 Lemon law for a rescue dog?
My cousin just got a dog from a rescue group in NJ, she was brought up from TX, and she’s extremely sick with pneuomonia. The ER vet bills are already over $2000, plus the $350 adoption fee.
The adoption included a health certificate and one month of petplan pet insurance. She’s supposed to be fully vaccinated but my aunt says her vet records are shoddy.
I’m not sure what’s going on with the insurance, she might not be covered because of the waiting period.
She arrived on saturday and my cousin met them at the vet, she was given antibiotics for her teeth (they’re horrible) and he was told she was congested due to allergies and was stressed from the ride.
On monday morning my aunt went to check on her, saw how sick she was (lethargic, green mucus coming out her nose, coughing), and she called the vet from saturday. That vet was dismissive so she took her to the ER vet.
She’s been on oxygen, IV antibiotics, fluids, and a nebulizer, and she’s in isolation.
He’ll do whatever needs to be done for her, but it’s wrong that he was given such a sick dog. Thankfully she hasn’t been around the other dogs in my family. |