Vet screwed up big time-what should I do?

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If I had gently wiped my dog's paws off and a vet told me that I had broken the dog's leg in the process I would have said "Huh? What?? No way!" I guess I don't understand why YOU believed that you could have inadvertently done this.

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Spread this story far and wide.

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Anonymous wrote:Op - you took the dog in for a routine shot and then sprang the lethargy, severe constipation and how you assisted the dog with getting the poop out.

If you were gentle with your dog why did you believe that you could have caused such a traumatic injury? There wasn't any blood, right? I guess I don't understand the basis for the vet's opinion that this was a severe rectal tear that required surgery.

I was very gentle-broke the shit ball in half so never even touched dogs anus , then shower massaged on low stream with warm water the rest that was closer to anus, Dog was thrilled to be helped and seemed 100 x more comfortable after that. I was shocked to hear about a traumatic injury-and the ER vet reassured me that it would be quite impossible to cause such injury by what I did. Dogs anus was not injured, there was a bit of blood but nothing that would suggest a ripped up anus, just like if a person strained and had some blood on toilet paper.

I am not a vet, we trusted what our vet told us upon examining the dog. You can imagine the guilt I felt, and the devastation that I our dog inadvertently. So relieved to have the ER vet relieve me of that burden and guilt.

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pp-meant that I killed our dog inadvertently

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OP, your reactions to perfectly reasonable posts are so over the top, I don't believe anything you are posting with regards to what was and was not said by either vet. You may not be a troll but you are definitely not a reliable source of information as to what happened.

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Anonymous wrote:Op - you took the dog in for a routine shot and then sprang the lethargy, severe constipation and how you assisted the dog with getting the poop out.

If you were gentle with your dog why did you believe that you could have caused such a traumatic injury? There wasn't any blood, right? I guess I don't understand the basis for the vet's opinion that this was a severe rectal tear that required surgery.

I was very gentle-broke the shit ball in half so never even touched dogs anus , then shower massaged on low stream with warm water the rest that was closer to anus, Dog was thrilled to be helped and seemed 100 x more comfortable after that. I was shocked to hear about a traumatic injury-and the ER vet reassured me that it would be quite impossible to cause such injury by what I did. Dogs anus was not injured, there was a bit of blood but nothing that would suggest a ripped up anus, just like if a person strained and had some blood on toilet paper.

I am not a vet, we trusted what our vet told us upon examining the dog. You can imagine the guilt I felt, and the devastation that I our dog inadvertently. So relieved to have the ER vet relieve me of that burden and guilt.

Well, you sought a second opinion and that was the wise thing to do and what you are supposed to do when you have doubts. The first vet did not operate on your dog and has refunded the vet visit fee.

Write a bad review about this disturbing visit and be done with it. Find a different vet.

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Anonymous wrote:If I had gently wiped my dog's paws off and a vet told me that I had broken the dog's leg in the process I would have said "Huh? What?? No way!" I guess I don't understand why YOU believed that you could have inadvertently done this.

I guess because an asshole is different from a paw or leg. After learning what the vet said, I assumed that maybe dog had rectal prolapse and I harmed the tissue thinking it was the shit ball (or encased in the shit ball).

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Anonymous wrote:OP, your reactions to perfectly reasonable posts are so over the top, I don't believe anything you are posting with regards to what was and was not said by either vet. You may not be a troll but you are definitely not a reliable source of information as to what happened.

What is so over the top? How would you have reacted? We called original vet and office mgr. was very defensive initially, said they see tons of animals, are human and make errors on occasion, they did not apologize, but trying to cover their ass. When we asked about the bill, they agreed to waive it but initially they were not going to. I am not a troll (WTF is wrong with you people really?), and quite reliable......DCUM /or the people on it anyway, sure suck sometimes....

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Anonymous wrote:If I had gently wiped my dog's paws off and a vet told me that I had broken the dog's leg in the process I would have said "Huh? What?? No way!" I guess I don't understand why YOU believed that you could have inadvertently done this.

I guess because an asshole is different from a paw or leg. After learning what the vet said, I assumed that maybe dog had rectal prolapse and I harmed the tissue thinking it was the shit ball (or encased in the shit ball).

Did the dr do a rectal exam?

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Anonymous wrote:If I had gently wiped my dog's paws off and a vet told me that I had broken the dog's leg in the process I would have said "Huh? What?? No way!" I guess I don't understand why YOU believed that you could have inadvertently done this.

I guess because an asshole is different from a paw or leg. After learning what the vet said, I assumed that maybe dog had rectal prolapse and I harmed the tissue thinking it was the shit ball (or encased in the shit ball).

Did the dr do a rectal exam?

yes-regular vet did and 2 different er vets did. I said severe injury-other 2 (from er) nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:If I had gently wiped my dog's paws off and a vet told me that I had broken the dog's leg in the process I would have said "Huh? What?? No way!" I guess I don't understand why YOU believed that you could have inadvertently done this.

I guess because an asshole is different from a paw or leg. After learning what the vet said, I assumed that maybe dog had rectal prolapse and I harmed the tissue thinking it was the shit ball (or encased in the shit ball).

O.k...well maybe after talking to you the vet wasn't clear on exactly what had happened, either and thought that a more thorough look was indicated?

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Anonymous wrote:They screwed up, absolutely, but they aren't going to pay the ER bill and it isn't worth your time to pursue it. Just be grateful they were wrong.

I don't say that casually. I had a pretty awful time when I hired a well-regarded professional to care for my elderly cat when we needed to go out of town. She ignored obvious symptoms and went completely against my care instructions and lied about it. I was at the emergency vet 10 minutes after arriving home and finding my pet unresponsive. It was awful and I really, really wanted to punish this person for negligence and costing me my cat plus thousands of dollars on top of her exorbitant fees that were pre-paid, but nothing was going to change what had happened.

It sounds like you know you still have a rough year ahead with a sick dog. Save your energy and enjoy the time you have.

How do you know?

Because I'm psychic.

Apologies. They almost assuredly are not going to pay the ER bill.

But definitely sue them. Obviously the money is the most important thing here or you would have taken the dog to the vet for severe constipation/impaction and not tried to DIY.

I'm convinced you work there now-Goshen right? I was not in the mood to drag a 30 pound dog to the ER vet 30 miles away at 11pm for a ball of hard shit hanging from her ass, and spend $1,000 plus for that (which it likely would have cost)-I was going to, but then thought it would not be that hard to remove it myself (not like I was doing open heart surgery), sadly, we need to prioritize as we are just merely middle class (likely poor by DCUM standards). $600 is not going to make or break us, or your clinic-it is a matter of principle at this point. And you are pissing me off even more!

Holy shit, you're completely crazy. No, I don't work there. I don't even know where "there" is.

I'm sorry the vet screwed up. I'd be pissed, too. That's why I told my cat story -- I WAS pissed when something shitty happened to me. But I thought still having your dog alive was a real upside to this unfortunate mistake. You disagree. Cool. You want compensation. Good luck.

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Anonymous wrote:They screwed up, absolutely, but they aren't going to pay the ER bill and it isn't worth your time to pursue it. Just be grateful they were wrong.

I don't say that casually. I had a pretty awful time when I hired a well-regarded professional to care for my elderly cat when we needed to go out of town. She ignored obvious symptoms and went completely against my care instructions and lied about it. I was at the emergency vet 10 minutes after arriving home and finding my pet unresponsive. It was awful and I really, really wanted to punish this person for negligence and costing me my cat plus thousands of dollars on top of her exorbitant fees that were pre-paid, but nothing was going to change what had happened.

It sounds like you know you still have a rough year ahead with a sick dog. Save your energy and enjoy the time you have.

How do you know?

Because I'm psychic.

Apologies. They almost assuredly are not going to pay the ER bill.

But definitely sue them. Obviously the money is the most important thing here or you would have taken the dog to the vet for severe constipation/impaction and not tried to DIY.

I'm convinced you work there now-Goshen right? I was not in the mood to drag a 30 pound dog to the ER vet 30 miles away at 11pm for a ball of hard shit hanging from her ass, and spend $1,000 plus for that (which it likely would have cost)-I was going to, but then thought it would not be that hard to remove it myself (not like I was doing open heart surgery), sadly, we need to prioritize as we are just merely middle class (likely poor by DCUM standards). $600 is not going to make or break us, or your clinic-it is a matter of principle at this point. And you are pissing me off even more!

Holy shit, you're completely crazy. No, I don't work there. I don't even know where "there" is.

I'm sorry the vet screwed up. I'd be pissed, too. That's why I told my cat story -- I WAS pissed when something shitty happened to me. But I thought still having your dog alive was a real upside to this unfortunate mistake. You disagree. Cool. You want compensation. Good luck.

Saying you are psychic and responding like you know exactly what the vet will do with regards to the bill (they certainly won't pay bill), and your defensive tone makes you sound like the crazy one-esp. if you are posting from FLA. WTF? Your post make you sound like you have a vested interest in defending the vet practice. I feel really bad about this-this is a practice we loved and trusted for years-the practice was recently sold, so the main vet who we loved is not there. We like the vet who saw our dog too-the one who made the error. This is not easy. No need get all sarcastic and hostile about it. We are unsure how to proceed, pissed off and still reeling from the whole ordeal. I am thrilled we have more time with our much loved dog, thrilled I did not cause her harm and that I do not have to live with the guilt that I killed her, thrilled my kids are smiling instead of crying inconsolably that the dog they have loved their entire lives will be with them a bit longer. You claiming that no way the vet will pay ER bill, or that you are psychic make you look foolish at best. Name calling not nice either. I am sure that if I wrote a bad review on every site I could, this practice would likely suffer far more than a $600 setback. Why would they NOT want to avoid that.

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It would be like a doctor telling a single mom she has cancer and only 3 months to live. The mom tells her kids-they feel the devastation, make preparations etc...then second opinion says no cancer. Yes, of course they would be grateful they were wrong, grateful they will live, but still pisssed at the error made and the trouble it caused.

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Hee hee I am a different person than the one who wrote about their cat. Only thing I write was the 1 in 500. I came back and I see you're trying to lump multiple ppl together. I assure you I'm not the same person.

(And the 1 in 500 is a complete guess--it's beside the point. I'm just trying to tell you mistakes happen.)