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Originally Posted by Ellie May  Something else to take into consideration is that most people on YT are very educated. When talking about the general dog owning population, that number of educated people may go way down. So I'm sure it's way more than 50% doing it annually.
A lot of vets that are members of the AAHA will do it every three.
Other than that, a lot of the totally independent ones seem to like every year. It really does have everything to do with what each individual vet thinks. I guess some don't trust the research and there will be some just like teh revenue. And there are stiil some that think if clients are given permission to skip them annually, they won't come in for exams. And others will do what the boss requires.
More owners are becoming aware though which is awesome. |
yeah you are so right as people here are wayyyyyy more educated on here which is GREAT. But looks like we need to keep on educating to get those numbers down for healthier dogs. I had no clue of all this stuff 6 years ago and so thankful for yahoogroups as well as YT as at least people can be more informed to better care for their pets and make more informed decisions.
what is wild is on that aaha site there are like 3 vets in my area lollll yet there are a ton of vets and the one on there over vaccinates dogs as he vaccinates for corona and my friend has faithfully gone to him for years and her dog has cancer at the injection site for rabies and she has spent 30k over six months with two surgeries removing it and chemo - very sad so not sure he is following aaha or just using that site to get new clients and he is the one that gave my dog nsaid while on steroids with mvd dog
I am just not so sure that is the best place to get a vet referral anymore sadly after what happened to my dog and my friends dog
He does have all the latest equipment though which is why i went to him as he had a digital xray machine
What do these vets have to do to get on that AAHA website anyway as have not read up on that?