re: Is there a bigger scam than veterinarians?

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Is there a bigger scam than veterinarians?

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Insurance is a MUCH bigger scam than vets.

Find a small town large animal doc that still messes with small animals. You'll get what you need without all the "add-ons".

You are an F-ing idiot. You are lucky, not out-smarting anyone, by not keeping your dog on heartworm prevention.

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The biggest scare is that heart worm garbage. I've had my dog for over 13 years. She has taken heart worm prevention for a total of maybe 2 years and never once had it, but the vet tries to scare me half to death that my dog will get heart worms tomorrow without it.

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Our second rescue dog had worms when we got him. We had to go through an extensive treatment to get rid of them. He is now 10 years old and he is coughing heavily because of the damage to his lungs from the heartworms. He is taking medicine to treat his cough and when it is real bad we give him cough syrup.

He would have died as a puppy if he didn't get any heartworm medicine and he would have been healthy if his former owner gave him heartworm medicine AND didn't have him tied to a tree at a body shop.

My wife probably knows your daughter. My wife is a Veterinarian, class of '84. She worked at the LSU Vet School in administration.

Vets have to know all fields of medicine and deal with patients who can't tell them what is wrong with them. Think about that. I know that your daughter is a very good doctor. Thank you.

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It can be done in 6 years - 2 years undergrad, early admission to vet school and 4 years of Vet school.

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I've never seen anyone early admitted after their 2nd year of UG, only after year 3.

7 years at the earliest to get your DVM

Yes I know this. My wife is a vet. She did it as I described in my earlier post. Some never get into Vet school. Some go to Ross University. Gotta be smart and a little lucky.

my wife did this, but i'm not sure if she did so after her sophomore or junior year of undergrad.


I will say this tho, as someone who has several friends who are DVMs, it really is a vocation and a calling. Its not something one decides to do because of the salary or the title. The expense in both time and money to earn the degree as well as the effort and hours put in to the career pretty much weed out the people who are in it for a check only. Are there shady vets? Sure, same as any profession. They all want to make a living. Some are just more aggressive about it than others.
I'm sure the OP doesn't work pro bono so DVMs trying to make a profit doesn't equate to a scam.
I can import and export material all day. Same as the Op. Nothing unique about that. But a layperson can't cut a colic,repair an ACL, or enucleate an eyeball or tumor (properly) without formal training. So his whole premise is pretty foolish.