When to think about changing vets

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There was an interesting article on PawNation yesterday, titled "5 Things your Vet Should Never Say to You."   Although the 5 things are pretty significant negatives, I often wonder why people will stick with vets they simply don't like (or whatever more or less serious feelings they have for their vet).  Would you keep your own doctor if you felt that way?  I think I've written before about this, a long time ago, because this happened to me.  The first vet I took Tony to was recommended by my brother in law, and her office was very close to home.  However, when she came into the examining room, Tony started to shake (he never did this again  -- the vets who saw him later often commented on how calm he was), and she seemed to take an instant dislike to him as well.  Now, it may just have been a bad day for her, but the impression I got was that she just didn't care for small dogs.  She failed my first test, in fact.  Every person I ever saw encounter my pal for the first time smiled right away, and most immediately began to go on about how cute he was.  I'm not saying she was evil or anything, but it just didn't seem . . . well, right.  I started to tense up myself.  And, we didn't go back.
At any rate, it's something to think about.  

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