Foreclosure Crisis Affecting Pet Health and Care

Posted on November 24, 2008
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The rough patch that the nation’s economy is going through is shown by how the foreclosure crisis is affecting pet health and care. Even though it’s a great treat for pets to not go through injections and medical examinations, their vets are seriously worried about the pets’ health.

But Christine Eide, a resident of El Dorado County, is very much concerned about her pets – she won’t compromise on the health care of her Welsh Pembroke Corgi dogs. Raising these animals is not bringing her any money – it’s just putting her more and more into debt. These special dogs’ veterinary expenses and show-ring bills have amounted to as much as $10,000 in the previous year. Christine had even reduced the price of a puppy by fifty percent keeping the current foreclosure crisis affected economy in mind. But Christine will not cut corners when it comes to their health and care. Eide said, “I would not skimp on giving them their shots and what’s needed.” When Christine sells the puppies she helps the new owners by giving them all the reports of the puppies shots and genetic testing. This puts their minds at rest, she said.

The foreclosure crisis is making pet owners act irresponsibly – they delay their pets’ checkups, shots, vaccinations and the like. This could lead to the development of deadly infection diseases, which could be harmful for both the pet and the owner.

Thomas McPheron who is the spokesman for the group representing most of the nation’s vet centers said that a lot of vets have reported a noticeable decrease in the number of visits that the pet owners pay to the pet clinics. In spite of all that, the American Veterinary Medical Association, which is based in Chicago, said that their studies have proved the fact that people deny themselves before neglecting their pets in any way.
Jay Griffiths reported a 15 to 20 percent decrement since the previous year in the number of patients, who are presently on vaccinations and checkups. Griffiths is a Fair Oak veterinarian and he is the owner of five veterinary clinics in the area of Sacramento. Marianne Brick is a Fair Oaks vet practitioner who specializes in small animals and exotic pets such as lizards etc. Marianne said that most owners go in euthanasia than paying for all the expensive treatment for their exotic pets.

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