Why do I consider Speaking for Spot by Dr. Nancy Kay the most important book you will ever read?
I want you to read my book, of course. But Speaking for Spot is one of the top dog health books of all time.
The essential message
What if what YOU know could make the difference between the health and sickness (or even life and death) of your dog?
Well, it truly can.
The sole purpose of my blog is to share the things we have learned the hard way and to stress the importance of educating yourself in matters of your dog’s health. Our education was hard and painful.
If I had read this book 7 years ago, when Jasmine came into our lives, she would have been spared much suffering. And it would have saved us a lot of heartbreak and over $50,000 in vet bills for the past two years! I so wish I had read this book back then.
Unfortunately, the book hadn’t been born yet. But it is out there now!
Read it
Don’t fool yourself, your dog’s health is in YOUR hands!
You’re the one who chooses the veterinarian for your dog. You’re the one who will or will not see a symptom, and you’re the one who will or will not ask the right questions. Does all that seem rather overwhelming? It isn’t with the right information.
Don’t let the cover fool you! Speaking for Spot is likely the single most important dog book you will ever read! If you were to read just one dog book, let it be this one.
Dog health advocacy
You need to be a medical advocate for your dog. Learn how to ask the right questions and how to make the right choices. Find out how to find the perfect veterinarian for your dog.
Any decisions you make will be only as good as the information you base them on.
Does all that seem rather redundant? After all, that’s what vets are for, right?
But how would you know you have a good vet? Trust me, like in any profession, not all vets have been created equal!
How would you know the decision he’d make is the right decision for you and your dog? What if there were other options that would work much better in your case?
Working with a veterinarian
Would you know if he made a mistake? What information only you have is important for your vet to know? Would you know what questions to ask about your dog’s symptoms or diagnosis?
Having a great veterinarian and working as a team is the key to the best quality health care for your dog.
Please trust me on this. This book is a must-read! I know, because we learned all this the hard way.
As my friend, Dino Dogan would say: “Buy it, borrow it, steal it – do whatever you have to do to read it!”
Notes: It is our personal experience that the coolest gadgets and equipment do not in themselves guarantee the best care possible. Any tool is only as good as the one using it.
It is also our experience that size does not always matter. Our vet is an old farm boy running a small clinic and yet he has done more for Jasmine than all the rest combined.
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Dr. Kay is a board-certified specialist in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and published in several professional journals and textbooks. Since the release of her book, Speaking for Spot: Be the Advocate Your Dog Needs to Live a Happy, Healthy, Longer Life,
Dr. Kay was selected by the American Animal Hospital Association to receive the 2009 Hill’s Animal Welfare and Humane Ethics Award. This award is given annually to a veterinarian or non-veterinarian who has advanced animal welfare through extraordinary service or by furthering humane principles, education, and understanding. The Dog Writers Association of America selected Dr. Kay for two awards. The first was the 2009 Eukanuba Canine Health Award recognizingSpeaking for Spot as the publication that best promotes the health and well being of dogs. The second award was for the Best Blog of 2009 (www.speakingforspot.com/blog).