Greyhound Bandi had not been well for number of months. At irregular intervals she was losing her appetite, being sick and suffering awful diarrhoea. She was gradually losing weight and when seen by Three Rivers Vets, it had dropped by 20 percent. Medication was prescribed but the vet could only speculate on the root cause. With increasing concern for Bandi’s health she was, in May 2022, back again at the above practice but this time being seen by a different vet who spent 30 minutes insisting the dog was fine. Greyhounds, in his opinion, are meant look as thin as Bandi (wrong!) and to feed her once a day was okay (of course where a dog is very underweight, weight gain is best achieved feeding little and often). Because Bandi was eating treats given to her by the vet he didn’t believe there was anything wrong with her appetite and didn’t advise any condition-specific diet such as a gastrointestinal feed. Why would he? He didn’t think there was anything wrong with her. We left the practice scratching our heads. Bandi was apparently well so that’s good news… isn’t it? No. The vet was utterly clueless. Nevertheless we were charged £49.00.
To see how things have subsequently turned out for Bandi please view: A 'COMPLICATED' HISTORY IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
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