the Medical Industry for more years than I like to remember, as such I had significant exposure to a lot on MDs, DOs, DVMs, etc. Honestly, I found them no different than the general population. Some have impeccable integrity, some have OK integrity and some diagnose the patient's bank account before any treatment begins. Having said that, I also have been involved in dogs for a lot of years and I have had a lot of experience with dog trainers and they too  ran the entire integrity gambit, from unquestioned integrity to out-right crooks. 

If your doctor, be it human or veterinarians,  want to you to admire his diploma, tell him that does not interest you but that you would really like to see his report card.  Remember, 50% of all doctors finished in the lower half of their classes.

The best vet I worked for graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern and Penn - he had an IQ of 182. The worse applied 2 times to Penn, was rejected 2 times but accepted into the human med school on his first try. He wasn't much of a people person, so opted for one more try for vet school; on his 3rd, he was finally accepted. He was known to his professors as "no show Joe" for skipping classes. He managed to graduate, barely. That speaks volumes, doesn't it?

To me, doesn't matter where in the class my vet graduated. It's his ability to apply what he learned and his thirst for continued learning that matters to me. His integrity and conservative approach to a problem, along with his goal to make my dogs comfortable and healthy without unnecessary procedures is unquestionable and unfortunately not common among the vet community, I have found.

why are vets getting away with murder? because the pet owning culture allow them to get away with it. My vet treats me like an educated , respected client. I am not a peer, nor a pigeon

I am very grateful for my vet, she works with clients & loves their pets, & advocates for them tirelessly. She will do the best she can to give you the most service for the lowest price. And will always tell you when less is better, she gives vaccines every 3-5 years, will tell you what's been around, or not been around. She is honest, ethical, & very competent, but if a procedure is not her strong suite, she'll tell you her stats & who could do it better, & help you negotiate a decent price. And her practice is busy busy busy. But she never hurries you along. She did not come in when Kali was dying, but she had just had a loss herself, I think she also had an emergency surgery. Minor details....she knew & had supported us all along.

jackie harris

 

I agree with Kalibeck,my vet. is the same way,he is always very helpfull and try to save me money on prescriptions,vaccinations,visits and any way he can.Writing stories like Blitzen do don't make any sense to me,all vets. i had in my life were descent and carying people,and i think she has some personal problems with her vets,she is questioning their crudential ,professionalism, just her beeing a technician does not qualify her to judge other expecially those who were her superiors,and thanks to them she had a job.

If a vet isn't a good diagnostician, he or she is not going to be a very good vet. Animals can't say where it hurts.

If you click on the article in my original post, read the comments made by another vet who presents a less radical look at the veterinary profession.

You assume way too much, Pawlik.

 

Let me say that I have worked with one vet who had no business being in the field, and frankly I don't know how he managed to graduate from vet school in the first place. He freely admitted that the only reason he went to vet school was because his father was a specialty board-certified MD, his siblings were all professionals [MDs or attorneys], and he too was expected to go into a doctorate-level profession. His real passion and skills lay with auto mechanics, but that simply wouldn't do for his parents. He'd wanted to follow in his father's footsteps, even planning to join his father's practice and work alongside Dad and one of his brothers, but they flat-out told him they would never allow him to practice human medicine with them, so vet school was the default selection.

He didn't last a month at the practice we worked at...afraid of most dogs, OK with cats, but really preferred to work on animals that were under general anesthesia and weren't any threat to him. Did mostly dental cleanings and extractions for the few weeks he was there; had never done a dog or cat spay when he started, much to the practice owner's astonishment.

So Blitzen is correct that there are poor practitioners of the science, just as there are in any field, and it's up to us as owners and caregivers for our animals to make well-informed selections on their behalf, when it comes to ANYONE who is going to provide any kind of care to or for them.

 

Hexe and Blitzen you are on the same level,get a life,and look at yourself instead looking and criticicing others,if they were bad and unqulified Doctors they would loose licences and would never be allowed to practice as vets.beside they would never have clients and would their practices.I think you are both just jealous,because you are not vets.Believe me is not as easy to be a vet. and they not get the degree because their father or mother was a doctor.You both just don't have any idea how this work,and really would be very hard explain this to both of you because you already made up your mind.

What planet are you from, Pawlik?