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Hickey007 · 09-26-2005, 09:23 AM

I will be completely honest I did not know there was a controversy. A year or so ago my Vet started talking about alternating or what not the shots that they would get each year, that's about all I know. I will look at the links you posted and research further but can honestly tell you whatever my vet says goes. I could walk into my Vet's office and he could walk into the waiting room look at any of my animals and say "That dog/cat needs a leg removed now" and I would hand the animal over to him. Now a lot of you are thinking "what the heck" but this is how comfortable I am with my vet, he would not do anything unless it was necessary. I truely believe that he treats every animal that comes in as one of his own, nothing is about money where he is concerned. He knows every one of my 6 pets, by breed, name and personality. He knows me, my husband, and my mother. He knows us on a more personal level(he is only my vet I did not know him beforehand). My bloodhound has had two surgeries and possibly going to need a third and in the end we will have only paid for the first. I have walked out of an appoinment for one of my other dogs and he told me not to worry about the bill. Everyone is not out for money, I only brought this up because you mentioned that the Vets wanted the shots to mandatory because it would hurt their pocketbooks.

I do want to thank you Kim for letting us all know about this issue. I will definately look into it further. I will also say that I did not think that your initial post was rude or controversial however I have not read any of your other posts on this issue. What I gather is that it is not just this thread that is causing people to be upset but rather all of the threads collectively. I do get the feeling that you want us to stop vaccinating our animals, to see the possible problems with it and stop. I do not think that you have out right said this though. In the end you will have informed me of a possible problem and caused me to educate myself on it. I will more than likely continue to vaccinate all of my animals.

09-26-2005, 09:23 AM	#35
Hickey007 YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 789	I will be completely honest I did not know there was a controversy. A year or so ago my Vet started talking about alternating or what not the shots that they would get each year, that's about all I know. I will look at the links you posted and research further but can honestly tell you whatever my vet says goes. I could walk into my Vet's office and he could walk into the waiting room look at any of my animals and say "That dog/cat needs a leg removed now" and I would hand the animal over to him. Now a lot of you are thinking "what the heck" but this is how comfortable I am with my vet, he would not do anything unless it was necessary. I truely believe that he treats every animal that comes in as one of his own, nothing is about money where he is concerned. He knows every one of my 6 pets, by breed, name and personality. He knows me, my husband, and my mother. He knows us on a more personal level(he is only my vet I did not know him beforehand). My bloodhound has had two surgeries and possibly going to need a third and in the end we will have only paid for the first. I have walked out of an appoinment for one of my other dogs and he told me not to worry about the bill. Everyone is not out for money, I only brought this up because you mentioned that the Vets wanted the shots to mandatory because it would hurt their pocketbooks. I do want to thank you Kim for letting us all know about this issue. I will definately look into it further. I will also say that I did not think that your initial post was rude or controversial however I have not read any of your other posts on this issue. What I gather is that it is not just this thread that is causing people to be upset but rather all of the threads collectively. I do get the feeling that you want us to stop vaccinating our animals, to see the possible problems with it and stop. I do not think that you have out right said this though. In the end you will have informed me of a possible problem and caused me to educate myself on it. I will more than likely continue to vaccinate all of my animals. __________________ Courtney