[gemy]

Not the treatment I would have wanted for my dog! but here is what the OP posted:

My niece recently had to take her wolf mix pup to the emergency vet. She let her out is the backyard, and when she checked on her she was laying in the grass. She called her and she didn't even seem to hear her so she went to get her and found her side was bleeding and she "wasn't acting right". This was probably around 8:30pm or so she called me and I gave her the number for the closest vet to her that had emergency services

The bolded part made me think that this was just a "general vet" that had emergency hours. So I don't think was very skilled in emergency vet care. Certainly I did not get the impression, this person went to a fully equipped emergency hospital.

I would like to also support the idea that this dog/wolf hybrid get seen by a specialist and soon. Leaving a pellet in so close to the spine, has to have attendent risks to it. I would want an "expert" opinion on the pros and cons of this, as well as the risks etc for surgical removal.