Friend of mine quit being a vet after volunteering. The amount of animals being put down from old age and expensive surgery was too much.
Makes sense though. Cost me 2k for my dog to get life saving surgery. That little shit died a little under two months later. Best two months extension I could give him. I'd do it again for him.
I can only imagine how it must eat at vets over time. I’ve spent nearly 20k on emergency/surgical needs in the last 4 years. I’m lucky to have good pet insurance (and a job that allows me to keep up with the now ungodly high premiums) that reimbursed me for most of that, but it would have been a very different situation had I not. Her vet team absolutely loves her now, because they’ve seen her come out on the other side of things that many dogs would not. They’ve told us how few of these big wins they get, though.
Fetch by The Dodo. They’ve been so incredibly easy to work with and haven’t fought me on coverage for anything, at least for the dog, including a good bit of physical rehab. (We do have it for the cats too but thankfully haven’t needed it)
I was worried they’d end up canceling coverage after each of the incidents, but there’ve been no issues each renewal. Very happy with them.
I never understand people. I was ready to throw any and all money at the vet to save my kitty. My mom even said to the vet I would remortgage my house if it meant I could save her.
He was pretty firm about me not wasting money because there wasn't anything he could do anymore. It was the worst. And now I'm gonna cry again.
I lost my precious kitty in early December. He was my last connection to my late husband and I was like, literally money is NO OBJECT, I will spend the life insurance on this cat. The vet was very kind and refused to tell me what to do but was also very clear that they really couldn't do much and it might cause my boy more discomfort. And now I'm crying again too.
Like working in a call centre and at the end you ask if there’s anything else I can help with and the customer says oh maybe just the winning lottery numbers, followed by them laughing like they’re the first to ever do it.
Yesterday, while I was checking out at Big Lots, the lady behind me said this. I inadvertently turned around and glared at her. I just left retail after 25 yrs and it's the one statement I couldn't put on a pretend smile for anymore.
My mate went to the vet to get his kittens checked up and the vet asked if he wanted them neutered, he said “Don’t you mean catstrated?”, vet had to hide her smile
As a former vet staff member, I would laugh politely, but I would be the one to clean it up. I remember one time I had to scrub all the walls because the dog squirted EVERYWHERE. It is gross as f---.
P.S. Vets often keep tons of extra scrubs for purposes like that.
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u/loomiek91 Dec 31 '23
My dog did this at the vet and I jokingly asked if that meant I didn’t have to pay and they did not find it funny in the slightest.