Dr. Haskell performed surgery to remove two of my adult Queensland heeler's teeth, and that was years ago. He did a wonderful job and my dog recovered in record time. Recently, we had a bad few hours... Read More
Dr. Haskell performed surgery to remove two of my adult Queensland heeler's teeth, and that was years ago. He did a wonderful job and my dog recovered in record time. Recently, we had a bad few hours here at my house, when our other dog, a 13-year-old Red heeler/Chow chow mix, who we knew wasn't going to be with us for much longer, suddenly got worse. We had a house call vet all lined up, just in case. But-----when we called----we discovered this vet was out of town for a week! Panic time.We didn't want our dog to suffer. She was calm and not showing any signs of distress or pain, but she had had a small fit earlier in the morning. It was time . . .We couldn't even find another house call vet. We decided we would have to do what we had dreaded doing, which was to take our ailing dog to a vet clinic. How awful to put her through that, but what choice did we have? We called all around, got a bunch of "Are you presently a client?" and "Has your dog been here before?" We couldn't even get an appointment. It was a nightmare.I thought of Dr. Haskell and called him. His receptionist, "Isa," was wonderfully kind and sweet. She told us to bring our dog in at 5PM. We were SO RELIEVED.But that was at 10AM. Our dog, one of the best dogs in The Universe, devoted and awesome right up until the very end, didn't last past 11AM. She wandered the house for a bit. I hugged her and hugged her and my heart nearly stopped, when suddenly I felt how cold she was. She laid herself down on the oak floor, back to the wall . . .and she was gone. We buried her out under the plum tree.Thank you Dr. Haskell, for being such a fine vet and for caring about animals. Read Less