Well first of all there was 2 vets working there and the owner (vet #1) was not working at that time. She owns a home right next to her buisness. Vet #2 was on shift that night. Anne's owners come in and said God told them to put there dog down because the dog had violent seizures and they felt quality of life was not there. Ok, I think they have the right since they know there dog better then anyone. The dog was on Phenabarbatal for seizures. Ok, the owners did not want Annie adopted as they felt she was in a bad way. The Manager of Mill Pond then called Vet #1 on the phone to ok she have VET #2 fake the death. It was OK'd and Vet #2 did not feel that it was right and refused. In no uncertain terms the manager gave her the hint her job was being threatened so she did it. After the owners left Vet #2 was mad because she was forced to do this. Annie was brought to me for care. About 2 days later Annies owners called and wanted the ashes...Now what? How do they come up with ashes? The manager then called her husband and she went out with a shovel and scraped up ROAD KILL to aproximate Annies weight. They then sent it to the local creamatorium for animals in one of the official bags. The bag and all was creamated without opening it. They then charged Annies owners over 100 dollars for these ashes. I was one of 3 people absolutley nauseated over this when it went down. Anyone looking like they may talk was brought in with the manager for a pep talk to keep quiet. Annie was given a home and after a few days the new owners called about Annie having hours worth of seizures. The old owners where telling the truth. I left a few months later. few months after I left the manager quit over something unrelated and reported this event to the old owners as revenge. But she left out the part where she was the mastermind behind the whole thing including the road kill ashes.
As far as I know the owners got a settlment and it quieted down.
Any other questions feel free to ask. Its very sad and still makes me sick.
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