Dont dogs show you up

[Penny Less]

Just taken mine to emergency vet because she came in from the garden with her leg held right up couldnt put it down. Massaged it and gave it a good inspection, after 45 mins still not putting weight on and wouldnt eat a titbit(then its serious) thought she might have done her cruxiate ligament. Got to the vets, lifted her out of the car whereupon she walked on all four legs into the vets albeit lame. Anyway vet couldnt find anything wrong, bill for emergency visit £245 !!!!!. Ive told dog shes not getting any pocket money this week. Felt embarrassed as vet has 20 min drive to get to the surgery

 

[SAujla]

Just taken mine to emergency vet because she came in from the garden with her leg held right up couldnt put it down. Massaged it and gave it a good inspection, after 45 mins still not putting weight on and wouldnt eat a titbit(then its serious) thought she might have done her cruxiate ligament. Got to the vets, lifted her out of the car whereupon she walked on all four legs into the vets albeit lame. Anyway vet couldnt find anything wrong, bill for emergency visit £245 !!!!!. Ive told dog shes not getting any pocket money this week. Felt embarrassed as vet has 20 min drive to get to the surgery

Almost identical situation, as a pup Clover limping suddenly on a Sunday afternoon, rested her but still limping afterwards. Taken to vets where she apparently raced around getting a fuss (was outside due to covid). As soon as I took the lead back she started limping again and vet said oh its probably just a pull and she's fine. Always on a weekend!

Hope yours is fully okay

 

[JumpTheMoon1]

Vets are getting richer by the day.I would change your user name to something positive.Words have power.

 

[Blanche]

Vets are getting richer by the day.I would change your user name to something positive.Words have power.

Do you never learn? If you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all. Every time you are derogatory a little bit of your soul dies at the unnecessary nastiness. Peace out.

 

[Penny Less]

Vets are getting richer by the day.I would change your user name to something positive.Words have power.

ER WHAT ?

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

Yes, we couldn't stop blood coming from a wart that the Rott who was being given palliative care had on her elbow. We tried pads etc, nothing worked, or stayed in place! Rang the emergency vet (Saturday evening, after 7 pm), lined the car with towels etc. After a 20 minute journey the car was awash (slight exaggeration but you get the idea). Dog taken out of car and handed over to vet, in car park because if Covid. The vet brought her back saying that the bleeding had stopped by the time they got her into surgery!

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

It’s always a weekend, isn’t it? Christmas Eve in the snowy woods for us with Bear, he cut his pad on a flint or something. Bloke trailing us shouted ‘Mate! Did you know the dog is bleeding?’ No sh!t, Sherlock, it’s snowing and I ain’t blind!

Hope your girl is better soon. Ouch to the bill!

 

[misst]

Years ago JRT pup went into big TBs stable (shod all round). I didn't realise she was off lead and had slipped in as I closed the door. I heard this horrendous screaming and realised big horse had his back foot on little pup. Cue me being hysterical puppy being hysterical and horse wondering what was going on. When I retrieved her from under his feet she was shaking from head to toe and and limp .. I wrapped her in a towel and laid her on the front seat and drove like a demon to the vet. I jumped out of the car ran round to the passenger door and open it to lift her out .... She jumped out and ran round the car park! After I caught her I checked her over again and as she seemed fine I took her home. She lived until she was 14 and never entered a stable again.

 

[paisley]

Whippets beach trip that effectively cost a pound a minute after a Saturday vet visit that eventually turned out to be a pulled muscle (non weight bearing, dragging hind leg etc).
Conversely, same whippet, after bunny chasing, came back with scraped toes, but trotting sound with no squeaks of protest after prodded and wiggled- two broken toes.
He is now not let off the lead on public holidays or just before any planned going away holidays.

 

[Cloball]

Cat was behaving strangely in the night and had had recent cystitis and retention. Convinced he was blocked again I rushed him to the vets on a Sunday night where by he peed all over the vet nurse and the waiting room ?

 

[Penny Less]

Re out of hours cover. I thought that vet would be on call at their surgery, didnt realise that they had to come in from home. Is this normal? Used to have to go to another big clinic out of hours and Im sure they were on the premises all the time.

Dog perfectly Ok this morning !

 

[MurphysMinder]

Re out of hours cover. I thought that vet would be on call at their surgery, didnt realise that they had to come in from home. Is this normal? Used to have to go to another big clinic out of hours and Im sure they were on the premises all the time.

Dog perfectly Ok this morning !

Did you go to your own vet's surgery? Smaller surgeries the staff do come in from home, they will probably be on call all weekend so can't really do anything else that weekend. When your vet uses a specific ooh hospital then they are usually fully staffed, but I'm not a fan of them, some may be excellent but I want to see a vet who has access to my dogs records.
With regard to your original question, I have had both dogs and horses that make me look totally stupid by miraculously recovering in front of the vet, but don't forget , particularly with dogs, that adrenalin often kicks in at the vets so they will appear to be in less pain.

 

[Red-1]

Re out of hours cover. I thought that vet would be on call at their surgery, didnt realise that they had to come in from home. Is this normal? Used to have to go to another big clinic out of hours and Im sure they were on the premises all the time.

Dog perfectly Ok this morning !

It used to be a vet taking turns at our vet, yes they would come in. I liked it as the vets had access to our files and the travelling wasn't too bad. In our old practice an emergency vet even came out to mum's dog, who needed PTS. He was too old for treatment and had obviously had a stroke. We sat with him in the garden until the vet arrived.

Then they were bought out by a big conglomerate, now it is more a business than ever and out of hours is contracted to a practice miles away, who are open all the time. They also take emergencies from multiple vets and are very busy. We had an emergency but had to wait hours in the waiting room. It was almost time for the normal vet to open by the time we got seen! When my old GSD had, what appeared to be a stroke (both dogs were about 20 years apart and both were very old so not unexpected) the vets would not come out at all to PTS. It was awful as he was too heavy for me to carry and was obviously suffering. They suggested calling a pet taxi! He died whilst we tried to sort something out.

The modern way is very impersonal.

Before anyone says that it is for quality of life for the vets, the new, super, bought out practice employs young vets who work 6 days a week and are always exhausted. It is more like a factory.

The same seems to be happening with all our local vets, the equine ones too. I recently changed to a vet owned one, for the personal touch. I can choose the vet by name. Emergencies are with vets who work at the practice. I dare say that eventually, when it is big enough, it too will be bought out by one of the chains.

As a kid, my equine vet was a one man band. Even for an emergency, you got him.

 

[Penny Less]

I only changed to this vet 3 month ago because they are independent a husband and wife practice. They are lovely, but Ive always found my other practice lovely too. They went over to a conglomerate. the place looks really rundown and the parking was dreadful.Terraced house in busy road, also it was a 10 mile trip to out of hours clinic. I was with them for 20 odd years. Was shocked at the out of hours charge though, lot more than the other place, but hey ho. Im amazed dog didnt cry out when she did her leg, I trod on the edge of her front foot this morning and you would think she was being murdered.

 

[Blanche]

I forgot to answer the question before so here goes. This has happened many times over the years but the one that sticks in my mind is the one with B Dalmatian. We were on a walk at a place we went all the time. He suddenly started foaming at the mouth and looked very distressed. I rang the vets and said we were on our way, it only took ten minutes to get there. The vet bed and the other dogs were awash with the foam when I got there . I walked in and the foaming stopped and the vet charged me £25 ( this was about twenty five years ago) to tell me he would be okay. I presume the gannet had eaten something but goodness knows what. He made me feel like a real idiot but was perfectly fine after wasting my money.

 

[MurphysMinder]

It used to be a vet taking turns at our vet, yes they would come in. I liked it as the vets had access to our files and the travelling wasn't too bad. In our old practice an emergency vet even came out to mum's dog, who needed PTS. He was too old for treatment and had obviously had a stroke. We sat with him in the garden until the vet arrived.

Then they were bought out by a big conglomerate, now it is more a business than ever and out of hours is contracted to a practice miles away, who are open all the time. They also take emergencies from multiple vets and are very busy. We had an emergency but had to wait hours in the waiting room. It was almost time for the normal vet to open by the time we got seen! When my old GSD had, what appeared to be a stroke (both dogs were about 20 years apart and both were very old so not unexpected) the vets would not come out at all to PTS. It was awful as he was too heavy for me to carry and was obviously suffering. They suggested calling a pet taxi! He died whilst we tried to sort something out.

The modern way is very impersonal.

Before anyone says that it is for quality of life for the vets, the new, super, bought out practice employs young vets who work 6 days a week and are always exhausted. It is more like a factory.

The same seems to be happening with all our local vets, the equine ones too. I recently changed to a vet owned one, for the personal touch. I can choose the vet by name. Emergencies are with vets who work at the practice. I dare say that eventually, when it is big enough, it too will be bought out by one of the chains.

As a kid, my equine vet was a one man band. Even for an emergency, you got him.

I have changed both my dogs and horses to independent practices who run their own out of hours. In fact the horse practice was set up by 2 vets who left the original practice as they didn't like how it had changed when taken over by a conglomerate

 

[misst]

I have independent vets and they are brilliant. I much prefer this and I know that anyone they employ will be equally good or they will have to leave. They did get rid of one vet who was very pleasant and kind but a bit useless and misdiagnosed my little one at the time with an allergy when in fact she had an autoimmune disease. I was quite forgiving as she was correctly diagnosed on the next visit by the senior vet. However I think it was one of many small mistakes and she left as suddenly as she arrived. The vets they have now are all great.

 

[rabatsa]

My independant vets have now become a 24hr vet hospital but have dropped the large animal side of the business. I tried to get in with the only other independant large animal practice for the sheep but they could not take on all the old vets customers and I had to go with the corporate vet practice.

The horses are with Rainbow and I do not know if that is corporate or independant, I know that Minster is corporate as they are under the same umbrella as the large animal vets.