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Originally Posted by LuvtheCooper  Wow! You do need to switch vets. My Carley just had major hip surgery on Sat. She went to an orthopedic surgeon who only takes referral cases from the dog's regular vet...you can't see him without a referral. We knew Carley would have to have this surgery sooner or later, and it turned out to be way sooner and our vet, who will do these surgeries actually told us our best best was the ortho guy...as they do these surgeries more and were better at them. I have the ortho's home phone # and he took all the time I needed for all the explanations I needed. That is the kind of person you want to operate on your dog....look until you find one!! Good luck |
Wow, you are so lucky to have such an honest vet who really cares about the welfare of your dog. Too bad I don't live in Texas because I would love to take my dog to your vet and your surgeon. How is your furbaby doing after surgery? I hope he feels better real soon
I am still searching for a specialist. I called 2 today and one was on vacation and the other I left a message. YorkieMalt just gave me some info on one in Jersey. I need a referral though so it looks like I might have to find a new regular vet first and then get the specialist. Can you believe my EX-vet gave me the number to a place that only deals with emergencies and they don't even have an orthopedic surgeon? That shows you he doesn't care about my dog. He didn't even have the decency to refer me to someone who could help me out. I can't believe he would be so mean to me just because I asked him an honest question. I don't know what happened to him but now I am really stuck asking all around about another vet that is nice, cares about my dog, and will answer my questions. What worries me the most is I don't know if he really needs this surgery. If so then I hope his knee holds out until I can get him some help from vets who care. Wish me luck.