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**ANCETPYNCTEXT** · 07-15-2010, 05:03 AM

Sometimes breeders know more than vets. My previous dog had a devastating illness. We spent over $3,000 in vet bills. Nobody could figure out what was wrong. A breeder told me it was, "Shar-Pei Fever." I told one of the vets, (he had several). The vet looked it up and found out it was a real illness. My dog was put on colchicine which cost about $10 bucks a month and everything was fine until the pup lost his mind years later.

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Oh... the point of that was to say... Vets study a LOT of different conditions and animals in that eight years of education... (Actually, four of those years is for a Bachelors degree which may not have anything to do with diagnosing or treating animals)... Anyhow while vets may have a wealth of general knowledge, a GOOD

07-15-2010, 05:03 AM	#11
ANCETPYNCTEXT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	Sometimes breeders know more than vets. My previous dog had a devastating illness. We spent over $3,000 in vet bills. Nobody could figure out what was wrong. A breeder told me it was, "Shar-Pei Fever." I told one of the vets, (he had several). The vet looked it up and found out it was a real illness. My dog was put on colchicine which cost about $10 bucks a month and everything was fine until the pup lost his mind years later. ---------- Post added at 10:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:59 PM ---------- Oh... the point of that was to say... Vets study a LOT of different conditions and animals in that eight years of education... (Actually, four of those years is for a Bachelors degree which may not have anything to do with diagnosing or treating animals)... Anyhow while vets may have a wealth of general knowledge, a GOOD
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