My dog had a non-cancerous tumor on her leg about 6 years ago. The vet said to have it removed. Had it removed. $1000 +. It came back in less than two months.
She wanted us to go back and take it off again and implied that we were bad pet owners for not doing that.
Then she wanted to remove the dogs leg.
Whatever it was finally went away on it's own two years later.
New vet. Now the dog is 14. She detected a heart murmur or something last check up. Wanted to refer me to a cardiologist.
For a 14 year old dog.
The operative word here, I think is She. I think female vets tend to want you to spend as much money as possible on your pet, no matter how old or how serious the problem.
We had a female vet for one of our dogs, and that dog hated that vet. We had a male vet for our corgi, and he just loved the guy. He never pushed anything at us; but, he let us make the decisions. Before we went to this vet, I had brought the corgi puppy in, and was seen by a female vet. She immediately started pushing the expensive food as a cure for the puppy's paw fungus. We live in the Seattle area, it rains, the dog's paws get wet. Next visit, I asked for the male vet and we stayed with him and were very happy with the way he handled the dog.