Joe Spector

Well, if the dog ate a nail, look, maybe he's barking because he ate a nail and he's in pain because he ate a nail.

And so that's why we shouldn't have to, it's like, are there nails on your house?

Like, why are we going to use this crazy made up example to deny anything?

millions of dogs from having this opportunity to use telemedicine sure and if your dog ate a nail there's still no good reason why you shouldn't start with telemedicine exactly yeah have that initial call yeah the vet will walk you through it and then you'll know do i go to er or not exactly it's not it doesn't have to be in either or right we had a family dog who ate a pin recently oh

that it still would have been worth calling initially like why not totally why not it takes before dutch um there's a uh a poison hotline that's like 75 just for that first call yes and you don't even know who who you're gonna get and that's what people do because again if that's what you need to do that's what you'll do

But there's definitely ways to talk to a human being veterinarian very quickly, even that for much less.

And definitely much less than having to spend $1,000 in ER.

I had a case where my dog, I thought he was having a seizure.

And I really, I mean, I really freaked out.

And I got on Dutch.

And the vet says he's doing reverse sneezing.

Reverse sneezing.

I never heard of that in my life.

And she showed me videos of reverse sneezing, and it looked exactly like what he was going through.

And like I said, I was literally about to grab him, drive to ER, and she totally calmed me down and made me realize it was completely not that.

Right.

There's a time and a place for everything.

And I think telemedicine is just a part of the overall experience.

I don't think anyone's going to say it needs to replace.

And it won't happen because it hasn't happened in human care.