Paying for vet bill

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The people saying $1k is too high don't have dogs. If the dog had to be sedated and have x-rays or other scans it can add up. More so if they had to go to the emergency vet. And if it is a large dog.

But what was wrong with the dog that it had to go to the Vet? After the accident did the dog have to be carried home, was the dog bleeding? And the fact that nothing was found wrong with the dog is what makes me think the bill was high.

Are we in outer space here? This is the pet forum. If you don’t have a pet, don’t respond. Yes, I’m making the assumption that these “why did you go to the vet?” posters don’t have dogs.

I am so sorry this happened to you OP. It’s a tough one because you don’t want to go to war with a neighbor but this is obviously her responsibility and in a perfect world she should have been very proactive about paying bills, checking in etc. What does DH think about it? Do you have an HOA president whom you can trust? News of the accident will surely go around the neighborhood and people will talk... if and when neighbors find out she hasn’t offered to pay, she will be ostracized.

No I'm not in outer space. Anyway, I don't have a dog anymore but when I was a kid we had one that got hit hard by a van. The dog yelped and then ran into the house and was shaking. Even though we looked after the dog and had previously taken the dog to the vet to be spayed, we simply left the dog alone in the backyard to see how it did. Lo and behold a few hours later the dog was running around like normal. Maybe if the original poster had done this they might have saved themselves $1000 seeing as how nothing was found wrong with the dog.


And yes I still have pets, two cats.

Don’t know where you came from and how old you are, but today I’d consider that animal abuse. If a dog gets hit by a car they go to a vet. If a person gets hit by a car they go to the ER.

[Anonymous]

I think the neighbor wants to stay radio silent because she doesn't want to establish blame. It's like when you get into a car accident, you're not supposed to apologize because then you're admitting being at fault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like OP was scammed by her vet.
No reason for the neighbor to pay for that mistake.

I too think that the OP was scammed. Last week when I took my two cats into my local vet to get their shots the assistants were constantly trying to 'up sell me'. They offered me a Stool Test, Blood Work and a vet examination. All I went in for was the shots. If I agreed to all their tests my bill would have come out to over $200. After the shots had been given the vet told me that my cats looked in good shape. By sticking to my guns my bill was $24.50.

I'm sure that plenty of people are 'up sold' extra tests and services because they are lead to believe that something might be wrong with their pets, when in fact, there's nothing wrong.

[Anonymous]

OP here.

It was a standard 6 foot leash. My husband was walking the dog, so I don't know where he was relative to the dog -- up to 6 feet in front or behind, but the dog was not roaming free. And dogs (reasonably) go on walks -- they don't stay in their yards all the time. I have no idea if the vet bill was reasonable. My dog was clearly in pain and scared and I wasn't going to shop around to different pet ERs. That's crazy.

I followed up with the neighbor today, asking if she would prefer that we file with her car insurance company. She said no, wrote me a check, and apologized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I followed up with the neighbor today, asking if she would prefer that we file with her car insurance company. She said no, wrote me a check, and apologized.

Awesome outcome. This thread than close now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people saying $1k is too high don't have dogs. If the dog had to be sedated and have x-rays or other scans it can add up. More so if they had to go to the emergency vet. And if it is a large dog.

But what was wrong with the dog that it had to go to the Vet? After the accident did the dog have to be carried home, was the dog bleeding? And the fact that nothing was found wrong with the dog is what makes me think the bill was high.

Are we in outer space here? This is the pet forum. If you don’t have a pet, don’t respond. Yes, I’m making the assumption that these “why did you go to the vet?” posters don’t have dogs.

I am so sorry this happened to you OP. It’s a tough one because you don’t want to go to war with a neighbor but this is obviously her responsibility and in a perfect world she should have been very proactive about paying bills, checking in etc. What does DH think about it? Do you have an HOA president whom you can trust? News of the accident will surely go around the neighborhood and people will talk... if and when neighbors find out she hasn’t offered to pay, she will be ostracized.

No I'm not in outer space. Anyway, I don't have a dog anymore but when I was a kid we had one that got hit hard by a van. The dog yelped and then ran into the house and was shaking. Even though we looked after the dog and had previously taken the dog to the vet to be spayed, we simply left the dog alone in the backyard to see how it did. Lo and behold a few hours later the dog was running around like normal. Maybe if the original poster had done this they might have saved themselves $1000 seeing as how nothing was found wrong with the dog.


And yes I still have pets, two cats.

Don’t know where you came from and how old you are, but today I’d consider that animal abuse. If a dog gets hit by a car they go to a vet. If a person gets hit by a car they go to the ER.

It's wasn't animal abuse as there is no law that says when a dog gets hit by a car the owners are required to spend a thousand dollars on tests. I was hit by a car too when I was a kid and I didn't go to ER either. I'm fine and have been for the last 40 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people saying $1k is too high don't have dogs. If the dog had to be sedated and have x-rays or other scans it can add up. More so if they had to go to the emergency vet. And if it is a large dog.

But what was wrong with the dog that it had to go to the Vet? After the accident did the dog have to be carried home, was the dog bleeding? And the fact that nothing was found wrong with the dog is what makes me think the bill was high.

Are we in outer space here? This is the pet forum. If you don’t have a pet, don’t respond. Yes, I’m making the assumption that these “why did you go to the vet?” posters don’t have dogs.

I am so sorry this happened to you OP. It’s a tough one because you don’t want to go to war with a neighbor but this is obviously her responsibility and in a perfect world she should have been very proactive about paying bills, checking in etc. What does DH think about it? Do you have an HOA president whom you can trust? News of the accident will surely go around the neighborhood and people will talk... if and when neighbors find out she hasn’t offered to pay, she will be ostracized.

No I'm not in outer space. Anyway, I don't have a dog anymore but when I was a kid we had one that got hit hard by a van. The dog yelped and then ran into the house and was shaking. Even though we looked after the dog and had previously taken the dog to the vet to be spayed, we simply left the dog alone in the backyard to see how it did. Lo and behold a few hours later the dog was running around like normal. Maybe if the original poster had done this they might have saved themselves $1000 seeing as how nothing was found wrong with the dog.


And yes I still have pets, two cats.

Don’t know where you came from and how old you are, but today I’d consider that animal abuse. If a dog gets hit by a car they go to a vet. If a person gets hit by a car they go to the ER.

Wrong on all counts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I followed up with the neighbor today, asking if she would prefer that we file with her car insurance company. She said no, wrote me a check, and apologized.

Awesome outcome. This thread than close now.

What I meant to say was that this thread CAN close now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

It was a standard 6 foot leash. My husband was walking the dog, so I don't know where he was relative to the dog -- up to 6 feet in front or behind, but the dog was not roaming free. And dogs (reasonably) go on walks -- they don't stay in their yards all the time. I have no idea if the vet bill was reasonable. My dog was clearly in pain and scared and I wasn't going to shop around to different pet ERs. That's crazy.

I followed up with the neighbor today, asking if she would prefer that we file with her car insurance company. She said no, wrote me a check, and apologized.

I am one of the posters who thought you didn't handle things right. That's great news, OP!
If there ever is a next time, God forbid, resist the vet upsell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people saying $1k is too high don't have dogs. If the dog had to be sedated and have x-rays or other scans it can add up. More so if they had to go to the emergency vet. And if it is a large dog.

But what was wrong with the dog that it had to go to the Vet? After the accident did the dog have to be carried home, was the dog bleeding? And the fact that nothing was found wrong with the dog is what makes me think the bill was high.

Are we in outer space here? This is the pet forum. If you don’t have a pet, don’t respond. Yes, I’m making the assumption that these “why did you go to the vet?” posters don’t have dogs.

I am so sorry this happened to you OP. It’s a tough one because you don’t want to go to war with a neighbor but this is obviously her responsibility and in a perfect world she should have been very proactive about paying bills, checking in etc. What does DH think about it? Do you have an HOA president whom you can trust? News of the accident will surely go around the neighborhood and people will talk... if and when neighbors find out she hasn’t offered to pay, she will be ostracized.

No I'm not in outer space. Anyway, I don't have a dog anymore but when I was a kid we had one that got hit hard by a van. The dog yelped and then ran into the house and was shaking. Even though we looked after the dog and had previously taken the dog to the vet to be spayed, we simply left the dog alone in the backyard to see how it did. Lo and behold a few hours later the dog was running around like normal. Maybe if the original poster had done this they might have saved themselves $1000 seeing as how nothing was found wrong with the dog.


And yes I still have pets, two cats.

Don’t know where you came from and how old you are, but today I’d consider that animal abuse. If a dog gets hit by a car they go to a vet. If a person gets hit by a car they go to the ER.

Wrong on all counts.

Nope, you're wrong. Anyone who doesn't get themselves or a pet checked out after being hit by a vehicle is plain dumb.

[Anonymous]

I hope that check bounces so that OP learns a lesson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope that check bounces so that OP learns a lesson.

Yep! Don’t walk in the crosswalk!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people saying $1k is too high don't have dogs. If the dog had to be sedated and have x-rays or other scans it can add up. More so if they had to go to the emergency vet. And if it is a large dog.

But what was wrong with the dog that it had to go to the Vet? After the accident did the dog have to be carried home, was the dog bleeding? And the fact that nothing was found wrong with the dog is what makes me think the bill was high.

Are we in outer space here? This is the pet forum. If you don’t have a pet, don’t respond. Yes, I’m making the assumption that these “why did you go to the vet?” posters don’t have dogs.

I am so sorry this happened to you OP. It’s a tough one because you don’t want to go to war with a neighbor but this is obviously her responsibility and in a perfect world she should have been very proactive about paying bills, checking in etc. What does DH think about it? Do you have an HOA president whom you can trust? News of the accident will surely go around the neighborhood and people will talk... if and when neighbors find out she hasn’t offered to pay, she will be ostracized.

No I'm not in outer space. Anyway, I don't have a dog anymore but when I was a kid we had one that got hit hard by a van. The dog yelped and then ran into the house and was shaking. Even though we looked after the dog and had previously taken the dog to the vet to be spayed, we simply left the dog alone in the backyard to see how it did. Lo and behold a few hours later the dog was running around like normal. Maybe if the original poster had done this they might have saved themselves $1000 seeing as how nothing was found wrong with the dog.


And yes I still have pets, two cats.

Don’t know where you came from and how old you are, but today I’d consider that animal abuse. If a dog gets hit by a car they go to a vet. If a person gets hit by a car they go to the ER.

Wrong on all counts.

Nope, you're wrong. Anyone who doesn't get themselves or a pet checked out after being hit by a vehicle is plain dumb.

Depends on how hard you were hit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

It was a standard 6 foot leash. My husband was walking the dog, so I don't know where he was relative to the dog -- up to 6 feet in front or behind, but the dog was not roaming free. And dogs (reasonably) go on walks -- they don't stay in their yards all the time. I have no idea if the vet bill was reasonable. My dog was clearly in pain and scared and I wasn't going to shop around to different pet ERs. That's crazy.

I followed up with the neighbor today, asking if she would prefer that we file with her car insurance company. She said no, wrote me a check, and apologized.

Congratulations. I was somebody who thought you'd never see that $1000 again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

It was a standard 6 foot leash. My husband was walking the dog, so I don't know where he was relative to the dog -- up to 6 feet in front or behind, but the dog was not roaming free. And dogs (reasonably) go on walks -- they don't stay in their yards all the time. I have no idea if the vet bill was reasonable. My dog was clearly in pain and scared and I wasn't going to shop around to different pet ERs. That's crazy.

I followed up with the neighbor today, asking if she would prefer that we file with her car insurance company. She said no, wrote me a check, and apologized.

Congratulations. I was somebody who thought you'd never see that $1000 again.

Bet the neighbor will get a dashcam now. If the dog was 6 ft ahead of the owner, and the owner was not in the cross-walk (and she didn't see him), then I feel really sorry for her. After you're stopped and scanning the intersection, the last thing you expect is for an animal to run in front of your car. Scammed for sure.