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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a vet.  He says patients' owners frequently try to wheedle him into doing services for reduced fees (or free).  He has owners who throw mini tantrums when they are told the price of a treatment, and sometimes demand to know whether he really cares about animals at all or is only in it "for the money."

He is so stressed and works so hard.  The clinic is expensive to run and while he would love to give services for reduced fees, he can't.  Besides, he worked hard to complete rigorous medical training and is a professional offering a real specialized service: most people would never dream of trying to talk a medical specialist for humans down to lower fees, or question their intentions in offering a treatment.

Why are doctors for humans somehow considered more ethical and trustworthy than vets?  You don't become a vet for the money, because there just isn't that kind of money in it.  If someone capable of completing medical training wishes to go for $$$, he/she is more likely to treat humans because that is where you make the kind of high income people seem to think vets achieve.

Anyway, my kid is only in his first year of work and I am shocked at how much role the owners' behavior has on his job satisfaction, and also at how rude and insulting people can be to him when he truly just wants to help the animals.  Please be nice to your vet, people.  There are no ulterior motives and they aren't making fortunes.[/quote]

there are a lot of pet owners who simply can't afford the treatments vets recommend. Some vets do make it about the money- go to an emergency vet and they will swipe your credit card before even glancing at your dying dog[/quote]

If you can't afford the care- just say I'm sorry I can't afford it. No problem. The issue is when people can't afford it they turn it around on the vet and try to make it the vet's fault and their problem to fix. The emotional blackmail, temper tantrums, whining, begging, guilt, anger-- these are not ok.

Get good pet insurance or be quiet. Noone forced you to buy a mini bernadoodle for 4k. Take some responsibility.

I'm a vet that is no longer practicing b.c of the client/money problems. And I never pushed anything I thought wasn't medically necessary and I always offered Plans A, B and C. [/quote]

pet insurance excludes just about anything expensive. If you want to talk about emotional black mail, tell a vet that you can't afford surgery on your dog and see how that goes [/quote]
There are insurance plans that cover expensive surgeries. Guess you went for the cheap plan.[/quote]

can you point to one? They don't exist, they cover wellness care and events that will never happen and exclude anything likely to happen. That's how insurance work- if they covered everything they wouldn't be profitable [/quote]

I have Nationwide. They cover cruciate surgery, back surgery, bloat etc. Most plans actually DONT cover wellness. VPI and Embrace are good too.[/quote]

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