I talked to my vet about this the last time he was out, because we were talking about when he was at the clinic I still take the dogs to... He said he absolutely got tired of dog and cat medicine, because it's 95% itchy skin. He got tired of telling every single customer to get better flea control, like broken record. He may have worse hours and possibly less money now, not sure... but he likes horse medicine because he likes focusing on lameness and injury rehab. That's what's interesting to him. He said he doesn't really take on breeders as customers either, because he doesn't ~want~ to have to be on midnight duty all spring.
ONe of our horse vets around here (and he is the most arrogant of all of them), specializes IN obstectrics. That's the part he likes.
But ooohhh, if you have to use him when he's been up all night with a foaling...
Becky