Any veterinarians on the board?

[pissclams]

Allergies would itch as well.  Could be what they call hotspots, but as implied those usually occur during hot weather.  Maybe you just have one tough SOD and they aren't letting on that it itches.   Though I am not sure that mange necessarily comes with an overactive itch.  Vet, yes indeed. 

Yeah, made an appoint for her later this week. 

wow what a crapty vet if you can't take it in there right away

crappy vets aren't busy, a crappy vet would have room for him today.  it's not an emergency, no need to treat it like one.  if i had to get my pet in (without an emergency) it would take a week at least.  as it is I have to make his haircuts at least 2 weeks in advance.

[RonLongshaft]

Allergies would itch as well.  Could be what they call hotspots, but as implied those usually occur during hot weather.  Maybe you just have one tough SOD and they aren't letting on that it itches.   Though I am not sure that mange necessarily comes with an overactive itch.  Vet, yes indeed. 

Yeah, made an appoint for her later this week. 

wow what a crapty vet if you can't take it in there right away

crappy vets aren't busy, a crappy vet would have room for him today.  it's not an emergency, no need to treat it like one.  if i had to get my pet in (without an emergency) it would take a week at least.  as it is I have to make his haircuts at least 2 weeks in advance.

walk in with your dog (or cat) and they won't say get lost see you in a week. if so they are not doing business right, they will get you in and suck your money out of you.

[pissclams]

Allergies would itch as well.  Could be what they call hotspots, but as implied those usually occur during hot weather.  Maybe you just have one tough SOD and they aren't letting on that it itches.   Though I am not sure that mange necessarily comes with an overactive itch.  Vet, yes indeed. 

Yeah, made an appoint for her later this week. 

wow what a crapty vet if you can't take it in there right away

crappy vets aren't busy, a crappy vet would have room for him today.  it's not an emergency, no need to treat it like one.  if i had to get my pet in (without an emergency) it would take a week at least.  as it is I have to make his haircuts at least 2 weeks in advance.

walk in with your dog (or cat) and they won't say get lost see you in a week. if so they are not doing business right, they will get you in and suck your money out of you.

they're busy, it's not an emergent situation, i wouldn't walk my dog/cat into a vet until i knew the doctor had the time to see him.

[RonLongshaft]

Allergies would itch as well.  Could be what they call hotspots, but as implied those usually occur during hot weather.  Maybe you just have one tough SOD and they aren't letting on that it itches.   Though I am not sure that mange necessarily comes with an overactive itch.  Vet, yes indeed. 

Yeah, made an appoint for her later this week. 

wow what a crapty vet if you can't take it in there right away

crappy vets aren't busy, a crappy vet would have room for him today.  it's not an emergency, no need to treat it like one.  if i had to get my pet in (without an emergency) it would take a week at least.  as it is I have to make his haircuts at least 2 weeks in advance.

walk in with your dog (or cat) and they won't say get lost see you in a week. if so they are not doing business right, they will get you in and suck your money out of you.

they're busy, it's not an emergent situation, i wouldn't walk my dog/cat into a vet until i knew the doctor had the time to see him.

agree to disagree. I have taken the little guy in several times and gotten right in w/out a problem.

[Rick Daris]

Allergies would itch as well.  Could be what they call hotspots, but as implied those usually occur during hot weather.  Maybe you just have one tough SOD and they aren't letting on that it itches.   Though I am not sure that mange necessarily comes with an overactive itch.  Vet, yes indeed. 

Yeah, made an appoint for her later this week. 

wow what a crapty vet if you can't take it in there right away

crappy vets aren't busy, a crappy vet would have room for him today.  it's not an emergency, no need to treat it like one.  if i had to get my pet in (without an emergency) it would take a week at least.  as it is I have to make his haircuts at least 2 weeks in advance.

walk in with your dog (or cat) and they won't say get lost see you in a week. if so they are not doing business right, they will get you in and suck your money out of you.

they're busy, it's not an emergent situation, i wouldn't walk my dog/cat into a vet until i knew the doctor had the time to see him.

agree to disagree. I have taken the little guy in several times and gotten right in w/out a problem.

i bet they also give you one of these when they see you coming and one more after you've left

[CrimsonBlue]

My dad is a vet. Probably has to be why the "cas" family is so filthy rich.

cas family just moved up a notch in my book. 


 

Because they're rich 

I thought he was kind of saying that tongue in cheek?  Do veteranarians make enough money to be considered "filthy rich?"


 

[steve dave]

My dad is a vet. Probably has to be why the "cas" family is so filthy rich.

cas family just moved up a notch in my book. 


 

Because they're rich 

I thought he was kind of saying that tongue in cheek?  Do veteranarians make enough money to be considered "filthy rich?"


 

some livestock vets make more money than you can count bro

[CrimsonBlue]

I always just thought of vets as people that performed surgeries on cats and dogs.  Livestock vets is a whole different animal (no pun intended).

[Rick Daris]

My dad is a vet. Probably has to be why the "cas" family is so filthy rich.

cas family just moved up a notch in my book. 


 

Because they're rich 

I thought he was kind of saying that tongue in cheek?  Do veteranarians make enough money to be considered "filthy rich?"


 

well now, he said "rich" and you've gone and said "filthy rich".

i would say that a decent amount of vets make enough money to be "rich" but only a few probably make enough to be "filthy rich". doubt any of them make enough to be "dirty rotten stinken filthy rich". just a guess here though. the only vets i know are cass' dad and some skank a buddy of mine nailed a few months ago. hth.

[jthutch]

The filthy rich vets are the ones who own there own clinic or are specialists.  A vet out of school and make 30,000 to 60,000 per year if working for a clinic, I have a cousin in Arizona strated at $60,000 but cost of living down there sucks from what they are telling me.

[cas]

Papa cas owns his own clinic, so yeah. Also the tri-county area (Scott, Wichita, Lane) have the most cattle in Kansas, by far.

[AzCat]

I have a cousin in Arizona strated at $60,000 but cost of living down there sucks from what they are telling me.

If by "sucks" you mean "is way cheaper than Kansas" then ... yeah.

[SkinnyBenny]

a buddy of mine took a vet student back to his parents house while in town visiting over christmas (xmas eve). they got there around two in the morning. she left around three. they met around eleven.

What do you mean?

[hillwalking03]

so got her in and she was diagnosed with seasonal something alapecia.  Basically, it will go away on its own.  Atleast nothing is really wrong with her.

[steve dave]

so got her in and she was diagnosed with seasonal something alapecia.  Basically, it will go away on its own.  Atleast nothing is really wrong with her.

good news.

[cyclist]

so got her in and she was diagnosed with seasonal something alapecia.  Basically, it will go away on its own.  Atleast nothing is really wrong with her.

good news.

True dat !

[steve dave]

Papa cas owns his own clinic, so yeah. Also the tri-county area (Scott, Wichita, Lane) have the most cattle in Kansas, by far.

I bet there is a chance that papa sd knows papa cas in at least an offhand High Plains Journal type of way

[SkinnyBenny]

so got her in and she was diagnosed with seasonal something alapecia.  Basically, it will go away on its own.  Atleast nothing is really wrong with her.

You need to rename your dog Stan Sitwell.

[KSt8er]

so got her in and she was diagnosed with seasonal something alapecia.  Basically, it will go away on its own.  Atleast nothing is really wrong with her.

 

[CrimsonBlue]

so got her in and she was diagnosed with seasonal something alapecia.  Basically, it will go away on its own.  Atleast nothing is really wrong with her.

Nice.  Now all she needs is an ice cream cone and maybe a little beef jerky to lift her spirits. 


 

[EllToPay]

so got her in and she was diagnosed with seasonal something alapecia.  Basically, it will go away on its own.  Atleast nothing is really wrong with her.

Prolly just sayin' that to appease you.

She'll be dead in a week.

[doom]

Funny story:  Never even met a vet student at KSU.  I mean, I prolly did...but I wasn't aware that they were vet students.  I bet they are real clique'y.

You've met one before.  Post-grad anyway.  And they are clique'y.  They are mostly off of the main campus and are way too cool for the regular population. 

[jthutch]

I have a cousin in Arizona strated at $60,000 but cost of living down there sucks from what they are telling me.

If by "sucks" you mean "is way cheaper than Kansas" then ... yeah.

The fact that they spent about $100,000 more on a house that is smaller and craptier than what I live in here in Kansas I would say that sucks.  Or they are not very good house shoppers

[steve dave]

Funny story:  Never even met a vet student at KSU.  I mean, I prolly did...but I wasn't aware that they were vet students.  I bet they are real clique'y.

You've met one before.  Post-grad anyway.  And they are clique'y.  They are mostly off of the main campus and are way too cool for the regular population. 

Yeah, I meant while in school, should have clarified.  I've met tons of vets in my lifetime.

[cas]

I would guess that the best part of being a vet is getting to go on some luxurious trips and not having to pay for them. Like for continuing education. You gotta pay for the class, but hotel and stuff= free.

[hemmy]

I have a cousin in Arizona strated at $60,000 but cost of living down there sucks from what they are telling me.

If by "sucks" you mean "is way cheaper than Kansas" then ... yeah.

Salina, KS was ranked in top 10 "most affordable cities" like a couples years ago, FWIW

[doom]

I would guess that the best part of being a vet is getting to go on some luxurious trips and not having to pay for them. Like for continuing education. You gotta pay for the class, but hotel and stuff= free.

True.  Also meals paid for by drug reps can be pretty nice.  We've been to two steakhouses this year on someone else's dime and all we had to do was listen to some pitch about different drugs for heartworm prevention. 

[cas]

I would guess that the best part of being a vet is getting to go on some luxurious trips and not having to pay for them. Like for continuing education. You gotta pay for the class, but hotel and stuff= free.

True.  Also meals paid for by drug reps can be pretty nice.  We've been to two steakhouses this year on someone else's dime and all we had to do was listen to some pitch about different drugs for heartworm prevention. 

They also pick some cool locations. Always a good time.

[Legore]

I always just thought of vets as people that performed surgeries on cats and dogs.  Livestock vets is a whole different animal (no pun intended).

This is a common misconception.  Most vets work on livestock not pets.  The ones that care for pets don't make all that much.  You can make a lot working on livestock.  The ones working on pets normally do it because they love animals rather then for the money. 

[Rick Daris]

I would guess that the best part of being a vet is getting to go on some luxurious trips and not having to pay for them. Like for continuing education. You gotta pay for the class, but hotel and stuff= free.

True.  Also meals paid for by drug reps can be pretty nice.  We've been to two steakhouses this year on someone else's dime and all we had to do was listen to some pitch about different drugs for heartworm prevention. 

They also pick some cool locations. Always a good time.

a canadian friend on mind (not a vet) had to turn down trips to vegas and chicago in may from drug rep type people. the meals aren't really worth it in his opinion. the guy doesn't really like talking to people all that much though so who knows.