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AVOID getting RIPPED OFF by your Vet..
By Dr Andrew | November 30, 2006
From: Dr Andrew Jones
Author: Veterinary Secrets Revealed
Website: http://www.veterinarysecretsrevealed.com
Re: AVOID getting RIPPED OFF by your Vet..
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How to AVOID getting RIPPED OFF by your Vet..
Veterinary Care is expensive. And I should know, for I am veterinarian who owns a veterinary hospital.
In fact Veterinary Medicine has changes dramatically in the last 30 years..Gone are the days of James Herriot when veterinarians treated every types of animal, and regularly made house calls.
This is the 21st Century, where a dog may be man’s best friend, but that pet has a price tag. Vet visits and surgery cost dog owners almost $800 and cat owners $500 last year, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association.
If your pet becomes seriously ill, you can easily spend thousands????.For example, each year about 400 pets, mostly dogs, undergo pacemaker surgery costing $3,000. Cats with renal failure, a common ailment, can now get an $8,000 to $10,000 kidney transplant, followed by $600-a-year regimens of immunosuppressive drugs. We can do wonderful advanced life saving procedures????.but folks, it ain?????t cheap.
Costly Practices..
And the costs of operating a veterinary practice are Huge!
Veterinary Salaries have risen, and newer Veterinarians are demanding higher starting salaries before they even walk in the door. A new graduate will start at 60,000 dollars a year. Higher end corporate practices will pay even more….those practice owners earn in excess of 100,000 dollars a year.
Veterinary Clinics have extremely high overhead costs. You need a lot of specialized equipment to perform exams, X-rays, Ultrasound, Surgery, Monitoring equipment, Anesthetic equipment, Kennels and Cages, Ventilation????.the list is big.
You need a high number of staff to give quality patient care..And the Veterinary staff are now demanding higher salaries????.gone are the days when you could pay a receptionist 8 dollars an hour.
No New Pets
Most of you reading this live in or near a city. In fact that?????s where most veterinary practices are located. The problem with that is that most cities have MORE veterinarians than they NEED.
The Pet Population is increasing, but it?????s not keeping pace with the number of Veterinary Practices.
This means that for a Veterinary Practice to grow, it can?????t rely on just increasing the number of patients, BECAUSE there aren?????t enough patients to go around for all the existing practices.
SO what?????s a Practice owner to do?
Charge More per client.
Do MORE things with the existing clients.
It?????s called the UPSELL and I know that you have all experienced it. Go to MacDonalds, and after you place your Order, what to they ask?
Would you like Fries with that?
The UPSELL.
SO now that you have the background????..stay tuned for my Top 10 ways to avoid getting Ripped off at the Vet..
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Dr Andrew Jones
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