My dog is sick...

**imported_elp6n** · May 18th, 2007, 03:16 PM

One huge reason why we like using her as our vet is because she really cares. She gets emotionally involved with her patients and their families. (When my first dog died, she sent me a dish garden and a condolences card - she had taken such good care of my dog.) That would also explain why even though she has the most expensive practice in the area, she's also the most popular and is always booked up.

When Pickle was first brought home I made an appointment with Donna that same day, so I could be assured an appointment time with her when Pickle turned 6 months old (even though I lived in Blacksburg at the time and was surrounded by vet offices).

Here are some pics of my baby pup:
pickleBw

**Gotch** · May 18th, 2007, 03:23 PM

We always travel all the way over to Indian Ridge. Kind of hate to change but the drive is a factor.

**imported_elp6n** · May 18th, 2007, 03:23 PM

I've heard good things about them.

**Gotch** · May 18th, 2007, 03:29 PM

They are very good and at a reasonable price too.

Cute pics.

**neutral88** · May 21st, 2007, 10:18 AM

Might just be a fluke, but I have had 2 really bad experiences with Indian Ridge...

First took them a Springer Spaniel, 7 years old, always been in good health, just got droopy and started loosing weight, wouldn't eat, 6 months of blood work, examinations, $800 worth of bills, ect... I finally just had to put him down, they never had a clue what was wrong with him...

So as a family we thought, no big deal, that was prolly just one of those things. So my little brother who was about 17 at the time had 12 year old cocker spaniel. It had a tumor on its back hip, that it had for about 4 years, It was about the size of a softball. All of the suddon after four years, at her annual shots and check up, they say, you really should think about surgery, this tumor might kill her...So my poor little brother starts flippin out cause he don't want his dog to die because he didn't help her...He asks the risks, they say basically no risk at all, that is't just a harmless tumor, that they will just go in and clip it off and she can go home that afternoon...I tried to talk some sense into him, I told him look she prolly don't have but a couple of years left, so I would just let her live it out in peace...But the doc kept on and on about how he just had to do the surgery...So he finally said ok, sense it's basically risk-free...So they did it, and cut her major artery in her leg, the best thing that could have happened was if she had of bleed to death, but she barelly didn't...So they pumped synthetic blood in her, and put her on doggy life support...She lived for 3 weeks, but was never concious again...He wanted to have her put down when they called to say they had screwed up in surgery, but again they convinced him she would pull through...Man you should have seen that Vet bill!!!!! We had to threaten to get lawyers and all kinds of stuff, and they finally reduced the bill way down...

All of that mess over a 12 year old dog that was making it just fine for her age....

**neutral88** · May 21st, 2007, 10:22 AM

Thats a good lookin sock hound you got there elp6n!!!!

**Gotch** · May 21st, 2007, 10:31 AM

That second story in particular does seem disturbing.

**imported_elp6n** · May 21st, 2007, 10:40 AM

She's a real doll - other than the cotton-eating habit she's one good girl.

Just got her daily update from the vet.
She did pretty good over the weekend.
But she's depressed, and has a distended abdomen. High white blood cell count. Tapped her belly - didn't get a lot of fluid off. They're going to go back in and see what's going on.
This is bad.