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Sooo frustrated I just need to vent!
Ugh!! I am so angry at something that happened at work today!! gah!!!
So I work at a veterinary clinic in town and we got a call today from a lady who says she found a dog that was hit on the side of the road and she was pretty sure one of his legs was broken. So I went in the truck with one of the other techs to go and pick up the dog. The poor thing, it broke my heart seeing him in so much pain 
One of his legs was definitely broken, he had road burn on his side from skidding on the pavement and one of his toe nails was just so torn up probably from dragging on the pavement. On top of that his mouth was pretty bloody but we couldn't tell if he had just bitten his tongue which bleeds a lot, or if it was from something else.
First thing that made me angry that day was that the person that called us wasn't even the person that had hit the dog. She just drove past it and saw him on the ground and stopped to help him. So whatever jerk that hit the dog just drove off...yeah its upsetting when you hit an animal but seriously if you hurt a dog THAT badly..its obvious it needs medical attention..not just leave him laying on the road.
Anyway, so we bring him back to the clinic and give him some injections to sort of sedate him and help with the pain since we couldn't do anything else like xrays until we got a hold of the owner. We call the owner and end up having to leave a message and have to wait for her to call back, all the while this poor dog just seems to be getting worse. She finally calls back, doesn't act upset at all that her dog has been hit by a car and seriously injured. Just says 'oh he gets out all the time..' We ask her if we can do some xrays to find out exactly whats wrong and she just goes 'no thats fine I'll just come pick him up. He's gotten hit by a car before' um...1. your dogs arm is broken 2. there could be internal bleeding from how hard he got hit 3. you plan on giving him no pain medications... oh it made me SO angry!!! I really wanted to be like lets hit you with a car, break your arm and then take you home instead of taking you to the hospital and just letting you deal with it without any pain medicine and just see if you get better on your own.
I mean its her pet and we can't force her to do anything ..but oh it made me so mad!! Why would you have a pet if you aren't going to care for it, especially when its that seriously injured! Ok rant over..sorry it has just really been bothering me all day today and I had to get that out. How has you day been?
Re: Sooo frustrated I just need to vent!
oh gosh that just makes me want to cry
i hate people sometimes....the person who hit the dog AND the person who wont allow him medical treatment. THAT is animal cruelty....shouldn't that be illegal especially with the extent of his injuries? I don't know about law in Texas but i'm pretty sure the vet could definitely fight that here.
I'm so sorry
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This should be illegal!!! How can she possibly let that poor dog suffer that way?!?!?!? This breaks my heart, and makes me sooo mad! People like her should not be allowed to have pets.
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and would LOVE to work with animals, but this is the exact reason why I don't. I would not be able to handle the bad side of it. I'm sorry you had to deal with this today. It has to be very upsetting and frustrating for you. Hopefully today is much better! Keeping my fingers crossed that that woman came to her senses and sought the proper care for her dog last night.
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