[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by 107barney

I don't like the bullying tactics. Tell him your lawyer wants you to have witnesses with you during any interactions. Doesn't he have digital X-rays? Is his office inside a cave?

Originally Posted by Ellie May

I'd have major concerns about this vet and would personally not allow him to see my animals again. If you have to pick up xrays, I'd take somebody with you and don't let your girl be in his sight. He seems really controlling.

Sometimes phone conversations are recorded to "assure customer satisfaction". Up to you whether that is acceptable or not. I don't have a problem with it..unless it comes to something like this. Everytime you talk to a vet and sometimes when you talk to a tech, a summary of what you said is put in the file (or at least it should be). If there is a referral made, the referring vet and specialist can and do talk about the case. And they can and do compare notes if they see something problematic (i.e. an owner trying to get drugs from regular vet when they have failed to f/u with specialist, etc.). That is all part of a referral. What isn't ok is that he cares so much about you not doing tests there and wanting to hear the conversation. Yes, I think he may be nervous about something. While the specialist definitely could have called and asked for records to be faxed over, I'm 99% sure they didn't ask for more tests to be done. They would have no reason to in this case. These tests have already been done and he hasn't figured it out. They aren't goig to want you to waste more money. Anyway, it sounds like he doesn't have digital xray. They would have absolutely no reason to want more films taken with an old machine. Digital xray is by far superior and much better for diagnosing.

I would run as fast as you can.

This isn't a hangnail or something. I don't see any reason why a vet would hesitate so much about referring out...or have such a big problem with the ower deciding to get a second opinion. All I can tell you is that no vet I know acts like this. They are happy to just get the animal where it can be helped.