Poor Treatment of Vets

Hi all
Most won't remember me but I used to be a regular.
A friend of mine who is a vet posted this recently. My own vet has read it and is saddened but not surprised.
Please read, and consider whenever you are critical....I know sometimes vets do wrong, but 99% are worth your respect.
Jen

http://vetsbehavingbadly.blogspot.se/20 ... t.html?m=1

 

Thank you Jen,
Very thought provoking, and tragic.

P.S. - I do remember you. You were the very first person to reply to my very first post and you made me feel right at home. Thank you for that as well.

Carl

 

Thank you.

My condolences to your friend.

 

Oh my God! My condolences.

 

I remember you!! This is very timely information for me since I was mad at my vet this morning!! Thanks for posting - made me walk in his (or her) shoes for a moment!
Terriy

 

Sorry, to be clear, my vet friend wasn't the one who wrote the blog, she found it and posted on another website. My vet, who is also a friend, has been affected by nasty clients.

Over the years this MB has seen stories of some bad vets, but also lots of nasty vet bashing. I've no idea what its like now but I wanted to remind people about the power of the writen word, and the fact that vets go into the profession because they love animals

Nice to see you all again

Jen

 

Thank you for sharing that story, Jen. It is thought provoking, and eye opening. I also send my condolences for Shirley's family. I believe in karma... What goes around, comes around. Those cyber bullies will get theirs. Eventually.

 

Jen,

Thank you, it makes me look at my vet in a whole new light.

Terri

 

Who could forget Jen and Squeak?
Thank you for sharing this with us. It is heartbreaking and a reminder that if we all just treated people like we want to be treated...:/

Best wishes,
jeanne

 

Need to write again! Although, I believe, that we can all behave like jerks at times, those vicious people behaved in a criminal manner. Hope they face criminal consequences.
Sophie

 

What a heart-wrenching story... such a sad ending.
I can't even imagine yelling at a vet and I have had some pretty clueless ones.

 

I was in the vets office a couple years ago and a lady came with a couple cats and she was in the room screaming at the vet tech at the top of her lungs. I could hear it all the way out in the waiting room. Something about she could not bring her cat in again because it needed to be sedated or something like that.
Needless to say I felt so sorry for the vet tech, it was at the end of the day. I don`t know what people are thinking.

Terri

 

Gonna bump up one more time
Jen

 

Thanks Jen & Squeak.
I think all pet owners should read this.

Being a vet can be a very isolated & emotional profession. Dealing with animals in distress is one thing, but dealing with ungrateful, negligent & aggressive owners is another thing entirely.

We need to look after them just as much as they look after our animals.