โApr-23-2016 11:34 AM
โMay-07-2016 06:16 AM
โMay-07-2016 06:01 AM
rockhillmanor wrote:
Yes I hope Doc you don't personally take offense. Certainly not intended to offend.
IMHO it's NOT the majority of 'vets', it's the new 'trend' of corp owned veterinarian clinics that are cropping up all over that stock them chuck full of 1st year vets, vet techs treating pets and pet owners becoming nothing more than an assembly line of consumers.
Just like shopping malls and Wally world drove out the mom and pop stores IMHO, I think these new 'corporate owned' 'assembly line type' vet clinics just might be driving out the old time small personally owned vets offices. The local vet just can't compete with the corporation owned type vet clinics that have ample finances and that have a lower over head.
AND they immediately shut down their emergency service also.
Leaving clients to have to go to one of those 24 hr ER Vet Clinics way across town in an emergency where it costs $800.00 to just walk in the door.Just try and find one of these corporate owned assembly line vet clinics that offers emergency service. Sadly you won't.
Now I'm looking for a new clinic too after having two of the new vets there working for the corporation, that suggested euthanasia for 2 different dogs I own simply because they were not capable of diagnosing the problem. Even after I told them what was wrong with each one. :R
โMay-07-2016 05:19 AM
winnietrey wrote:
Yep, you nailed it Rockhill. To quote Oscar Wilde (people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing)
What that means to me is, when you find a good vet, chiro, md, dentist, mechanic, who ever. who gives you great service, but maybe charges a bit more, spend the little extra money. Send in your friends. Keep the guy in business. To much price shopping, not enough thought on value for money spent
โMay-07-2016 05:07 AM
qtla9111 wrote:
Old-fashioned doctoring practices still exist. Not everything has to be a mega-business.
โMay-06-2016 05:36 AM
โMay-05-2016 02:11 PM
โMay-05-2016 12:32 PM
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
โMay-05-2016 12:18 PM
BCSnob wrote:
These folks never think about the massive loans she needs to pay off which she took out in order to learn how to provide the free care they are wanting to receive.
โMay-05-2016 07:39 AM
dturm wrote:BCSnob wrote:
Our friend goes to homes and dog events to provide vet care in addition to working in a small clinic in a small town. She talks about some people (even those she knows personally) wanting/expecting free care both at dog events and in the clinic. These folks never think about the massive loans she needs to pay off which she took out in order to learn how to provide the free care they are wanting to receive.
I'm not saying there are not vets/vet clinics that are more about the money than the care. I'm saying that clients attitudes may have help create the attitude some vets/vet clinics take with their clients.
I know it's hard to cover the costs of animal care in many cases. The flip side is that if remuneration for the vet is not consistent with the years of education many of the most qualified will opt for other professions. This leaves the people selected for vet school picked from a much smaller pool, thus lessening the talent pool.
My comments were not so much disputing that vet medicine has changed, become more technical, equipment intensive. It undisputedly has.
I have issue with the assertion that the quality of animal care has diminished. If it has, it's not the knowledge base available or the testing or equipment that is utilized, or the cost. It's the way medicine is practiced. That is by no means universal in the profession.
I find the blanket assertion that vets routinely order needless tests or procedures in the name of money, offensive. In fact, rarely are new pieces of equipment purchased unless there is an underlying need to improve patient care AND it already makes sense financially. It doesn't make sense from a business standpoint to purchase an expensive piece of equipment in the hopes of pushing the use of it unnecessarily in hopes of making money. Doing that is just stupid.
Doug
โMay-05-2016 07:39 AM
โMay-05-2016 05:59 AM
BCSnob wrote:
Our friend goes to homes and dog events to provide vet care in addition to working in a small clinic in a small town. She talks about some people (even those she knows personally) wanting/expecting free care both at dog events and in the clinic. These folks never think about the massive loans she needs to pay off which she took out in order to learn how to provide the free care they are wanting to receive.
I'm not saying there are not vets/vet clinics that are more about the money than the care. I'm saying that clients attitudes may have help create the attitude some vets/vet clinics take with their clients.
โMay-05-2016 04:22 AM
โMay-05-2016 04:20 AM
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.
โMay-05-2016 03:54 AM
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.