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Yellow frothy liquid vomit.
-Lost schrieb: sallytighe's response: Myself, I'd recommend a varied raw diet, if you're willing to read up on it and put a bit of effort into finding things like green tripe etc. (or maybe it's possible to buy readymade raw meals where you are?) What exactly are you referring to? Raw meals specifically for dogs? I've never heard of such a thing. Granted, I can get whatever type of meat in this area. Is there a general suggestion of which I should try? Here are a few links on feeding dogs fresh food: www.starlitt.com/barf.html www.rawlearning.com/ http://k9joy.com/education/feedyourdog.php www.rawmeatybones.com Not sure where you are, but you should be able to find readymade frozen meals by using Google -- try things like barf +dogs +frozen. All the best, Sally |
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:05:50 +0000 (UTC), Shelly wrote:
"-Lost" wrote in : Quick rule of thumb: Not everyone is an idiot. : ) I'm pretty sure that I didn't call anyone an idiot. This is true, however ... ... ask one of the techs if you should make an appointment. Perhaps you have a truly dependable tech that would be helpful and honest. Perhaps you -are- a truly dependable tech that would be helpful and honest. I dunno. In a broad cross-section of US vet offices, my rational expectation would be as follows: State-of-Nature Tech's response Probability ______________________ __________________ ____________ Vet is not busy Schedule .475 Vet is very busy Do Not Schedule .475 Either Spot-on .050 For this reason I'd consider wording like " ... if you truly trust your vet and/or the tech, then just ask if an office visit would be appropriate" or something similar. AQ "The monkey and the baboon was playing 7-up. The monkey won the money but he scared to pick it up. The monkey stumbled, mama. The baboon fell. The monkey grab the money and he run like hell!" - from "Dirty Motherfuyer", Roosevelt Sykes, around 1935 |
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In a broad cross-section of US vet offices, my rational expectation
would be as follows: State-of-Nature Tech's response Probability ______________________ __________________ ____________ Vet is not busy Schedule .475 Vet is very busy Do Not Schedule .475 Either Spot-on .050 How about go to the source: my practice... Client wants an appointment - one is made. If client states an emergency - have them come in immediately. Otherwise, ask what would be good for them and find a reasonable accomodation Don't know one mid size or larger practice that has techs answering phones on a regular basis. We are there to service the clients, not the other way around. |
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Alphonse Q Muthafuyer wrote in
: Perhaps you have a truly dependable tech that would be helpful and honest. My experience is with smaller practices, so the folks who answer the phones *are* techs. As ofr dependable, helpful, and honest, I wouldn't go to a vet whose techs were not all of those things. In any case, I think that's the last time I'm going to try to give basic advice to newcomers here. It's apparently not appreciated or helpful to them. -- Shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) |
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Response from Shelly :
"-Lost" wrote in : Quick rule of thumb: Not everyone is an idiot. : ) I'm pretty sure that I didn't call anyone an idiot. Right, and completely ignoring what "montana wildhack" said, I was being silly. Hence the emoticon. Other than e-mailing you an audio recording of me giggling like a fool, I couldn't think of any clearer way to tell you I wasn't completely dumb. I did check first. Sorry for the misunderstanding. -- -Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. |
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Response from Shelly :
Alphonse Q Muthafuyer wrote in : Perhaps you have a truly dependable tech that would be helpful and honest. My experience is with smaller practices, so the folks who answer the phones *are* techs. As ofr dependable, helpful, and honest, I wouldn't go to a vet whose techs were not all of those things. In any case, I think that's the last time I'm going to try to give basic advice to newcomers here. It's apparently not appreciated or helpful to them. Hey um... not sure if that last part was due to our conversation, but I appreciated your help. Personally, I don't think I conveyed anything but appreciation. I mean, I threw in the obligatory smiley face and even said "thanks for that detailed response" with an exclamation so you could feel the excited appreciation in my response. My next step would be sending you flowers. : ) (Of course that was sarcasm. The good kind, not the snarky kind. Just to be clear...) -- -Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. |
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Response from sallytighe :
-Lost schrieb: sallytighe's response: Myself, I'd recommend a varied raw diet, if you're willing to read up on it and put a bit of effort into finding things like green tripe etc. (or maybe it's possible to buy readymade raw meals where you are?) What exactly are you referring to? Raw meals specifically for dogs? I've never heard of such a thing. Granted, I can get whatever type of meat in this area. Is there a general suggestion of which I should try? Here are a few links on feeding dogs fresh food: www.starlitt.com/barf.html www.rawlearning.com/ http://k9joy.com/education/feedyourdog.php www.rawmeatybones.com Not sure where you are, but you should be able to find readymade frozen meals by using Google -- try things like barf +dogs +frozen. Awesome! Thanks for all that helpful information! I'm definitely going to look into it all. Thanks again, Sally! -- -Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. |
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If there was some sort of 50/50 proposition about getting an answer, an
appointment, or service of any kind, there would be a 100% chance that we would be interviewing other practices. As Sharon Too notes, mid-sized to large practices have to be service oriented. Good point. Our techs are busy most of the day in surgery, providing treatments, dealing with post-op recovery and taking care of ordering for their areas. However, they *do* have a small amount of time each week that they cover out front and they speak with patients if requested. I guess my point was that we *never* turn down someone who seeks an appointment and if they say it's an emergency, then we treat it as an emergency. We also refer phone calls to the doctors when asked to or have the calls returned within the same day if the doctors are in appointments or surgery. I wouldn't be at any practice that has a 50/50 policy for appointment making! -Sharon |
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-Lost schrieb: Response from Shelly : "-Lost" wrote in 6: Quick rule of thumb: Not everyone is an idiot. : ) I'm pretty sure that I didn't call anyone an idiot. Right, and completely ignoring what "montana wildhack" said, I was being silly. Hence the emoticon. Other than e-mailing you an audio recording of me giggling like a fool, I couldn't think of any clearer way to tell you I wasn't completely dumb. I did check first. Sorry for the misunderstanding. To be honest, I thought it was intended to be snippy rather than funny too. But then I also thought the original comment was a bit harsh. It's writing that's the problem -- you lose everything that's conveyed by body language, both the cues from the other person as to what it's OK to say, and the stuff in your own body language that tones what you say up or down. Sorry, I'm a linguist. Lecture over. Anyway, I hope there are no hard feelings. Sally |
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:49:26 +0000 (UTC), Shelly wrote:
Alphonse Q Muthafuyer wrote in : Perhaps you have a truly dependable tech that would be helpful and honest. My experience is with smaller practices, so the folks who answer the phones *are* techs. As ofr dependable, helpful, and honest, I wouldn't go to a vet whose techs were not all of those things. In any case, I think that's the last time I'm going to try to give basic advice to newcomers here. It's apparently not appreciated or helpful to them. You are being over-sensitive. This is the internet. Look closely. The "dig" wasn't really directed at you (to my knowledge). It was directed at assembly-line vet practices motivated primarily by profit and convenience. How many owners with dogs that devour inedibles have 100% dependable vet-techs in a phone conversation context? 5%? 10%?? Your advice was mostly sound and helpful. AQ "The monkey and the baboon was playing 7-up. The monkey won the money but he scared to pick it up. The monkey stumbled, mama. The baboon fell. The monkey grab the money and he run like hell!" - from "Dirty Motherfuyer", Roosevelt Sykes, around 1935 |
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