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<blockquote data-quote="Vicky the vet" data-source="post: 345331" data-attributes="member: 1026"><p>Ok, my thoughts on this issue.....</p><p></p><p>I get paid a lot more money working with small animals, I can do more progressive medicine, I'm rarely told that "a bullet is cheaper doc"....and I can usually get more co-operation on treatment. Plus it's warmer, cleaner and I have amazing facilities, technicians and equiptment to use.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, however, I still do large animal as well. I happen to like driving, I like working with cattle and horses. My clients won't wait until an animal is almost dead from trying every idea they have to save it to call me....because there isn't much point then! It's a challenge to diagnose with almost no data, and it can be incredibly rewarding. My biggest complaint from what I read on this board is that all who complain about how <strong>expensive</strong> a vet is, how they do everything for themselves to <strong>save</strong> all that money, then complain that they can't get one out because they prefer to do small animals instead. What exactly are the vets supposed to live on while waiting for the call which will rarely come? Would you want to be poor (which vets certainly can be), wondering how to make your payments and then getting complaints on how expensive your bill is??? Try comparing a vet bill to a plumber sometime. Nothing against plumbers, but a vet has a heck of a lot more expensive education.....</p><p></p><p>Sorry if I'm ranting, I was up all night and need to go to bed...</p><p></p><p>V the v</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vicky the vet, post: 345331, member: 1026"] Ok, my thoughts on this issue..... I get paid a lot more money working with small animals, I can do more progressive medicine, I'm rarely told that "a bullet is cheaper doc"....and I can usually get more co-operation on treatment. Plus it's warmer, cleaner and I have amazing facilities, technicians and equiptment to use. Having said that, however, I still do large animal as well. I happen to like driving, I like working with cattle and horses. My clients won't wait until an animal is almost dead from trying every idea they have to save it to call me....because there isn't much point then! It's a challenge to diagnose with almost no data, and it can be incredibly rewarding. My biggest complaint from what I read on this board is that all who complain about how [b]expensive[/b] a vet is, how they do everything for themselves to [b]save[/b] all that money, then complain that they can't get one out because they prefer to do small animals instead. What exactly are the vets supposed to live on while waiting for the call which will rarely come? Would you want to be poor (which vets certainly can be), wondering how to make your payments and then getting complaints on how expensive your bill is??? Try comparing a vet bill to a plumber sometime. Nothing against plumbers, but a vet has a heck of a lot more expensive education..... Sorry if I'm ranting, I was up all night and need to go to bed... V the v [/QUOTE]
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