P.D.S.A People’s Dispensary For Sick Animals Cowplain Veterinary

we recently took our 13 year old dog to this surgery because he had a tooth infection, he was given an antibiotic injection but it didnt seem to help, we rang the surgery for another appointment but they said they couldn’t fit him in. a few days later he finally saw the vet and was put on a drip and kept in over night so he could have a dental the next day.
the next morning the vet rang and said she thought he should be put down while he was anesthetized as he wouldnt recover from the anesthetic anyway. we said no, we wanted to at least give him a chance he came out of the anesthetic fine.
the vet then told us she didnt think he’d ever eat again as he had gone days without food, he would never get his appetite back and even if he did his mouth would be far to sore for him to eat or drink anything. she kept telling us he would suffer if we didnt have him put down. we said we wanted to take him home and at least see how he does, she made us feel like we were bad pet owners by repeating the fact she thought he should be put down but we weren’t ready to give up on him like she so clearly had. she then told us if he hadnt started to eat by the next afternoon we had to take him back to be euthanized.
3 hours after we took him home my mum sat down to eat a bowl of cereal, he quickly went over to her and started to beg for food. we gave him some scrambled egg and he ate it ! by the end of the day he was eating and drinking water !
a few days later he was his old self, eating, drinking, playing with his toys as if nothing had happened.
we are so glad we didnt listen to the vet !
vets are meant to care about animals and yet their first reaction is to have the animal put down. i know its a charity and the ‘care’ they give is free (apart from the forced donation) but if they actually helped more animals instead of killing them people would be more likely to donate money.
we still have to take our dog back for his follow up but we know he is perectly fine and will not take any notice if they try to tell us otherwise

I have had to visit the Hospital twice with my cat. Yesterday i rang at nine and they couldnt fit us in but suggested we rang at 11 am to see if there were any cancellations. There hadn’t been so they managed to squeeze us in with the nurse, who then popped the cat through to the vet for an opinion and an injection that she couldnt do herself. She was lovelyI have found the staff most helpful, very kind and friendly despite the fact they are very overworked and busy. My cat is very timid, the staff have been very good with him knowing he is literally a scardy cat. Perhaps I am lucky, but I cannot praise them enough for the work they do.