Experience with veterinarian (long). Your opinion please.

[goosebruce]

they also said... dat's a cocktail waitress in a dolly parton wig... i know it dad, aint she cool, thats the kind i dig!

dat's philisophy. travis

[rebelceb]

i deal with the rant and rave and f bomb type everyday.... as they leave we joke about if they are gonna squeel their tires when they leave... once you showed your booty, nobody really cares, even if you are right. Im not saying dont have a say, but a calm rational speach, or even better a letter after the fact, carries a lot more weight. travis

Y'all are right. I've taken my business elsewhere and just giving aheads up about a terrible business in Brandon more than anything else. I try to save the F Bombing like Bagdad for Gator

soooo...would you like to enlighten all of us fellow pet lovers who the two vets you are referencing are?

obviously we need to know the bad one so we can either stop using them, or avoid them if we haven't used them. we need to know the good one so maybe we can try them if we are looking for a vet.

i know for me, i am looking for a good vet i the jackson area as i always used animal medical center in starkville after several recommendations and was always very happy. i do not live up there any longer and have used oakdale animal hospital out on 471 for the last year or so and have been happy so far, but want to make sure my pup gets the best care possible all around.

[LostBoy]

[quote="crackhead"][quote="goosebruce"]i deal with the rant and rave and f bomb type everyday.... as they leave we joke about if they are gonna squeel their tires when they leave... once you showed your booty, nobody really cares, even if you are right. Im not saying dont have a say, but a calm rational speach, or even better a letter after the fact, carries a lot more weight. travis[/quote]


So true. A letter will haunt you way longer than acting like a negro.[/quote]

Well I do cuss like a drunk sailor but I agree with the above. My canned response to these types of situations in to get someone in charge, not the front desk girl, and tell them that I have a unique hobby which I am very good at and that is making a life miserable for businesses that operate in unethical manner, and if they don't want to be responding to every state and federal licensing oversight agency that exists for their business then they better come correct.

Morel of the story: A good cussing is free and only last for 5 minuets, an avalanche of paperwork and audits by licensing agency's lasts for months and will cost the company much more in time and loss of productivity.

[jdbuckshot]

You did the right thing, The respectable thing.

Glad you got your dogs taken care of. Good vets are hard to find, and you know you got a good one when they treat your dog like you would treat them. I had a great one in Missouri that i miss a ton. Get your dog off Heartguard and start them on ivercide and give it to them by mouth once a month. you'll kiss heartworms good bye, and save a ton of money!


JD

[RockBottom]

Please send me a p.m. if you dont want to post who the vet is, because i use a vet in brandon and if its the same one iam gonna change vets.

[goosebruce]

On the subject of vets.... all vets are not created equal. More often than not, instead of a vet being unethical, they simply do not understand the unquie injuires and stress of dogs that do field work. Im lucky in that I have a wonderful vet, who knows working dogs, and how hard they work for us. Working dogs get hurt, thats a fact of life. We can prevent a lot of injuries by using our heads, not our egos, and by providing proper care and nutrution. But just like trucks break down, and outboards dont start, working dogs get hurt. If possible, make sure the person treating your dog understands hes not only a member of the family, but a balls out athlete that would die doing what he loves, and the injuries that go with that. travis

[Double R 2]

We're using Dr. Wilson at Oakdale Animal Hospital out on 471, he's young but friendly, knowledgable, a State grad from Greenville that graduated from GCS, same school I attended there, and as he was discussing February's treatment with my wife yesterday learned that he's also a duck hunter. We've used them in the past, staff and facilities first-class.

i deal with the rant and rave and f bomb type everyday.... as they leave we joke about if they are gonna squeel their tires when they leave... once you showed your booty, nobody really cares, even if you are right. Im not saying dont have a say, but a calm rational speach, or even better a letter after the fact, carries a lot more weight. travis

Y'all are right. I've taken my business elsewhere and just giving aheads up about a terrible business in Brandon more than anything else. I try to save the F Bombing like Bagdad for Gator

soooo...would you like to enlighten all of us fellow pet lovers who the two vets you are referencing are?

obviously we need to know the bad one so we can either stop using them, or avoid them if we haven't used them. we need to know the good one so maybe we can try them if we are looking for a vet.

i know for me, i am looking for a good vet i the jackson area as i always used animal medical center in starkville after several recommendations and was always very happy. i do not live up there any longer and have used oakdale animal hospital out on 471 for the last year or so and have been happy so far, but want to make sure my pup gets the best care possible all around.

[jacksbuddy]

you want opinions? Ok, here goes.

I think you have found a new vet. This new vet sounds like a good person, and they are providing excellent customer service. They also sound like they know what they are doing. Good for you and your pets.

Also, HIRE A LAWYER!!!! Ok, this may sound a bit harsh,and I don't like it either, but think about it. The old vet has not performed tests that were not only required, but that you paid for. They have also falsified legal documents to cover this fraud - twice. You are going to have to treat your pet for heartworms - a difficult and expensive procedure.

You didn't ask for this headache, but you darn sure have to deal with it. And from the sounds of things, they need to have one themselves.

you know, all of this could have easily been avoided if they had just provided good client service in the first place.

[Deltaquack]

I would say you shouldn't have and it's part of being professional and there are ways you can get to people without cursing them out like a sailor. That being said, I know it's hard and it's a shame that things progressed as they did and he was being very unprofessional. Do you have a local Better Busines Bureau? If so, document everything and bring it to them. It sounds as though they were generating false documents too. Also, document the fact that your dog has heartworms and they were never testing, but prescribing medication. You may need that in the event something happens to your dog from heartworms in the near future.

i can relate to the down home vet. My new vet who is seeing my lab and two bostons is a great guy. He loves my male boston and will peek around the corner to see him even if I'm stopping just to get heartworm or flea medicine.

That has nothing to do with a Better Business Bureau. That's an act for the Veterinary Board to look into. And, yes, you need to report it. The whole tx for heartworms may need to be reimbursed by the previous vet since there was no testing being done. There is a standard of care even if it's for pets and if that standard isn't being followed several pets aren't being treated properly and it needs to be brought to the attention of everyone of which the board will do b/c they are required by law to investigate every claim.

[gator]

see??????

started out as a simple post, and now look.......vet boards............lawyers.........better binessess's bureau's........

if you woulda just cussed em for everything they woulda been worth (which don't sound like much, so it woulda been a short cussin'), you woulda felt better and not had all that pent up anger, forcing you to make a post concerning others opinions, of which, you really don't give a chit about anyhow

and, all that woulda negatively affected you was a few folks (who by your own admission you aint' gonna have to deal w/ again no how) woulda been cracking jokes on your behalf as you pranced your booty back out the door.

life's too damned complicated to make it too damned complicated regards, gator

[mossyisland]

Yall just all bring them to my wife. I bet you won't find a vet. that has a love for animals than my wife. I knew she was in the right profession when she could remember animals names before people. I will get you the family discount.

[jkm428]

Oakdale is a good vet clinic. Grew up next to the Sullivans who own the place. Can't ask for a better group of folks.

[DUCKAHOLIC]

Al e gator that right there sums it up in a nut shell and I am stealing that quote......Still waiting on my steak.....

life's too damned complicated to make it too damned complicated

[MudHog]

Al e gator that right there sums it up in a nut shell and I am stealing that quote......Still waiting on my steak.....

life's too damned complicated to make it too damned complicated

if you steal it, atleast put who said it.

just don't spell is gaytor, he might get mad.

[donia]

Oakdale is a good vet clinic. Grew up next to the Sullivans who own the place. Can't ask for a better group of folks.

+1 barry was a roommate for a year and in the band i managed for a while back in college (jokers ride)