I'm finally able to write about this and want to make sure no one else EVER has to go through what we went through here. We had a 17 year old dog we had to make the decision to put down. It had to b... Read More
I'm finally able to write about this and want to make sure no one else EVER has to go through what we went through here. We had a 17 year old dog we had to make the decision to put down. It had to be close to home as she couldnt travel far in a vehicle well. I called a few in the area and this one seemed really nice and the price was fair. We scheduled the appt for the next day I think for 4:30. My fiance had a change in his schedule so I called that AM to see if we could make it earlier to give him more time to recoup before going in. They said no problem and changed us to 2:30. We spent the day with our baby girl, feed her favorite ice cream, loved her and said our goodbyes and started to load her when we got a call from them 20 minutes before out appt asking us to come in an hour later. SERIOUSLY?!?!? Cause the doc needed to eat..... I was not happy, I said OK, but then could not just sit and wait to take her in for that, so I called back and reschedule for the next day. We go there and they were NOT NICE AT ALL!. My dog was obviously OLD with hip issues and they have a slippery floor, we brought her in the room and she was falling all over the place as we tried to hold her up. (german shep/beagle mix, not a small dog). The assistant said she would bring a blanket, never did. The vet came in and looked at her and then said she would get a blanket for her and asked the assistant for one, never came back with one. FINALLY she brought one in. We said our final goodbys and the vet came in, she had asked us if we knew what to expect, and we said yes because unfortuantly we had to put down our "puppy" 1.5 year old 3 weeks earlier due to a sudden horrific terminal illness. This was at another animal hospital, and they were great there. They put him to sleep first and then pushed the meds that put him down, it was hard but very peaceful, which we expected here. WRONG!!!! She just gave the meds that basically gave my girl a heart attack while she was awake, she started gasping for air, rapid breathing, and then whimpering in PAIN!?!?!?! She finally went and this was the most horrific experiance I have EVER HAD!!! I had her 17 years, LOVED HER, would NEVER HURT HER!! And then THIS is how she goes out?!?! IN PAIN!?!?!?! SERIOULSY, if they skip the meds to put her out peacefully, and KNOW others do this the HUMANE WAY, WHY THE HELL didnt they TELL US THIS!!!!! I have cried several nights over this and I am sooooooo, soooooo MAD at this VET! And then to top that off, we ordered the cremation package that was supposed to be individual cremation and a paw print of her, well, we got back a paw print, but it was MOST OBVIOUSLY NOT HERS!!!! And now we really dont even trust that we have HER remains. The package we got with our other dog was much nicer and it WAS his paw print. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE YOUR PETS HERE!!!! This was absolutely UNACCEPTABLE! Read Less