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James D. Schwartz, a retired Colorado fee-only financial planner, knowsthe problem well. "A large number of guardians (pet owners) have told me thesame thing about asking their vets when it's time to say goodbye. In responseto the question: 'How do we know when it's time?,' the response is somethinglike, 'Oh, you'll know when it's time,'" he writes.
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This answer wasn't good enough for Schwartz, owner of three standardpoodles. He began to research this and other issues, including pet vaccinationlaws and public policy, micro-chipping, the low down on picking the rightveterinarian, pet health insurance and more. Schwartz has, in fact, done anexhaustive analysis on the current state of the small-animal veterinaryindustry, leading him to publish his research and conclusions in his book,"Trust Me: I'm Not a Veterinarian!"
Schwartz has created what amounts to a pet owner's self-defense manual,offering advice on everything from pet cremation to up-to-the-minute facts oncontroversial pet vaccination practices and the frequent life-threatening orfatal results vaccination can have on older animals.
Experience with vaccination and his dogs Buddy, Nicki, Moolah, Elle, Max,Ricki and Moses led Schwartz to question and examine the science, practice andpublic policy of pet vaccination, leading him to the conclusion thatveterinary vaccination practices, evidently dangerous to pet health, are inactuality a huge cash stream to small-animal vet practices. In his book,Schwartz deconstructs the financial and legislative implications for our petsthat, in most cases, function as family members.
Schwartz also founded the Next-To-Kin Foundation (http://next2kin.org), aprivate, not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization that believes that "dogs,cats and other pets so enrich our lives that we should recognize ourpets/companion animals legally and even legislatively as 'beyond mereproperty.'"
The book "Trust Me: I'm Not a Veterinarian!" is available athttp://www.amazon.com. For more information, contact Mr. Schwartz at303-850-9166.
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SOURCE Next-To-Kin Foundation
