Anonymous
07/16/2013 16:12
Subject: Re:Is my dog dying? Should I take him to the emergency vet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you do take your dog in in an emergency situation, if at all possible take him or her to one of the two area vets that are 24-hour. One is Friendship Animal Hospital in Tenley, and the other is in Alexandria somewhere.
If you go to your regular vet, they will not keep the dog overnight, and instead will insist you cart the dog back and forth between an overnight or weekend facility and your business-hours-only vet office. All that carting obviously isn't good for an animal in frail condition--especially in this heat. Just go to a round-the-clock care place in the first instance.
We learned this lesson the hard way, long ago. If anyone knows of more 24-hour animal hospitals that have opened in the area since the 90s, please chime in and correct me.
Southpaws in Fairfax.
Pender vet in Fairfax also. I have really like them for our dog although they are $$$$.
Anonymous
07/15/2013 23:09
Subject: Re:Is my dog dying? Should I take him to the emergency vet?
Anonymous wrote:If you do take your dog in in an emergency situation, if at all possible take him or her to one of the two area vets that are 24-hour. One is Friendship Animal Hospital in Tenley, and the other is in Alexandria somewhere.
If you go to your regular vet, they will not keep the dog overnight, and instead will insist you cart the dog back and forth between an overnight or weekend facility and your business-hours-only vet office. All that carting obviously isn't good for an animal in frail condition--especially in this heat. Just go to a round-the-clock care place in the first instance.
We learned this lesson the hard way, long ago. If anyone knows of more 24-hour animal hospitals that have opened in the area since the 90s, please chime in and correct me.
Southpaws in Fairfax.
Anonymous
07/15/2013 22:59
Subject: Re:Is my dog dying? Should I take him to the emergency vet?
If you do take your dog in in an emergency situation, if at all possible take him or her to one of the two area vets that are 24-hour. One is Friendship Animal Hospital in Tenley, and the other is in Alexandria somewhere.
If you go to your regular vet, they will not keep the dog overnight, and instead will insist you cart the dog back and forth between an overnight or weekend facility and your business-hours-only vet office. All that carting obviously isn't good for an animal in frail condition--especially in this heat. Just go to a round-the-clock care place in the first instance.
We learned this lesson the hard way, long ago. If anyone knows of more 24-hour animal hospitals that have opened in the area since the 90s, please chime in and correct me.
If you go to your regular vet, they will not keep the dog overnight, and instead will insist you cart the dog back and forth between an overnight or weekend facility and your business-hours-only vet office. All that carting obviously isn't good for an animal in frail condition--especially in this heat. Just go to a round-the-clock care place in the first instance.
We learned this lesson the hard way, long ago. If anyone knows of more 24-hour animal hospitals that have opened in the area since the 90s, please chime in and correct me.
Anonymous
07/15/2013 22:46
Subject: Is my dog dying? Should I take him to the emergency vet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sounds like hemangioma sarcoma... Very much hoping you took him to the vet. Better safe than sorry.
Alarmist much? Way to make OP feel worse about the situation.
Just trying to share information- our dog had same symptoms and I took her to the vet very much against my husbands wishes (really more to prove a point). Turns out she was bleeding internally and needed emergency splenectomy. So, sadly little things like being off from food can be a pets way of saying... Hey, I'm not feeling well. Even if the OP never reads this, I hope someone else will listen to their gut when their dog is exhibiting unusual behavior.
Anonymous
07/10/2013 22:29
Subject: Re:Is my dog dying? Should I take him to the emergency vet?
Update please, OP.
Anonymous
07/10/2013 08:43
Subject: Is my dog dying? Should I take him to the emergency vet?
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like hemangioma sarcoma... Very much hoping you took him to the vet. Better safe than sorry.
Alarmist much? Way to make OP feel worse about the situation.
Anonymous
07/08/2013 16:25
Subject: Is my dog dying? Should I take him to the emergency vet?
How is your dog today? Please post an update when you can.