As a pet gets older many of the different bodily …show more content…
This can be a hard diagnosis for a veterinarian as well as the pet owner. Sometimes a veterinarian will not discuss all the different options to treat the patient and will instead treat cancer as if it is an automatic death sentence. Doing this does not allowing the pet owner the chance to explore all the options available to them to treat their pet with the best medical care available. A diagnosis of cancer will come with many challenges, but if an owner is willing to do what is needed to treat their pet, a veterinary team needs to make all the options available to the …show more content…
They want to hold on to that animal to hold onto the memories of their loved one. For this reason it is important for the vet staff to be able to handle any type of client they may have. Some clients may feel disbelief and question the diagnosis. Others may feel anger and refuse to accept what they have been told. Still others may feel sadness and may not understand or listen to anything that they are told. A vet staff will need to understand that they might need to repeat information to a client multiple times before it is