Kaycee - 2014-10-20 9:15 PM

Oh dang it!  You still get to watch at your mom's though.  I like the whole crew, too but I don't think I'd let Dr. Brenda work on any of my animals.  Did you see where she had that cow in the chutes and it died by cutting off it's breath?  I know she felt bad but I just don't get the feeling she is a "great" vet.  I think they work on a lot of Amish animals. 
Dr. Pol has the "OLD" farmer mentality like my dad...the cheapest way is the best way.  

txbredbr - 2014-10-21 8:48 AM

I saw it the other day for the first time -- we have antennae tv and very few channels that aren't Spanish, so I guess I was lucky to get that channel lol

I like it!!! - he seems like a good, caring man - practical with a lot of experience - I only saw part of one episode, but the solutions for the animals seemed simple  - one horse was lame and it was thrush.  The other was colic that was occurring in several animals on the farm at different times...it was a simple solution, too, but I can't remember for sure.  It seems like a different world than living here in Texas - hot and dry most times.  But when it does get to freezing multiple days, I have learned that the horses really enjoy warmer water and I'll bet you have to really be conscious of that up North.

Nevertooold - 2014-10-21 11:40 AM We watch the show but there is no way I would let him or Brenda work on any of my animals. I still can't believe they don't give gas while doing surgery. I bet they lose a lot of dogs especially the short nosed ones. 

ShortyHorse11 - 2014-10-21 7:57 AM Dr. Pol was actually my vet for many years when I used to live in Michigan. He works exactly as his show depicts and he is amazing. He saved my horse when he got an amoeba from drinking stagnant water and almost died. He tried to save my dog from a blood infection but she was to far gone and he didn't even charge us for anything because we had to put her down. I wish I still lived there because I have never found another vet that I loved as much as him!

Kaycee - 2014-10-21 11:52 AM This has been brought up on a lot of forums where other vets post.  He was actually cited by the Michigan Vet state board about treating a whelping dog that had dead puppies in her and he did not DX them correctly.  

Either way, he and his staff are interesting to watch.  I don't know much about cows but those are my favorite scenes.  I hate when they work on horse stuff because usually the client has let something get way too out of control before they take them in or have the vets called out.  This weekend they had a horse that was cast in his stall and colicing and no one knew what to do while the poor thing thrashed around.  I was screaming at the TV, "Get him upright and on his feet!"