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Originally Posted by Raymond's Mom  Are you saying that you feel it's against the law for me to scrape my own dogs teeth. There are people who can't pay their bills in this economy. You can try to intimidate on this list with scare tactics but I hope that not everyone will buy into it. I can clean my own dogs teeth if I cannot afford the to pay what the vets charge for a cleaning or choose not to anesthesize my dog yearly. And people need to know that they have alternatives. Yes, if there are loose teeth or there is a severe build up of tarter and infection professional help is needed. But for routine cleaning there are many things a pet owner can do.
You sound knowledgable. Why not try to help everyone. It is a reality that teeth cleaning by most vets is, unfortunately, very expensive and not everyone can afford it. Help teach how to care for the teeth so they either don't get to the point of needing professional intervention or it's very infrequent. Unless you're a vet or vet tech who wants people to pay for yearly cleanings wouldn't you serve a better purpose by helping many? |
You clearly don't know me well. If I thought what you are doing was against the law, I would say so. I was referring to the groomer I mentioned in another post.
As for people and the economy....that is NO excuse for not taking care of responsibilities. I am honestly pretty sick of people using that as a reason to neglect their pups. There are ways to make money....always a way imo to take care of our responsibilities without placing blame.
The bottom line in many peoples' decisions about s/n and dentals always seems to revolve around money. My take is that rather than admit they don't want to spend the money, they blame the vets for ripping people off. I'm sorry but I don't buy that the majority of vets would ever do a surgical procedure on a dog just for money.