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Originally Posted by dwerten  yeah that would never happen here - i took dd in to pick up clindamyacin and she has been in cone as she was rubbing her eye and he walked out now mind you i just spent $400 this last month on urinalysis free catch, culture, antibiotics, fecal $200 one and he says ok make an appt and i will check out her eye - guess he wants his $50 so i walked out and said to myself if i am going to pay another $50 i am taking her for a second opinion to our more natural vet who practices both regular and holistic and pay her the money and have her check out the eye and discuss the whole case screw this - I honestly feel i have been raked over these past 5 years. I left in tears called dh and told him this whole vet thing is a TOTAL RACKET do they not care about the dog at all - there are 3 eye ointments as i looked it up he could have just looked prescribed an ointment and moved on as she did not scratch it as i saw her rub it and immediately put cone on her. Sadly i get more support from dr dodds and online vets who help others on off duty on my vet group and they do it for FREE than the people i have paid money too how sad is that. I will say though the specialist hospital helps me all the time over the phone and by email but have yet to have a vet - It is not even about the money anymore it is more about i feel like they do not care about my dog who has alot of issues and no sympathy for what i go through on a daily basis that is what hurts me |
Here's a situation that happened to me......I had two virgin dogs that I wanted to breed. So, I called the vet here to set up an appointment (since I didn't know how to AI) for an AI ( really wanted this breeding. He said that the fee would be $500.00....they would have to run a multitude of tests prior to the AI to make sure it was the correct breeding time.
I was back in Texas in September and told Dr. Hawthorne this and he roared.....$500.00. My gosh you asked for an AI not a C section. You've had your dogs tested for all the important stuff...you know your dogs cycle better than I do.....two AI would have cost me no more than $50.00 there, or he would have charged me for the kit and instructed me on how to do it.
Whenever, I had a girl ready to whelp, he'd put my little whelping kit together, along with POP shots, feeding tubes, surgical gloves, and whatever he felt I might need in an emergency....with his home and Cell number glued on the box.