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Originally Posted by ladyjane  I also have had many dogs with illnesses.
I stand by one thing : Best to listen to the vet in most cases. |
key word most cases as my dog would have died had i not gotten him to an internal medicine specialist with this disease as the vet basically told me he was going to die so i think these groups are very helpful to gain knowledge and understanding so you can work with the vet and specialists and get the best care but you can learn alot from other pet owners and gain knowledge. I have learned sadly a vet does not know everything about everything and why there are specialists that have further education in organs etc. Also vets do not know hardly anything about nutrition only prescribe vet diets based on food companies pitch. They only take one class in nutrition in vet school and many do not further their education after college on nutrition. Luckily my dog has done well on purina ha for 4 years but some are not so lucky and why many use a board certified nutritionist from ucdavis on here.
I just took my dog in to check for uti and vet almost gave her a antibiotic shot and i said no not until we know if she has an infection and i told him remember she got hives from simplicef and he said good thing we did not give the shot as it is in the same family as the simplicef so she good have had a horrible reaction and she turned out not to have a uti after all so sorry I think you need to educate yourself as he could have made my dog real sick had i allowed him to give her that shot