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PippyPony said:
Isn't there an annual contest run by dvm360 or something? Or did they stop that?

The last winner I remember seeing was a great dane who ate 21 and 1/2 socks.
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Yeah, they still do that, or someone does.

Honestly, though, some of the craziest things I have heard of animals ingesting aren't even going to cause a foreign body. If it can maybe, possibly, potentially fit through their mouths, it could be edible is what I have learned.

All different types of medications, so many different types of food and I mean like--- whole bottles of salt, seasonings, large amounts of protein powder or straight up cocoa powder, fireworks (yes, they eat them), ALL the rat bait, illicit drugs, vomit from drunk people, feces out of colostomy bags, matches, hair dye, paint.... etc, etc. Animals do not care, they will ingest anything and everything.
 
Minnerbelle said:
ugh I need to get on that. Did you need a vet visit prior to having them enrolled? Or is it just a 30 day waiting period and no exam needed? Ima go with trupanion since they will let me be my own pets’ vet, but for their same day exam certificates it needs to be done by someone that is not me. I imagine if an exam is needed it needs to be with someone else, and that’s my hang up.
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I have trupanion for this pup. From my research (aka two vet fb groups), trupanion will let you be your own vet as long as an initial exam is by someone else. For me that’s easier because I am in path and it’s more economical for me to go to the GP for vaccines than to buy a tray and do it myself. I was going to go with healthypaws but they say you can’t do your own care. For trupanion there’s no mandatory “entrance” exam for most people but with the be-your-own-vet thing I’d get one...It’s a 7 day waiting period for accidents and 30 days for illnesses. But when you send in the first claim, then they’ll ask for records back a year or two (or as far as I have in my case for the puppy) to look for preexisting conditions. I enrolled him at 8 weeks and his first exam wasn’t until 10 weeks. I wanted an exam during his waiting period just to prove he was normal at enrollment so we won’t have anything preexisting like Winston had.
 
JaynaAli said:
I have trupanion for this pup. From my research (aka two vet fb groups), trupanion will let you be your own vet as long as an initial exam is by someone else. For me that’s easier because I am in path and it’s more economical for me to go to the GP for vaccines than to buy a tray and do it myself. I was going to go with healthypaws but they say you can’t do your own care. For trupanion there’s no mandatory “entrance” exam for most people but with the be-your-own-vet thing I’d get one...It’s a 7 day waiting period for accidents and 30 days for illnesses. But when you send in the first claim, then they’ll ask for records back a year or two (or as far as I have in my case for the puppy) to look for preexisting conditions. I enrolled him at 8 weeks and his first exam wasn’t until 10 weeks. I wanted an exam during his waiting period just to prove he was normal at enrollment so we won’t have anything preexisting like Winston had.
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this is interesting to know about trupanion...I never really thought about insurance from the aspect of being a vet...I'm not sure how much it will impact me really though either because I intend to go into specialty practice.

I have embrace, and the major draw for me was the waiver for the waiting period with an orthopedic exam, among other things

they've been pretty good to work with over the two years
 
JaynaAli said:
I have trupanion for this pup. From my research (aka two vet fb groups), trupanion will let you be your own vet as long as an initial exam is by someone else. For me that’s easier because I am in path and it’s more economical for me to go to the GP for vaccines than to buy a tray and do it myself. I was going to go with healthypaws but they say you can’t do your own care. For trupanion there’s no mandatory “entrance” exam for most people but with the be-your-own-vet thing I’d get one...It’s a 7 day waiting period for accidents and 30 days for illnesses. But when you send in the first claim, then they’ll ask for records back a year or two (or as far as I have in my case for the puppy) to look for preexisting conditions. I enrolled him at 8 weeks and his first exam wasn’t until 10 weeks. I wanted an exam during his waiting period just to prove he was normal at enrollment so we won’t have anything preexisting like Winston had.
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Oh mine all have pre-existing conditions (I got them that way) that are clearly documented. I just want it for broken limbs and such that will cost thousands that I can’t address myself. I know trupanion needs 18 months of records when you file a claim. I don’t mind the 30 day waiting period, but I’m not going to take my pets in for a random wellness visit during the pandemic just to have a PE by another vet.
 
mmmdreamerz said:
this is interesting to know about trupanion...I never really thought about insurance from the aspect of being a vet...I'm not sure how much it will impact me really though either because I intend to go into specialty practice.

I have embrace, and the major draw for me was the waiver for the waiting period with an orthopedic exam, among other things

they've been pretty good to work with over the two years
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Trupanion covers ortho issues, and waiting period is waived for any condition with the same day exam offer as long as it’s not noted during that exam.
 
mmmdreamerz said:
this is interesting to know about trupanion...I never really thought about insurance from the aspect of being a vet...I'm not sure how much it will impact me really thought either because I intend to go into specialty practice.

I have embrace, and the major draw for me was the waiver for the waiting period with an orthopedic exam, among other things

they've been pretty good to work with over the two years
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Yeah some places say it’s a conflict of interest to be the one billing for care and the one receiving the payment. For a lot of people, they don’t care too much since as GPS they would mainly be using the insurance on specialty/emergency care. But if you plan to treat anything yourself it can be more difficult.

I did see that about Embrace when researching policies, it’s a nice perk. I’ve read my Trupanion policy like three times and it doesn’t say anything about any additional orthopedic waiting period other than the regular 7/30 day periods like everything else has. It does specifically say they won’t cover ivdd or hip dysplasia if you even think it could have had it before the policy, even if it was not officially diagnosed, but that’s it. I did ask the vet who did Murphy’s vaccines to say he was orthopedically normal (provided she examined him to be normal of course haha) just to be explicit. Nationwide had like an additional 1 yr waiting period for most things ortho (hips, knees, and patellas) when I used them for Winston.
 
I just enrolled my birds in nationwide. They’re the only option for avian, but the policy is really comprehensive and reasonably priced. To get my monthly down I chose 70% coverage instead of 90% so that I could keep the low deductible ($200) but it covers anything as long as it wasn’t pre existing. Since they’re literally my children and avian care can be sooooo ridiculously expensive I figured that it’s worth it. It also means I’ll probably actually bring them to the vet every year and maybe even get bloodwork and a fecal done [emoji23]
They also give a 5% discount for vet professionals/students and 5% for each additional pet.

I also convinced my parents to get it for our dog and cat at home. Kitty needs a dental and is now officially a sr cat, and bernadoodle is v likely going to need FB sx and/or chemo in the future so definitely worth it for them
 
OK but who wants to treat their own pet anyway?! I swear my brain shuts down immediately. Mine ate a whole bottle of meloxicam a few years ago and I treated him but I felt 100000% better the one night he stayed overnight at our favorite emergency clinic for fluids and observation. Coworkers’ pets? I got it.

Also, my amazing tech (who is also off on maternity leave) forwarded me a post by one of our good clients with a super sweet dog who almost died of necrotizing pancreatitis last summer. Apparently he’s not doing well and they think it’s almost time to euthanize and owner said to tech, “I just want Dr [TRH] back” 🙁 Apparently some of our other clients aren’t thrilled with our relief doctors and only want to see me now too. Which would have been fine when I was supposed to start back last week but now I have to be off at least two more weeks (and boss prefers one month!) with this damn virus. I feel so guilty and sad I’m not there for them when they need me. And I also feel like crap and I’m worried about my babies and UGH.
 
grebes4lyfe said:
I just enrolled my birds in nationwide. They’re the only option for avian, but the policy is really comprehensive and reasonably priced. To get my monthly down I chose 70% coverage instead of 90% so that I could keep the low deductible ($200) but it covers anything as long as it wasn’t pre existing. Since they’re literally my children and avian care can be sooooo ridiculously expensive I figured that it’s worth it. It also means I’ll probably actually bring them to the vet every year and maybe even get bloodwork and a fecal done [emoji23]
They also give a 5% discount for vet professionals/students and 5% for each additional pet.

I also convinced my parents to get it for our dog and cat at home. Kitty needs a dental and is now officially a sr cat, and bernadoodle is v likely going to need FB sx and/or chemo in the future so definitely worth it for them
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I was not a huge fan of Nationwide, but I know nothing about their avian policies. I don’t regret having it and it was better than not having insurance, but they fought paying out a lot of times when they shouldn’t have and blamed it on preexisting conditions. Ultimately they did end up paying for everything they should have and I got more out than I paid in, but I had to spend a lot of time on the phone fighting. I worry that “normal people” would just accept the denials and lose out. I also don’t like that some of their plans have a payment schedule (where they arbitrarily decide they’re only paying $2500 for a TPLO or whatever), but some plans just reimburse a percent of all your expenses, which sounds like what you’ve got...I like that better. I hope you have better luck with them than I did! Just keep on them if you do have issues.

Most policies won’t cover dental care since they consider that routine. Dental trauma is sometimes covered. There are definitely times when pet insurance might not be the right choice for someone (lots of pets, can self-insure by saving money each month, etc) but I think it’s always a conversation worth having.
 
that redhead said:
Also, my amazing tech (who is also off on maternity leave) forwarded me a post by one of our good clients with a super sweet dog who almost died of necrotizing pancreatitis last summer. Apparently he’s not doing well and they think it’s almost time to euthanize and owner said to tech, “I just want Dr [TRH] back” 🙁 Apparently some of our other clients aren’t thrilled with our relief doctors and only want to see me now too. Which would have been fine when I was supposed to start back last week but now I have to be off at least two more weeks (and boss prefers one month!) with this damn virus. I feel so guilty and sad I’m not there for them when they need me. And I also feel like crap and I’m worried about my babies and UGH.
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If it’s any consolation, it’s reassuring how much you obviously care about your clients and your patients. And I’m sure they know how much you care, and that you’d be there if you could. Hope you feel better quickly!
 
JaynaAli said:
Most policies won’t cover dental care since they consider that routine. Dental trauma is sometimes covered. There are definitely times when pet insurance might not be the right choice for someone (lots of pets, can self-insure by saving money each month, etc) but I think it’s always a conversation worth having.
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The ones that do, clients end up super disappointed anyway. They either pay very little for it even if a part of their “wellness rider,” or if it’s for a sick policy that covers it, they won’t cover the routine dental part of it, just the extractions. So depending on how the bill is itemized, they reimburse very little.
 
that redhead said:
OK but who wants to treat their own pet anyway?! I swear my brain shuts down immediately. Mine ate a whole bottle of meloxicam a few years ago and I treated him but I felt 100000% better the one night he stayed overnight at our favorite emergency clinic for fluids and observation. Coworkers’ pets? I got it.
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I do for anything that doesn’t require hospitalization or referral, at which point I wipe my hands clean of it.

i surgerize my own pets on the regular.
 
JaynaAli said:
I was not a huge fan of Nationwide, but I know nothing about their avian policies. I don’t regret having it and it was better than not having insurance, but they fought paying out a lot of times when they shouldn’t have and blamed it on preexisting conditions. Ultimately they did end up paying for everything they should have and I got more out than I paid in, but I had to spend a lot of time on the phone fighting. I worry that “normal people” would just accept the denials and lose out. I also don’t like that some of their plans have a payment schedule (where they arbitrarily decide they’re only paying $2500 for a TPLO or whatever), but some plans just reimburse a percent of all your expenses, which sounds like what you’ve got...I like that better. I hope you have better luck with them than I did! Just keep on them if you do have issues.

Most policies won’t cover dental care since they consider that routine. Dental trauma is sometimes covered. There are definitely times when pet insurance might not be the right choice for someone (lots of pets, can self-insure by saving money each month, etc) but I think it’s always a conversation worth having.
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Nationwide does cover dental care if you get their plan that includes wellness. Heck they even cover spay/neuter/declaw.

But you have to get the wellness plan from them. I'm not sure if they'd cover a basic dental if the pet were shown to have needed one before signed up, not sure how they determine that because dental is preventative so is covered under their wellness but there can be pre-existing disease too,no clue how they approach that aspect.
 
Minnerbelle said:
I do for anything that doesn’t require hospitalization or referral, at which point I wipe my hands clean of it.

i surgerize my own pets on the regular.
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I actually did my dog’s dental before I went out on maternity leave. Gold star to myself for being a big girl. I was going to have someone else do it but I knew I would be hovering (and we had to send rads to the dentist to recheck his root canal) and I was worried I’d drive them crazy 😛 I do his vaccines and everything obviously but don’t know if I could do like a lump removal or FB...I guess I do treat my own pets after all, it just freaks me out :laugh:
 
that redhead said:
OK but who wants to treat their own pet anyway?! I swear my brain shuts down immediately.
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I agree that I treat very little on my own pets. But as an example, Winston had allergies. I would rather buy the Cytopoint myself and not have to pay an exam fee+Cytopoint markup to have another vet do it (not counting my time to visit another vet). Yes, it was covered 90% by the insurance either way but my cost for a wholesale box of Cytopoint was like 33% of what I’d pay for the same number of doses drug marked up plus an exam fee for each shot. Or if a dog had Cushings or something else chronic...I’d like to be able to but my own meds because it’s cheaper. Emergencies and accidents and surgeries though, I definitely wouldn’t treat myself even if I did have the equipment.
 
DVMDream said:
Nationwide does cover dental care if you get their plan that includes wellness. Heck they even cover spay/neuter/declaw.

But you have to get the wellness plan from them. I'm not sure if they'd cover a basic dental if the pet were shown to have needed one before signed up, not sure how they determine that because dental is preventative so is covered under their wellness but there can be pre-existing disease too,no clue how they approach that aspect.
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Yeah, that’s why I said most plans. Their wellness coverage is pretty pricy. My friend had it on her frenchie and they raised her premium from like $75/month to $200 per month so she dropped it.
Winston’s accident/illness Nationwide plan didnt cover routine cleanings, but when we found resorptive lesions during a routine dental they did eventually cover everything associated with that visit. They denied the claim at first (and tried to say the resorption was due to mild gingival hyperplasia that was noted at a previous dental), but the DVM who did the dental wrote a letter explaining all her medical decisions and how she couldn’t pull dirty teeth because of a risk of sepsis from that so she thought the dental counted as non-routine and should be considered part of the treatment of resorption because of that. Took almost three months total before they paid, but they did pay in full, even for the scaling. But most of that was because of the work the vet put in to her rebuttal letter.
 
DVMDream said:
Nationwide does cover dental care if you get their plan that includes wellness. Heck they even cover spay/neuter/declaw.
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I’ve had so many disgruntled clients over the nationwide wellness dental coverage because essentially it’s just an allowance/discount and not full coverage even for routine prophy. So in our relatively high cost area, it covered very little and the client still had to pay $300-400 for the prophy including preanesthetic labwork and it pissed them off to no end.
 
Pets Best is what I have and their wellness plan (an extra like $26 a month) covers I think $150 towards a dental.

Edit: this is what it pays towards annual wellness stuff
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SkiOtter said:
Pets Best is what I have and their wellness plan (an extra like $26 a month) covers I think $150 towards a dental.
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I mean it’s 100% the client’s problem for not reading the fine print and getting all pissed off About their reimbursement AFTER services had been rendered... but when a dental prophy costs $400-500 and preanesthetic labwork costs $150-300, it’s not a very good benefit for like a lab with fairly nice teeth that doesn’t really need an annual dental.
 
Minnerbelle said:
I mean it’s 100% the client’s problem for not reading the fine print and getting all pissed off About their reimbursement AFTER services had been rendered... but when a dental prophy costs $400-500 and preanesthetic labwork costs $150-300, it’s not a very good benefit for like a lab with fairly nice teeth that doesn’t really need an annual dental.
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Oh I know. Pets Best does make it very clear when signing up what you’re getting with the wellness plan though which is nice.
And even if you didn’t get a dental yearly bit still got preventions and bloodwork yearly, you’d still come out ahead by adding their wellness plan
 
Minnerbelle said:
i surgerize my own pets on the regular.
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that redhead said:
I actually did my dog’s dental before I went out on maternity leave. Gold star to myself for being a big girl. I was going to have someone else do it but I knew I would be hovering (and we had to send rads to the dentist to recheck his root canal) and I was worried I’d drive them crazy 😛 I do his vaccines and everything obviously but don’t know if I could do like a lump removal or FB...I guess I do treat my own pets after all, it just freaks me out :laugh:
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I'll do my own dentals on my pets, but I haven't done their surgeries. I had a mass (benign) removed from my old man cat who is my heart pet - I knew I would be shaky and not at all objective if anything went wrong. So I asked one of the other doctors to do it for me. I can forgive others if any of my pets were to die under anesthesia, but I don't think I could forgive myself.
 
I hate horse people..
The barn I board my horse at had a few of their own horses come up with fever and snotty noses about two months ago. They were positive for strangles. These people did isolate the positive horses but forced all of the owner horses who are in a different barn to get cultures for s equi equi with the barn’s vet. We had no say into what vet did this. Anyways all horses eventually were nasal swab negative. Now these crazy people want to move four more horses in and due to this, they want my trainer and her horses which includes my mare to move down to the barn that had strangles. The main barn is cement and clean. The other barn that had strangles is dirt aisles with metal siding. They say they have cleaned it but I am worried about strangles still there. Even though we were promised a main barn stall when we moved in and have been boarding there for two years they are telling me to move down there or leave because of the new horses coming in. How is this fair? Worried about my poor mare getting strangles and she was a little tender RF while riding this week. Ugh. I can’t sleep and I work at the clinic tomorrow. There aren’t a ton of boarding places in my area. I might just move states. Why are horse people the way they are? And they are only giving me a 24 day notice. And they don’t want anyone to move off property due to covid. And the yucky stalls cost the same as the nice stalls and have no individual tack locker unlike the nice stalls. Again, how is this fair?
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@Musicandhorses I would throw a fit.

They can't charge you the same board if the facilities are not the same, and they can't just kick your horse out of the nicer stall to make room for new clients -- that's crap. New clients should have been offered the open stalls (or not offered any stalls, because I wouldn't bring my horse into a barn that had an outbreak 2 months ago if I were them). Is it in your boarding contract?

On the strangles front... as a vet, I'm sure you know that there are papers out there on the persistence of strep equi equi -- maybe pull out some tidbits from those and tell them they are endangering your horse? Can your trainer back you up at all?

I'm sorry you don't have more options... good barns are really hard to find, and it's tough when the managers do this kind of stuff because it sours the working relationship 🙁
 
I'm also confused about why they see covid as a barrier to moving off the property...? they don't own your horse; they can't stop you from putting her on a trailer and peacing out. It's not like there is any evidence that horses can get this kind of coronavirus anyways, so there isn't even a medical reason to close the herd. (Except, ya know, the proven strangles exposure, but in that case why are there new horses?)

Weird. I'm sorry.
 
genny said:
I'll do my own dentals on my pets, but I haven't done their surgeries. I had a mass (benign) removed from my old man cat who is my heart pet - I knew I would be shaky and not at all objective if anything went wrong. So I asked one of the other doctors to do it for me. I can forgive others if any of my pets were to die under anesthesia, but I don't think I could forgive myself.
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Haha I’m the other way. I won’t put it on anyone else I know. I don’t ever want to question what my friends did if things go wrong. Or have them think I did.

If I’m nervous enough about it, I have a specialist do it. That’s how my heart kitty ended up with two dentals with dentists before I was confident enough to do it myself. I also do a **** ton of surgeries and probably do more FB, cystotomies, amps, and PUs than most GPs. I typically have more surgical experience than the colleagues I work with. I don’t have too many friends who feel comfortable with these surgeries, and more often than not, I’m the one walking colleagues through them so for my own pets I just do them myself. If I worked regularly with a highly skilled GP surgeon that I could lean on, it would be different I think. If I had a dog with a MCT or something similar, I would either do it myself or send to a surgeon depending on location. So far I haven’t had any come back with dirty margins when attempting surgical cure due to careful case selection. If I cut it and got dirty margins (provided I thought we had a reasonable shot), I would just regret not having sent my pet to a surgeon or consulting onco first. I’d only have myself to blame and that’s fine with me. If I had a colleague cut it and got dirty margins, I would probably regret not cutting myself, and I’m sure it would make my colleague feel horrible too.

For me, I feel like procedures are fairly straightforward and I feel comfortable doing them on my pets. I can compartmentalize pretty well. But medical cases I tend to get an IM specialist involved sooner rather than later, esp if I think a condition might be life limiting. The second I get the spidey senses that my pet might be dying, I lose it. With my heart kitty, I went to two internists who were like, “I dunno what you’re talking about, there’s nothing here to suggest your cat’s dying” during the initial consult. Well... that’s why I was there. The labwork was vague and initial cancer hunt was clear, but I had a hunch. Sure enough, she was death within two months. I would have driven myself crazy if I hadn’t stepped away from being her doctor early on. I just needed to be mom.

But then if I had insurance to cover them, and could just have a tertiary referral facility deal with surgery and hospitalize after the procedure, and it cost me no more than $1500, I think I’ll start punting them
 
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Musicandhorses said:
And they kept calling strangles a virus. When I corrected them that it’s bacterial they rolled their eyes. Yet they call me or text me to ask about sick chickens dogs or cats that they have. They know I’m a vet
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Sooooooo glad I don’t deal with horse people. They are a whole nother level of crazy...
 
So new developments...
They are basically kicking me out and I have until June 7 to move. My trainer has now fired me as a client. I told her I am looking out for my horse’s well being and want to do the right thing. But I will play this battle because I think it is wrong what they are doing. They should have had a barn meeting to see if anyone would be willing to move to the other barn at reduced board. If nobody wanted to move then the new horses or THEIR OWN horses should move there. I’m very very depressed because I thought my trainer of 7 years would always be there for me. Sge has told me in the past she would be. She has room in her place too but she won’t offer it. All she has done is emailed me boarding facilities I already knew about. She is the only Grand Prix trainer I my area and I thought she would always be there for me and my horse to help us. I’ve even allowed her to use my mare as a school horse in many occasions. Even if I had to change around my schedule. She won’t even continue lessons with me now. I’m very very depressed.

As much as I hate this I’m bringing this to usef usda and to the state vet board. Their vet did not have a valid vpcr when she took those s equi culture samples nor did she have informed consent from me. I have NEVER taken one of my colleagues to the board but I likely will this time. My equine vet is also getting involved. I think they are scared of me and that’s why my trainer has fired me. Cry! I’m very depressed and need some help today

If I’m in the wrong I will humbly apologize and ask forgiveness. I start to question right or wrong now. That’s not a good place to be...
 
Musicandhorses said:
So new developments...
They are basically kicking me out and I have until June 7 to move. My trainer has now fired me as a client. I told her I am looking out for my horse’s well being and want to do the right thing. But I will play this battle because I think it is wrong what they are doing. They should have had a barn meeting to see if anyone would be willing to move to the other barn at reduced board. If nobody wanted to move then the new horses or THEIR OWN horses should move there. I’m very very depressed because I thought my trainer of 7 years would always be there for me. Sge has told me in the past she would be. She has room in her place too but she won’t offer it. All she has done is emailed me boarding facilities I already knew about. She is the only Grand Prix trainer I my area and I thought she would always be there for me and my horse to help us. I’ve even allowed her to use my mare as a school horse in many occasions. Even if I had to change around my schedule. She won’t even continue lessons with me now. I’m very very depressed.

As much as I hate this I’m bringing this to usef usda and to the state vet board. Their vet did not have a valid vpcr when she took those s equi culture samples nor did she have informed consent from me. I have NEVER taken one of my colleagues to the board but I likely will this time. My equine vet is also getting involved. I think they are scared of me and that’s why my trainer has fired me. Cry! I’m very depressed and need some help today

If I’m in the wrong I will humbly apologize and ask forgiveness. I start to question right or wrong now. That’s not a good place to be...
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I don’t know anything about horse culture or how it works with trainers and boarding stables and such, but gosh that sounds so stressful. I agree based on strangles and the disparate facilities that if you were signed on for a space then what you propose is the only fair way to address this in terms of what horses live where. I’m super confused about everything else. But one thing though, is, how much of the issue is due to the veterinarian that tested your horse? Is the fact that she tested your horse on behalf of the boarding facility without your consent enough of an issue that you want her to go through the stress of a board complaint? Can you speak with her directly instead?
 
It’s a good point. I likely will do so. I haven’t done anything yet.

But I think I hit a huge nerve with all of them. I sense a lot of fear on their side. They want to hush me up.
 
I don’t know that it’s really fair to drag their vet into this. I know you’re upset and it’s fair considering the circumstances but it isn’t their vet’s fault that they’re being difficult to work with. It’s also possible they misrepresented your mare as theirs when their vet came to the property.
 
Elkhart said:
This has been an absolutely terrible, awful week for a lot of reasons, but today is by far the worst. Just glad tomorrow's a holiday for us so I have a three day weekend (though I don't even know how much I'm going to able to enjoy that since Saturday is not only the graduation date for my former vet school class, but also the 10-year anniversary of a really traumatic event... so that day'll be hard emotionally).
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I wish they had a hug button here like they do for Facebook
 
So anyone wanna guess who's landlord has decided to kick them out at the end of the lease because their daughter got pregnant? Long story short I have two months to find a place for next year while on clinics (albeit virtual for now) and move in a town that if you don't have housing secured by late March you're screwed.
 
Coopah said:
So anyone wanna guess who's landlord has decided to kick them out at the end of the lease because their daughter got pregnant? Long story short I have two months to find a place for next year while on clinics (albeit virtual for now) and move in a town that if you don't have housing secured by late March you're screwed.
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Does your school have a page where other vet students post if they’re looking to fill a room??
 
SkiOtter said:
Does your school have a page where other vet students post if they’re looking to fill a room??
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Already on it. The problem is the timing. This is usually settled much earlier in the year typically. I'm looking but everything I'm finding is taken. I'm reacting prematurely I know, I only found out today. But dealing with moving during clinics? Finding a place to move during clinics? This is my nightmare.
 
Coopah said:
Already on it. The problem is the timing. This is usually settled much earlier in the year typically. I'm looking but everything I'm finding is taken. I'm reacting prematurely I know, I only found out today. But dealing with moving during clinics? Finding a place to move during clinics? This is my nightmare.
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Oh yeah it definitely sucks. Also I just looked on Zillow and there are some places available for rent still. Not sure if they’re similarly priced to what your currently paying or not though :hilarious:
 
Coopah said:
Already on it. The problem is the timing. This is usually settled much earlier in the year typically. I'm looking but everything I'm finding is taken. I'm reacting prematurely I know, I only found out today. But dealing with moving during clinics? Finding a place to move during clinics? This is my nightmare.
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I was assuming they'd have something around since the official deadline to accept positions in the vet class is later than March and presumably first year students manage to find places to live before class starts. If I'm remembering correctly you don't have any animals you need to find a place for as well, right?

I'm sorry about the sucky timeline. Stinks that they aren't at least willing to put you on a month to month lease for an extra month or so since their daughter won't technically need to move right away unless she's been pregnant for a while and the landlord just didn't mention it. Also moving during fourth year just sucks in general
 
vetmedhead said:
I was assuming they'd have something around since the official deadline to accept positions in the vet class is later than March and presumably first year students manage to find places to live before class starts. If I'm remembering correctly you don't have any animals you need to find a place for as well, right?

I'm sorry about the sucky timeline. Stinks that they aren't at least willing to put you on a month to month lease for an extra month or so since their daughter won't technically need to move right away unless she's been pregnant for a while and the landlord just didn't mention it. Also moving during fourth year just sucks in general
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Yeah I asked if they'd be flexible a month or so either way so we'll see what happens.
SkiOtter said:
Oh yeah it definitely sucks. Also I just looked on Zillow and there are some places available for rent still. Not sure if they’re similarly priced to what your currently paying or not though :hilarious:
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Yeah that's the problem is price. I could easily find a place for >$1000 a month and starve to death because I'm stubborn enough to not take out more loans :laugh:
 
Coopah said:
So anyone wanna guess who's landlord has decided to kick them out at the end of the lease because their daughter got pregnant? Long story short I have two months to find a place for next year while on clinics (albeit virtual for now) and move in a town that if you don't have housing secured by late March you're screwed.
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I have an extra room in my house...you’d have to compute...across the country😉

In all seriousness that is really terrible timing and I’m super sorry. Moving sucks!
 
I could help you move. I live about two to three hours from Davis if you ever need help. Sorry I can’t get the quotes to work.
 
It's really frustrating that no one at work respects my opinion. I get that I'm new to the company, but I am by no means new to animals. I've mentioned where I work on here so I won't go into details, but there have been several instances in which I've pointed out an animal health issue that was dismissed by a coworker, but I ended up being right. Even when I INSIST something might be up, it's shrugged off because I'm the new person so what do I know.
 
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