My visit to the ER yesterday

[JanMichael]

85. I addressed the training, and their role in both

food safety, and transmittable diseases.

Our cat eats Royal Canin because that is what her Dr. put her on...so, you want me to second guess the profession that you just gave me hell over, and go against that advice?

Our dog eats a Solid Gold product that she has been on for 8 years; we are familiar with holistic, organic diets.

As far as training goes....let's continue: 4 years of undergrad and 4 years of vet school to be a "general practioner." They can get a job after that--- care to name ONE human doc besides a dentist that can toss a shingle out immediately upon graduation?

Like I wrote; I love our vets-- and cannot stand what the profession has done to itself. If "they" as a whole, not the individuals.... are so fantastic....why are they comparing themselves to the most rapidly failing system in the US?

And WHERE in my "rude rant" did you discern that we want our animals to be treated "for free?" I wrote that because prices have gotten so out of hand that we can't afford to adopt any more, and won't be able to for years. We know many others like us....so, all those animals in the shelters that are going to die lonely, scary deaths....well...you figure it out. They are going to die...just like people are in ER waiting rooms with no money...because it's ALL about "profit" "overhead," etc right now. We are so far down the rabbit hole, that there's almost no possibility of digging out. And people like you are...concerned...but, almost cheering it on.