Have all the vets turned into Yuppies?

[Hogsnatchers]

I'm lucky I guess got a good old school vet about 5min from the house and another about 10min. If any of y'all end up in our neck of the woods Dr. Stuart in Porterville LA  and McMahens vet in Springhill La has some top notch vets they treat me right every time I go in. Good buddy I graduated high school with just got his dr in vet med and will be at McMahen's  shortly so I should be set for a while
 
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[halfbreed]

   yes they are all yuppies now   lol   you boys may have to drive a bit to find what you need , but I will only use vet's that are large animal oriented . they are used to working cattle and horses and have a better understanding of stock work and stock dogs .  stay away from the city-fied little old lady poodle doctors if you want the best in vet care and pricing . but alas they are getting hard to find thus the drive  .

[Amokabs]

I worked for a vet in downtown b'ham from time i was a freshman n high school til after i got out of nursing school. He finally had to close down after they turned the old fire station next door into a homeless shelter, couldnt get out of your car without  a bum panhandling $$ and then they started breaking in. Back then, one of the 3 vets was on call every nite. Now ,, you have emergancy vet clinics.  My old vet did it all. Now , vets only dispense flea and heart worm preventative and give shots to all the fru fru city dogs.(dogs aint supposed to work, they supposed to spend all day n your lap!) . If your dog has any kind of problem, they send you to a specialist, who charges (or guilts) you 3x what their services are worth. I swear, it's the end times, people show more care and consideration for animals than for people.  But thankfully i have a vet that breedds boxers( most vets look at u like u farted if u say u breed dogs) and he understands that even though i do all my care myself, i will always be in the top 5-10%  money spent customers he will have every year.
But go to revivalanimalhealth.com    They have everything u need, if u have any questions, they have people u can call who are dog people that work for them and can help u with your dosing etc.

[hogmess]

Still have a dong good vet in San Saba. If any of yall are close he is real good.

[Rick B]

I am lucky that I have a vet that I have been friends with since we where children. She takes damn good care of my animals when needed and will give me just about any thing I ask for. But I have a young vet just down the road from me and she will not give me much with out seeing the animal first. But I am working on her so maybe she will come around soon? Lol

[Caseylee]

Im in the same boat.. these city vets are killn me all they want is your money! one of my cat pups had a swollen leg a few weeks ago  the vet couldn't figure out what was wrong with him and still wanted 700.00 to treat him! I left soo pissed off. called a good ol boy vet about an hour away made the drive he only charged me 75.00 leg was fine in 2 days!     that's a 625.00 difference WTH is goin on these days??

[josh54]

caseylee im in abilene also i have used windmill and abilene vet clininc and neither will have my business again!

[Easttex91]

Im in the same boat.. these city vets are killn me all they want is your money! one of my cat pups had a swollen leg a few weeks ago  the vet couldn't figure out what was wrong with him and still wanted 700.00 to treat him! I left soo pissed off. called a good ol boy vet about an hour away made the drive he only charged me 75.00 leg was fine in 2 days!     that's a 625.00 difference WTH is goin on these days??

Did you have to pay for the first visit?

[Muddogkennels]

ya i guess I'm lucky my aunt an cousins are vets. ya they love dogs but they don't ask ?.... when people ask for help i usually copy an pasta it to her email for the advice. she help us hog hunters as much as she can.. so some are not yuppies..lol ya Obama
 is!!!!

[Caseylee]

Yes i had to pay. 80 $ just to walk in the door. I was severly pissed

[charles]

For the $80, did u even get to speak with the vet or just the desk clerks?

[boone823]

Justin
  I have heard a lot about Rusty some good and some bad. But you are right from what I hear he ask no questions and will set you strait. He defiantly ain't no yuppie. Lol

[Caseylee]

He was seen by vet and he had no idea what was wrong with him so he handed me a piece of paper with a 700 $  estimate   Thats when i walked out and front desk yuppy said its 80.00 for the visit

[charles]

He was seen by vet and he had no idea what was wrong with him so he handed me a piece of paper with a 700 $  estimate   Thats when i walked out and front desk yuppy said its 80.00 for the visit

I woulda kept on walkin w/o payin. In my job field, if nobody can seem to find the cause of a problem, we start chnging parts out at random, we call it "throwin parts till it works", it seems that vet has same mentality, lets just throw meds at the dog till something fixes it, the hell with diagosing and treating.
The vet i took my dog to, the desk clerks said "well if you think he broke his leg, i will order an x-ray", i told her i hav a copy of the x-rays from yesterday rite here. She "well just incase the bones moved, we need another xray". I told her that when the guy with med degree needs a new x-ray, he can order it, not a desk jockey. She kinda got pi$$ed, but tough chit, the vet said he didnt need new films, since they r only a day old. Freakin city slickers.

[Wmwendler]

Caldwell vet clinic is pretty good if you are in or near Burleson County area.  They are not what I would call cheap.  Reasonable prices perhaps.  But a reasonable vet is pretty darn good and rare these days.  They have no problems treating hog dogs.  They have sold me sutures when I needed them in a pinch, knowing I was gonna sew my dogs up myself.  They were about to close and I was 45 minutes away so they sold them to me over the phone and hung them on the back door so I could pick them up.  They are good people.

Coldspring veterinary clinic is another good one.  Dr. Merry Holmes Vann.  She is VERY busy but hog dog friendly, knowledgeable, and reasonably priced.  I was recommended to her by several people on here.

I was tempted to gripe about the yuppie vets as well but figured I would do something useful instead and promote the ones I know are not yuppiefied.

Waylon

[ALittleGritty]

I use Jay Benton in Silsbee, TX and he an ole country boy.. He even makes house calls..