My dog needed surgery. Nothing serious, just minor but it required she stay the night at the Animal Hospital for observation. This animal hospital is in the City of Fairfax Virginia. Next to my wife a... Read More
My dog needed surgery. Nothing serious, just minor but it required she stay the night at the Animal Hospital for observation. This animal hospital is in the City of Fairfax Virginia. Next to my wife and kids, this precious animal is next on my list of who I love. I think dogs are God's gift to humans. Their love is unconditional. Our dog is a beautiful blue eyed grey Siberian Husky. Even though she is only three years old she has become a huge part of our lives. She has brought us so much happiness. She's my buddy, every day when I come home from work, she acts so excited to see me you'd think she hadn't seen me in years. Everyday I play with her when I get home, catch with a ball or stick or tug of war with one of her toys. It's special time for us. I look forward to it as much as she does. We eat our meals with her and share a little bit. It's our family meals our family time together. The night before she couldn't eat or drink after 6 PM. We went out to eat because we couldn't share our meal and that would upset her, she wouldn't understand why we couldn't give her a little piece. She gets up with me in the morning and I give her a treat and she sits with me while I drink coffee. She'll put her head in my lap and I'll pet her while I drink my coffee. It's an unbelievable connection between and human and an animal. I couldn't give her her morning treat and I wish so much I could explain. She just looked at me with those pretty blue eyes wondering what was wrong. She knew something different was happened but she didn't know what. It made me feel for her. She has special time with my wife too. I leave before 5am to go to work. This is the time our dog enjoys special time with my wife. She eats breakfast with her and then takes her for walks. She's lives her walks with my wife. But this morning was different, this morning instead of her walk she was being taken to the hospital. I think my wife having to give her up the the hospital was extremely difficult. The next morning our happy dog wasn't home, breakfast with out her. Wow, we miss her.My wife took her in the morning. It was a hard morning for us. We can't talk to her and explain to her what's going on. That we had to leave her and that she would be fine. I wanted to tell her not to worry. Not to worry that we couldn't be there when she woke up from her surgery and that she would spend the night in pain, scared, by herself in a strange environment. I'd be scared, and I understand things. It upset us she had to go through this. She had no clue what was happening to her and the two people she loves most were gone not there. I'm sure she wanted us in her time if need but we couldn't.When I got home from work the dog so happy to greet me everyday was not there, no catch or tug of war. I felt empty. Inside the house it seeded so very empty too. My shadow was gone. My pal not there. It was odd feeling. The next morning my buddy wasn't there for her treat or to lay her head in my lap to pet. I felt sad. I know she was in the hospital thinking she should be at home with her head in my lap. We both thought about her all night. We didn't sleep well. I got up super early in anticipation of being able to pick her up. The hospital is nice, it's big, clean and modern. It had a look that will put you a little at ease. The tech came out to me to explain everything. She was great and you could tell she loved her job. I started to feel a little relieved. I knew she was in good hands with Town and County Animal Hospital.When the tech brought her out when I picked her up she was sooooo excited, I could see the happiness in her face and she could see the same in mine. She however has to wear the evil cone. This is so she doesn't reopen her operation wound. She hates the cone.......I hate the cone. She tries to take it off. She looks to my wife and I with a pleading look to please take it off, she even cry's and it breaks our heart. She had to wear it for two weeks. It scares her, she bangs into things and it's so uncomfortable for her and uncomfortable for us to see her like this. She doesn't understand. I wish there was someway I could tell her. This is the hardest part. She feel asleep at one point and had a nightmare, crying in her sleep. I don't know what's she's going through, I know she's miserable. As you read this, you can see how much the beautiful animal means to us. We would not trust her with just anyone. These veterinarian is a good one. These people understand what your pet means to you and they do the best that they can to treat your pet as not a pet but a member of your family. While I didn't give them 5 stars, it's not because of the care they gave our dog, my wife had some issues with the customer service of the front desk person. She wasn't very pleasant, while everyone else there seems to enjoy their job, this person clearly doesn't. If your animal needs a surgery, Town and Country is a very good choice. Read Less