Do not send your friend (or husband, or child, or parent, or whoever) to the veterinarian with your sick dog and have them tell us that you have been treating the problem with an unknown medication, from an unknown source, at an unknown frequency, for an unknown length of time. This is NOT HELPFUL!
Bonus points are awarded to the ones who call back later the same day complaining that we sent the friend (or whoever) home with the same stuff they had already been using.
You would have wasted less of our time (and your's and your friend's) if you had just written down what you had been doing at home that wasn't working.
The only entertaining thing about this situation is taking bets on where the owner acquired the prescription medication they had been using. Popular answers include, but are not limited to,
1) It was prescribed for this pet greater than 3 years ago.
2) It was prescribed for another pet in the household for a different problem
3) It was prescribed for the owner by their doctor
4) It was prescribed for a friend or relative's dog by another veterinarian for a similar problem
5) It was prescribed for a (human) relative
6) It was prescribed for a friend's second cousin's dog a couple years ago (true story)
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