A new book written by Dr. Nancy Kay helps dog owners become Advocates for their pets.
” Navigating the world of veterinary medicine can be daunting, but one veterinarian believes she can help. Nancy Kay, a veterinarian with 20 years of experience, is the author of Speaking for Spot: Be the Advocate Your Dog Needs to Live a Happy, Longer Life, a guide that advises dog owners about everything from routine vet visits to euthanasia and chemotherapy. “
Dr. Kay was recently interviewed over at NPR, the interview provides a great outline of the book as well as discussing the amazing leaps in Veterinarian medicine in the last 10 years and how pet owners are faced with often confusing information.
The Speaking for Spot homepage provides a very nice overview of the book along with a few chapters excerpts and some great advocacy aids that you can download and print.
Understanding what your options are and what questions to ask not only ensures that your pet receives the best care possible but also helps you understand what is going on with your pet. Too often pet owners leave the vet office and have nothing more than a vague understanding of what ails their pet, Speaking for Spot is a book to help pet owners ask the right questions and more importantly explains the fundamentals of a vet-client relationship!
An earlier post about the new PetDoc’s on Call website mentioned that many Veterinarians are concerned about pet owners seeking information from non-vet sources. This book speaks to the very reason that pet owners seek non-vet sources when concerned about their pets. Many pet owners do not feel 100% confident at their vet clinic nor 100% comfortable in questioning their vets. Hopefully this book will help empower owners to be better advocates !
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