Quote Originally Posted by Catlady711

Of course there are days I get the people who keep insisting I look at their animal for what they percieve is a 'simple' thing (which usually isn't) and I have to keep telling them, 'trust me you don't want ME diagnosing/treating your animal, I'm not qualified, you'll have to wait for an open appt. slot for the vet to see the pet'.
Don't you love those people? We have people come in all the time that want us to tell them what is wrong with their pet. Our suggestion? SEE A VET! If your pet has diarrhea there are several things that can cause this. How the heck are we supposed to know?

And then you get the lovely people who know something is really wrong, but avoid treating the pet at all costs. Like today, we had a young woman come in with an 8 week old lab mix puppy. The dog was extremely bloated, and even vomited, much to my friends digust, roundworms into the trashcan. She got the dog for free outside of a Winco. She was telling me how tomorrow she is going to donate plasma to earn 45 bucks, as she has no money. If you have no money why would you adopt a puppy? It's just beyond me. Now, that poor dog is probably going to sit there for months with worms, or get some deadly disease like distemper or parvo all because she took the dog in knowing she couldn't care for it. In fact, earlier she tried taking the puppy to the pound, but she said the pound wouldn't take it because they were full. The truth is, she couldn't take the dog to the pound because they charge a $45 dollar fee to surrender an animal, as the shelters here are very full this time of year. It's very sad.