tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990890778229196792.post5014807529500194749..comments2024-03-25T00:30:44.421-07:00Comments on Veterinarians Behaving Badly: Big Dog Little Dog, or why I want to stay in school foreverwebhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938934194973454729noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990890778229196792.post-55342040560754819962013-09-07T20:49:26.356-07:002013-09-07T20:49:26.356-07:00Rest assured: it's not just the US. Seen it in...Rest assured: it's not just the US. Seen it in the UK and now seeing it in the Netherlands. This kind of stupidity is international.Buur van Urkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11914750737695200490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990890778229196792.post-60749780506593646642013-09-06T08:08:20.436-07:002013-09-06T08:08:20.436-07:00I'm relatively young so I can't judge exce...I'm relatively young so I can't judge except by my parents' and grandparents' stories of working in public service but, as frustrating as our experiences are, I think they are less the decline of society and more the usual drag of dealing with the public. Some people have always been stupid and careless and in previous generations vets WERE expected to be available 24/7 because many areas had no emergency hospital. When I talk to my mom, the accountant, and my dad, a graphic artist, their experiences have been very similar throughout their careers (people wanting things for free, complaining about a poor outcome when they don't follow the professional's advice, wanting unreasonable amounts of time and effort or expecting the impossible). It's sadly not an uncommon or new thing in my opinion. It's just more frustrating for us because we deal with innocent animals who are suffering or dying and their families who are usually distraught despite the fact that they caused it. It takes an emotional toll unlike most other jobs. I was venting back and forth with my parents last night as we had all had a tough week, but when I got to the part where I spent my lunch break decapitating a rabies suspect after consoling its sobbing owner they said "oh, yeah sometimes we forget how hard your job really is"kinkajouragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13311471542574800281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990890778229196792.post-39191880789013160552013-09-03T19:21:36.342-07:002013-09-03T19:21:36.342-07:00" I'm not sure if it makes me feel part o..." I'm not sure if it makes me feel part of a cohesive group or sad for the future of my country."<br />They're not mutually exclusive, indeed I think they go hand in hand. <br />I never really had ay intentions on getting into this line of work, it honestly just sort of happened (I'm an unlicensed tech of 10 years). I feel supremely lucky to be working in feline-only practice, as it seems to weed out a lot teh dumz that I saw when I worked in a mixed practice. The only cure for what ails our country is education that focuses on critical thinking, the very thing education has been getting away from the past 30 or so years. I weep with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990890778229196792.post-64780227346301780332013-09-03T09:06:38.634-07:002013-09-03T09:06:38.634-07:00They sound like card-carrying members of the AAC.
...They sound like card-carrying members of the <a href="http://vetsbehavingbadly.blogspot.com/2012/08/aac-charter-theyre-organizing.html" title="AAC Charter - They're Organizing" rel="nofollow">AAC</a>.<br /><br />I'm hopeful that with the increase in required observation hours for veterinary school application that more prospective students will see the segment of animal-owning America that is both crazy <i>and</i> stupid, but on the other hand I'm not hopeful that this exposure will impart the dose of reality it ought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990890778229196792.post-38108550337181345872013-09-03T08:01:54.923-07:002013-09-03T08:01:54.923-07:00There is a part of me that is very cynical & t...There is a part of me that is very cynical & then another part that tries to approach things with alacrity. Some days I'm not sure which part is winning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990890778229196792.post-43942420138765907662013-09-03T07:16:53.121-07:002013-09-03T07:16:53.121-07:00You know, we started VBB as a group that wanted an...You know, we started VBB as a group that wanted and needed to vent about the shit we see on a daily basis, and a small part of me thought that our group "came together" because the daily shit common ground. Alas, with this blog, we have discovered this truly is a profession-wide thing, not made up by a select few who are burned out or negative, but rather by a profession suffering from the ever increasing stupidity of the American public. I'm not sure if it makes me feel part of a cohesive group or sad for the future of my country.Doctor Sarcasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563850006906918486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990890778229196792.post-91433263190791365122013-09-03T03:16:07.783-07:002013-09-03T03:16:07.783-07:00What Heather said. I'm not in clinical practi...What Heather said. I'm not in clinical practice anymore, either. It took me ten years to extricate myself but I have no regrets, other than my initial decision to go to veterinary school then practice.<br /><br />Veterinary school itself was a lot of fun. The faculty will fill you full of dreams while you're there, because if you knew the truth you wouldn't continue to pay their salaries or fund their pet projects. After you graduate the faculty moves on to a fresh group of dreamers. Whenever you're on clinics, notice the thinly-disguised disdain faculty veterinarians, including the interns and residents, have for referring veterinarians. In a few years you will be a referring veterinarian. Never forget this.Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537103195465319250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990890778229196792.post-42239790663779561342013-09-02T20:12:44.407-07:002013-09-02T20:12:44.407-07:00Same reason I refuse to see Homo sapien younglings...Same reason I refuse to see Homo sapien younglings. The patients are fine. The masters are a pain in the ass.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990890778229196792.post-59545176776097006062013-09-02T20:00:37.473-07:002013-09-02T20:00:37.473-07:00"I'm going to school to argue with people..."I'm going to school to argue with people who won't let me take care of their dog?" - Yes. Which is why I'm no longer in clinical practice. But still 6 figures in student loan debt. Get out now, while you still can.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058332763242199818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990890778229196792.post-39356628937673562462013-09-02T18:59:02.209-07:002013-09-02T18:59:02.209-07:00Welcome to our world. We'll buy the first rou...Welcome to our world. We'll buy the first round.The Grey Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619451007363662815noreply@blogger.com