Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So.....you want the vet to save your pet’s life, but not guarantee payment for the treatment?

And you want your vet to diagnose your pet’s illness with telepathy and omniscience because you don’t want to run tests?

Believe it or not your vet needs to BUY A SECOND BOAT & SEND ALL CHILDREN TO PRIVATE SCHOOL & TAKE REGULAR TRIPS TO EUROPE AND THE CARIBBEAN BECAUSE THEY ‘DESERVE IT’ make a living. Believe it or not but the standard of care for pets is getting higher everyday....because owners demand it. Believe it or not, if the appropriate next step (tests, labs, etc....) are not suggested by a veterinarian, the vet can be found guilty of malpractice.

No one spends your money without your approval. Yes, tests are suggested that come back normal. Normal results does not mean a failure to do what is appropriate. It means that several conditions have been ruled out. Normal tests sometime give as much information as abnormal results.

So, yes vet care can be expensive no question. But don’t blame the vet or the vet hospital.

Either clueless or a shill.

Anonymous wrote:We are going through this now, with a terminally ill dog. The vet doesn't want to put her down until she can't eat or drink. The dog's pain and costs are irrelevant to the vet. Thousands of dollars to watch a dog die slowly.

Anonymous wrote:We are going through this now, with a terminally ill dog. The vet doesn't want to put her down until she can't eat or drink. The dog's pain and costs are irrelevant to the vet. Thousands of dollars to watch a dog die slowly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Whenever there is leeway to make more money, some people are going to push for it. Veterinary medicine and human dentistry are some professions where people often get unnecessary procedures because they lack the knowledge to make good judgements. Whereas general medicine has more checks and balances and the knowledge is out there.

In addition, emergency vet medicine is not regulated like human ERs and there is a time element that stresses people out. Add to that big corporations attempting to monopolize the emergency vet business, and WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? Prices skyrocket and customers are pressured into extra fees.

This has NOTHING to do with vets making a living.

But without a yacht are you really living?

Anonymous wrote:
Whenever there is leeway to make more money, some people are going to push for it. Veterinary medicine and human dentistry are some professions where people often get unnecessary procedures because they lack the knowledge to make good judgements. Whereas general medicine has more checks and balances and the knowledge is out there.

In addition, emergency vet medicine is not regulated like human ERs and there is a time element that stresses people out. Add to that big corporations attempting to monopolize the emergency vet business, and WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? Prices skyrocket and customers are pressured into extra fees.

This has NOTHING to do with vets making a living.

Anonymous wrote:So.....you want the vet to save your pet’s life, but not guarantee payment for the treatment?

And you want your vet to diagnose your pet’s illness with telepathy and omniscience because you don’t want to run tests?

Believe it or not your vet needs to make a living. Believe it or not but the standard of care for pets is getting higher everyday....because owners demand it. Believe it or not, if the appropriate next step (tests, labs, etc....) are not suggested by a veterinarian, the vet can be found guilty of malpractice.

No one spends your money without your approval. Yes, tests are suggested that come back normal. Normal results does not mean a failure to do what is appropriate. It means that several conditions have been ruled out. Normal tests sometime give as much information as abnormal results.

So, yes vet care can be expensive no question. But don’t blame the vet or the vet hospital.

Anonymous wrote:We are going through this now, with a terminally ill dog. The vet doesn't want to put her down until she can't eat or drink. The dog's pain and costs are irrelevant to the vet. Thousands of dollars to watch a dog die slowly.

Anonymous wrote:We are going through this now, with a terminally ill dog. The vet doesn't want to put her down until she can't eat or drink. The dog's pain and costs are irrelevant to the vet. Thousands of dollars to watch a dog die slowly.

Anonymous wrote:So.....you want the vet to save your pet’s life, but not guarantee payment for the treatment?

And you want your vet to diagnose your pet’s illness with telepathy and omniscience because you don’t want to run tests?

Believe it or not your vet needs to make a living. Believe it or not but the standard of care for pets is getting higher everyday....because owners demand it. Believe it or not, if the appropriate next step (tests, labs, etc....) are not suggested by a veterinarian, the vet can be found guilty of malpractice.

No one spends your money without your approval. Yes, tests are suggested that come back normal. Normal results does not mean a failure to do what is appropriate. It means that several conditions have been ruled out. Normal tests sometime give as much information as abnormal results.

So, yes vet care can be expensive no question. But don’t blame the vet or the vet hospital.

Anonymous wrote:So.....you want the vet to save your pet’s life, but not guarantee payment for the treatment?

And you want your vet to diagnose your pet’s illness with telepathy and omniscience because you don’t want to run tests?

Believe it or not your vet needs to make a living. Believe it or not but the standard of care for pets is getting higher everyday....because owners demand it. Believe it or not, if the appropriate next step (tests, labs, etc....) are not suggested by a veterinarian, the vet can be found guilty of malpractice.

No one spends your money without your approval. Yes, tests are suggested that come back normal. Normal results does not mean a failure to do what is appropriate. It means that several conditions have been ruled out. Normal tests sometime give as much information as abnormal results.

So, yes vet care can be expensive no question. But don’t blame the vet or the vet hospital.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most vets take interest free payments. We have split most large bills into 6 monthly installments at no additional costs. He didn't have a formal plan or a pre approved card or anything like that so I just popped in there with a check on the 1st of every month. This is something that was never advertised but welcomed as soon as I brought it up. I say that so you have the courage to bring it up because I think its a pretty common request.

That's very civilized, and how it should be given the astronomical bills. Friendship Animal Hospital said we had to pay the whole 8K up front. We didn't have it, it was awful. Though it would have been hard, we gladly would have used a payment plan over six months.

Friendship Animal hospital is a bunch of crooks. They kept our dog for almost 4 days for a vestibular incident. Which if you look it up can be treated by giving a dog antibiotics and keeping them at home. Thank god we had pet insurance. Also...as other stated they suggested a number of unnecessary tests.

We just took our dog into Friendship Animal Hospital yesterday for what we thought was a stroke but is actually Vestibular Disease. They gave our dog shot to help the nausea and some of the same medication in a pill form to administer at home, along with tips for us to care for him at home and sent us on our way. The bill was $295.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most vets take interest free payments. We have split most large bills into 6 monthly installments at no additional costs. He didn't have a formal plan or a pre approved card or anything like that so I just popped in there with a check on the 1st of every month. This is something that was never advertised but welcomed as soon as I brought it up. I say that so you have the courage to bring it up because I think its a pretty common request.

That's very civilized, and how it should be given the astronomical bills. Friendship Animal Hospital said we had to pay the whole 8K up front. We didn't have it, it was awful. Though it would have been hard, we gladly would have used a payment plan over six months.

Friendship Animal hospital is a bunch of crooks. They kept our dog for almost 4 days for a vestibular incident. Which if you look it up can be treated by giving a dog antibiotics and keeping them at home. Thank god we had pet insurance. Also...as other stated they suggested a number of unnecessary tests.