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Why are emergency vets so bloody useless?????

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staceym11 · 02/05/2006 14:11

My dd was awake at 5 this morning so i sorted her out and went to go back to bed, walking through the hallway i noticed a bad smell, as if my mums dog (one of two german shepards i am looking after while they are in America) had done a poo, i turned the lights on thinking 'great just what i need at 5 in the morning!' but the dog wasn't breathing properly and wouldnt get up she'd also (sorry if tmi) pooed herself where she lay, so i thought this is wrong and woke my partner up to try and find the emergency vets number.

finally managed to get hold of it and rang the vet at half 5, he said 'can it wait till surgery' i didnt think so and even if it could this dog wouldnt get up shes huge and im 3 month pg so i needed someone to come here. he said he'd be an hour.

so the dog seemed not too bad until ten past 6 and her breathing got shallow, so i try and ring the vet back, no answer for 5 minutes and by then she'd stopped breathing, hes says he'll be here as soon as pos but by the time he got here it was 5.35.

i dont really know where im going with this but why did it take him so bloody long to get here, i cant understand hwy this should have happened to a perfectly well dog, and all i can see is that he took forever and now my mums dog has died.

to make it worse my mum is in America as iv said, its her first time ever to go abroad and was to celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary. i dont know wether it'd be better to tell her or keep quiet till the day before they come home, and even if i wanted to tell them they are touring so i dont know where exactly they are or how to get hold of them.

sorry its long, just needed a rant i think, i feel a bit better now!

OP posts:
jodie1984 · 05/05/2006 13:04

HI, first of all i am sorry about the loss and i know how difficult it is to see a animal in distress and not being able to help.
did you ask the vet why it took soo long for him to get there? I am a veterinary nurse and in our practice the vet on call does not stay at the surgery during the night, so if there is an emergancy he/she would have to travel to the surgery while the animal was brought in by the owners. in your case you were unable to get there so he might have had to go from his house to the surgery to get drugs/ equipment etc and then travel to yours. If he did not live local this might have taken some time.

i hope this helps you to understand more and if you have any questions just ask.

Jodie x

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