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Ok, so I only want the best for Scooter, and therefore trusted my vet 100% - so far everything they have suggested, I have done for him!
Well we just went in for a check-up and during all the usual questions I let them know that Scooter had diarrhea once that day, but only 1 occurance, no blood or mucus, and no problems going pee or poo.

WELL they sent me home with flagyl and some gastro canned food for him. I'm thinking to myself, diarrhea once and this is what he gets? Nothing else was wrong with him. The meds cost me almost $120. Then they tell me that if he vomits, becomes lethargic, or stops eating to come in the next day. I told them I was leaving town that night and wouldn't be able to make it in, should I hold off on the meds until I'm back in town? No, start tonight anyway. SO I do all of this.
That night I'm an hour and a half away. Scooter vomits 2 times, and refuses any food. He's REALLY lethargic the next morning (though probably from low blood sugar having puked all his food up). I scramble to get some corn syrup into him, and as soon as he's more awake, some actual food.
I call for advice and the receptionist kindly tells me that it says to come in for X-rays. I tell her I can't I'm not in town - and I told the vet the day before that I wouldn't be able to come in. I ask whats wrong, why they think he needs x-rays and I get no response, I have to come in for a consult to find out WHY they say to take x-rays!
Anyways I skip my grandparents 50th aniversary party to go back to the vet.
They say the same thing - they give me the price of the X-rays and refuse to tell my why they are taking them without me paying for a consult. THEN they mention that I'll need to pay for a consult after the x-rays anyway to find out the results! They won't tell me WHY I need x-rays OR what the results are without charging me a consult! I tell them I just want a consult. A different doctor is in, not our regular vet. She says Scooter's fine. I said you almost killed my dog with your meds! He couldn't even lift his head in the morning! She says ... well we can't prove the meds made him puke. Even though Scooter had EVERY symptom the vet mentioned when she suggested the meds!
We go home and later that day Scooter has a regular bowel movement because I stopped giving him those meds - he clearly never needed them.

AURGH I really feel taken advantage of here! First the outragious cost of the meds, then they won't even tell me why he needs x-rays, they just want me to pay for them without any information about what might be wrong with my dog. AND he didn't really need them anyway?
I'm half convinced they gave him the meds just to make him sick and try to suck more money out of me.
Sorry for the long post, I guess I just needed to vent. But really he had diarrhea once and look what happened! I called the vet my mom goes to (he gives advice over the phone without charging a consult fee!) and he said HE would give me my money back in that kind of situation (though he never would have suggested the meds in the first place.) My vet isn't doing anything. Do I have a right to be upset here?