Comments on: Pedigree Dogs Exposed: Are Vets Playing Their Part? http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/943/pedigree-dogs-exposed-are-vets-playing-their-part/ the lifestyle magazine for dog lovers Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:23:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: KAza http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/943/pedigree-dogs-exposed-are-vets-playing-their-part/#comment-22042 KAza Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:32:24 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/?p=943#comment-22042 Just a quickie .. IS NO FOR REAL ? The ABS is a waste of space for anyone concerned with canine wellbeing, it has absolutely no accolades for health screening or preventative gene pool stagnation or destruction, but it has lots for showing, breeding and stud book numbers.... For many breeders on this defunct register that will cost them £70 its simply an investment for higher prices. Whoever thought this one up cares about economics far more than animal welfare or canine health..... Just a quickie ..
IS NO FOR REAL ?

The ABS is a waste of space for anyone concerned with canine wellbeing, it has absolutely no accolades for health screening or preventative gene pool stagnation or destruction, but it has lots for showing, breeding and stud book numbers….

For many breeders on this defunct register that will cost them £70 its simply an investment for higher prices.
Whoever thought this one up cares about economics far more than animal welfare or canine health…..

]]> By: KAza http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/943/pedigree-dogs-exposed-are-vets-playing-their-part/#comment-22040 KAza Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:26:27 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/?p=943#comment-22040 Vets simply understand the business accumen that breeding gives them. I took a bitch of mine to a vet with eclampsia, I knew it was this condition yet the vet made me attend an unnecesssary appointment , then I was told drive the 10 miles to another vet (part of their surgery) before treatment could be given. I was duly charged for both visits.... They then had a patronising newly qualified female vet who tried to leture me that tinned dog food was what my dogs should be eating, she was given short shrift, she knew absolutely nothing of nutrition that was obvious. I have kept vets informed on the advances in natural medication , yet they think its all tosh !!! Vets need training to accept they are not always correct and that breeders know their breeds far better than a vet who studies canine anatomy not specific breed anatomy. I would like to see a vet attend all dog shows and when they note an exhibit with problems they should remove that dog from show, now thats what I call preventative medicine! Vets simply understand the business accumen that breeding gives them. I took a bitch of mine to a vet with eclampsia, I knew it was this condition yet the vet made me attend an unnecesssary appointment , then I was told drive the 10 miles to another vet (part of their surgery) before treatment could be given. I was duly charged for both visits…. They then had a patronising newly qualified female vet who tried to leture me that tinned dog food was what my dogs should be eating, she was given short shrift, she knew absolutely nothing of nutrition that was obvious.
I have kept vets informed on the advances in natural medication , yet they think its all tosh !!!
Vets need training to accept they are not always correct and that breeders know their breeds far better than a vet who studies canine anatomy not specific breed anatomy.
I would like to see a vet attend all dog shows and when they note an exhibit with problems they should remove that dog from show, now thats what I call preventative medicine!

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