Trust your Veterinarian

It is amazing how much people will act as if they trust you as their veterinarian, but will then turn around and take the advice of their neighbor, groomer, breeder, random clerk at the store, Internet... It gets to be a frustrating battle. You have to lovingly and caringly give extensive advice because it is the best thing for your patient. You do this and you know that half the time an owner will chose to do what they want to do, regardless of your medical advice. People will cause harm to their animal or cause them not to get better because they don't follow through with medical advice. Some even have the nerve to complaint that things are getting better even after they have disregarded what you have recommended. Do people forget that vets went to school for this, a lot of school, and take continuing education constantly to make sure we are on top of the latest and greatest medical advances? Do people forget that we took an oath to do no harm, that we don't get paid well at all for what we do, but we do what we do because we love what we do. I wish that people would understand that not all advice is good advice, that just because people have done it in the past and gotten good results doesn't make it right. People, please trust your veterinarian. We are human and aren't perfect, but we do everything in our power to keep your pets healthy and happy.