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Anonymous wrote:A routine shot appt with a vet tech is not the best time to mention these types (lethargy, possible serious injury, severe constipation) of concerns, Op. If you really thought that you could have actually cut your dog's rectal tissue you should have made an emergency appt or taken the dog to an emergency vet.

If you simply thought that your dog was suffering from constipation you should have made an appt to be seen by the vet.

I guess while I was already there, I should have made a separate appointment to discuss the constipation and lethargy. How does that make any sense?

You didn't have the dog there for an exam appt. You had the dog there to get a routine shot.

It seems as though you mentioned these concerns (lethargy, severe constipation, possible injury) in the hopes of getting a complimentary exam included in the routine shot visit. The vet was likely pulled away from other patients to look at your dog on an emergency basis. That means that other patients and their owners had to wait while your dog (the emergency) got examined first.

You are complaining that you owe $600 in emergency vet bills. But you brought your dog in w/o an exam appt and your dog was seen under emergency circumstances and you told the vet that you might have potentially injured your dog while removing poop.....

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Anonymous wrote:A routine shot appt with a vet tech is not the best time to mention these types (lethargy, possible serious injury, severe constipation) of concerns, Op. If you really thought that you could have actually cut your dog's rectal tissue you should have made an emergency appt or taken the dog to an emergency vet.

If you simply thought that your dog was suffering from constipation you should have made an appt to be seen by the vet.

I guess while I was already there, I should have made a separate appointment to discuss the constipation and lethargy. How does that make any sense?

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Anonymous wrote:I would be absolutely livid with that vet. But if you think it was an honest mistake and a one-time thing, what is suing going to solve? However I would agree with whoever suggested that you write a letter of complaint to the vet. If it is a practice, address the letter to whoever is in charge so hopefully that vet will be reprimanded. Don't rant at them, just reasonably state that you hope they take measures to ensure such an egregious error never happens again and that you won't be returning to the practice or recommending them. At that point you probably need to let go and just be grateful the expense wasn't worse and that your dog wasn't put down.

Op here-thanks for your voice of reason! Why are some on DCUM such judgmental a-holes. Is something in the water?

Anonymous wrote:I would be absolutely livid with that vet. But if you think it was an honest mistake and a one-time thing, what is suing going to solve? However I would agree with whoever suggested that you write a letter of complaint to the vet. If it is a practice, address the letter to whoever is in charge so hopefully that vet will be reprimanded. Don't rant at them, just reasonably state that you hope they take measures to ensure such an egregious error never happens again and that you won't be returning to the practice or recommending them. At that point you probably need to let go and just be grateful the expense wasn't worse and that your dog wasn't put down.

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe your story, that's what. ER just wanted to do a "quickie check" on that rectal tear when you were all ready to euthanize?


You sound nuts.

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I'm not a vet, I'm a biologist, and I have difficulty believing this was an honest mistake.

A severe tear cannot be mistaken, period.

This was an attempt to take 5K from you, and you should do your best to report and review accordingly.

Anonymous[b wrote:]PP [/b]you are an idiot-we were told to do a 5 grand surgery that dog likely would not survive to repair non existentt rectal injury or put her down. We went to ER to euthanize as advised by vet as they were closing. we prepared our kids to say good bye to dog and spent a wonderful day with her-then went to ER for final good-byes. How is that bad parenting? We took photos, shared memories, spent quality time and prepared for what was to come. We did not go to ER vet to get another opinion, we believed the vet and then at the last minute in the ER they asked if we wanted an exam prior to the shot to put her to sleep-we thought about it and agreed to it. We thought it would just confitrm that it was her time to go. We were shokec and jolted by their findings-which were totally unexpected.

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Anonymous wrote:We almost killed our dog for no reason! Give us 600$

Jesus lady, you had my sympathy but this is flat out extortion.

We spent the day in distress, me thinking I killed my dog, feeling guilty, young kids crying hysterically over loosing their pet they had their entire lives-people sue for emotional distress/pain and suffering over much less. I'm just looking for opinions, not to extort $$ from our vet. BTW, I doubt this would ever have happened with the original vet who was great, and just retired 2 months ago. Vet who misdiagnosed was there a few years also, obviously made a big diagnostic error. I do feel bad as that vet seems very nice it is a tough situation.

Let this be a lesson to you ~ESPECIALLY with young children, to get all of the information before you send everyone into hysterics. You have been made whole, get a new vet, dont pull feces out of your animals rectum, and move along.

The vet advised immediate surgery or euthanasisa, that can cause hysteria even before you decide to get another opinion.

Anonymous wrote:A routine shot appt with a vet tech is not the best time to mention these types (lethargy, possible serious injury, severe constipation) of concerns, Op. If you really thought that you could have actually cut your dog's rectal tissue you should have made an emergency appt or taken the dog to an emergency vet.

If you simply thought that your dog was suffering from constipation you should have made an appt to be seen by the vet.