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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm really sorry to understand this. My vet, 20+ years, quit this past spring. I literally cried.  I am wondering how to save this profession. Maybe it's kind of organic, things change, but the profession has changed to take on so much more in only a short time.  Our relationships with our animals has changed. We have the technology to treat so much more and we want  to prolong our pet's lives with this technology. It costs money, not just with appt. dollars, but to train  vets in ever changing protocol, and they  have to charge more to do it. That means corporate  takeovers  and insurance companies...it's a domino  effect.

There are so many more women in the  field than men. They  are young women have families, and like dentistry,  want more flexibility. These are changing industries.

Meanwhile, clients need to stay off the internet and stupid facebook groups, holistic quack sources, etc. I really don't know how vets put up with that nonsense.

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Vet practice owner here - first thing you need to do if you want to change the profession is to open new vet schools.  There are so few vet schools in the US, so few.  The number of vets available to hire is incredibly limited.  We have been trying to hire a vet for over a year - any vet.  As you can imagine, supply and demand, salaries increase dramatically but we also can only justify so much of an increase to our clients.  They complain to us about increase in costs.  
Corporate practices (I am looking at you Banfield) are offering 60k bonuses.  The family vet hospital cannot compete with that and the new grad with 400k worth of loans is going to jump at that.  
Like human medicine, things change.  Vets are required to take CE and learn new meds, techniques, etc.  That costs money.  See comments about costs above.
Clients are frustrated about having to wait outside.  So are we.  We aren't getting any advice from the AVMA.  Our groups have abandoned us.  
Our colleagues are killing themselves - not figuratively, literally committing suicide in record numbers.  The stress is awful and if you ask any veterinarian, they know several other vets who have made the awful decision to end their life.  
Patience please.  That is all we are asking.[/quote]

+1   If you are reading this post, you should be on notice that most practices are very backed up.  Curbside took longer than regular visits, and almost every practice also has staffing issues.  If you need your annual examinations/vaccines for boarding or daycare, plan ahead. Most practices are booked up through September.

As to emergency care, in a perfect world, I'm sure that your vet would squeeze you in for a sick visit. This is not a perfect world and again, practices are backed up. You know what makes that even worse? Having hourly staff quit and not being able to find new staff because clients are so hostile, abusive, and angry that staff can no longer handle it.

Be a decent human being and take "no" for an answer. Plan ahead. Try to understand that these are difficult times.

Oh, and another thing, if something does not go exactly as planned, think twice about posting on social media that a vet intentionally killed your pet, or picketing the office, or even leaving a 1 star review because you couldn't get an appointment as quickly as you wanted. It's not helping anything and will drive more and more veterinarians out of the profession. [/quote]

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