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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As others have stated in recent threads about veterinary care, please be mindful that those working in the veterinary profession are under tremendous stress, especially right now. What you view as evidence that a practice is a "money making machine" might simply reflect higher standards to at least offer every possible diagnostic test and treatment for your pet. More people have pets, their pets are living longer, and people are willing to do more and spend more on their pets' health and to prolong their lives. For every person who gets angry and leaves a practice for promoting "unnecessary" or expensive tests, there are others who will complain that a veterinary didn't do more to recommend and advocate for more extensive diagnostics and treatment. Client financial realities interfere with veterinarians' ability to provide the best possible care, yet clients blame veterinarians for not doing more to save their pets. Burnout and compassion fatigue are common.

By all means, find a practice with prices and business practices that work for you. That's your right as a consumer. However, exercise some compassion before judging the profession, including both veterinarians, technicians, and other staff, because they are under incredible stress. [/quote]

Nope.  It’s a very low-stress profession.  No one sues you like Ob/gyn’s and no one know if you do a terrible job drawing blood or performing surgery.  I used to do dog and cat surgeries in high school  - the vet said the animals would never be able to tell their owner who did the surgery but you can be sure the owners paid full price!

I went into medicine, have a real job with real standards and real stress.  Being a vet is a joke career.
 
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I don't know how long ago your high school experience with the veterinary practice was, but people not only file professional complaints against veterinarians all the time, but they also trash veterinary professionals regularly on social media. That's where much of the stress comes from. In addition, human medical professionals are never called upon by their patients to perform surgeries or provide other services for free. They fight with insurance companies, but don't try to pressure doctors into working for free.

Veterinarians have the additional challenge that their patients can't speak for themselves. They have to balance client relationships while acting in the best interest of their animal patients. [/quote]

Yeah sounds like Mr "I went into medicine" went to HS many many years ago. Things have changed since the 80s.

And you want to talk about stressful- try examining a 2year old Thoroughbred worth millions of dollars. Owned by either the mom or a Saudi prince. If the horse doesn't kick your head in....[/quote]

yeah, it's tough balancing pumping them up with enough drug to preform and having them die on the track [/quote]

[b]Race horses can't be drugged. [/b]They do urine tests after the race. It's extremely strict. One trainer got in trouble for using a dermatologic spray that contained corticosteroids.[/quote]

They certainly can and regularly are.  Many drugs are legal in racing, and so common as to be universal.  Phenylbutazone, or "bute", for example, is an anti-inflammatory that is super common in the equine world, and widely prescribed by vets as a painkiller for the wear and tear young horses forced to run hard from a standstill often suffer.

Source: I grew up on a horse farm that regularly bought and rehabilitated/retrained young Thoroughbreds from the track.  [/quote]

Not to mention the Lasix debacle.  Most horses are on a series of approved meds (there are like 30 of them).[/quote]

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