Oops - I sincerely apologise if I p*ssed you off, or any other vets on MN, it was an unguarded and unfair remark that I made off the cuff without thinking properly. I always was a loudmouth...
Rural=good City=bad is an oversimplification, and a generalisation, although a) I was trying not to hijack the thread more than I already had and b) I was trying not to sound like a sanctimonious cow (or more than I already had...) and was making a bit of a tongue in cheek remark (hence the 
)to try and lighten the tone. If it came across badly (and it clearly did) then I really do apologise.
You're absolutely right that large animal vets can make very good money, but I do think that the potential to earn more is bigger in small than in farm (not just large) animal practice, particularly in farms run for profit, rather than hobby farmers (and that is not a pejorative term, just a differentiation between people who like to have 10 sheep and a cow for fun or to live off the land or because they breed pedigree animals, and those who make a living off it), and that's because of the profit margins that today's livestock farmers live by. However, I absolutely accept your point that it is not true that all small animal surgeries make more money/charge more unfairly/etc than large animal vets. Nor indeed that, even if they do make more money, does that mean that they care less about the animals. But, as I say, in my defense it was just a tongue in cheek remark (and I know they can be the most hurtful/insulting/thoughtless, I'm sorry)and not meant to be read that every single small animal city vet is an evil, nasty, uncaring vet - which is why I suggested Poppies shop around to find a surgery that suits her.
And FWIW since you asked, our last holiday was 2 years ago, our honeymoon, which I paid for because dh gets paid pennies. But that's because he's an assistant not a partner, and also because we made a lifestyle choice to move here. If we'd wanted money he'd have been a small animal vet in a city... Joke!! Joke!! Don't shoot me!
I really am sorry for my generalisation, which was sweeping, insulting and wrong. In an effort to try and not sound sanctimonious, I sounded....ooh just a bit sanctimonious! Perhaps I should just let dh do the vetting and I'll mind my own bunsiness. Then again...