I had a first visit with my dog, Kip, today with Dr. Schure. Dr. Schure began by NOT wanting to talk about my dog's medical history, expressed shock that my dog had an extensive medical history background, and he said he just wanted to focus on my dog's symptoms. I said okay, fine, and told him about symptoms which he wanted to dismiss. He did admit that he was overwhelmed. He was interrupting me and talking over me the whole time. He fabricated reasons to be adversarial as when he said "Well we aren't going to do any ultrasounds or endoscopies here! You need to go see an internal medicine doctor."....my response was "Okay fine, I didn't ask you to, and we tried to see internal medicine they didn't want to do the testing." It was as if Dr. Schure was looking for a reason to fight. He told me my dog was fine, was just an old dog, my concerns were not something he was concerned with, and then he told me that I should go see an internal medicine doctor....what do I see an internal medicine doctor for if my dog is fine...he was obviously just wanting to blow us off and ignore my concerns. I couldn't even ask a question without this man interrupting me. My dog is older and medically complex. It's not as if my dog's medical history paints a picture of my dog being fine, and quite the opposite is true. I got the impression that this doctor just did not want to take our case, did not want to help my dog, and he thought he'd pick a fight rather than admitting that.
Edit to add: Dr. Schure lacked all compassion/consideration for my dog. My dog is a high anxiety dog normally, he was abused by a man in the past, he doesn't like men, and my dog was in the vet's office where he is terrified. Dr. Schure displayed dominating behavior towards my dog the entire time during the physical exam by pressing the palm of his hand on my dog's head despite my dog shaking in fear, my dog trying to get away from Dr. Schure, and me telling Dr. Schure to stop putting his hand on my dog's head like that. My dog is has never bit anyone (and he's almost 13 years old) or been aggressive with humans. There was absolutely no reason for Dr. Schure to go out of his way to make my dog more uncomfortable than he already was. Dr. Schure just doesn't listen and has no compassion or basic level of consideration for my dog.
I have had veterinarians try to lie to cover up mistakes, lie to find reasons to get more money out of me via lots of unnecessary testing, etc, but I have never, in my life, had a more hostile veterinarian. I honestly don't know how these people are not more ashamed of themselves. read more