The Veterinary Industrial Complex
My Big Dog Nigel became seriously ill recently and in the end and after more than 15 days of not eating and many vet visits to two different vets, multiple medications and innumerable tests (all incon...
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qtla9111 wrote:BCSnob wrote:
We have a good friend who is a vet and certified chiro vet. I am amazed how many people want to get diagnostic advise for free or chiro diagnosis for free.
"Can you look at my pet and tell me what's wrong; it's not doing well"
It's probably no different for auto mechanics being asked to look at someone's car for free and tell the owner why it's not running right.
It's a two way street.
I think that depends if the vet, like a doctor, is a family vet with a long term relationship with the patient.
Old-fashioned doctoring practices still exist. Not everything has to be a mega-business.
Yes. I've been with the owner vet of the group I use since I was 16 years old. I'm 53 now. He started out as a one-man show (not even a receptionist) in a single wide trailer that grew into a four vet practice in a large brick facility that also offers grooming and boarding and now has many employees (including three full time receptionists/front office staff). But I still get very personal attention. If I shopped around from vet to vet I wouldn't expect to get treated quite the same as I am where they know me so well. But over all those years and all the changes I can't say that the pricing has ever jumped more than the usual keeping-up-with-the-COL amounts.
