I never had any problems like that with any vet I used - don't think I would have gone back if they had tried something like that.
All I meant when I first mentioned the possibility that vets spay early in response to customer pressure was just that - the owners don't want the hassle of a season and so the vet goes along with it. I don't much like the idea of that, but I don't think it is wrong. Trying to force you to buy products or treatments that you don't need for purely commercial reasons is a different thing altogether. I don't like that at all, and it would definitely damage the trust I had in my vet - and that is an essential part of the relationship. He would very quickly find that trying to pressure me to buy something would lose him what would otherwise have been years of custom...
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:36 pm
Paula Packleader
Joined: Jun 05, 2007 Posts: 198 Age: 29 No.Of Pets: 4 Pet Types: cats/dog
i think we might look into another practice, try and get some recommendations first. the practice we use has 3 or 4 centres in the area.. it just bugs me that they always try and get you to buy something, even if its not related to the problem that you went in for. i've heard one of the other centres that is further away is better than the one we use so I'm going to use them for the time being.
as for spaying, i'm going to have her done after the first season or maybe even the second one, depending when they happen. it seems like the best option.
maybe the first vet i spoke to thought it would be better to get her done first as we are taking her away on holiday and it would be more convenient for us.....although i can make that decision for myself
thanks for the suggestions everyone
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Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:04 am
Twig TopDog
Joined: Feb 14, 2007 Posts: 514 Age: 18 No.Of Pets: 10+ Pet Types: Dog, 2 rabbits and lots of fish!
Ooooo Just had a really cynical thought......Do you think that vets are now recommending spaying before the first season because they will be more likely to get money for incontinence meds for the whole life of the dog????? Surely even they wouldn't be that devious....Would they???
To make my views clear, I don't think 99% of vets intentiually try to con us, what I *think* is that the way they are trained delibrately twists the truth so as most vets don't know any better, my key example being that they are taught nutrition by a manufactuering company which is obviously going to be highly biased and only recommending its products, such as 'science plan'.
If a vet is taught its better to spay before, they will preach that, unless they do the extra research and weigh up the arguments. Whilst my own vet is very reasonable in price and doesn't try to give us unneccessary treatments, in the past other vets have. One guy offered to give my dog a painkiller when she hurt her leg, yet that would cause her to bound about as pups do, only furthering her injury, which she'd only feel after the painkiller wore off....
Some vets have a genuine love for animals, hence they became a vet, and they often go the further mile and research extra and learn the truth from the myths. Others either are there purely for the money or haven't the inclination to push themselves further and just sit there like a sponge and absorb everything they are told without questioning it. So I am not saying vets are bad, just some are mislead and I personally dont have 100% trust in any vet due to their training when it comes to things like diet.
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