[fabsroman]

Huntingvet,

I agree completely with what you just posted. That is why I love my current vet, because he seems exactly like you. He doesn't push treatments on me and I don't feel bad about saying no thanks. I told him that I was going to need a prescription to order heart worm medication from Drs. Foster & Smith and he said he would match the price with the shipping included. Of course, I could have been a wisequy and said, but the shipping isn't significant because I am ordering a bunch of stuff from them. However, I figured since he was lowering his price by about $25 and I really liked him, I didn't care about paying a little more than what it would cost me at Drs. Foster & Smith.

With any professional service, the client/customer needs to feel good about the relationship. I know that is how it is in my profession.

As far as having it bad, when I graduated from law school, the average starting salary for an attorney was $35,000 and most had $100,000 in undergrad debt and $100,000 in law school debt. I was smart/savy enough to avoid incurring debt, so my life has been a little easier than most attorneys.