Question by Ashley: Should I take my dog to a different veterinarean?
Okay, this is kind of a long story. I’ve already decided to try a different vet the next time I need to take my dogs, I’m just wondering what people might think on the outside looking in.
Okay, in July of 2009, one of my dogs, Nubi (his full name is Anubis) peed in the house and one night was laying in bed and peed on it in his sleep. I thought it was a fluke, but I noticed him dripping pee later that day, so I took him outside and he didn’t really have to go that bad. So we took him to the vet that day. Turns out he had a bad UTI, and an ear infection. So I had to start giving him an antibiotic for a bacterial ear infection, and the medicine for a UTI. The UTI cleared up no problem in a couple of days, but I had to continue with the ear medicine. It seemed to get better for a little while, but it never went away and I had to keep buying more medicine.
In the meantime, after our dogs got vaccinations, our other dog, Sphinxy (that was her name before I got her and I decided to keep it) developed a weird lump on her hip where she had been vaccinated. So we took her to the vet. My husband said he thought it was from the vaccine. The vet said that was impossible, and took a sample so they could check and see what kind of tumor it was. According to him, they found some cells that they were concerned about, so she had surgery to remove the tumor. They sent the tumor off to see what it was, and it turns out the tumor was caused by her vaccination. Her body had rejected it and formed a barrier around it. She had her teeth cleaned while she was gettting the tumor removed, so she was put on antibiotics for it. She ended up with an ear infection too.
After more than 2 months of no change in the ears, we took them both back to the vet to see why it wasnt working. This time, they checked to see what kind of ear infection it was. Turns out it was a yeast infection, and the medicine we had been using was for a bacterial infection, so it would have never got them better. So they gave us a different kind of medicine.
Finally, it seemed like they were starting to get better. But the infection kept coming back. I was the one cleaning out their ears and giving them the medicine, every single day, and I was frustrated and upset when it kept coming back. So we took them back to the vet (it was december by this time) and this time, the vet checked their ears, said they looked pretty clean even though they were still infected (made me feel a lot better) and said a yeast infection is caused by a food allergy. This was after 5 months of giving my dogs medicine every single day. So they told us to switch to a different food (they sold the food at their office) and not give them anything else for 90 days. We did that, and they finally began to get better.
About a week before my son was born on February 7th, and after a few weeks of clean ears, we took them back to get a clean bill of health, to make sure their ears were fine. They said Sphinxy was all better, but Nubi’s right ear was still infected. So I had to keep treating only his right ear.
About a week and a half ago, we noticed Sphinxy had some bald spots on the top of her head. I checked them to make sure it wasn’t mange, and they weren’t scaly at all, they were just bald patches. My husband took her to the vet, again, and they said her ears had such a bad infection she was scratching her head trying to get to the inside of her ears. I was a little mad, because they had told me her infection was all cleared up, and now it was back with a vengeance. My husband called me again just before he left the parking lot and told me what the doctors orders were, and luckily he happened to mention the type of medicine they gave him. I said, wait a minute, what kind of infection did they say she had? He said the same kind she had been having. I was like, that’s the kind of medicine for a bacterial infection! He went right back in and asked, and I was right. So they gave him the right kind of medicine, the kind for a yeast infection.
Now, looking back over the history of the last few months, it seems to me that they aren’t treating my dogs properly. Each time we have to keep spending money and keep coming back for vet visits. I know yeast infections are hard to get rid of, but Nubi has fought this infection for ten months, and sphinxy has almost as long. Why didn’t they test to see what kind of infection it was in the first place? And why didn’t they tell us about food allergy’s when they found out it was a yeast infection? I ended up googling yeast infections after they told us about food allergies, and the first thing that popped up said a yeast infection in dogs is caused by a food allergy.
Now, this is just our case with our dogs. We have some friends that use the same vet. Their dog is named Zeus. He’s a min pin. He started coughing really bad and having breathing problems. They took him to the vet, and they s
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Answer by Sarah
Yes def see a different vet I had a really good vets practice but when the owner retired, it was sold to a chain and every time I went I saw someone different, I asked friends and other dog walkers where they went and now have a new really great vet. Ask other dog walkers they have no invested interest and therefore no reason to lie! But def swap its in you’re dogs interest imagine if you were stuck with a constant ear ache you’d go get a 2nd opinion!
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