Comments on: Veterinarian ignores abandoned dog

By: John

John — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:19:11 +0000

Peter, You suck. You and Anderson ought to be locked up with Vick. By the way, they ought to throw away the key and leave Vick in for a lifetime. Shame on Philadelphia Eagles for paying him more money. He has no remorse, or would not have abused dogs in the first place if he did have remorse. Anderson and all other veternarians like him do not deserve to make the high pay associated with animal vet clinics. Dr Jones does not discourage vet care. He tells the Anderson story, then says you decide the right or wrong of SPCA. Peter, you are an idiot and retarded. This greed and abusive action of Anderson should be exposed.

By: Natalie Kramer

Natalie Kramer — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:56:37 +0000

Peter, you might have noticed that out of the 70+ people here, you are the only one defending this vet. And…big surprise! You are a vet too! As much as you dislike the idea, the public at large expects vets to be more than businesses. We expect you to act with some basic decency and compassion since the “business” you are in requires you to apply your skills and judgement to sentient beings. This vet’s refusal to treat this abandoned dog caused a delay in treatment when time was of the essence, added to the dog’s suffering and precipitated his death. I suppose that’s OK with you, so long as it made business sense for this business owner. Scary, isn’t it: the only one who finds this behavior acceptable is another vet!

Dr. Jones does not uses public emotion to sell his “trashy” literature. First of all, there is no link between this story and the sales of his literature. Secondly, you have no business slendering his products; many people use them and are grateful to have access to them (he has many free products too). Also, the need for alternative approaches to many veterinary issues, including vaccines, food, non-steroids, etc. is well recognized, as much you may hate this fact (interferes with your “busines,” doesn’t it?). I see a Hills advertisement on your site. I wouldn’t be caught dead feeding that stuff to my pets. And yes, Dr. Jones’ take on what to feed our pets, even though it not be a panacea for everything, is far more sensible and healthy than yours, it seems to me. How sad that many veterinarians are in bed with the noxious pet food industry and lack basic humanity and compassion the way the rest of us define these things.

By: tammy

tammy — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:53:21 +0000

My goodness what a shame. you would be surprise how many vets are like this. I witness a beagle get hit and I called our so called rescue which a vet opened. I was told they could not take the dog unless I wanted to fork out 200.00 to cover the vet bill (which I had no money like this) I ask them about their rescue and then I was told I had to pay them to take the dog. The dog was not even mine and I couldn’t find the home he belonged to. this showed me the vet was all for the money just like this dr. anderson. I think all vets like that should lose their license and never practice. My goodness have a heart. I know it cost money to keep a business open but there comes a piont to where you help a helpless animal then worry about the bills later. The beagle by the way ended up with only a sprang leg I took care of him until I found him a good loving home and indeed he did and it didn’t even cost me 200.00 It was about 50.00 to nurse him back to health. I say get this dr. anderson for every thing you can. Burn him at the stake.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:47:03 +0000

Here’s the story I’m seeing here:
A bad Samaritan (remember the good Samaritan left MONEY with the inn keeper, and said he would take care of the rest when he returned).

The bad Samaritan does a dirty deed, and abandons an animal in front of a BUSINESS.

Veterinarian refuses to a do work he will not be paid for and calls on an agency that has a government contract and receives MONEY to humanely handle these types of problems. SPCA then reflects blame onto Dr. Anderson (perhaps there’s some other reasons they don’t like him), and gets media attention on it to do more damage.

Dr. Andrew Jones then uses the story to take advantage of public emotion to sell for MONEY his trashy literature online that discourages people from seeking veterinary care.

Well, at least this dog made it to the door, and wasn’t at home getting some home remedy crammed down its throat.

He should have taken the dog in, and provided some care. If bills aren’t getting paid in the business, he should charge more MONEY for what he does to avoid these types of embarrassments, and then file a complaint with the county providing MONEY to the SPCA. (perhaps he already did that, and that’s why they retaliated and made this public).

By: emily

emily — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:53:21 +0000

I don’t know what all of you are saying. He would most definitely see me in his office again….. So I could cuss him out!!! Is this what our society has come to? People who are supposed to help and save us simply turn the other way cause they won’t make a profit?!?! This is awful! It makes me sick to my stomach to know I’m part of the same species as that awful piece of filth.

I hope he is treated the way he treated kenny. I especially hope that all his patients abandon him the way he abandoned kenny. No more money for that selfish b@$terd.