Tuesday, November 30, 2010
So what do you say to that?
So I just got off the phone with our vet, I really need some people skills sometimes. I don't do well with blubbering and people fishing for compliments or ego boosters, can't do it. What happened was we got a call at the rescue about a dog that was adopted from us several months ago. Well the dog was originally adopted from us as a puppy, brough back and eventually adopted out as an adult. The dog was supposed to have been spayed, had the scar and everything. How is it then that the dog went in heat? So of course, we bring the dog in to have spayed, no charge of course. She spends the night and is released the next day. The family then calls into our emergency line, Jazzy stopped breathing and although the family administered CPR, she did not survive. While I am saddened and sympathize for the family, this could not have been predicted and I don't feel the resue should be blamed. I mean we can say to the original vet "you never spayed this dog", but then what? We did the right thing by going ahead and ensuring the spay occurred at our expense, so now what? Comments anyone?
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Surgery has a certain risk, just like it does with humans. They took on this risk by allowing their pet to have this surgery. It is a sad story, but one you are not to blame for.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know what caused the dog to stop breathing? Was it due to the surgery or was this a coincidence?
ReplyDeleteAlso, playing devils advocate here if the dog was adopted out as a puppy wasn't it on a spay/neuter contract? How did you not know it wasn't fixed? Or did someone (the vet) lie about fixing the dog?
Coincidence. When the dogs are surrendered they have to provide vet paperwork so yes, there is some issue with the vet records......
ReplyDeleteI guess the big topic on our end is do we make a free adoption available to them for what they have been through?
ReplyDeleteWell I would have a few choice words with the vet who supplied paper work saying the dog was fixed.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever find out if the dog's surgery is what caused it's death.
And as a good faith effort, I would offer the people a free dog. It wasn't their fault. It wasn't yours either but they were doing a good thing by adopting instead of buying a dog and this is a horrible accident. I think it would be a good thing to do.