Product Description

Compiling forty years of veterinary experience, Dr. James Busby combines his wealth of knowledge with the most current academic recommendations on what is really needed in yearly and routine pet care. More importantly, Dr. Busby explains what isn't needed. This is the inside scoop on what pet owners really need to do to keep their animals healthy.

"The book explains and highlights many more money-saving suggestions and gives the reader the knowledge to know when to incur medical expenses and when not to. Some of this is so unjustified it could be considered fraud - or at least unethical - in my opinion. What do you think?" - Dr. James Busby

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #52036 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 186 pages

Review
I LOVED your book!!! I picked it up looking for something specific last night, and couldn't put it down. -- Julie Hoffman, Founder/Director Northern Lights Sled Dog Rescue

I LOVED your book!!! I picked it up looking for something specific last night, and couldn't put it down. --Julie Hoffman, Founder/Director Northern Lights Sled Dog Rescue

About the Author
Dr. James L. Busby has been a practicing veterinarian for 40 years. For the last 27 years, he's run an outpatient small animal practice in Bemidji, Minnesota. The fourth veterinarian in his family in three generations, his great grandfather, Dr. Krull, was a real "horse and buggy" doctor who migrated to NE Nebraska early in the 20th century from Albany, NY. Dr. Krull's two grandsons (his uncle and father) became DVMs in the 30s & early 40s.

Dr. Busby's mission is to bring to the people truth in veterinary care, tempered with common sense.

Customer Reviews

Excellent
Vet's advice so concise and all encompassing I'll feel self-indulgent anytime I take our dogs to one again except for a 3 year rabies shot.
But sometimes I will indulge.
Absolutely essential reading for those of us retired but hoping to maintain our pets well-being within our financial resources.

Common Sense that Every Owner Should Know

This book is a simple, short must read of practical advice that every pet owner should read. It is easy to understand and not muddled with scientific jargon that can intimidate someone without a science background. It is straightforward and honest and written by a veterinarian who actually owns animals. The veterinary industry is probably the least scutinized industry by government other than requiring licensing of staff and licensing of facility--actual practice procedures are not monitored--so the public needs to realize that many practitioners today are primarily motivated by profit.

As a breeder of show dogs for 20 years, I spend a lot of money and time with veterinarians who are general practictioners, eye specialists,and orthopedic specialists. My annual veterinary fees, licensing fees, etc. easily approach $4,000 each year--so I have learned to not accept every approach to veterinary care as equal--because veterinary care is a profit making industry that offers services to owners of pets. Today, nearly 40% of veterinarians are paid a commission ranging from 3% to 30% of every service that they provide for each pet--and that padding of bills is seldom done out of necessity for the quality care and health of the pet--rather for the quality of life for the veterians. Many veterinarians
do not even own pets themselves and rely on drug salesman to guide them rather than years of experience in dealing with health issues of pets.

What?
This book can't even get Lyme Disease correct. It is Lyme Disease NOT LYMES DISEASE---enough said.