well sadly been let down by many in vet profession that have degrees so sometimes lay people are not always so dumb as many spend alot more time sometimes than the professionals educating themselves and deal with certain illnesses on a daily basis unlike many vets. I think all information is valuable then you as the dog owner go with what you feel is best for your dog with what you have learned and what your gut instinct is. If you join some of these yahoogroups for illnesses you will see many of these pet owners with no degrees know alot more than the vets and I have learned alot from them and continue to do so and would never discount this knowledge ever. If i trusted vets 100% no questions asked then a week ago when they wanted to give my dog who got hives from 17 days on simplicef and was in their chart they did not read a shot of a higher dose when we did not know she had a uti as urinalysis and culture was not back just wanted to give her a big shot of covenia
Pfizer Animal Health Dogs Health Management
which is an antibiotic in same family as simplicef my dog might have gone into an anaphylactic shock
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so had i not reminded him of this my dog could have been very sick and he said oh wow i forgot about that and good thing you said no to the shot as this could have made dee dee very sick - uh yeah
oh and he has a phd from ucdavis so more education than most vets
so sorry I believe in knowing your dog, trust your gut, educate yourself, consult vet and do what you feel is best for your dog
oh and let's not forget the other vet who has been practicing for years gave my dog metacam while on steroids on an empty stomach and she was sick for months vomitting and diarhea as you never mix nsaids with steroids nor on empty stomach and i asked for tramadol as you can mix steroids and tramadol as she hurt her leg -so i was right and i had to take her to internal medicine specialist as she was so sick and ims said what was he thinking ???? uh he wasn't and i knew better and trusted the PROFESSIONAL.
oh and my friends dog a yorkie the dermatologist mixed ketoconazole with ivermectin for demodex and her dog ended up in a coma and almost died as you NEVER mix those drugs something i learned on the internet as was trying to help her figure out what happened as ketoconazole breaks the blood barrier wall allowing ivermectin to go to brain and cause seizures and coma in dogs as the ivermectin kills the mite by going to brain as they have a weaker blood barrier wall than dogs
Please do your homework I use to be much more trusting but vets are human they can make mistakes and you and your dog may pay the price - you should work as a team with them