No commentary required. Walter Brown, BS, RVTg, VTS, tells it like it is. When it comes to veterinary medicine, he says, “Love don’t keep the lights on.” Listing many of the fixed operational costs to keep a clinic available for animal owners, he says, “The same inflation that is affecting groceries, housing, gas and health care is also affecting veterinary medicine.”
The veterinary hospital is a business, says Brown, who asserts that CSRs deserve to feed their kids, the veterinary technicians deserve to pay their rent, the kennel staff deserve a minimum wage and the veterinarians with high levels of debt deserve to survive, too.
Source: Walter Brown, Facebook, May 18, 2026. Link. [2:51] Brown opines that people want gold standard care at an emotional discount just because a pet is involved. The advancements in veterinary medicine create real-world care that costs real-world prices.
Loving animals and needing financial stability are not opposites.” – Walter Brown, BS, RVTg, VTS
INSIGHTS: We applaud Brown’s declarations that, like children, pet ownership requires financial preparations. This video needs to be shared where animal owners can view it.
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