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Wolvie. I feel your pain and hope for the best for you pet and the surviving pup. I also realize the vet's side as well. My daughter has been a vet tech since she was 14, started out cleaning cages and is now both a certified and licensed vet tech. You cannot imagine how many people have brought sick or injured pets in and then not been able to pay the bills. It's a fact that it costs more for an animal at the vets than it does for you to be in the hospital.
We have two dogs right now, a Boston Terrier and a Pug. Both animals were rescue dogs. The Bostom was found at the side of a Houston Texas freeway after being clipped by a car. The dog was brought in to the vet hospital where my doughter worked and was totally taken care care of by the staff, most chipping in towards the dog's care. After seveal months of trying to locate the dog's owners, my daughter let me know about him. We'd ben looking for a Bostom Terrier for some time, but the prices locally were a bit more that we thought reasonable. We got him for the cost of air freighting him to Tucson.
About a year later, some people took their Pug to that same vet and when they got done, after all the tests, care etc, the bill was a bit over $8,000. The people couldn't pay, so left the vet stuck with a dog and no money. Unfortunately, this happens quite frequently and all the vet can do is try to either sue the people or absorb the costs. Well, sueing didn't work as they had nothing to begin with, so it was eat the costs. We got him as well for the cost of air freight.
My point being, what is the level of deadbeats costing vets in your area so much money that they have to insist on payment first?
I'm not taking their side on this, just bringing up facts that some seem to want to ignore. In fact, what does piss me off is the fact that with $900 earnest money, they still refused. I think that I would not only complain to any veterenary association that will listen, but turn every damn one of them into the Better Business Bureau, although you's probably have better success pissing up a rope.
If the pups that dies had monetary value, yuou might even be able to seek legal action, but on that, I don't know.
Paul B.
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