Turbo&Auto
Junior Member
This happened in PA.
Recently we took our female dogs to be fixed. We're tired of seperating the boys and girls when they go in heat, they get CRAZY!!! OH, I had 7 dogs, 4boys and 3girls.
Anyway, we went to our vet and had the 1 girl fixed. The next day was a pre-op checkup visit for the other 2 girls. We brought the 2 girls in and the lady took the one (CHEDDAR) to get her blood sample. I guess the lady decided she wanted to walk her before she started to check her out, like we would bring a dog inside that could potentially go to the bathroom inside.
Cheddar didnt want to go out with the lady, she just sat down and stayed her ground. She had on this nice dog harness, pretty beefy for a lil 15lbs dog!! The lady kept pulling the leash harder and harder, the dog WOULD NOT budge. She kept pulling until she pulled so hard and the harness slid off of the dog. In the meantime, my wife is watching this go on out the window. As soon as the harness pops off the dog, the dog takes off! The lady tried to catch her right away but couldnt.
She now comes into the visitor area crying and tells my wife that she lost our dog. Beth immediately goes to her car and starts to drive around. The 1 vet and a secretary go out and help. Beth calls me at this point and I left work right then, 30-45 minute ride for me to get home.
I get to the vets office and asked what happened, CALMLY! She tells me, OH what SHE did was SHE uhh uhh.... I said SHE WHO? She says OH the dog. This lady tried to make it seem like it was the dogs fault She then tells me that Cheddar pulled so hard against her that she broke the harness. I couldnt believe that, a lil 15lbs dog and a BEEFY dog harness breaking is total BS.
I started to search the area for the dog. I should also add that this vet is RIGHT next to a major highway and the other roads are busy as hell too. I was terrified for my dog, she's not used to cars at all.
We seached for 2 hrs. About the first 45-1hr the vet gave up and went back. We kept searching and it began to snow HARD. We had my buddies Civic and my wifes SpecV with summer tires, we could NOT stay out in this weather with these cars. I went back to the vets office and asked why they're not out looking with us still???? She says, we dont know where to look I told her if I knew where to look, I would just go grab her!!! At this point I was full hot ready to kill people. I got quite upset in the office and demanded my money back from the day before and that I would NOT be paying for today's visit either. She looked stunned and asked why? I laughed right in her face and said ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! You think I'm actually going to pay you for this!!!! She says well everything went fine yesterday with your other dog, why shouldnt we get paid for that? She then tells me that I need to understand that dogs break harnesses and run away all the time. While she says this, she picked up the harness off of the counter and placed it down quickly. I snatched it and sure enough, THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AT ALL!!!! I even tried to rip the buckle apart, no matter how hard I pulled, it held. I just walked out, I was on the edge of laying this woman out. I've NEVER hit a girl but she really was about to get it!
I went outside and was talking with my wife and a couple friends that came over to help us search. The vet comes out with a check for 350, the amount of the visit the day before, hands it to me and says THERE we're even. I laughed again, took the check and told her we're NOT EVEN CLOSE to even. She then told me to get off of her property that I'm not a customer and if I dont leave ASAP she will call the police on me. I left......
Since then we have not found our dog. I filed a complaint with the state board of vets and they are NOT pursuing any action against the vet.
I talked to an attorney yesterday about filing a DJA against the vet for the limit(8k) and a public apology. Is this the best course of action for us????
Recently we took our female dogs to be fixed. We're tired of seperating the boys and girls when they go in heat, they get CRAZY!!! OH, I had 7 dogs, 4boys and 3girls.
Anyway, we went to our vet and had the 1 girl fixed. The next day was a pre-op checkup visit for the other 2 girls. We brought the 2 girls in and the lady took the one (CHEDDAR) to get her blood sample. I guess the lady decided she wanted to walk her before she started to check her out, like we would bring a dog inside that could potentially go to the bathroom inside.
Cheddar didnt want to go out with the lady, she just sat down and stayed her ground. She had on this nice dog harness, pretty beefy for a lil 15lbs dog!! The lady kept pulling the leash harder and harder, the dog WOULD NOT budge. She kept pulling until she pulled so hard and the harness slid off of the dog. In the meantime, my wife is watching this go on out the window. As soon as the harness pops off the dog, the dog takes off! The lady tried to catch her right away but couldnt.
She now comes into the visitor area crying and tells my wife that she lost our dog. Beth immediately goes to her car and starts to drive around. The 1 vet and a secretary go out and help. Beth calls me at this point and I left work right then, 30-45 minute ride for me to get home.
I get to the vets office and asked what happened, CALMLY! She tells me, OH what SHE did was SHE uhh uhh.... I said SHE WHO? She says OH the dog. This lady tried to make it seem like it was the dogs fault She then tells me that Cheddar pulled so hard against her that she broke the harness. I couldnt believe that, a lil 15lbs dog and a BEEFY dog harness breaking is total BS.
I started to search the area for the dog. I should also add that this vet is RIGHT next to a major highway and the other roads are busy as hell too. I was terrified for my dog, she's not used to cars at all.
We seached for 2 hrs. About the first 45-1hr the vet gave up and went back. We kept searching and it began to snow HARD. We had my buddies Civic and my wifes SpecV with summer tires, we could NOT stay out in this weather with these cars. I went back to the vets office and asked why they're not out looking with us still???? She says, we dont know where to look I told her if I knew where to look, I would just go grab her!!! At this point I was full hot ready to kill people. I got quite upset in the office and demanded my money back from the day before and that I would NOT be paying for today's visit either. She looked stunned and asked why? I laughed right in her face and said ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! You think I'm actually going to pay you for this!!!! She says well everything went fine yesterday with your other dog, why shouldnt we get paid for that? She then tells me that I need to understand that dogs break harnesses and run away all the time. While she says this, she picked up the harness off of the counter and placed it down quickly. I snatched it and sure enough, THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AT ALL!!!! I even tried to rip the buckle apart, no matter how hard I pulled, it held. I just walked out, I was on the edge of laying this woman out. I've NEVER hit a girl but she really was about to get it!
I went outside and was talking with my wife and a couple friends that came over to help us search. The vet comes out with a check for 350, the amount of the visit the day before, hands it to me and says THERE we're even. I laughed again, took the check and told her we're NOT EVEN CLOSE to even. She then told me to get off of her property that I'm not a customer and if I dont leave ASAP she will call the police on me. I left......
Since then we have not found our dog. I filed a complaint with the state board of vets and they are NOT pursuing any action against the vet.
I talked to an attorney yesterday about filing a DJA against the vet for the limit(8k) and a public apology. Is this the best course of action for us????
