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  • Has a scare with the puppy last night
  • SaxonRider
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    I don’t think clinical negligence is part of life.

    To be clear, that’s not a dig at you, @mattyfez. It’s not really meant to be a dig at anyone. I don’t know if it’s a cultural thing though, but I didn’t know anyone where I grew up that paid quite the same amount of veterinary attention to their dogs as people seem to do here.

    mattbee
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    Don’t regret it.

    You did what you thought was best. Yeah, some of us are questioning whether it was worth it but who’s to say we’d do differently? You’d never have lived with it had you shrugged your shoulders and the poor pup had ended up being seriously ill

    Our Springer/Lab (‘tis he pictured above in my last post ingesting dead deer guts) has had thousands spent with various specialists to diagnose and then deal with his aortic stenosis. Also spend a fair chunk every month on medication to help with his arthritis and collapsed discs. Plenty of people might have put up with a slightly less mobile dog who was <span style=”font-size: 0.8rem;”>a bit grumpier but we thought it worth the cost and are happy with that.</span>

    <span style=”font-size: 0.8rem;”> We all do daft things when it’s to do with those we love…

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    Futureboy77
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    Jeez, I thought it was a new pup and you were being overcautious.

    A hefty vet bill passed on to insurance for a three year old dog eating a morcel of malt loaf that may or may not have contained a raisin. 😔

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    mattyfez
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    Sigh…

    He’s only a 6kg dog, three or four raisins could potentially be enough to cause a severe problem (if he’s susceptible) from what I’ve read.

    If you have any scientific info that I’ve somehow missed, please share it.

    zilog6128
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    I don’t know if it’s a cultural thing though, but I didn’t know anyone where I grew up that paid quite the same amount of veterinary attention to their dogs as people seem to do here.

    nah, **** mad to me too. When I grew up, if a pet got sick/died, it was sad, then you got another one (if you wanted to) which you loved just as much. Spending ££££ on an animal is insane.

    mattbee
    Full Member

    Is it really insane? More so than £££ on bikes, or coffee machines, or trousers?
    This foot injury was 10 years ago and cost a few hundred to get sorted. He’s now nearly 12 years old, you suggesting it would have been better to have him euthanised (which in itself isn’t cheap) rather than paying for the treatment..?

    pocpoc
    Free Member

    I don’t know if it’s just luck but our two Sprockers seem to have iron stomachs.
    Whole loaves of bread, advent calendars, big chunk of Christmas cake, whole toddler poo (straight in there and gone as she stood up off the potty!) not even flinched. Whole kids socks pass straight through and out the other end (we don’t try to reclaim them). The older one even consumed the netting from a beef joint – came out the other end ready wrapped.

    The vet will most likely take a conservative approach to any diagnosis. Not worth the risk of it ending up going wrong. The owner may accept it as part of life and move on or might try and bring down the whole surgery in lawsuits.

    My Grandma (late 80’s) is, and always has been, a worrier who believes most thing she reads in the Express and watches on This Morning. So in her mind the slightest whiff of chocolate or raisins and the dog will keel over there and then. She’s also had a single glass of red wine every day for the last 20+ years because she once read it was good for her heart. To be fair, that one seems to be working!

    fossy
    Full Member

    A few crumbs probably would have been OK, but I see it’s only a dinky dog – my Ragdoll cats are bigger !

    Best the dog’s OK.

    Our old cat fell ill last year with breathing difficulties – vet decided it was best she was in overnight (sent to local animal hospital). Cat was OK and on antibiotics and was collected next day. Recovered fast. I’ve had cats years, but never had one this poorly, so sometimes you do get stitched up – I’m not convinced she needed a night in hospital under oxygen – just antibiotics and monitoring might have been enough.

    My sisters lab eats everything though, but what can you do.

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