Here's an article from todays' paper, which re-enforces my views of some of the veterinary profession......


Why I'm ashamed to be a vet: a shocking expose of the profession that puts pets through 'painful and unnecessary treatments to fleece their trusting owners' | Mail Online

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A very good article but it does not surprise me at all. I was with a vet with was constantly trying to sell me unnecessary and unwanted products such as prescription diets for my dog who had no allergy to food. Also trying to get me to buy wormers and flea treatments, and basically giving me bad advice and offering unnecessary treatments, all to make money.

However, I now have a lovely vet who does not try and force me to buy unnecessary products or put my dogs through unnecessary treatment.

I think that some vets dont have the vocation in them true. But I have to say that the author is quick to pts. I would like to have a caring vet that would do all possible before giving me that option (definitely nothing that is pointless). We have a lot of cat owners here that have had their cats for a long time after little hope was giving to them.

Interesting article but hopefully these type of vets are easy enough to spot. Thankfully my current one isn't like this and the welfare of the animal always comes first.

Additionally, I have to say his views on selective breeding mirror my own to a T. I've said this so often myself, practically quoting the exact phrase he used about going against natural selection.

Personally whilst I agree with him on some points this reads to me like somebody who has either failed or got bored in their chosen profession and knows nothing else so has taken to writing a book highlighting what we all know (that there are bad people and bad practioners in all professions).

If he really cared about animals he isn't forced to work in general practice, he could specialise in something whereby he didn't have to undertake the procedures he finds so abhorent or he could work within a practice that shares similar views. What about becoming a PDSA vet? They have no motivation for providing unnecessary treatment.

I remember reading this article well over a year ago, very sad state of affairs.

Good point Ali about the PDSA. My former vet who I admired greatly and trusted completely,actually worked for a long time with the RSPCA. Spoke volumes as far as I was concerned about his true motives though it was very obvious to all that animal welfare was at the forefront of his thoughts.

If I had the qualifications I'd become a vet and work to change this! You trust these people with your animal that means the world to you and they take advantage of this trust!

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i also think he was very quick to say put to sleep, and i think from this he really didnt understand the true concept of loving a pet and some treatments are worth it. I also think that as he was master of his own practice then to become disallusioned and give up because others are 'in it for the money' is also indicative of a quick to move on nature.

I am a childminder and there are some awful unscrupulous only in it for the money childminders, but that doesnt stop me striving to be the best childminder i can and help and change the way even if just a few work. If you give up it changes nothing, if you do your best then at least some people benefit from it.

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I totally agree with this vet on treating animals with very serious ailments. Even though WE know we may (or may not) have a healthy animal after a lengthy or invasive procedure, meanwhile the animal is suffering, a suffering that cannot be explained to a dog or cat. So for weeks, even months, he will be going through hell.
No life after that can make up for them suffering and just wanting to die.

Don't look at what is 'humanly possible', look at your pet.
If he is still wanting to fight his disease every inch of the way, and he is young enough to heal quickly and have a full and wonderful life ahead of him, you can start doctoring.
But if, at any point during the treatment, your pet is just being miserable and crawling into corners, not wanting to 'go for it' any more, respect the fact that he has simply had enough and wants out, that you are keeping him alive for YOUR benefit, not his.

I don't believe it is only greed that drives vets, it is also excitement over the things they can achieve. And of course, the owners who expect him to perform a miracle on their pet. They want to play God, but they fail to realize that, unlike humans, animals do not want to be kept alive at all cost.
When the suffering gets to much, an animal will hide away to die.

I believe that when an animal is giving up, trying to hide and die, we must let him, unless we can REALLY fix him, and without prolonged suffering. Prolonging a sick animal's life is not in his interest, only in the interest of people who refuse to let go.

Mind you, I DO approve of palliative care to alleviate suffering, but only as long as the animal himself shows he is not ready to go yet.

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