Wasn't sure where to post this but just had an eye opener into what an emergency vet goes through and what we don't see and consider when we front up with our animals to the emergency veterinary hospital.
I just clipped a stray dog and knocked him out so picked him up and took him to the emergency hospital..he was OK..just a sore head. Filled out the paperwork etc. and got talking to the vet as they were having a quite day and comparing the difference between the normal vet practice and the hospital. (My niece is a vet so know a bit of their world.)
They see the trivial things like my dog ate the morning paper, my cat cant poop, and their panicking owners but they also see the smashed bodies of cats and dogs and other animals hit by cars and torn up in fights, poisonings, snakebite, abuse and and all the other serious accidents and illnesses that happen. Also the older animals that have come to the end of their time and have collapsed and been brought into the hospital to see if something at the last minute can be done.
The outcomes most times aren't good and the vets have to explain to distraught owners that their loved pet will be crippled for life or need a limb amputated or has no hope and has to be put down.
Of course these vets become the target of the owners grief and anger and get abused and yelled at but they still have the compassion to console the owners when the outburst is over.
I admire these people and they way cope with the trauma of the animals they see and the way they deal with the devastated owners. And the pride when he showed me the wall with emails, cards and drawings from pet owners and their families thanking them for their successes saving their loved pets at the hospital. But there wasn't many.
Its tough for these guys but successes must be extra rewarding
Please treat them nice and remember they aren't just dealing with the injured animal in front of them but with you and your grief as well.
I just clipped a stray dog and knocked him out so picked him up and took him to the emergency hospital..he was OK..just a sore head. Filled out the paperwork etc. and got talking to the vet as they were having a quite day and comparing the difference between the normal vet practice and the hospital. (My niece is a vet so know a bit of their world.)
They see the trivial things like my dog ate the morning paper, my cat cant poop, and their panicking owners but they also see the smashed bodies of cats and dogs and other animals hit by cars and torn up in fights, poisonings, snakebite, abuse and and all the other serious accidents and illnesses that happen. Also the older animals that have come to the end of their time and have collapsed and been brought into the hospital to see if something at the last minute can be done.
The outcomes most times aren't good and the vets have to explain to distraught owners that their loved pet will be crippled for life or need a limb amputated or has no hope and has to be put down.
Of course these vets become the target of the owners grief and anger and get abused and yelled at but they still have the compassion to console the owners when the outburst is over.
I admire these people and they way cope with the trauma of the animals they see and the way they deal with the devastated owners. And the pride when he showed me the wall with emails, cards and drawings from pet owners and their families thanking them for their successes saving their loved pets at the hospital. But there wasn't many.
Its tough for these guys but successes must be extra rewarding
Please treat them nice and remember they aren't just dealing with the injured animal in front of them but with you and your grief as well.
Understood but 
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