Vets4Pets

emlou2009

well, what you've done there is twist my words rather spectacularly isnt it :rolleyes:

it wasnt a callous reply at all, it was an honest reply. you have chosen a career with unsociable hours, rather than a 9-5 behind a checkout somewhere, and provide for your children well by doing so. while the children when younger may ask where daddy is if you're not there when they go to sleep, when they're older and wanting expensive things that others cant give their kids, i'm sure they will agree that it is worth it!

as for saving £5 by using another vet, i'm afraid i would have to do exactly that, although if it was an emergency i'd be too panicked, and i'd question the urgency of a case where someone had that amount of rational thought in the case of an emergency. i had my kitten neutered yesterday and rang round to find the cheapest, because i had to. the £5 i saved by using the cheapest one will feed my family at least 4-5 meals, i am not in a position to be not doing everything in my power to save £5 where possible.

snowman2_2

I am glad that your five pounds is worth it for you. Why are you panicked in an emergency? Easy - CONTACT YOUR NORMAL VET! They will have an emergency service arranged, in-house or nearby.I pay £4500 a year for someone else to do my OOH work and get a family life back. I love my kids and hate missing them at bed-time, you don't get that time back. I missed my dad a lot growing up as he worked long hours (not a vet). I chose to be a vet because I love the job, not to work 24/7, I don't want it to take over my life. My risk of suicide (male vets) is 12 times higher than yours as an average female so anyone who increases my stress levels is going to annoy me. I want to provide the best service I can for my clients, being woken up at 3am by someone who normally goes to the vets across town and will go back there tomorrow, does not help me look after my clients. You are perfectly entitled to ss who you want OOH but I have NO rights to refuse. All the power is to the consumer in this, I just want a little bit of consideration. I am clearly nowhere near your opinion so I am going to leave it at this and stay off this forum for a while until I have calmed down.

RacyRed

For what it is worth, if I find a vet I trust and can afford I stick with them.

Snowman2, please don't feel attacked. I can understand what you are saying and know from the many posts you have made on this forum you say what you do because you care so much. I read on another thread about your having sleepless nights when you have lost a patient.

Bless you for that, if I lived in your part of the world I'd seek you out to care for my little furry loved ones

emlou2009

snowman2 wrote: »

I am glad that your five pounds is worth it for you. Why are you panicked in an emergency? Easy - CONTACT YOUR NORMAL VET! (you've misread that part of my post - i said in case of emergency i would be too panicked to find the cheapest, so that i would do - use my usual vet) They will have an emergency service arranged, in-house or nearby.I pay £4500 a year for someone else to do my OOH work and get a family life back. I love my kids and hate missing them at bed-time, you don't get that time back. I missed my dad a lot growing up as he worked long hours (not a vet). I chose to be a vet because I love the job, not to work 24/7, I don't want it to take over my life. My risk of suicide (male vets) is 12 times higher than yours as an average female so anyone who increases my stress levels is going to annoy me. I want to provide the best service I can for my clients, being woken up at 3am by someone who normally goes to the vets across town and will go back there tomorrow, does not help me look after my clients. You are perfectly entitled to ss who you want OOH but I have NO rights to refuse. All the power is to the consumer in this, I just want a little bit of consideration. I am clearly nowhere near your opinion so I am going to leave it at this and stay off this forum for a while until I have calmed down.

i think you've taken my posts a little too much to heart, and i am sorry if you think i've been attacking you at all. as i said in my last post, i wasnt being callous at all, but i realise if you're already upset about a subject its very easy to take something to heart and in a way it wasnt intended.

i think the factors contributing to our views are worlds apart, myself being a pet owner without two pennies to rub together, and you as the vet that has clearly been upset/abused by previous clients. i can see it from your point of view, but going back to the original point i'm afraid i do still think it is senseless for someone in my financial position to pay £60-£70 for vaccinations at the usual vet if another one was offering them for so little. in my situation, the alternative would be to not have the jabs done at all and either keep my cat in the house where it would be bored senseless or let it out hoping and praying it didnt catch anything. our plan was to keep our cat as an indoor cat until we saw and took up the £10 offer, and he will live a more fulfilled life because of it.
i wont, because i'll be worried whenever he leaves the house that he will be catnapped, but thats another story!