Just a bit of job bitching! I'm an emergency/critical care veterinary technician and I work at a 24 hour specialty clinic. Curses to greyhounds, dachshunds, and impatient people!
I totally respect people for adopting greyhounds after they're retired from racing. But the majority of them are insane when it comes to medically treating a dog for something. Just thought I'd bring that up. Poodle, shih tzu, and schnauzer people are kinda loopy too...
Dachshunds are the reason I get called in every time I am on call at work. They come in down, or partially paralized. AKA... dragging back feet behind them. Most suffer from intervertebral disc disease and need surgery as soon as possible before they have no deep pain left. Dachshunds are medical disasters and need to be more selectively bred. These people pay lots of money too- usually a $4-5 thousand estimate is signed. Plus a $300 call in fee for my doc and $150 call in fee for myself and my secondary surgery technician. Then comes the myleogram, the CSF tap, CT scan, surgery, recovery. A nice 7 hour call in procedure.
I also hate impatient people. When you go to an ER clinic, that's what it is. Even if it's for animals- it's still an EMERGENCY ROOM. You have to wait, just as a human hospital. You have no idea how hard it is to explain that to dozens of ignorant people when we are slammed. So please be patient at the vet's office. Don't scream at me if you have to wait. I'll get you through as soon as I can!!!
I understand how they feel, I deal with hysterical people on a daily basis. I do not appreciate being yelled at when I am trying to help someone's pet. I'm not in this business for the people or the money. I'm there for the animals.
I'm not in this business for the people or the money.
didn't say you were and i don't have any idea why you'd even say this.
i've been a medical assistant and know what it's like dealing with psycho patients. they're not psycho for the sake of being crazy and ruining your day -- they're worried about their pet, they're scared, they're not thinking of you. so cut them some slack or get out of the business.
-- If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't have the right to laugh at anyone else.
All I know is, when there's a dog coughing to my left, a newborn kitten mewing to my right, and my dog's anal gland is about to burst, they better admit my bitch first, or somebody's getting yelled at.
I try to stay away from ER clinics as much as possible. I've never had a good experience and I don't enjoy getting ripped off.
And hey, you have to admit - wieners are adorable. They're soft and warm and hardly shed. Yes, they should also be bred better, just like flat-faced dogs. What can you do?
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You're so far behind, you think you're in first.
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I'm an emergency/critical care veterinary technician and I work at a 24 hour specialty clinic.
Curses to greyhounds, dachshunds, and impatient people!
I totally respect people for adopting greyhounds after they're retired from racing. But the majority of them are insane when it comes to medically treating a dog for something. Just thought I'd bring that up. Poodle, shih tzu, and schnauzer people are kinda loopy too...
Dachshunds are the reason I get called in every time I am on call at work. They come in down, or partially paralized. AKA... dragging back feet behind them. Most suffer from intervertebral disc disease and need surgery as soon as possible before they have no deep pain left. Dachshunds are medical disasters and need to be more selectively bred. These people pay lots of money too- usually a $4-5 thousand estimate is signed. Plus a $300 call in fee for my doc and $150 call in fee for myself and my secondary surgery technician. Then comes the myleogram, the CSF tap, CT scan, surgery, recovery. A nice 7 hour call in procedure.
I also hate impatient people. When you go to an ER clinic, that's what it is. Even if it's for animals- it's still an EMERGENCY ROOM. You have to wait, just as a human hospital. You have no idea how hard it is to explain that to dozens of ignorant people when we are slammed.
So please be patient at the vet's office. Don't scream at me if you have to wait. I'll get you through as soon as I can!!!
Just had to rant for a moment.
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I have rabies.