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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dog ate 1/2 tube of diaper rash cream but had no symptoms of sickness - To be sure everything would be ok I called the vet in Arlington (Glebe Road near the Giant) and they told me (of course) he needed to come in to be checked "just in case."

When I got there, they talked me in to pumping his stomach because and I quote, "he should be fine, but there is a small chance he will have serious complications that could be fatal."  Against my gut feeling, I had the procedure done (for $600).  I know, I am foolish, but I could never live with myself if my dog died from eating a freaking quarter tube of diaper rash cream.  Even as I am writing this, I am feeling like a dumbass for letting them pump my dog's stomach.

You put your faith in these people because you don't know better yourself.  They will take you for a ride whenever they can.[/quote]

I don't see how this was the vet's fault.  They basically told you that most likely, there's going to be no problem, but also let you know that there was a chance it could be fatal.  If they hadn't told you about that chance of it being fatal, and your dog died... wouldn't you think that vet to be horrible?  Instead, they gave you the odds that your dog would be fine, but also offered a treatment for the off chance that it was going to cause a problem.  The vet in no way forced you to have the procedure done... that was your choice and your choice alone.  All the vet did was provide you with the options available.[/quote]    wow that was rude
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