free neuturing?

[wannabedomesticgoddess]

We are eligable for free neuturing so we booked our dog in for this morning.

At no point was cost mentioned. The person on the phone said yes it was free just drop him in this am and they would phone when he was ready to get picked up.

Go to pick him up and we are asked for £39.99. This then gets refunded by the dogs trust.

And an extra £10 for extra pain relief. DP didnt have his wallet so we had to come home. Decide to phone the dogs trust to check.

They then tell us that the extra pain relief is included in the £39.99 and that yes they will refund it aslong as we fill in a form and get the vet to fax it.

We are really really skint. And we only have the money which is to pay the monthly bills in two weeks. So we are going to have to use that and hope it gets refunded in time. If we had known about this we would have waited until we could afford it.

AIBU to think the vet has acted really underhanded here by not outlining it all and then trying to get another £10 out of us?

DP didnt ask to lose his job and we arent exactly delighted with our situation. So do ask a question like that which infers we are irresponsible is just insulting.

The answer is, I dont know. I dont even know how we are going to buy a moses basket or pram for this baby.

I dont need to be told that we are in a precarious situation.

That is a seriously shit vet. A good vet will include post operative painkillers and a checkup in the total price, not add on as optional. Surgery is bloody painful, I can't imagine a bloke having his bollocks off and being sent home without even so much as a paracetamol and a promise of a check up.
And for those with judgy pant wedgies, which is more irresponsible, allowing a dog to continue with its tackle and the potential for fathering unwanted pups or taking up the offer of supposedly free neutering?
Op is between a rock and a hard place at the moment clearly, last thing she needs is people having a pop at her for what could happen to any of us at any time.
I've seen a lot of posts from really irresponsible dog owners on here, op isn't one of them.

That's true, but a good vet would be charging more than a hundred pounds for the neutering. The vets is a business and most of them will have looked at the actual costs involved in neutering a pet and concluded that at £40 they will be operating at a loss, and they are unlikely to get a future good client out of it. Do you also expect them to fund additional post-op painkillers out of that £40? The only unreasonable bit is that it wasn't made crystal clear to the OP how the scheme worked and who paid for what.
The question of what you are going to do is entirely a practical one, I'm not saying it's your fault you find yourself in this situation. You need to work out before you are in an emergency situation how you are going to get the dog treated. Have you investigated the PDSA or RSPCA locally, both of who run free clinics if you meet their criteria?

We are sailing along by the skin of our teeth right now. I dont think either of those places are near me. Its the USPCA here anyway.

Im pretty sure that in an emergency we could ask pils to help. Thats not ideal but thats the situation we are in. The dog is healthy and well behaved and although we are aware that anything could happen at anytime, we are just hoping it wont.

OP, the fake smiley thing is what I sensed over the phone at one place I contacted. The vets I use are 'no nonsense' (with humans!) but genuinely love the animals. When my cat was snipped they told me everything about how he was when he came round etc. Poor doggy. Is he ok today?

He was crying yesterday but we read thats normal. Today hes just relaxing in the kitchen. Hes eating, drinking and going to the toilet ok. And the crying has stopped. So much better!

Oh good!! Sounds like things are going well now ;)

People have said already what I was going to say about having a dog and money.. I have a credit card for such cases

having the gall to try and charge your for resuscitating him is just ridiculous!