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[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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What a needlessly nasty response.  And please, check the data before you post something so nasty and erroneous.  For many years now veterinary medice has been ranked as one of the most high stress careers, mostly due to nasty demeaning attitudes like yours and the financial stressors of the profession.  For a while, vets were in the top 10 for suicide rates by profession.[/quote]

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