04/14/2024
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Here's my thought on solving the problem. We need plenty of veterinarians in our society. Veterinarians should team up and start practices together, as partners. Do 3 shifts, with 1 or 2 veterinarians on duty and present at all times. Do spay and neuters, at cost, or as close to at cost as possible. Then, you'll hopefully have a long term customer, for the life of the pet and owner, who likely will have several pets throughout their life. Maybe there's a better way to combat fleas than we currently have available to us, maybe there will be new simpler, cheaper, less intrusive, maybe less permanent, ways invented to stop animals from reproducing, when society already has their hands full with too many to appreciate and care for as deserved?
You can sell flea meds, collect office visit fees. Sell food, cat nip, animal teeth cleaning stuff, leashes, collars, harnesses, microchips, tracking devices, nail clippers, brushes. Teach people how to take care of their pets at the office visits, encourage yearly check ups. If vaccines are truly a good idea, those can be recommended and given. You have a team on duty to help sick pets 24 hours a day, for a fair price. Working people need help at all hours and sicknesses and emergencies arise. Pets pass of old age at all hours, persons need to arrange cremation services, at all hours, and not be hanging out with a lifeless beloved pet body laying there all night. They need to talk to someone and get the cremation set up right away, it's healthier psychologically. People worried about their pets could use help right away. Often quick intervention can make a big difference with some health issues. Do spay/neuters right away, 24 hours a day. Have reasonable prices a fast food worker, or Doordash driver, like me, even, could afford without going deep into debt. You could offer payment plans to customers. Help us take care of our animals.
The County Shelters could do all this, as well as independent busines people/ veterinarians. The County already has the buildings, 7 of them, a good deal of equipment, a great website. Staff already trained and ready to go and learn new skills. The County could charge, but charge pet owners/ animal lovers needing help as low a price, as possible, considering they get many of their expenses and overhead covered with tax dollars. They could be centers of public education, cooperation, and finding ways to exist peacefully and enjoyably and rewardingly with living creatures in our world. Cities and schools might want to open similar centers and services to train their students at and help them earn money at, while helping their communities.
Private veterinarians will be needed, and could be cheaper and more convenient, because they might be next door to you, or around the corner, or even on the groundfloor of your retail/,residential building you live in and you walk your pet in all the time and buy treats and dog/cat outfits, collars, name tags all the time and know the veterinarian there.
This is actually my gameplan for my business. I'm a little far from being a veterinarian, education wise, one Biology course and one Animal Nutrition course, some Automotive training, which I suspect vehicle systems somewhat relate to how biological creatures organs work and getting a little old, but who knows. I will keep learning more and building my skills and doing as much of this as I can. I encourage others to consider this gameplan for themselves, if interested. Petco and Petsmart could pull this off easily. We need a variety of participants, and directions of approaching and solving this need, this is America.
Maybe 6 hour shifts for veterinarians? Why work anyone to death? You always end up staying later than planned, filling in for someone sick, on vacation, or with family who needs them, at any job or business. Stay fresh and not burned out, stay patient and uplifting to the public. If on the night shift, then you'll still have energy to go take a walk or bike ride, or run errands in the daylight before or after your shift and stay healthy. Teamwork makes the Dreamwork. It rhymes, a little too well, it's catchy and likely true ! Dr. Tremazi, at the Garvey Pet Hospital, is an example of a great neighborhood vet. He is hopefully teaming up and sharing his knowledge and experience with some youngsters who can build off and continue his work and help to the people and animals in our neighborhood ! Hopefully his clients learned a few things from their visits to him, with their pets, I learned quite a bit, visiting his practice, with my pets, over the years. https://youtu.be/mC5hkaTChMI?si=qX7kURC-Az0YS8dF
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