We had used Budget Vet before to get a microchip implanted. From start to finish, the whole process took over an hour (1h 20min) with no one in line in front of us, and no one picking up their animals from that morning's surgery. We should have taken this as a bad sign since they were grossly disorganized, slow working and didn't know their own system. We got lured in by the cheap price the second go round and have deeply regretted making that mistake. Remember, you get what you pay for.\r
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I took in my dog to get his dewclaws removed. The people at My Budget Vet are incompetent at best (heard a tech ask another if a 6 week old puppy could receive rabies...really?!?! how untrained are you people?), and almost cruel in their lack of caring at worst. \r
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We were quoted $30 for the dewclaws to be removed. Stupidly good deal. Should have gone to a real vet. Asked if this included everything. They said it did. Got a call an hour after dropping him off saying the price was changing, they didn't include the anesthetic. Really? Even online it says that the price, per paw, covers ""the procedure."" You aren't going to cut off a digit without anesthesia, so it's part of the procedure. They backed off and said I was right, they weren't specific enough, etc, etc. \r
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I got back at 2 to pick up our dog. They led him out of the trailer and he fell down the last two steps, catching his e-collar on the concrete and collapsing into a pile at the bottom.\r
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That is how incoherent he was, and the tech didn't even care or look worried at all, just handed his leash over with the paper work and my change and told me to have a good day. After trying to walk, I discovered my dog COULDN'T walk, literally would move one paw and go to his knees. He was rolling his head, couldn't seem to focus on any one or thing and I'm not sure he could even see properly. He was wailing through this whole thing- 45lbs of pit/boxer mix terrified...not some little ankle biter that wails over nothing.\r
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A reputable vet would not release a dog this incoherence. Standard practice (my husband used to work as a vet tech) is that they must be able to stand and walk mostly unassisted. I had to carry my dog to the car, he couldn't stand without swaying, head lolling, crying he was so disoriented and eyes closed more than open.\r
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When my husband came home early, we looked over the list of drugs he had been given. He was given 3 sedatives before surgery even started. He was given Atropine-which increases his heart rate, before surgery even started, as a ""just in case"" measure (we called and asked why-worried his heart rate had dropped during surgery). You do not give Atropine as a ""just in case"". Not with my Budget Vet. \r
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In all, he was drugged with 6 different drugs in addition to the anesthesia. The vet, when question, says he was fully coherent when he was released. So coherent he fell down stairs and had to be carried.\r
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For the nerds out there who know their meds, he had Acepromazine, atropine, butorphanol, ketaject, meloxicam, midazolam, plus the anesthesia. Overkill, and ovedrugged, doesn't begin to cover it.\r
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Now, 2 hours after picking him up, he is still so drunk he is crying, twitching/jerking awake at unseen terrors and shivering like he is in the middle of a blizzard.
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