[quote=Wickedheart][quote=briansd1] Don’t get me started on veterinarians.
They just try to upsell, upsell and upsell. They perform unnecessary services such as blood work on the poor animals. They push unnecessary pills at exorbitant prices.[/quote]
I don’t think most vets are getting rich on what they charge.
[quote=briansd1]I’ve said NO several times so the Vet doesn’t like me much.[/quote]
Most vets have been very understanding of my pocketbook and give me several options for care. Let’s face it when you take your animal to the vet it’s going to cost you. No point in getting mad about it. Did they try to guilt trip you? Then I don’t blame you for being pissed off, find a new vet.
[quote=briansd1] My dog is perfectly healthy (14 years old) and I don’t take him for checkups as recommended. I scrape his teeth myself. I buy the vaccines at the pet supply store and I vaccine the dog myself.[/quote]
Most pets are over vaccinated. Yearly vaccinations are over kill. People don’t get vaccinated every year. Your dog probably doesn’t even need to be vaccinated except for rabies at this point. I always go with the 3 year rabies.
[quote=briansd1]I expect my dog to live to at least 18, but when he’s too old and too sick, I’ll take him to the pound in Mission Valley and practice some health care rationing myself.[/quote]
I got news for you. It’s not that simple they require a letter from your vet stating the animal needs to be put down, seriously.
[quote=briansd1]I know people who take their pets to Mexico for veterinary services — much cheaper and better.[/quote]
I’m not ready to go to Mexico to the vet but I order my cats inhaled meds from Canada for a fraction of the US cost. I don’t know the US cost for the inhalers now but when I first filled Mr Kitty’s prescription 1-50mcg Flovent inhaler cost $80 dollars at Costco and 3-125mcg Flovent inhalers (twice the US strength) from Canada were $125. I could order that exact same drug in twice that strength (250mcg) from Vanatu right now 3 inhalers for $120.[/quote]
I agree with wickedheart. At least the people who I have had help me with my dog were fair in enough given consideration that they are in business. I am also kind of squeamish about pet’s needs so I appreciate they do what I can’t without barfing . The vet helped me put down my retriever when time came and I think that was a better experience than going to the pound would be. He did it in the parking lot on the tailgate of my truck and was very nice about the whole thing. I would kind of expect to be bossed around and condescended to in my time of loss, at the pound.
