I'm a little ticked off with my vet after a weekend boarding issue that I feel my vet mis-handled and wanted to get input from fellow pet lovers.
Our 6 y.o. Golden Ret./Chow mix ,super awesome, friendly, never sick dog was boarded at our vet over the weekend. We have done several boardings with our vet over the past year or two with no issue. This weekend was different. My wife went to pick him up today and was told she needed to speak to the Vet., Once greeted by the Vet, she was told that our dog "exploded" the day before. (my wife is fairly sensitive about our dog so she didn't take well to this terminology). She was told that our boy was vomiting foam and had bloody diahrea. (To me this sounded like heat stroke or something similar but I am not a Vet.) The Vet continues on with a laundry list of shots and pills they gave our dog, without our consent, and without so much as a phone call to tell us what was going on! The final punch was the hefty bill detailing the cocktail of crap they administered.
among the drugs given were shots for nausea and pills for diahrea. sounds like the vet was treating the symptoms and not the cause which has yet to determined and the Vet didn't seem interested in.
Has anyone had an experience like this while boarding? Does this just happen sometimes or should I really press this issue.
Our 6 y.o. Golden Ret./Chow mix ,super awesome, friendly, never sick dog was boarded at our vet over the weekend. We have done several boardings with our vet over the past year or two with no issue. This weekend was different. My wife went to pick him up today and was told she needed to speak to the Vet., Once greeted by the Vet, she was told that our dog "exploded" the day before. (my wife is fairly sensitive about our dog so she didn't take well to this terminology). She was told that our boy was vomiting foam and had bloody diahrea. (To me this sounded like heat stroke or something similar but I am not a Vet.) The Vet continues on with a laundry list of shots and pills they gave our dog, without our consent, and without so much as a phone call to tell us what was going on! The final punch was the hefty bill detailing the cocktail of crap they administered.
among the drugs given were shots for nausea and pills for diahrea. sounds like the vet was treating the symptoms and not the cause which has yet to determined and the Vet didn't seem interested in.
Has anyone had an experience like this while boarding? Does this just happen sometimes or should I really press this issue.