once again, what tests?
You know too little to know what to ask for, yet you ask for something that actually is highly specific.
Normally, the doctor (vets are just animal doctors, just with slightly lower legal standards of care) will ask about the history. They'll check the vitals, look at the lymph nodes, feel for broken bones, etc,.
Tests come into play when the doctor has an inkling of where to look next. Sometimes it might be a blind guess initially, but then in that case, the hope is a careful read of a common blood test (for example) will reveal something, anything.
It's unfair and totally demoralizing for a doctor to have a patient demand $specificToolType when they've not even done a thorough vitals check or have enough of an idea of what to look at. Superfluous blood tests, for example, can waste vital time. It also can overload the lab and thus delay a later, well thought out and critical test.
So "just test it" is childish. It's like an uneducated doofus who brings in a broken MacBook and then gets upset when you don't immediately run "Windows Update" -- he says a series of terms but doesn't know when/how/if they're applied to this context.
That said, it sounds like the vet you've selected is not one who can communicate with you properly. Might not even be well renowned?
You can always transfer your dog to another vet if you find a more communicative one.
You know too little to know what to ask for, yet you ask for something that actually is highly specific.
Normally, the doctor (vets are just animal doctors, just with slightly lower legal standards of care) will ask about the history. They'll check the vitals, look at the lymph nodes, feel for broken bones, etc,.
Tests come into play when the doctor has an inkling of where to look next. Sometimes it might be a blind guess initially, but then in that case, the hope is a careful read of a common blood test (for example) will reveal something, anything.
It's unfair and totally demoralizing for a doctor to have a patient demand $specificToolType when they've not even done a thorough vitals check or have enough of an idea of what to look at. Superfluous blood tests, for example, can waste vital time. It also can overload the lab and thus delay a later, well thought out and critical test.
So "just test it" is childish. It's like an uneducated doofus who brings in a broken MacBook and then gets upset when you don't immediately run "Windows Update" -- he says a series of terms but doesn't know when/how/if they're applied to this context.
That said, it sounds like the vet you've selected is not one who can communicate with you properly. Might not even be well renowned?
You can always transfer your dog to another vet if you find a more communicative one.
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