Posted by donjr on April 24, 2012 at 19:35:50 from (72.85.41.159):
In Reply to: The other side posted by Dave SE Mich on April 24, 2012 at 18:48:48:
Doc, I don't dispute the costs associated with vet school. My GFather was the first registered vet in the state, and I spent many a day, with the memories to boot, of traveling with him to many dairies and farms in our region, treating anything from horses and cows to parakeets and guineas. My main pick is with the salesman attitude of not only the vet but the VA's wanting to test and charge for just about every malady known to affect dogs even if there is no symptom or real need to. For me to take the animal to the clinic and be charged as much for the visit as my large animal vet charges me to come to the farm, and then twice because there are two dogs, is a bit of a stretch. I will be the first to stand in line and defend vet charges that are reasonable. My large animal vet is reasonable, and I depend on him more than I can ever thank him. But he has never tried to sell me on a bunch of tests and medications with 'almost every animal in the area is getting this dreaded disease' just to run the bill up. And when I looked at the bill for the dogs, and then checked my meds catalog from my supplier, I find the same flea and tick formula from them is about 50% of the cost from the dog clinic. My 'old' small animal vet retired about three or four years ago when she and her husband vet sold their practice and retired at fifty. They just built an $800k home on her father's farm, and now play golf and sail the Chesapeake all year round between cruises and parties. I guess I just have an appreciation for a good and dedicated large animal vet and am beginning to have some disgust for the sales business and those slick flyers in the pet clinic telling me how sick my dog really is gonna be.
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