Trust Me, I’m Not A Veterinarian

From the Intermountain Jewish News…

Chris Leppek review three new publications

Thursday, 25 September 2008 12:57 Chris Leppek

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This unusual compendium by former Colorado financial planner James D. Schwartz is many things packed into a relatively small package — a series of love stories (those of a man for his dogs), a loud statement of angry protest (mostly against the veterinary profession and its spokespersons) and a warning (to pet owners, especially about the dangers of over-vaccination).

That Schwartz loved his dogs is beyond doubt after reading Trust Me. His accounts of the time they spent with him are warm and touching to anyone who has ever served as a guardian for a dog or cat.

These reminiscences are lovingly related, often humorously so, sometimes with the strong Jewish flavor and the catchy plays-on-words that the author prefers.

The author’s anger, however, is just as genuine, and considerably more disturbing.

His charges about what he alleges to be routine excessive vaccination of pets, and the potentially lethal consequences thereof, are serious and direct. They will likely win him no friends in the veterinary industry, and one gathers from his text that this will bother Schwartz very little.

Pet owners who read this book will have to analyze and evaluate Schwartz’s conclusions — and the various documents he provides to back them up — on their own. Whatever conclusions they may come to on these issues, they are sure to enjoy the personal dimensions of the author’s relationships with his furry friends.

Any pet owner would.

 

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