Off Topic Our Sweet, Sweet Dog Bear

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I know this is off topic but I need to vent. We made an appt for our

dog, Bear since he isn't eating much and was limping. He's been

diagnosed with hip dysplasia but is doing great on glucosamine,

chrondroitin, msm and other joint healthy supplements.

He is a small mixed breed dog and is 12 yrs old. He lived on the

block behind us to stupid careless people who had the mother dog and

pups all outside in the cold. We reported them to the humane society

but they said they were being fed and had a shed to go into.

SHEESH.... He was born during an ice storm. We used to look over the

fence and call them over to toss food over to them. Bear always

figured out how to get under the fences to get to our house. Later

on, we figured how he did it....our neighbor next to us dug a small

hole for him to crawl thru and then she let him thru the opening of

our fences so he could come to the back door. We loved our neighbor

and her dog loved our yard so we made a doggy door thru the bottom of

the fence boards. lol

Ok, back to Bear and this idiot vet. This pain can flare up when he

runs along the back fence and we thought this was the problem. We

bought him some liquid glucosamine but it made him sick so we called

the vet and this is where the fun begins.......

He's not eating his dog food so I am making him chicken soups and

giving him meats.

His appt was for 5:30 PM on Thursday and 10 minutes before his visit,

they

call the house and say they refuse to see him because back in 2001,

we brought him in and refused treatment for his hip.....They are SO

wrong!! We brought him in but their stupid x ray machine was not

working and we went to another vet for them to xray it. That's when

we found out he has hip dysplaysia. They are refusing to see him

because we went elsewhere for his care????? I also asked them why it

took them 8 hrs to let us know???? Sheesh!

I sat up with him until 3:00 AM yesterday morning and stressed dosed

to

about 60 mgs of hydrocortisone during the course of the day. I guess

I will not sleep again tonight since I took so much hydrocortisone. I

think I feared that they would want to put him to sleep. I went to

bed and woke up ok so I will take 5 mgs and see how I am later on

when we go to this other vet.

We now have an appt tomorrow afternoon with the vet that diagnosed

him in the first place. Do you ever get so mad but don't know what to

do.....if they say our dog needed treatment sooner and this stupid dr

cost him any ills, I think I'll sue him. What a jacka$$...... I am so

mad at them. And they are concerned for pets? I don't think so.

Does anyone know who I can report them to for refusing treatment to

our pet? I'm in the Austin, Tx area. grrrrrr

Sue