Chaos Ranch
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My vet has not only ruined my faith in her, but has also made my mothers day miserable to the point that I can't even do anything but sit here and worry and cry. I had to send my husband and kids to my mother in laws just to keep from ruining their day.
Yesterday afternoon I went out to do some fencing. I finished and went to check on Katie. She's my 4 year old red merle Aussie that had 9 puppies a week ago. I went inside her pen and peeked inside the 4x4 stall that she and her puppies are in. I have a fan blowing straight down on them and they were all cool, but when I said hey there Katie Bug she didn't even move. Just panting as if she never even heard me. Her puppies were crawling on her and nursing and everything else.
Welll... I knew something wasn't right. Katie always jumps up and runs into my lap when I bend down to pet her. I shook her, I kept repeating her name more and more frantically each time. I screamed for my husband to get over there quick that something was wrong with Katie.
He came over and he checked her and he pulled her out into the pen. She was lethargic, totally limp, eyes shut, just laying there panting as if she was sound asleep or something. I worked with her shaking her, jiggling her, petting her talking to her holding her head up... nothing worked.
She was perfectly fine the day before. Not a care in the world She was doing great. My friend and his wife showed up and I picked Katie up and carried her into the yard. I knew my other vet told me once that if a dog was over-heated to run cool water over their tummy and underside to cool them off. I did that. I didn't think it was heatstroke at all... no symptoms of heat stroke. No seizures, no shaking, no nothing.
I called my vet's number on my phone and my friend was there with his phone. I had the cell on speakerphone and when she gave the emergency after hours number he dialed it for me and I spoke to her. She said it would be 10 pm before she could get to her office so I went ahead and got Katie ready. I put another momma dog in with her one week old pups that adopts any puppy you want to give her. She was nursign them and cleaning them so I let them alone to keep them from being stressed.
Donnie and my friend took Katie up to the vet and left her there. I thought the first question she would ask is "what kind of pet food is she on?" NOPE... first thing she said was that she would need a $100. deposit before she could do anything :new_shocked:
: FINE.... he wrote her out her deposit and she started her on an IV and told Donnie and my friend to go ahead and leave her there. She would run a series of tests on her and call us in the morning. She said she thought she would be ok... but that she would call and let us know something.
SO... donnie left her my number and his number and came home.
This morning at 8:02 a.m. she called my friend's phone and left a message for me to call her. Ok...so why did she call my friend's phone? Why didn't she call my number ? Or Donnie's number? Those were the numbers we left with her to call. She's been our vet for 3 years...what the crap did she call his phone for?
Well... I call and I call and I call and I call... all day long Donnie and I have been calling her vet's office number, and her emebergency number and we get no answer. Not even a voice mail..nothing. I know we've called her at least 40 times today. Nothing. I texted her cell...nothing... I call and call... I can't find out a thing. She won't answer any numbers, she wont call again... I don't know if my dog is ok or not ok.
I just want to know if Katie is allright. I want to know if she's alive. I have cried and cried and cried over her and I just can't find anything out at all. I've been worried sick all day about her and can't reach that stupid ignorant vet to find out anything.
I called my friend I got my Aussies from. She used to work for a vets office. She pointed out that with this being a weekend the vet could be purposfully avoiding us so she can bill us for 3 days of after hours vetting. WHAT ?
: Yup. According to her the vet can charge us for after hours vetting for Saturday night, as well as all day Sunday, and all day Monday since I cannot drive to go get her because of my sight and would have to wait until 4:30 when my husband gets off work and can make it up there to get her. :no: :no:
FINE... bill be for all of it, I don't care. I just want to know how my Katie is doing... I want to know if she's alive... I want to know if my puppies are orphans and if I need to get some puppy formula for them. I want to know what's going on with my Katie.
I had 500. put back for earnest money on the house we're trying to buy. I already told Donnie I will forfiet the house totally just to pay the vet bill with that money... I don't care about the money, I care about my dog and I want to know something about her. I have to know if she's ok or not.
I will never ever use this vet again. I think it's cruel and mean not to at least say on the voice mail this morning whether she was still fighting to stay alive...;whether she lost her...whether she was fine....something... some little something would be better than just a cold "I'm calling to leave a message for Kim Clayton to call me at my after hours number".
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Yesterday afternoon I went out to do some fencing. I finished and went to check on Katie. She's my 4 year old red merle Aussie that had 9 puppies a week ago. I went inside her pen and peeked inside the 4x4 stall that she and her puppies are in. I have a fan blowing straight down on them and they were all cool, but when I said hey there Katie Bug she didn't even move. Just panting as if she never even heard me. Her puppies were crawling on her and nursing and everything else.
Welll... I knew something wasn't right. Katie always jumps up and runs into my lap when I bend down to pet her. I shook her, I kept repeating her name more and more frantically each time. I screamed for my husband to get over there quick that something was wrong with Katie.
He came over and he checked her and he pulled her out into the pen. She was lethargic, totally limp, eyes shut, just laying there panting as if she was sound asleep or something. I worked with her shaking her, jiggling her, petting her talking to her holding her head up... nothing worked.
She was perfectly fine the day before. Not a care in the world She was doing great. My friend and his wife showed up and I picked Katie up and carried her into the yard. I knew my other vet told me once that if a dog was over-heated to run cool water over their tummy and underside to cool them off. I did that. I didn't think it was heatstroke at all... no symptoms of heat stroke. No seizures, no shaking, no nothing.
I called my vet's number on my phone and my friend was there with his phone. I had the cell on speakerphone and when she gave the emergency after hours number he dialed it for me and I spoke to her. She said it would be 10 pm before she could get to her office so I went ahead and got Katie ready. I put another momma dog in with her one week old pups that adopts any puppy you want to give her. She was nursign them and cleaning them so I let them alone to keep them from being stressed.
Donnie and my friend took Katie up to the vet and left her there. I thought the first question she would ask is "what kind of pet food is she on?" NOPE... first thing she said was that she would need a $100. deposit before she could do anything :new_shocked:
SO... donnie left her my number and his number and came home.
This morning at 8:02 a.m. she called my friend's phone and left a message for me to call her. Ok...so why did she call my friend's phone? Why didn't she call my number ? Or Donnie's number? Those were the numbers we left with her to call. She's been our vet for 3 years...what the crap did she call his phone for?
Well... I call and I call and I call and I call... all day long Donnie and I have been calling her vet's office number, and her emebergency number and we get no answer. Not even a voice mail..nothing. I know we've called her at least 40 times today. Nothing. I texted her cell...nothing... I call and call... I can't find out a thing. She won't answer any numbers, she wont call again... I don't know if my dog is ok or not ok.
I just want to know if Katie is allright. I want to know if she's alive. I have cried and cried and cried over her and I just can't find anything out at all. I've been worried sick all day about her and can't reach that stupid ignorant vet to find out anything.
I called my friend I got my Aussies from. She used to work for a vets office. She pointed out that with this being a weekend the vet could be purposfully avoiding us so she can bill us for 3 days of after hours vetting. WHAT ?
FINE... bill be for all of it, I don't care. I just want to know how my Katie is doing... I want to know if she's alive... I want to know if my puppies are orphans and if I need to get some puppy formula for them. I want to know what's going on with my Katie.
I had 500. put back for earnest money on the house we're trying to buy. I already told Donnie I will forfiet the house totally just to pay the vet bill with that money... I don't care about the money, I care about my dog and I want to know something about her. I have to know if she's ok or not.
I will never ever use this vet again. I think it's cruel and mean not to at least say on the voice mail this morning whether she was still fighting to stay alive...;whether she lost her...whether she was fine....something... some little something would be better than just a cold "I'm calling to leave a message for Kim Clayton to call me at my after hours number".
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