Vet Confidential: An Insider's Guide to Protecting Your Pet's Health

by Louise Murray

Book Overview

From an experienced and highly respected authority in the veterinary world comes a comprehensive must-have guide to everything you need to know to ensure high-quality health care for your beloved... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345503201
• ISBN13: 9780345503206
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

EXCELLENT book!!

Frankly, as a mega-multi critter parent who has been-there-done-everything, I expected this book to be overly basic. Not so!! On the other hand, neither is it above anybody, with a nice, friendly, down-to-Earth style I really enjoyed. In fact, I found some truly laugh outloud spots, such as "And anyone who has ever tried it know that putting a cat in a carrier can be like trying to shove a panicked porcupine into a sock with your bare hands." (p. 28) How true!! Dr. Murray has definitely been around the block a few times. She also deals deftly and straight forwardly with such topics as avoiding pet debt, vaccines, recourses if your critter was harmed by a vet, alternative medicine, and euthanasia. The anecdotal stories used to illustrate the topics are useful and enjoyable. I couldn't recommend this book more highly.

a vet reviews

Unfortunately, how you practice medicine in the veterinary world is still up to you. I choose to practice with the highest standards which are outlined in this book. I wish all pet owners would read so they know if they have a good or bad veterinary care. I sometimes have to cringe when I hear from pet owners what other vets have done to their animals. There is still a lot of senseless death and improper treatment in the veterinary medical world. Often you get what you pay for, and the practices with prices a lot lower in cost then the competitors, are raising a red flag may be a warning sign of a quantity over quality practice. Please read and protect yourself and your pets.

Everyone who owns a pet must have this book!!!!

Dr. Murray was an ANGEL sent to our family when our precious 8 year old kitty, IPO, became critically ill in 1998. What our local vet diagnosed as liver failure was reassessed by Dr. Murray as being diabetes induced, as the result of a rare brain tumor. She brought him "back to us". Day and night, she watched over him, nursed him back to health, educated us on proper home care/treatment....and comforted us by phone AT ALL HOURS. Her love, devotion and expertise gave us two more years with IPO in which he was able to still live/love comfortably. Dr. Murray was gentle but honest when the time finally came that we had to say goodbye to our beloved kitty. She comforted us as we grieved and still took my heartbroken phone calls long after he was gone. Her compassion to IPO, our family and to ALL her patients makes her an Angel to all who have been blessed with her touch.....and NOW, she can touch so many more lives by sharing her expertise, wisdom and compassion through her book!!! The book is practical, well-written and packed with very useful information you can't afford NOT to have if you love your pet! I have already ordered several copies of this book and will order more this week to give as presents to all my friends who love animals! I highly recommend the book......and hold deepest respect, gratitude and affection to the author!

The Best from The Best

I will be ordering several copies of this book. I have had the immense pleasure of meeting and getting to know Dr. Murray under very unpleasant circumstances. She helped save my cats life many years ago as the hands of a vet who botched surgery on him. She is a consummate professional with a mountain of knowledge and expertise. Truly an expert in her field, she gives practical advice backed by years of experience. In addition she treats animals with the love and respect they deserve. I just can't say enough to praise Dr. Murray. I will forever be thankful to her for what she did for my cat and me and I am so very happy to see her sharing what she knows with everyone. I would advise everyone to get this book. You won't be disappointed and in fact you may spare your pet a lot of pain and heartache by learning what Dr. Murray has to say. Get your copy soon. And if you read this Dr. Murray, thank you again from the bottom of my heart.

BRILLIANT! Every pet owner needs a copy!

I had heard this book was great, but never expected it to be this brilliant! It is literally jam-packed with information that most pet owners would never know that is so useful in every day life. Not only this but Dr. Murray's writing is fluid and captivating. A great buy, I definitely recommend it!