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Doc Johnson Do You Take Pet Insurance?

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Doc Johnson, Do You Take or Provide Pet Insurance?

If it benefits the customer without hurting me, it would (on my side of the counter) smooth out the ‘seasonality’ of veterinary medicine and spread out the customer’s expenses.  But to be honest, it also means running a great big ‘receivables’ account and chasing people around who miss their premium? If you have ideas that work for everyone in this equation outside of the following, please share.

I am always considering how to do it, if it benefits me AND the customer. But so far it profits the vets and takes advantage of the customers:

The short answer isn’t short, and occurs in two parts.

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How To Get Medicines Online Without a Prescription

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How To Get Medicines Online Without a Prescription Key points: You’re not encouraged to do this because you may get dangerous or illegal compounds. You could be included in a ‘situation’ when and if these online pharmacies are plundered by the authorities. You’re giving your credit card information to “this kind” of people. Past that, … Read more

Various images from Garden State Koi Seminar in North Carolina

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So I was invited to speak at Blue Ridge Fish Hatchery in Kernersville North Carolina. The event was organized by Thomas Smith at Gardenstatekoi and hosted in large part by Blue Ridge. And as always, I had a great time. Tom and the gang at Gardenstate, Jess, Tim, Fred, Zac, and Aaron, Kirsten, Casey, Josh, … Read more

Copyright Trolling by Higbee and Associates

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Consumer Warning: Copyright Trolling by Higbee and Associates Over the past few years, the law firm Higbee and Associates (based in Los Angeles, although it pretentiously labels itself a “National Law Firm”) has become identified with a pattern of making aggressive and, in many cases, unsupportable demands for the payment of … Read more

Veterinary Medicine 2029

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Veterinary Medicine of the Future: 2029 In 2029 veterinary medicine will be very different than it is today. In some ways it will be better. In some ways it will be much worse. The “general practitioner” will be gone, so services will be concierge or a la carte from several sources as the market gets … Read more

CT and MRI Advanced Imaging, Does It Really Matter?

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Does Veterinary CT or MRI really matter too much, besides the corporate financial ‘bottom line?’ What can the normal client do with most intracranial* results gained from a $1800-$2400 test? Here’s what it boils down to: Would you be more inclined to take your pet to a clinic that touts: “Now using the latest in … Read more

I’m upset about Walmart

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As many of you know, the pharmacies that operate in PetsMed and Chewie are owned by the same flea bitten, ragtag group of clowns based in Florida that have been tampering with written prescriptions and abusing “pet” quality PHARMACY Law for more than a decade. And as you know I do not allow my credentials … Read more

Dr Nyce Goes to Jail

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Sadly, while performing very decent “science” and making patentable discoveries in the battle against cancer, Dr Jonathan Nyce allegedly ALSO collected money from pet owners for treatments stemming from his research, and bankrolling further research through his various companies. No need to go into very much detail because better-researched data exists below: But needless to … Read more

Be extra nice to your gastrointestinal germs

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It turns out your gastrointestinal germs have many more functions then they ever knew. Shouldn’t come as a surprise, considering we have lived with these beneficial germs for literally millions of years. Handed down from generation to generation, even. Well, one of the metabolic processes driven by the germs in your intestine, happens to be … Read more