What Is Wrong With Vets Around Here?

please tell me this is anomalous

What the *#!& is wrong with the vets around here?

If you followed my articles about my cat Fuzzy, you probably know what a difficult time I had getting a veterinarian to see him. I couldn't believe that they'd rather leave an animal to painfully die than get full payment upfront. You'd think vets of all people would care what happened to an animal. You'd be wrong.

I just found out what happened to my neighbor's dog.

My neighbor took her dog, Nicki, to the dog groomer. While shaving her, the groomer cut off all Nicki's nipples then sent her home without saying anything. My neighbor didn't know anything was wrong till she saw Nicki biting at herself, her chest covered in blood.

When she took Nicki to her vet, the vet refused to even look at her. This is the dog's regular vet! He just sent her off to suffer and die.

WTF?!

Eventually my neighbor ended up at the same clinic that agreed to look at and treat Fuzzy. I'm more convinced than ever that they are the only good vet around here.

They tried for four months to save Nicki, but the groomer had caused irreparable nerve damage. I'd seen her limping around the yard, as if she had hurt one of her legs, but she looked like she was doing good. In the end, it wasn't good enough. Nicki didn't make it.

It's really sad. She was a good dog. I don't even like dogs, but she was a good dog.

I'm just astounded at the callousness displayed by the groomer and the vet. What are these people doing in these professions? The groomer had to have known what she did. Instead of cleaning Nicki up and sending her home, she should have instantly called to say there'd been an accident, you have to get your dog immediately to a vet. The vet should have at least looked at the dog and offered euthanization if he thought she couldn't be saved. But to refuse to even look at her? He's no better than the butcher who chopped Nicki up. They both thought nothing of sending her home to die an agonizing death.

Unlike Fuzzy's case, this wasn't an instance of not having the money to totally pay upfront for treatment. This jerk just didn't give a @$%#. Clearly my perceptions of vets were misperceptions. I've never before had any dealings with the profession and these experiences have left me totally shocked. Is this par for the course or an aberration? Are there really that few competent, compassionate veterinarians out there?

I'm beginning to think I was lucky I had to search so hard to find Fuzzy a doctor. At least I didn't get stuck with any of these SOBs. At least I found someone who cares.

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