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Originally Posted by Patti  Is it possible to contact her by phone or email and mention that you have been using the same feeding and treat schedule on Moshi and walking him with yours and wanted her to know that he may be a little thinner when she returns and wanted to let her know. See how she responds. I think I would be upset if a pet sitter contacted my vet in a non emergency situation without contacting me first. I have 2 that are a little overweight and personally would not be offended if I was Moshi's owner but one never can tell. JMO |
I will try to email her and see what she says.
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Originally Posted by Ellie May Did the owner leave you with signed consent that you could get medical care for this dog? Or can you get ahold of her 24/7? If no, a vet is pretty much obligated to refuse treatment unless it's in extremely critical condition.
If pup is wheezing, nobody can say if there is or isn't a life threatening disease present. There could be. Also, a dog that wheezes should only be exercised with veterinary consent. If my dog was wheezing and I left them with a sitter, I'd be very upset if the dog was exercised.
I really don't know how I'd feel if my dog lost weight. My first thought would be that he/she was neglected. I'd except if the dog was healthy and sitter said it went on lots of walks. If I said my dog gets 1.5 cups of food per day and I returned to find out less was given, I'd be pretty mad. I'd be mad if a different food was given too (this happened with Ellie - she bloated up and it was disgusting).
I would not present a list of things that are wrong with the dog. I'd go with, your pup is wheezing a lot. Do you know what could be wrong, etc. |
She left the vet's info in case of emergency. She also left her parents' number so I can call in case of emergency and they will cover the cost. No, of course I wouldn't bring him unless it's a critical emergency, like life and death. Well, the sound he makes sounds like he has collapse trachea (sounds like snoring). As for exercise, she told me she walks him 3X a day and so I don't think she would be mad with the exercise we give him. I told her I'd treat him like our dogs, which is what I am doing. Well, as for the food, she told me what she feeds and told me to schedule feed him if I want so it's up to me.
It's my first time pet sitting him because he has a regular sitter who was out of town. I didn't really know his weight situation until she left. I felt a bump on him right when she left and I called her, which she told me he's had for awhile and it's fine.