We live in the internet age, where a friend posting a story about something that happened to them can lead to a frenzy of conjecture about how “insert business or big corporation here” is taking advantage of the consumer and should never be trusted.

Veterinarians are not immune to this perception, and there is always going to be a subset of our clientele that thinks that we are only in it for the money and that we are using and prescribing toxic pharmaceuticals to line our pocketbooks with no regard for the health of our patients. Be sure to check out our other links.

The first step is to understand that this is a good pet owner because they are truly concerned about what is best for their pet. Then, recognize that they don’t have the training that we do to evaluate whether what has been written is good information. That is where it can be useful to have a few pseudoscience articles in the hospital that can be dissected to help the client understand why the information is not generally reliable.

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