Hey everyone,
After reading a lot of the posts about vets giving some bad advices and saying rude things to people on YT and then hearing people comment on how they should "get a new vet"..etc I should think that although we should respect our vets' opnions, we shouldn't ALWAYS believe what they say.. Here are a couple of examples why..
For example.. we all know that "Science Diet" is not a highly rated dog food.. but Vets recommend it because.. yeah they probably get money for recommending it..
I read on a few posts about how some YT are taking their dog to vet their teeth pulled.. the ones that have double teeth.. I was going to do the same thing and my (reputable) vet said it was $50 for each tooth to pull. But then I was thinking.. "they are dogs! It should be able to fall out on its own!".. so when my Yorkie was around 7 months, her first double tooth fell out on its own after the vet recommended it and she still had one left on the bottom.. Its not until NOW when shes almost 14 months old that it finally came out! AND yes her teeth are perfect! I mean I know in some cases there are dogs that REALLY do need to get them pulled because if they won't then they will have bad alignment..etc but in most cases.. I think we should just let our Yorkies' teeth fall out on their own~!
Another thing.. I forgot what it is called but our Yorkies are prone to getting something on their legs..or hips displaced and so Vets recommend surgery.. my Yorkie before she was a year old started hopping one day and not using her foot. I was SOO scared!! So after a couple of days, I took her to the Vet and he recommended the surgery which was around $2500, and just to let you all know, I would have done it in a heartbeat if it was a life/death situation or if it was causing my dog a lot of pain! But he also said that dogs should be able to "pop it back into place" in time by themselves BUT the surgery would fix it so it would never pop back out.. After that, my little Princess's foot was fine.. her foot popped itself right back into place! And now, 6 months later, I haven't seen ANY problems with her foot...
Sorry this is such a long entry... and I am kinda rambling on but I guess what I am trying to say is that we should trust out own "mommy" instincts with our furbabies before we trust someone else's opinion.. if something doesn't seem right with that our vets say, then don't listen and just trust your own instinct!!
(By the way I am not saying Vets are bad or anything, but sometimes they do not give the best of advice in favor of our Yorkies..!)