misst
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He was in the building. There is a flat above. I suspect he didn't sit by her all night talking to her but would have checked regularly. I know my vets really really well. He was not out of the building of that I am sure (it is a fairly small building - a converted house). He stayed out of choice. There was another dog there unwell too. As for paying - 2.5k is not a lot for 4 nights, scans, xrays, bloods, emergency laparotomy, antibiotics other meds IVs etc. So I do not feel in the least ripped off and I trust them entirely. I have used them for 20+ years and they know all my dogs past and present well. If you want the honest truth I suspect he had her out of her crate and sitting with him upstairs some of the time. He is very fond of terriers and has a bit of a thing for her
. Ruby was somewhere she knew with someone she liked. I preferred that to being sent somewhere else if it could be avoided. If she was downstairs and he was upstairs then I have no problem with that as I am sure he checked on them both regularly. They have a waiting list for clients and people tend to stay with them for ever. Their reputation as the best vets in the area is not for nothing. He certainly had nothing to gain by doing it - it hardly made him a lot of money. He and his partner own the practice and they have 3 other vets who work there. I don't think, if one of the others had been her admitting emergency vet, she would have stayed there. I think Ruby would have ended up at OOH. We were just lucky.