all that unnecessary diagnostic work.. totally unethical

@@aceous99 easy money

Sounds like most people in the mental health profession.

@@aceous99 agree - gives legitimate professionals a bad name. I've been using the same vet's office since 1997 and although they are not the cheapest around they take great care of my furkids but don't push unnecessary tests or high priced foods either.

It was when he said he didn't know cats. It's like telling your new mechanic you don't know anything about cars.

How very true 👍

Or everything on WebMD

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You have "Network Connectivity problems."

@@nesssness3062 Thanks! :)

It is? I've only taken my 10 year old bastard to the vet twice, and both times they just told us to let him walk it off.

that's one reason why i've vowed to not have a pet of my own, too expensive.

This was not covered by the military. Hank paid for this out of his own pocket. That is why he is so reluctant about this.

@@Sewblon Thank you for the clarification.

@@Sewblon yeah but falls in a similar category as it was government mandated. IE hank was forced to play by the doctors rules, and as soon as the doctor knew that. He racked up the bill.

I was in the hospital and had government insurance at the time. They put me through the ringer and kept me there for over a month. Pumping me full of drugs that I didn't need and forcing me to stay in bed. I was only there after having a bad reaction to some drugs (that my doctor gave me).

@@aelius3805 did you sue for medical malpractice

I think honest. Brutally.

He's a Texan who's somehow never seen a possum, but he understands a good sales pitch

@@Fopenplop that wasn't a possum, that was an elephant shrew

@@Darth_K_K how should i know that, i'm not Texan

I think a better way to describe it is guileless. he's forthright and lacking deception

Or what unnecessary crap they're going to push on the less car savvy people who don't know any better

Yeah they don't make us do that bs in Minnesota.

@@mehmzay3022 that’s right! when the mechanic told me my car need a new flux capacitor i only paid him five hundred because two grand sounded way too high. And they thought they were dealing with some chump.

@@whatutalkinboutwillis6122 I often hit 88 mph on mine, but it doesn't seem to get me to work earlier than when I left, I think mine is broken... Was yours doing the same?

@@jakegarrett8109 if your Flux capacitor is on the fritz the only thing they can do at the car place is perform a ritual sacrifice in the back it's real complicated car stuff most wouldn't get it but it'll run you 500 at least for the dead goat

This episode proves that there’s a right and a wrong time to show patriotism for your country

@@nicolasmedina7642 I think this is more hank having to learn hubris since he only did this because he was jealous of Bill for getting to watch after a patriotic dog and Hank levied his families entire vacation budget having to learn a lesson.....one I think the shows writers have way to much fun throwing hank under the bus to get him to the moral of appreciating what you have and not what others have.

Sometimes a lot of episodes were very infuriating 😂

@@Gojiro7 I mean, the episode could've focused on Hank learning to not be so damn hateful of cats, but no. Instead, it just kinda gets completely sidelined by this whole plotline about veterinarians being overly exploitative. Also, I never really got why Hank didn't ask the obvious question: why is he being expected to pay for a cat that isn't even his? I mean, I don't know how that military pet-care program actually works, but you'd think that all veterinary expenses would be the responsibility of the pet's owner.

Not only that but don't you think it's odd for the cat to magically go from wild and crazy to an angel?

I guess vets can be just as crooked as contractors and used car salesmen.

I remember when my dog 10 years ago got pancreatitis. The vet kept him overnight. They did nothing for him and he went comatose s we had to have him put down. They charged $5,000. I'd have much rather paid that to an emergency vet which may have saved his life.

That's sounds extremely annoying and pretentious. Sure, I understand that some people aren't well informed about the study or even unreasonable but I don't think answering with "I went to school so haha" is a mature or professional response.

Most of what's learned in vet school is procedural like surgery etc. Anyone can study up on cat or dog health and learn a lot. The information is free. Your ex sounds obnoxious. Vets can be wrong, and often are. The stakes are lower, because animals are legally just chattel property. Vets are mostly just needed for complicated stuff like surgeries, for shots and medications, and end-of-life stuff like putting them down and cremating.

@@martuuk8964 Oh she was a treat. I have a golden retriever who has been going to the same vet for years, a guy with about 30 years experience, who goes to our church and is basically a pillar of the community. My ex, who was four months out of vet school at the time, tried to basically say he was wrong about all this stuff, including the food he recommended for our dog. She dumped me, but managed to put it behind me quick, and meet the woman I’m now engaged to.

Child brain

@@JohnPascavageFishing Congrats on the engagement man!

omg i didnt even realize it was him

Game Night is a great movie

He made a great animated fox though.

He voiced a fox

thought i recognized the voice

For a small bag too

Biden’s America

No cap

@@NIGHTMARE8877 has literally nothing do to with the president but ok

If you can spend $18 on food for yourself a day, I'm sure a month supply of cat food for $18 should not break the bank

I think we all suffer from Chronic Cubicle Syndrome.

Actually most of the time is good to be honest when selling a product. Because it makes the customer feel more like they can trust you and if you are honest about numbers and name places. It makes it sound uniqe and people pay for that. At the end of the day marketing needs to be more truthful otherwise you are always running the risk of a law suit. As someone who has considered marketing. I am a big advocate for honesty in selling something. Business should be about bonds between a customer and company. Not a disposable rag to be thrown to the wind once wrung.

​@@REDARROW_A_PersonalYes this. Made a lot of sales by being honest with people just in a grocery store. Tell em what's actually worth your buck. And honestly if people think they are getting a good product at a good price. They'll buy more anyways and be happy about it. Besides helped move some of the discounted items. Less waste.

Well if they can't pay he gets no commission anyway. Commission isn't always one and done. 😊

That’s my justification for getting a free wheelchair even though my legs work fine

Dang, he's not wrong.

@@galleryofrogues And you can park where you like.

Plus alloy wheels

I said the same thing when I used to go out to shows.

That’s line broke me

@goofball Texas don't care what exotic pet you have. Heck every hurricane at least 1 tiger gets loose from someone's house in Houston.

@@wizbuns incorrect. Texas is very particular about exotic animals. Especially when they're introduced into the ecosystem as it can decimate an entire population of wildlife

@@wizbuns i hate it when Siberian Tigers attack my Patio Furniture.

@@celsius1359 What's the most exotic animal I can own in Texas? Money is no issue.

i saw the video too. i assume 10 years later youre just as dumb! :D

S18usd that's what 5 meals for a human idiot could make real Italian herb chicken for less back then.

I've heard that some modern cat food is actually healthier than a lot of what we eat! X3

I buy cat food thats like $60 a bag they actually employ humans to taste it for QC.

@@mathgasm8484 lol What a bunch of chodes.

yo momma

"It's called a hustle, baby!"

Lawsuit ✅

Damn that makea me depressed because my cat died of something similar and always been paranoid on anything pet related

When you find a good vet, it makes all the difference in the world. Ive been going to mine for 15 years.

Our cat just had this happen, the vet who didn't read her tests (that said she had a UTI) and let it progress apologized and took off our $400 vet bill... except because of her untreated UTI she went into kidney failure and had to go to a $4000 emergency vet to save her. She had to get her kidney's flushed every few days via an IV bag. Their mistake will cost her her life, and it's breaking my family's heart. She was in perfect health, had a little UTI and now she's gonna die... and they said sorry, and they've "changed their internal policies" to make sure it never happens again. I wonder how many other people they and other vets like them have, "changed internal policies" for. *Eyeroll* They're all sorry and we're all to poor to sue them into bankruptcy, which is where all vets like that ought to be.

@@GreyWouldBe I will never, ever own another pet again because of my experiences with veterinarians throughout my entire life. As much as I loved each and every pet that I ever had like children, the most recent experiences I had were horrific, abusive, manipulative, greed-induced.. etc. It was enough for me to grasp that there is no regulation, no standard of care, diddly squat no matter how many tens of thousands of dollars you have and no matter where you go.

You can keep that pen

Soooo.... dude took his snake in cause it won't get hard?

@@animefan2454 lots of snake owners like to breed them. if you luck out and get a crazy color you can sell for a ton

He wasn't asking if it works. He's stating it works, meaning he's already used it. He said "Works for snakes too." not "Works for snakes too?"

@@NukeCaulfield Ahh okay. Thanks for the clarification. That makes it even more funnier 🤣

Maybe because both are old and can relate one to another.

lol

@goofball i'm assuming it's a possum.

@@theMRsome12 opossum* But you are correct on the animal

Opossum Smell Terrible Had a friend who tried one as a pet Think worse than skunk/dead carcass & that's normal day, if you spooked it the play dead/smell dead was worse

@@VengeanceLN come on man really? Possum is just the nickname of the animal. And besides. If you wanted to go that far you could have specified it was the common opossum instead of another species.

“I’ll just get a New cat” holy fuck that is the most insensitive piece of shit thing to say… it’s almost as bad as “if my Child dies I’ll just make a new one”

@@Shade_tree_garage01 It really isn't lmfao. Like Doctor Leslie and Hank said: "Gotta draw the line somewhere"

@@karlnul not really, it’s kinda a stupid thing to say

@@Shade_tree_garage01 Human life and animal life are completely different; you are comparing apples w/ oranges.

@@MaxineEveDark Not really, the value of life is in the eyes of the beholder, of couse if you would need to choose between saving a complete stranger and a familiar you would save your familiar.

Got his what? Fat profit from Hank?

as a salesman himself hank should've known better and not have fallen for it

Legally he was obligated to get the scammer vet to sign off on the form that duke was OK because it was the service members vet office of choice

I went to an expensive vet once. While she wasn't nearly this bad I can understand why this episode was made.

That’s because you were a child.

@@LemonWedgeinc yeah, so true. It’s interesting from my perspective that as I was enjoying childhood, networks were doling out programming to distract my elders from the quotidian realities of adulthood; content I would later identify with. It’s amazing how cyclical our existence is. Thanks Adrian for weighing in👍

Best animated sitcom ever

Because it's a show geared toward adults? What is with so many people watching these shows or even more adults shows and movies when they're kids? I'd understand all adult jokes hidden in kids shows (as there are many), but kind of strange so many kids were watching these.

You ought to report that veterinarian, he’s got to be breaking the law somehow.

Experimental diseases that somehow cures other illnesses. This is as stupid as fighting Mother Nature with bioweapons.

@@princessmarlena1359 when a cartoon character comes to life...

My aunts dog had his paw hurt and it caused 30k

That happened to me too! My cat tore a ligament in her leg, and the vet wanted to amputate it!! I got a second opinion at a cats only vet and they told me to keep her on "bed rest" (basically in an area she couldn't jump or climb) for two weeks and wouldn't you know it, she was fine. Years before, another cat I had broke her leg and I told the vet up front that I thought it was broken. He wouldn't do an x-ray, instead he sold me some expensive antibiotic. After she didn't get better, I took her to another vet who told me straight away her leg had been broken and had healed improperly because of the first idiot. Had to get it rebroken and set properly. I contacted the first vet and he told me he wouldn't do an x-ray because he "didn't think I could afford it." (I was 17 and living on my own, but had a full time job.) I threatened to sue him and he wrote me a check on the spot for a full refund because he knew he screwed up. There are some terrible vets out there who are just like some corrupt doctors and do it only for financial gain and nothing more. When in doubt (for a pet OR a human) get a second opinion, always!!

Of course that's how it would work, but King of the Hill deals with extremes to put Hank in awkward situations so we can have a show.

Maybe Hank should have looked into the program before blindly signing up for it!

​@@JovanaSanchez000and never assume all military pets are dogs.

@okamijubei Hank doesn't even like some of the dog breeds, like poodles! 😂

Either way… all this could’ve been avoided if Hank simply wasn’t jealous of Bill having a smart dog. That and his arrogance and naivety further drove him into the hole.

You and me both. God I could handle dogs better than cats.

@@ChristopherSobieniak Me too. Dogs were usually chill.

I’m surprised you didn’t point out that he had a client restrain Duke instead of a staff member.

Same here, I used to dread when the vet told me to go grab a cat. Most of the time they were chill but then I would get one that would spaz out when I touched him. I almost started wearing extra padding on my crotch because I was afraid those claws would go right through my layers into my junk lol. Dogs were awesome, I did have an ankle biter dog snap and latch onto my thumb once but I made the mistake of taking off his lead AFTER I put him into his cage when he was scared so all he saw from his perspective was this human reaching into his cage toward his face.

​@@cordyceps7531 yeah that confused me lol

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Yeah it sounds like they did their job and informed you guys of the problem, then when your lunatic cheapskate father cut them off and announced he was going to murder the animal, they had to calm him down and explain that they were just about to say it was purely optional. Dad's been locked up before, hasn't he? lol.

@@Connection-Lost weirdoooooo

If my dad threatened to kill my cat I'd be devastated, he could've simply turned down the surgery Your family's sense of humour is weird and messed up, the type I've heard ignorant people in my town use

That's Jason Bateman

Micheal Bluth

Tom Hanks

@@Alex6969M actually it’s Jason Batman

James Earl Jones

Same, never understood the whole hissing-pissed off cat joke

@@jontyrosenow9396 some cats are just mean like that

The expensive toys are just part of vet medicine now. It's just a matter of finding a vet that knows when not to use them!

Because he played as a con vet and turns to a con fox?

Yeah that would work opposite of me. If they told me it was going to cost above a certain amount for a pet I'd just take it home and either put it out of its mercy and bury it in a field, or let it suffer a while and see if it improves and gets over it with minimal intervention. My rather unintelligence dog for example had every leg broken at least once because it couldn't learn to not take naps under vehicles and was ran over 3 separate times. To be fair, I think it did it the third time because it was getting spoiled because we heated the garage when it was injured during the winter, but it got over it without any vets help and hobbled around for its stupidity. My own version of healthcare is wrapping some frozen expired hot dogs and bag of frozen burritos (I still ate the burritos) in a towel around my ankle and tying with a belt after a motorcycle injury. I'm not paying a copay unless its an actual emergency. Even if I've got blood running down my leg and filling my shoes, I'm just going to wear shorts and continue on having fun at skeet and trap practice just hours later. If that's good enough for a human, then its good enough for an animal (otherwise its just part of nature)

I had a vet who wanted to put my 14 year old lab on chemotherapy. For God’s sake, she’d already lived twice as long as labs are expected to, and he wanted me to put her in constant pain for $1000 a month! I told him that was ridiculous, and brought her back home where she died peacefully in her sleep.

@@jakegarrett8109 that’s animal cruelty

@@jakegarrett8109 so if you broke your leg you’d hobble around for your stupidity? You couldn’t learn to check under the car? Maybe if it wasn’t so cold your dog wouldn’t sleep there did you figure that out with you unintelligence? Cmon man just don’t get a dog if you ain’t willing to take care of it. You sound like giving the basics to your dog is a luxury. I ain’t tryna pull what the doctor did but IT AINT A WILD ANIMAL ANYMORE GENIUS. If it’s that hard to treat it with compassion don’t get one. I’m sorry but no one punishes something for getting ran over that’s evil. It really sounds like you have a grudge or problem against that dog

@@dumper87 that’s reasonable. RIP

there was a comma between eat and shit and you know it. cats are actually very clean animals. they don't need to be trained to not shit in the house, they instinctually bury their shit to hide its scent. yea they vomit but only when they get hairballs from constantly cleaning themselves all the time, or after eating grass to clean their teeth.

@env0x you're probably right, I didn't know he ment that however, I genuinely thought he was trying to say that to hank, and I was suggesting that hank believed it because he is a professional.

@@riden1234567 to be fair knowing hank he probably heard it the way you said too so you were probably right about hank thinking that anyway lol

@@env0x I even knew deep down that cats don't actually eat their shit. They do vomit a lot tho

This episode is from February 2005. Inflation.

Go to Costco and buy dog food there. Their food is surprisingly good and they give massive bags. Go in person instead of ordering online and it's even cheaper.

The fact is dry food for animals is downright cruel.

still it was Hank's own fault, he only signed up for the program cause he wanted to spite Bill and he blew his whole family's vacation budget on a cat that didn't even need it.

And a year before that, it's hard to find soft food cans

2005 was a very long time ago!

I think the problem they were going for again is he had to get those papers formally signed off by that particular doctor, meaning in this case he couldn’t

King of the Hill is an ultra conservative family trying to keep up with changing times, hipsters to cult freaks, Christian rock, etc

That's literally what the show is satirizing Trust me, I grew up in Austin; the idea that a crossdressing hobo could have been mayor in the 90's was a real thing.

@Yoshi I wouldn't even say ultra conservative.... though I guess by today's standards maybe :/

Can confirm, fellow austinite​@@NormalPersonCommenting

honestly

“That is my red stapler! I could set the building on fire…”

This aged like wine...

The problem was he would go "bankrupt" if he did bought the 9220 machine because the 7% accurate would benefit the customers more than the vet himself, also depending your pet and the age of your pet you as an owner would know what to expect if your pet is either sick, having bladder problems, cancer, then it would be time put your pet down but still yea the scammer vet should've been pressured to buying the 9220 because he scammed everyone including Hank in this episode and also it's the pet owners responsibility to take care of their own pet not a patriotic civilian.

I heard somewhere that Mike Judge worked at a burger place. He knows what people are really like. If he worked at Walmart, Hank would have been a straight-laced serial killer.

Depends what size bag you're talking about, but Walmart and Fred Meyer sell 16-20 lb bags of cat food for less than $20. Those are bigger than the bags in this video.

ten years later and still holding strong with that Truth

In my experience you don’t give a cat commands, but if you treat him right he just kinda learns to only have good behavior.

@halfcatmeme Of course you are

My long gone cats listened to basic commands and didn't do bad things on purpose. Whenever I sat down on the old love seat the two brothers would often lay on the arm or on the top by my head just to be with me and get the occasion belly and head rub... God I miss those two

Hell yeah

Unfortunately, it is often the case the only way out of being blackmailed is to blackmail back.

And in one case, being an accessory to rape. (Did it count as beastiality when the dolphin abused that guy?) And.. murder, given what Topsy and Cotton probably did to Luanne's former housemate.

Almost like a hypochondriac I take it.