Wildly angry..infact tooo angry to muster a rant

Fools Motto said:
With OP and Foxhunter in my area, I hope they are not the vets that I;m registered with!

Hope your horse OP is on the mend.
Many hugs.
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where did my last multi quote vannish to????;-(

who are you with fools motto? I feel the need to change!

has anyone got any good reason for me NOT to apply honey today????you have 15 mins to say no! vet said categorically no...but we all know what I think of him...was going to flush wound with coconut milk and try fling some honey on....its still wet & open and hes still very sore but apparently this so called vet is the only one on call this weekend for SEVERAL practices:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:...anyone got any large rolls of bubble wrap just incase!(for protecting horses not rolling vet in prior to burying him!)
 
Am breathing far less rabidly now & have stopped frothing at the mouth quite so much! Just had call from nice lady vet while I was on the phone to the practice manager...lady vet AND PM were shocked to say the least & both sounded very embarrassed that this should have happened..and I kept very cool & calm..PM calling me back in a mo to discuss the situation properly in a mo so i don't waste any more £ on phone and I am also going to be bringing up the fact that he has now had two paid day trips to me now for ZERO input/work etc(sat and the microchipping farce last year) so I am looking forward to updating everyone with my outcome shortly...steam /smoke now more contained in my ears/nostrils & have stopped gnashing teeth quite so badly so keep your fingers crossed!......
 
I'm speechless that you have been treated like this!! I had a vet who refused to come out to my lad with colic, he said it didn't sound serious enough to warrent him cancelling a meeting he was going to!! It was the 2nd night running that he had colic, the vet on duty the night before came without question due to my horses history. This is the same horse who had 3 months previously spent 10 days in intensive care at Liphook with Peritonitis!! After 2 hours he eventually agreed to come out and the poor chap needed tubing etc and was really not good at all but luckily it wasn't peritonitis again. He has left the practise now lets hope it's not him moved to your area xx
 
We are lucky enough to have a great vet. He really CARES about the animals. Your vet's behaviour was unprofessional and intolerable. I would make a formal complaint both to the practice and to the BVA. If you don't take firm action he could do the same again, and again and again. He'll (wrongly) assume his behaviour is entirely acceptable.
 
neddynesbitt said:
I'm speechless that you have been treated like this!! I had a vet who refused to come out to my lad with colic, he said it didn't sound serious enough to warrent him cancelling a meeting he was going to!! It was the 2nd night running that he had colic, the vet on duty the night before came without question due to my horses history. This is the same horse who had 3 months previously spent 10 days in intensive care at Liphook with Peritonitis!! After 2 hours he eventually agreed to come out and the poor chap needed tubing etc and was really not good at all but luckily it wasn't peritonitis again. He has left the practise now lets hope it's not him moved to your area xx
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Hello...originally from WS so will pm you..I had the same prob there once with a well known practice called vet out as 3yo filly unwell & I immediately suspected grass sickness..but was told by the South African partner (watching rugby in background!) i was being neurotic & call back when i had a real emmergency. Lucy was PTS a week later...she had grass sickness.

Her best friend Mai(my 18month homebred sportshorse) had 3 days of the same nonsense-I knew she was ill yet no vets till the lady vet listened to me..th S.African partner did the op and she spent 10 days in intensive care too -impaction & twisted gut-he had not wanted to op but lady vet said would leave if he didn't.Mai survived but had 10 days of dissolving the Baileys impaction from faulty batch of Number 1.Her adhesions were so bad that i lost her to colic aged 6..but THAT nice vet (Ben from Mayes & Scrine was there all night fighting to save her-he was as distraught as me tho holding it in better!) Nothing like a vet that cares.v homesick for that practice ben and judy are amazing & are NEVER allowed to retire EVER EVER EVER!)

jendie said:
We are lucky enough to have a great vet. He really CARES about the animals. Your vet's behaviour was unprofessional and intolerable. I would make a formal complaint both to the practice and to the BVA. If you don't take firm action he could do the same again, and again and again. He'll (wrongly) assume his behaviour is entirely acceptable.
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thank you Jendie..you're lucky to have a good caring vet...and I'm draughting my complaint to the BVA as we speak...(still stuffing the tiramisu, as its thinking food!)
 
NEWSFLASH!!!!

Spoke to the practice manager this am...she & the lady vet both were stunned at what I told them-you could almost hear their jaws fracturing as they hit the floor! PM called me back and has zero'd the bill, tho I will have to pay for the drugs, fair enough. She is also sending the nice lady vet out to do a safety check & give it a good clean up under sedation this eve..not an option now to do another way as he's very emotional...I am under the impression this will be a goodwill visit and they are perfectly happy about me refusing him in future regardless. They are happy for me to request a partner if possible out of hours and equally ok with me registering with another local vet to use in the event of the useless one being on call out of hours.....

looking like a positive result & they were incredibly calm, listened & didn't once interrupt or argue and although I did not push her to confirm, I distinctly got the impression she agreed he is scared of horses..quote "I cannot understand his behaviour as he's clearly scared & I can't understand how as he owns horses himself!" Had to bite my tongue and not shriek "My Little Ponies". Still going to complain to BVA as mentioned above, how many more times will this happen...and someone else may not know any different to question their vet & so their horse may be at risk....equally if my horses are reading this, would be nice if you could kindly discuss any plans you have with me in future so we can pre arrange visits from the two nice lady vets...or how about never being ill/or needing a vet? that would suit me great too!:D Thanks everyone for your support over the weekend...much appreciate the being allowed to rant to my hearts content...tiramisu for everyone!!xxx
 
Sorry to hear about the awful time you have had but glas to hear it is now being dealt with by the practice. I must confess I hope I never have to move vets, our main vet is absolutely fab and the others from the practice are also superb. Why is it that horses only seem to injure themselves or need the vet on Bank Holidays, out of hours or weekends :-(
 
Well done for your persistance. If everyone complained like that, maybe they'd replace that useless vet, lets face it, he's losing them money as well as clients
 
Only just caught up with this, so glad it worked out :)
We have a friend who informed the receptionist at one big mixed practice that she needn't send the 'hamster man' to her p2p er and another one who has the mobile numbers of the two vets she is prepared to allow on the yard as she refuses to even speal to the receptionists :eek: :D
Having said all that one of the best vets we know is petrified of the horses, BUT is brilliant at diagnostics, hands us inections, bandages etc and 'supervises' us administering whatever it is :)
 
This just terrifies me, I am so glad we use a specifically Equine practice, all vets are good (different personalities but all good). Had one out in the last couple of days, I am house sitting for friend, one of her mares slipped what turned out to be twins, called vet, given instructions, vet turned up dead on ETA, spoke soothingly to mare (though calling her a trout as she can bee a bit of a wench and this vet has been out to her before), sorted drugs, flushed etc then gave all options clearly and was just amazing. V Wierd listening to someone saying 'It's ok you little trout, your not going to kick the nice vet now are you trouty features' in a soothing baby monotone!

Not a nice thing to happen when owner on hols with yard of 23 to look after (including switching stables around to accommodate the live out mares so as not to upset stallion, colt and yearling :( ) , can't imagine what it would have been like with an incompetent vet!
 
Batgirl... We use an Equine practice, but theres still one member of staff that we won't allow on the yard as he's a waste of space - not even sure if he's still there as mum has the Senior practice manager/vet
Helps that he lives at the bottom of our road... Great for dropping drugs off etc :)
 
SaharaS said:
quote "I cannot understand his behaviour as he's clearly scared & I can't understand how as he owns horses himself!" Had to bite my tongue and not shriek "My Little Ponies".
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Absolutely wet myself at this!

Glad you had a resolution, Sahara, especially before the world supplies of tiramisiu ran out! :eek:

I'm very relieved that we have specialist equine vets, although a newly qualified girl ignored our advice to sedate our very feisty TB to deal with a nasty barbed wire wound. She tried treats, throwing a towel over the horse's head: 'Watch this, it's amazing' as the very head shy horse reared and nearly killed her! She eventually had to call a colleague to come. Too funny, but not ideal in a more critical situation.
 
cinammontoast said:
Absolutely wet myself at this!

Glad you had a resolution, Sahara, especially before the world supplies of tiramisiu ran out! :eek:

I'm very relieved that we have specialist equine vets, although a newly qualified girl ignored our advice to sedate our very feisty TB to deal with a nasty barbed wire wound. She tried treats, throwing a towel over the horse's head: 'Watch this, it's amazing' as the very head shy horse reared and nearly killed her! She eventually had to call a colleague to come. Too funny, but not ideal in a more critical situation.
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laughably he IS the Equine Specialist in Equine & Large Animal practice! I think he has some ocd about cleanliness, which is all well & good, but thinking back to when i had to pay call out etc on his visit to microchip when he refused as our taps had been solid for 3 weeks & my choice of 3..kettle to boil evian(sealed new bottle!) or cooled boiled water or cold tap water from home were not good enough to micro chip with...it makes you wonder!The girl who came out had a totally diff approach..hmmm not loving the sound of your towel weilding ranch-esque vet...what did she qualify in a spanish bull fighting practice??? Dear God! Imagine if your girl vet & my wet drip vet were called to a fire service rescue involving a horse in a ditch for example..I can't sedate the horse as the ditch has not been chlorinated & its green & slimey & the horsey is too scary...I'm going home to shake in a corner & play with Apple Jack, Blossom & Cotton Candy...in their grooming parlour! so girl arrives with a picnic rug & some glittery SJP eyemuffs or whatever they're called!poor horse:phehehe I do hope you poor TB recovered ok & isn't even more headshy...thats a *** to fix as they never totally let go of that, tb's in particular..thinking of compiling a few sagas..new book...It shouldn't happen to an owner!
 
Glad you got some resolution from all this OP. I must say that reading threads like this just confirms to me that vets are not right all of the time. I know I have been shot down in the past over this, because gawd forbid I am not a vet. Clearly I am not, however in a lot of cases we know our animals and we have common sense. I have only ever had the vet out for teeth, jabs etc and in emergencies or situations that could progress to fatal, ie colic.
I would have been horrified if a vet had treated my horse or me like that!
The horse would clearly have been in pain and as such should have been treated with compassion alongside assessing and treating the wound. It doesn't sound as though the first vet did this.
I hope your horse is more comfortable today and that he makes a swift recovery.
I would urge anyone though, if in doubt always get a second opinion. If you don't agree with your vet's decision or actions, always make your feelings known. Do not simply go along with with the decision just because it has been decided by a VET. At the end of the day we are all human and we all make mistakes and have off days.
Years ago I heard about a castration that went wrong because said vet was rushing off to a ball. Horse did bleed quite badly but luckily did make it and the vet had to return to finish the job properly.
That was years before I even had my horses. Since then and after hearing other stories I don't 100% trust any vet or their decision, and if I feel the need to ask questions I will do so.
Not being awkward but because I happen to care a lot about my horses and animals and at the end of the day these animals do not belong to them. To most vets it is just a job, but to clients those animals usually have a special meaning to someone.
 
Fantasy_World said:
Glad you got some resolution from all this OP. I must say that reading threads like this just confirms to me that vets are not right all of the time. I know I have been shot down in the past over this, because gawd forbid I am not a vet. Clearly I am not, however in a lot of cases we know our animals and we have common sense. I have only ever had the vet out for teeth, jabs etc and in emergencies or situations that could progress to fatal, ie colic.
I would have been horrified if a vet had treated my horse or me like that!
The horse would clearly have been in pain and as such should have been treated with compassion alongside assessing and treating the wound. It doesn't sound as though the first vet did this.
I hope your horse is more comfortable today and that he makes a swift recovery.
I would urge anyone though, if in doubt always get a second opinion. If you don't agree with your vet's decision or actions, always make your feelings known. Do not simply go along with with the decision just because it has been decided by a VET. At the end of the day we are all human and we all make mistakes and have off days.
Years ago I heard about a castration that went wrong because said vet was rushing off to a ball. Horse did bleed quite badly but luckily did make it and the vet had to return to finish the job properly.
That was years before I even had my horses. Since then and after hearing other stories I don't 100% trust any vet or their decision, and if I feel the need to ask questions I will do so.
Not being awkward but because I happen to care a lot about my horses and animals and at the end of the day these animals do not belong to them. To most vets it is just a job, but to clients those animals usually have a special meaning to someone.
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Totally totally agree...OMG poor poor thing..yes I bet the vet thought it was funny'rushing of to a ball from a castration' hope he was ok tho..and thank you for you kind words too...he's feeling alot happier today as he allowed me to not just touch his near side...but actually scruffle him too!Its healing well tho the mental damage will take a little work...as will my faith in vets..tho I am lucky to have expereince of some exceptional ones, so just have to put it down to experience...I will never be afraid to offend someone if my animals are concerned..they can't speak up..so I more than certainly will x
 
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